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  • stroker

    Feb. 6, 2012 9:56 p.m. stroker HalfDork

    http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/2837000752.html

  • mad_machine

    Feb. 6, 2012 9:57 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    That is one of the prettier English Chrysler products...

  • EvanB

    Feb. 6, 2012 10:00 p.m. EvanB SuperDork

    It is something that I want.

  • Streetwiseguy

    Feb. 6, 2012 10:26 p.m. Streetwiseguy SuperDork

    I'm gonna go find the guy just to kill him for the search description.

  • 93EXCivic

    Feb. 6, 2012 10:29 p.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork

    EvanB wrote:

    It is something that I want.

    +10000. That is one of the cars I am going to be searching for after I finish my Yugo. But I have no way to get it now and no money to get it.

  • Grizz

    Feb. 6, 2012 10:38 p.m. Grizz Dork

    Whatever it is it needs a 273 and a 5 speed.

    And to be in my driveway.

  • fast_eddie_72

    Feb. 6, 2012 10:56 p.m. fast_eddie_72 SuperDork

    Awesome. Next question.

  • Grizz

    Feb. 6, 2012 10:58 p.m. Grizz Dork

    Also, I'm still not entirely sure what the hell that is, so if someone could throw out a name I'd appreciate it.

  • Feb. 6, 2012 11:10 p.m. LoneWolf New Reader

    Sunbeam Alpine/Rapier. 1725cc/4 cyl. Some honour the Sunbeam Tiger by fitting a 289 in there. Cool.

  • ditchdigger

    Feb. 6, 2012 11:30 p.m. ditchdigger Dork

    Those things are mega rare in the UK. Easier to come by in Australia and must be absolute rocking horse poo here.

    I didn't know they were ever imported.

  • mad_machine

    Feb. 6, 2012 11:41 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    looks to be pretty rust free and complete too. That is a steal for somebody

  • Anti-stance

    Feb. 6, 2012 11:49 p.m. Anti-stance Reader

    Geez, That is an awesome car!

  • HappyAndy

    Feb. 7, 2012 6:05 a.m. HappyAndy HalfDork

    ditchdigger wrote:

    Those things are mega rare in the UK. Easier to come by in Australia and must be absolute rocking horse poo here.

    I didn't know they were ever imported.

    That's pretty

  • Rusted_Busted_Spit

    Feb. 7, 2012 8:29 a.m. Rusted_Busted_Spit SuperDork

    ditchdigger wrote:

    Those things are mega rare in the UK. Easier to come by in Australia and must be absolute rocking horse poo here.

    I didn't know they were ever imported.

    Are those MGB tail lights?

  • EvanB

    Feb. 7, 2012 8:32 a.m. EvanB SuperDork

    Doesn't look like it. MGB taillights don't slope in as much at the top.

  • ReverendDexter

    Feb. 7, 2012 8:39 a.m. ReverendDexter SuperDork

    Guy must be one of us if his suggested swap is a rotary, lol.

    Though my first reaction was "Eww, it's got '60s Barracuda butt.".

  • Curmudgeon

    Feb. 7, 2012 8:46 a.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork

    I swear the nose looks just like a 1/2 scale Jensen Interceptor.

  • slantvaliant

    Feb. 7, 2012 8:49 a.m. slantvaliant Dork

    My wife had one long ago. Oddly enough, in Oklahoma as well. The last time I saw it, the chickens had abandoned it as a coop, and goats were walking around on it.

  • EvanB

    Feb. 7, 2012 8:50 a.m. EvanB SuperDork

    ReverendDexter wrote:

    Though my first reaction was "Eww, it's got '60s Barracuda butt.".

    That's a bad thing?

  • VonSmallhausen

    Feb. 7, 2012 8:58 a.m. VonSmallhausen Reader

    If a barracude and a jensen had illegitimate love child, and that isn't a bad thing at all.

  • 16vCorey

    Feb. 7, 2012 9:45 a.m. 16vCorey SuperDork

    I've never seen one of those before, and I really like it.

  • Feb. 7, 2012 10:56 a.m. stan SuperDork

    If they're rare in the UK, what must parts be like?? Would you have to look down under?

  • ditchdigger

    Feb. 7, 2012 11:42 a.m. ditchdigger Dork

    Mechanical bits are shared with the Hillman Hunter/Arrow and other Rootes group cars.

    Keeping one working shouldn't be an issue. Finding the misc body bits would be the problem but nothing global.ebay.com can't help with.

    A car like the one in the CL ad is the perfect GRM car. It would be horribly expensive to restore to level the Bringatrailer crowd want so it makes it OK to modify.

  • DeadSkunk

    Feb. 7, 2012 12:14 p.m. DeadSkunk Dork

    HappyAndy wrote:

    ditchdigger wrote:

    Those things are mega rare in the UK. Easier to come by in Australia and must be absolute rocking horse poo here.

    I didn't know they were ever imported.

    That's pretty

    It's better looking than this pictures shows,too. This particular car was featured in "Retro Cars" Magazine back in their June issue.

 
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