Guess the cars

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dandarez

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290 months

Saturday 20th February 2010
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Bit of trivia to pass the time...
ALL 5 cars in the pic wink



Edited by dandarez on Saturday 20th February 13:42

Ginetta G15 Girl

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191 months

Saturday 20th February 2010
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Scimitar, Rancho, Fester, G10?, Citroen AX GT?

Edited by Ginetta G15 Girl on Saturday 20th February 13:59

Darkspeed

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214 months

Saturday 20th February 2010
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Rancho !!! - Shame on you

Darkspeed

120 posts

214 months

Saturday 20th February 2010
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Sabre , G10, Tora, Fiesta.

Broomsticklady

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212 months

Saturday 20th February 2010
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I agree on Sabre , G10, Tora and Fiesta. There also looks like what could be a Nova behind the tree (or it could be a Nissan, or a Mazda....)

h4887

278 posts

247 months

Saturday 20th February 2010
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Scimitar GT, not a Sabre

the winner

146 posts

224 months

Saturday 20th February 2010
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all above but it's a G11!

dandarez

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Saturday 20th February 2010
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Blow me, I thought it would be easy... with the exception of the partially hidden car, of course.

Geoff is spot on.
Gold car is a Scimitar GT.
Wonder where it is now? Yes, it was mine, 3-litre Ford V6, with overdrive. I'd spotted it in a Rover dealers yard as I drove by. All I could see was part of the roofline and thought it was another Ginetta G11... I remember going all hot, until I actually viewed all the car. frown

For some reason the dealer convinced me it was a superb buy and I struck a deal, put a deposit on it and drove it home the next day. Can't remember how long I owned it, but he was right, it was a nice car and I do remember doing little to it apart from cleaning it, and making £400 profit when I sold it for £1100!biggrin
Probably worth 2, 3 or perhaps 4 times that now.

The blue car is naturally my G11. (I love the fluted panel of the hardtop, just makes the car look so different).
The red 'Rancho' (really!) was my GRS Tora (wonder if that's still going?)
The car across the road is a basic Ford Fiesta of the 80s.

Now the difficult one. Dave got it among his guesses: it's a Mazda.
Quite a rare one. Any ideas?

Broomsticklady

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212 months

Saturday 20th February 2010
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dandarez said:
The blue car is naturally my G11. (I love the fluted panel of the hardtop, just makes the car look so different).
The really scary thing is that, from that angle, if you took the hardtop off most people would say it was an MGB....

dandarez

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Saturday 20th February 2010
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Broomsticklady said:
dandarez said:
The blue car is naturally my G11. (I love the fluted panel of the hardtop, just makes the car look so different).
The really scary thing is that, from that angle, if you took the hardtop off most people would say it was an MGB....
But a fibreglass one! And with the really rare early pull-handle MGB 'steel' doors, of course. The hardtop is fixed, not removeable (well, only if you wanted to make a mess!)

I was pestered by a local MGB nut for a considerable time who wanted to buy 'just' my doors for his same period B. It's actually incredible that even now they are still totally rust free. He offered me two brand new Heritage 'later' doors and cash. I never accepted and really glad I didn't.

Of course, the G15 from that angle could look MGB'ish too with roofline cut off.
The G15 'door' (albeit now grp) and waistline is also MGB. Door just has that with added rectangle piece at lower front for door hinges

Edited by dandarez on Saturday 20th February 22:59

the winner

146 posts

224 months

Saturday 20th February 2010
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323?

dandarez

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Monday 22nd February 2010
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the winner said:
323?
Yes, but look really 'close' - side colour stripes 'might' help.

Better clue: The 'badge' on the rear (obviously you can't see it!) are the initials of a racing team formed in 1976.