| cerberus wrote |
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The one on the right looks like an MGB.
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that's what i see too.
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Could be a 'B' OR a 'C'. The same body, but the 'C' had a straight-six engine instead of an inline-4, and a
slight hood bulge to accomodate it, and one or two VERY subtle front end distinguishing features, but most people would nontheless still look at it and say "MGB". Straight-line power was VASTLY improved over it's near-identical twin the 'B', but understeer was the watchword. On damp roundabouts I could damn-near guarantee sphincter-tentioning understeer at anything north of 7MPH!
Here's an MG-C:
and a similar-age 'B':
In the photo in question, I thought I could detect the merest shadow of a hood bulge rather more along the lines of a 'C' than a 'B', but it's RIGHT at the crop line, so I wouldn't swear to it.
The car behind the tree is DEFINITELY not an XJ-S: I'd swear to it in court.
Good thought with the Tiger/Alpine, but two features on the rear fender appear to rule that out: The rear side-reflector portion of the tail light, and -just below it- the 'wrap-around' on the rear bumper looks
way too long. The Alpine and Tiger both had more "sweep-away" trailing lines on the rear wheel-arches, whereas the TR5 and 6 were more closely "tucked-in".
The TR-6 is the more likely candidate, methinks.
Tiger:
TR5:
TR6:
If I
had to, I'd put money on the TR6, -and I'm not a gambling man...
Keith
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