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Thought these might be of some interest,the history behind them was fascinating. A half Lotus half Austin 7 and a Clairmaine. Haven't checked Google yet.

The little Lotus looks cute.
How about this.

Think it's a Monte. See my latest on the puzzle post.

That was quick !!

The Lotus I have seen before I think - split beam axle with coilovers if I remember rightly? What model would that be? The Lotus 6 looked quite a bit closer to the definitive 7 shape that has endured since the dawn of time, was there a Lotus 5???

Never heard of a Clairemaine before, but looks like a typical "special" from the era. Onwards, to Google!!!

Bronze metallic Motecarlo looks superb, love the period detailing

Lauren ignore that, my fault it's a Clairmonte. For the Lotus google Lotus/Austin 7

Spacenut wrote:
Bronze metallic Motecarlo looks superb, love the period detailing

Look what else turned up

What a great colour too.

Oooh, now you're talking! Always liked the Gamma coupe, it's just a shame that Lancia didn't develop a flat-6 for it.

There was an electric blue metallic one on ebay a couple of years ago, with a white interior, I was sooooooo tempted

Now what about a HPE style shooting brake???

Yes, always liked the HPE (better than the coupe if truth be told, but that's just me). Or there was a Pininfarina concept Gamma estate, and I think a Fiat 130 estate too. Then there was that shooting brake conversion performed on a Ferrari 365 GTB... looked great on Borranis, designed by Luigi Chinetti and built by Panther Westwinds of all people...

Lauren

PS - I forgot the Fiat 128 3P
PPS - I forgot the TVR Zante
PPPS - I forgot the grandaddy of them all, the Reliant Scimitar GTE (and before anyone corrects me, yes, I do know that the Tornado Sportsbrake came first, but that is ugly!)