No one managed to correctly identify last week’s contender and while I’m loathe to give you the answer straight up, I am going to give you another shot of the car, one that I think will make its identity immediately recognizable.
You all offered some great – and remarkably close – guesses, but as you can see above, no one quite got it spot on. Coming up very shortly, another Mystery Car!
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About Last Week's Mystery Car
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9 responses to “About Last Week's Mystery Car”
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Dang.
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Robert, how about to last week’s thread, so we don’t have to page back to find it?
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http://hooniverse.info/2015/05/01/mystery-car-234/
It’s not the fastest way there, but you can also click “mystery car” in the byline/post date line.
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Okay we now know it’s a Jensen but that’s about it.
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That’s funny, last week I was thinking Jensen, but know so little of the models couldn’t get my head around it from there.
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Ok, then it is a Jensen Healey. It must be a later version because the early models did not have the strip on the side.
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Since the logo is obviously Jensen, and the hint last week was Landrover, I’m going to vote for a Jensen FF, made 66-71 and powered by a Chrysler 383 V8. The significance here is the Ferguson Formula (FF) AWD system similar to the center differential based system introduced on the Range Rover in 1970
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Ah, Harry Ferguson. Partner-turned-nemesis of Henry Ford, inventor of tractors and 4 wheel drive and general perfectionist. Who else would put 4wd and disc brakes on a 1952 sedan?
http://img.siol.net/10/046/634018212455406379_ferguson01.jpg
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Yup; a Jensen Healey. Colin Chapman’s clever way of getting someone else to pay for the development and warranty costs of the Type 907 4 cylinder engine.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_907
“http://www.british-steel.org/brochure/jh/jh_74_br1_2_l.jpg”
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