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What is this car?

Not the blue Karmann Ghia, the white car in the background. Any ideas?


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Old 06-09-2015, 07:47 PM
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modified karmann ghia ?
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Turner or Devin? Not Healy looks fiberglass, side curtains, no trunk...

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"56 corvette? Dunno...
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"56 corvette? Dunno...
Dimensions don't look right...looks smaller
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Re-bodied Crosley

Here you go...

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2008/07/07/the-son-of-corvette-uncle-eddies-crosley/

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The body may be an Almquist Sabre.

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it reminds me of dune buggy type body where the top of the body is done nice but the sides are crude.
look at the sides where the doors should be.
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sure looks like the winner.
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yea i think you are right, the red part thru me.
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Cool! One of the things I like about CL searches for Porsches is stumbling on interesting stuff in the background.


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