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1958 Berkeley 328

1958 Berkeley 328 in Never Steal Anything Small, Movie, 1959

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: — Made for: USA

1958 Berkeley 328

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Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
vilero ◊ 2008-12-11 13:59	The green convertible
Turbobanana ◊ 2008-12-11 16:56	My first thought was a Berkeley, judging by the wheel trim, but I think the nose looks too long. http://www.pearsy.co.uk/BerkB95.htm Looks like it has Triumph TR2/3 headlights. -- Last edit: 2008-12-11 17:55:31
marklandynut ◊ 2010-05-14 01:51	Could be an Austin Healey Sprite Mk1, otherwise known as the Frogeye Sprite, but it might be a bit long on the boot for that.
Gamer ◊ 2019-12-23 16:11	37:36: https://ok.ru/video/371355945635
s13a ◊ 2020-06-24 21:17	The only unknown car in the movie, and imho, the most interesting one (no offence to 250 GT Boano) Some extra caps from the source provied by Gamer above: I think this is indeed a Berkeley, however not the B95/B105, but rather 1957-58 export/US-spec SE328 which had these odd-looking headlight pods: (picture credit) Other US-spec SE328's: https://barnfinds.com/4690-miles-1958-berkeley-se328/ https://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=476842&country=us
dsl ◊ 2020-06-24 22:29	Berkeleys in US seems to have been 1956-60. 1956-7 was 328 with Frogeye headlamps (as A-H Sprite Mk1) according to a poor quality and small book picture. 1958-9 saw revised 328 with extended wings including lights (as seems to be shown here so agree with ^), plus in 1959 addition of 500 Roadster and Coupe. 1960 - all change: 328 and 500 dropped, B95, B105, QB 95 and QB105 all arrived for one year only - book picture shows unspecified 1960 Roadster with normal faired-in lights, probably LHD.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2020-06-24 22:45	A look at the Wikipedia entry for Berkeley sports cars shows that the U.K. 328 and various others had a sort of faired in design of headlamp. The pictures above, esp. of the red car show a frankly rather crude pod added to allow a 7”? upright light unit to be used. Something in my memory from the dark ages suggests that in USA these were a legal necessity at some point. The only reason to dissent from the identification here is the thought of the American market settling for a 328cc sports car. The 328cc engine was an Excelsior twin cylinder two stroke unit. -- Last edit: 2020-06-24 22:54:27
s13a ◊ 2020-10-14 18:20	Old main picture:

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