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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Nope and nope though the spelling of litre is a good hint.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,748
    edited March 2010
    I thought it looked like a font found on a Jag (that and the British spelling). I'm not knowledgeable enough to know of a 6 litre Jag, though.

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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Any chance it's a VXR8?
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    The UK is the right place to look but not a VXR8 and AFIK there is no 6.0 liter Jag.

    I will give it a little more time then give up the answer. .
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    There was a 6.0 V12 XJS for a couple of years--I think it was a special model though.

    Hmm... what does that leave?
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,125
    Bentley Continental?
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Ding, ding, ding we have a winner

    A 2005 Model to be precise.

    To be extra precise this 2005 model...

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,125
    Very nice!
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,748
    great color combo.

    But, man, those wheels are horrible. Befitting a Lincoln or Chrysler.

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Did you take it in on trade?

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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Got it relatively cheap from a wholesaler who couldn't winter it.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Nice!! I've sat in one but never driven one. :cry:

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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    I have probably driven it for close to an hour now total. Between trying to diagnosis an electrical problem on it and sending it over to our VW dealer for them to do service on it I have spent a lot of time on it.

    It is really just a VW pheaton with a much nicer interior and two turbos for the W12. All the stuff that breaks on those cars, or any VW really, still breaks on this one the parts just cost 40% more.

    Tons of power sure but the seats aren't as comfortable as you would think they considering how much the car costs.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Does it also use a VW keyfob? :P

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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Actually yes but if you watch enough Top Gear you should know that.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Lol, we had a Continental at my old dealership getting detailed and I sat in it and was mildly disappointed with the VW keyfob. :(

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,464
    Bentleys are VWs, Rolls are BMWs, British Fords and Vauxhalls are Germanic, Morgans have BMW engines and BMW keys, what a brave new world :shades:
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Funny isn't it? Saw the Morgan bit too :P

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I think that's more a case of where it's a good thing for VW as opposed to being a bad thing for Bentley.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Isn't that a Dove GTR-4A, a special body TR-4A sold in limited numbers (It cost as much as an E-Type!)?

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
    Stephen answered this one at the time, but I believe it is a GTR-4 as I gather there were virtually none based on the later TR4A - something about the location of the mounts on the independent suspension in the latter, and the way they would interfere with the altered rear bodywork, I think.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    TR-4As could be had without the IRS, at least in the USA. My '66 4A had the old-fashioned "live axle". Wikipedia sez about 25% of TR-4As were live axle cars.

    Wikipedia also indicates that there existed a Dove sales brochure showing a TR-4A based Dove but those I've found online are all '63 GTR-4s.

    Wikipedia: Triumph TR-4A

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    The new Ford Police Interceptor, based on the Ford Taurus, having a V6 engine. Built in the Chicago plant.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    edited March 2010
    Exactly right, Lostwrench, and here's an earlier "Police Interceptor">

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,402
    Sweet '55.
  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    And could that be a 1972 Plymouth Fury partially showing on the left??
  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    Now not to 'nitpick', cause that '55 cop-car replica is truly sweet, but as I recall the cop cars were always low trim level Customs rather than Fairlanes (as indicated by the curving side trim on this one). Anyone remember?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I guess that Ford police car would have been okay in 1955 as long as it didn't chase any other V-8 automobile on the road at that time.
  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    Do you mean becuse it looks like it's a 6 cylinder?? (no V8 badge showing) :P
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited March 2010
    No, that's not what I mean unfortunately. It's more about mashing your foot to the floor and not much happening. :shades:
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
    I didn't know they sold a live axle TR4A - I always thought that was the whole point of the change,
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
    edited March 2010
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    Bonus points for the neigbouring cars...
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    I think the maroon thing is a Princess 1800 ca. 1976. From the looks of it this is after they stopped calling them "Austins" etc. The teal thing next to it could be an MG Montego, and beyond that is an Austin A40. To the rear are at least two Citroen 2CVs.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,464
    Vauxhall Wyvern?
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Look, it's the SHO-lice! :D
  • tomicatomica Member Posts: 23
    1966 Dodge I believe.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    I didn't know they sold a live axle TR4A - I always thought that was the whole point of the change,

    Change came sloooowlyyy to British makes in the 1960s. ;)

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    edited March 2010
    Looks like a first generation Accord interior - 76-81. I'll also guess it's a hatchback because of the longer doors.

    PS: There's a red Yaris sedan in the background.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    That's right Boomer, it's the once ubiquitous Accord Hatchback. Judging by the cloth covered seats they haven't held up too well which isn't surprising since the seats in Hondas of that era were second-rate.

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  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    Ah, another one of the ubiquitous "Curbside Classics"!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • euphoniumeuphonium Member Posts: 3,425
    Well, it was air cooled.

    Does the word "CORSA" appear on the front fender?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    edited March 2010

    Does the word "CORSA" appear on the front fender?

    Good chance, now tell me what word appears to the right of the left side headlights. :P

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Boy that's a paint job that never came out of a late 60s GM factory!
  • euphoniumeuphonium Member Posts: 3,425
    "Monza"?
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    It's a 1965 or 66 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa convertible.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    That's right, Lemko. The lettering to the right of the headlights simply says Corvair.

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