Can you identify this car?
 

A buddy saw this at an upcoming estate sale and asked me what it was.

A Jensen? Something from Argentina ("Rio"). It's a convertible, it that helps.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1508281779.jpg

Jensen Healey

Stationary jensen healey.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1508283386.jpg







As opposed to a flying jensen healey ...




http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1508283409.jpg

My friend had an orange one in high school.

https://cdn2.mecum.com/auctions/ca08...?1470075425000

These were the "brilliant new design" with a Lotus designed cylinder head / alloy motor and the first mass produced double overhead cam sports car with the rubber timing belt.... that tended to wear out early and we became introduced to what was called the "interference valve" problem :D
They handle very well, even in early non sway bar editions. Later on, an "estate" mini wagon version came out, which imho looks pretty nice

Lotus tried to use this engine in the successor to the type 47 (Europa based) race car. But those motors kept blowing up

Local guy got a beater J-H, pulled the Lotus engine, swapped in a LSx then couldn't sell the Lotus engine to anyone. Lotus engine went to the scrap yard.

Fiat 124 1438cc dohc beat them by 4 years and yes they would also bend some valves or poke some holes or both!!

Thanks guys!