I ran into a friend and occasional c.g.o commentator Sandro Menzel at an industry event last week. I introduced him to Shaun Redmond, and they both had iPhones with car pictures on them. Shaun’s with his Volvo P1800es restoration, and Sandro’s with his Jensen-Healey and many, many shots of various cars. He showed me this pic and asked if I could “name that car”… I stared at it for about five minutes and just as I was about to hand the phone back to him and give up I pulled a name out of thin air… and nailed it. Sandro must think I’m some sort of genius… but honestly it was just a damn good guess. 😉
So with Sandro’s permission here is the photo in question. Can you Name That Car?
(Since Shaun Redmond was present when I guessed it, he is disqualified. Sorry Shaun!)
Can’t even come up with a good guess! Looks like a mooring bit on a sailboat!
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Hmmm, nothing like a challenge. I don’t even know what part of a car this is . Is that a hood/bonnet scoop to the left. The “thing” (what else to call it) looks like a handle. Or a very prosaic hood ornament. But right now i can’t even tell if it’s on the front, back or side of a car…
You are mostly correct John. 😉
Well, that was all I could come up with, too, MD, but as for a definitive? Nada, zilch, zero, nyet!
I KNOW!! I know!
It’s the famous, one-off Eschermobile, and what we’re looking at is the famous open circulation water manifold.
No??
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Nope.
Here’s a hint: It is an Anglo-American product.
Nash Metropolitan?
“While driving in my Cadillac…”
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Nash Healey.
Yes. It is a Nash Healey. This is the handle that opens the bonnet, and as John pointed out is sort of a hood ornament as well. Good job Carl – was that a guess based on the hint?
Rats, I’m too late to come back to this. What a great puzzle. In the end I figured out exactly what it was but just not the car. I was trawling through various classics with hood scoops and hadn’t yet hit the Nash Healey.