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Guess this Sports Car?

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Re: Guess this Sports Car?

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No answer from me but it's a very elegant handle.
And a distinctive swage line. But I'm stumped.
I guess everyone else is too.
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Re: Guess this Sports Car?

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When I saw this very common sports car the elegance took me by surprise.
It was made by a mass manufactureer, but not too popular in yhe
Uk
You will be surprised at the answer.
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More clues, it's doing my head in. Thought it was a mclaren M6 road car but it's not.
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Fiat spider?
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Boom! Think thats it Jason
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I think you're right Jason - 124 spider
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It looks like a Fiat Coupe with door handle grafted on?
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Re: Guess this Sports Car?

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Yep!

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BUT, this one will be harder:

As a clue, the car is very big.

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Facel Vega?
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The Leica forum does this - you guess correctly, you post the next pic
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Re: Guess this Sports Car?

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Tatra 603?
BMW 502?
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They were taken through a Leica lens...

Special American car:

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Re: Guess this Sports Car?

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I knew it was a yank but can't put my finger on it

Plymouth, Lincoln?
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