The "Help me identify this car" thread

Sabra Israeli sportscar Belgium

That particular one is the 1963 Autocars Sabra Sports GT, owned by Alfred Baumann, of Switzerland, Chassis # S200179:

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All the best,
Andrew.

 

You rock!!! Thank you

 

Does anybody have an idea what the heck this is? It's done the rounds on a couple of forums so far, but everyone is stumped...

The image appears to have only popped up within the last month or so (from a London transport archive - it was taken on Oxford Street, I think between 1959 and 1963).

This is a slightly cropped version, but nothing else in the frame will help, other than dating it, but that's been done already.

There are so many cars that instantly come to mind when seeing this, but nobody seems to be able to identify this particular model.

If this is the only image that exists of the car, then it could be a number of things (many people have already proposed sound suggestions).

What I'm really interested in is whether another image exists, that can actually prove what this is once and for all?

-Ed
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You're very welcome.

No idea. It looks a little like a Marcos Engineering prototype or test mule car to me in overall profile, but that A-pillar shape and door shape looks completely bizarre. Nothing like that made it to any of their production cars, so...

Sorry, I'm stumped.

All the best,
Andrew.

 

I saw the thread lit up in bold and I thought 'Yes! Wayne or Andrew have it!'.... Haha!

Oh well... that makes two of us.

Marcos is a good - and frequent - suggestion given seating position of driver, overall size of the car, and the fact that the company was at least playing with gullwing doors (assuming that's what they are) around this time.

I think if the DB HBR5, Kaiser-Darrin, Harrington Alpine and Marcos Luton had a love child, it would probably look like this.

Fascinating car... would love to see more photos of it from other angles (if indeed they exist).

-Ed

 

Sunbeam Alpine based?

 

Given the number of people who have been shown this car, and who would have been thought of as the best people to identify it, and who have failed... I wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be the only published photo of it.

Across the various threads where this photo has appeared, the following companies/brands have been thrown into the 'suggestion box' as perhaps having had some involvement with it:

Ashley, Marcos, Sunbeam, DB, Rene Bonnet, DKW, Alken, Darrin, Woodill, Pichon, Frua, Daimler (SP250), Austin Healey, Triumph, Fairthorpe, Panhard, Vignale, Arista, Nickri, Allemano, Michelotti, Glas, Sorrell... this list goes on and on.

I really hope there is another image of this car somewhere - it's fascinating.

I suppose the only other thing we can hold out for is that an 80-year-old suddenly chimes into the thread saying that they designed it! I've seen stranger things happen on Fchat...

-Ed

 

I'm working on a video project and want to know how close the car in the picture is to a Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2 DTM

The pic was taken at the 2015 Daytona Classic 24. I looked online but couldn't find it on the entry list.
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Wow, you're hot on the case!

All the best,
Andrew.

 

The gullwing reference and the strange hoop over the windscreen made me think of this. But the rear wheel arches are different for starters.

A 1962 GD Gullwing Mystery? (update: 1956 Ashley 750 'Gullwing' Coupe ?) - PreWarCar

 

Yes, that Gullwing has been shared a lot in the context of this search across various threads.

I was aware the photo appeared in this book, but I imagined it was the preserve of niche British bus geeks... haha! I didn't expect a copy to be held in SoCal!

-Ed

 

I spotted this car today. It's called a Dettling, but I have never heard of it! I can't even find anything on the internet about it, other than it was limited production and few were made.

Here is a short video of a walkaround of the car: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ISlt8s8BBs[/ame]
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https://www.drive.net/c/1820759/

 

Awesome, Thanks!

 

Is this a kit car? One off? No idea. Would love some help here!
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Thank you!!

 

Steve McQueen and a car... But which one ?

Steve McQueen - Polka Galerie
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Wow... You found it. You're the best. Thank you El Wayne !