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What kind of car is this?
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:22 pm
by AutoXChris
We are scratching our head. A friend took a picture of this car and asked what it was... no idea...
Looks like a Vauxhall Cavalier... but the wrong tail lights...
what do you think?
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:31 pm
by JimR
Sterling 827.
Seeing one in any condition is rare. One running is a unicorn.
Nice catch. You'd be more likely to see an Alfa 8C around town.
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:48 pm
by craigb
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that a Honda/Acura Legend in British clothing?
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:19 am
by AutoXChris
Woah! No Way!!! Thats Awesome!
How very random and rare! Thanks Jim!
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:27 am
by Bullitt2954
JimR wrote:Sterling 827.
Seeing one in any condition is rare. One running is a unicorn.
Nice catch. You'd be more likely to see an Alfa 8C around town.
Huh. Just looks like a late-'80s Ford Escort with a spoiler from this angle, to me.........
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:06 pm
by Unstable
WTG Jim !!!
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:24 pm
by Bullitt2954
Unstable wrote:
WTG Jim !!!
STILL looks like a long-wheelbase, late-'80s Escort..........
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:19 pm
by Curtis
Chris,
Did you catch that out in traffic photo of the Sterling in between light blinks, or was the tow truck so slow the hazard lights had already run the battery down ?
Curtis
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:15 pm
by AutoXChris
actually one of my friends on facebook spoted it and didnt know what it was, took a pic and put it on the Facebook.
I looked for a full day before i posted it here... Jim got it Directly!
Good to know car people!
I swore up and down it was some Opel Vauxhall Vectra somthing or other...
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:04 pm
by 4wdrift
Hi Chris, I don't know if you have the right answer for the car picture you ran a few months ago but I was looking through some old books and found an unusually close match. In 2002, Rover came out with a "SD1" that matches perfectly with the body lines although the rear tailights are separated from the bumper a few inches. The crests on the wheels look the same and other than a rear spoiler it is a close match. The differences may be that the car in your picture is a newer model and has been "updated." Hope this helps.
Dave (4wdrift)
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:40 am
by JimR
Small world.
The car is now for sale if anyone wants it. Just bring $600 and a new head gasket.
http://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/1910429006.html
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:21 pm
by Bullitt2954
Likely, that's only the beginning of the woes yet to befall this fine piece of British Steel......