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OK you lot, what's this?

Started by David Birchall , Nov 23 2008 02:56

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#1 David Birchall

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Posted 23 November 2008 - 02:56

This appeared in the Obit column of the Vancouver Sun newspaper today-no, I don't read the obits it was emailed to me! What is the car? It is described in the text as a "rather dilapidated Austin with huge V8 engine". It appears to have disc wheels on the rear which might indicate a complete drive train replacement. But, what is the car? It doesn't look like an Austin and it ain't an Aston so what?

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#2 Rob G

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Posted 23 November 2008 - 03:27

When I click on the graphic all I get is imageshack's homepage. Do you have a larger photo you could post?

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#3 David Birchall

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Posted 23 November 2008 - 04:11

Sorry, for some reason I cannot manipulate this in my pc-if anyone else knows how to do it please go ahead!

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#4 Stephen W

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Posted 23 November 2008 - 09:36

I saved it to my PC and when I tried to enlarge it the whole thing disolved into a mass of black dots! :

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#5 frogeye59

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Posted 23 November 2008 - 10:08

The photo as posted on the papers web site is poor to start with but here we are :-

Photographer unkown, source Vancouver Sun Newspaper

Its an Austin A40 Sports, I reckon.

http://m.blog.hu/au/...m-car_ch_01.jpg

Regards

David

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#6 Charles Helps

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Posted 23 November 2008 - 10:17

You can see the original version of Anthony St. V. "P-J" Parker-Jervis's obituary here. The picture still isn't that clear. An A40?

My maths teacher at prep school drove a bubble car