1959 Austin-Healey Sprite with Speedwell Walker bonnet Series I [ADO13]

1959 Austin-Healey Sprite [ADO13] in Shadow of Fear, Movie, 1963

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1959 Austin-Healey Sprite with Speedwell Walker bonnet Series I [ADO13]

00:25:47 Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

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s13a ◊ 2021-01-05 22:42	Quote News ~ January 2016 : "that registration 1770 PQ has never existed. It is most likely to have been 1770 PO, issued in West Sussex between March 1959 and December 1960. Correlation puts it around July 1959. There is no current registration at DVLA. An enquiry to the West Sussex Records Office in Chichester might reveal the name of the first registered keeper". "May have originaly been an Aleaxander (bonnet), but looks a lot like this "Walker" front avaibale through Speedwell Engineering here in the US". From here. Or is this Sebring Sprite ? -- Last edit: 2021-01-05 23:27:41
dsl ◊ 2021-01-05 23:43	I've no idea - Sebring site as linked knows far more than I do about Frogeyes, so if they can't solve it ... I don't know of any actual Sebring Sprite which looked like this, which is weird and not particularly pretty.

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s13a

◊ 2021-01-05 22:42

Quote News ~ January 2016 :
"that registration 1770 PQ has never existed. It is most likely to have been 1770 PO, issued in West Sussex between March 1959 and December 1960. Correlation puts it around July 1959. There is no current registration at DVLA. An enquiry to the West Sussex Records Office in Chichester might reveal the name of the first registered keeper".

"May have originaly been an Aleaxander (bonnet), but looks a lot like this "Walker" front avaibale through Speedwell Engineering here in the US".

From here.

Or is this Sebring Sprite ?

-- Last edit: 2021-01-05 23:27:41

dsl

◊ 2021-01-05 23:43

I've no idea - Sebring site as linked knows far more than I do about Frogeyes, so if they can't solve it ... I don't know of any actual Sebring Sprite which looked like this, which is weird and not particularly pretty.

1959 Austin-Healey Sprite with Speedwell Walker bonnet Series I [ADO13]

1959 Austin-Healey Sprite [ADO13] in Shadow of Fear, Movie, 1963

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