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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Mystery Car
From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 11:39:41 -0600
Yeah, my oldest son bought a used 72 Spitfire when he was in college.  Nice little car.  I could raise the bonnet and sit on the frame with my feet inside, to adjust the carburetor.  But, it sat so low and stiff that it felt every crack in the concrete.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/28/2019 11:24 AM, Bill Pearce wrote:
In 1952, British roadsters were a thing in the USA. And it was easy to import 
then, as all you had to do was get it here and buy a tag. I knew several guys 
that went over there, found a decent used car (That meant not totally rust), 
had it shipped here, and took it home. And let's be honest, British cars never 
rusted as much as German and Italian cars of the period. Bet most of them are 
gone now. Used to see the occasional RHD car on a sunny Sunday afternoon, but 
hardly ever now.

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From: "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 
olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 11:01:16 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Mystery Car

That is one obscure car.

Thanks, Mike. That seems to be the consensus of those who know these
cars. Douglas Barry, an Irish member of the Leica Users Group, says the
same thing, though he wasn't sure of the year it was made. It appears
that the owner added a few bells and whistles to the original car. I am
surprised, though, that all this was done, and it made its way to the
USA, by the summer of 1952, when I snapped the photo.


I don't know if anyone answered this yet.

I asked my car-mad brother-in-law. He asked another expert who
suggested that it's a 1952 Singer Nine 4AB Roadster. If you look for
images of the Singer, it certainly seems to match.

Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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