This has appeared on another forum
The car in question is behind the "S" series Valiant and beside the Mini
Up in the crowd in the background
A few sugestions are.....

Sunbeam Tiger - No only one in Australia it was a race car
a Sprite or even a Alpine but grille looks wrong
Honda S600 ruled out as too stubby
also sudgested something Bill Buckle could have done

But I think they maybe someone on here who may of seen one or possibly owned one similar to this "IF" it is an MG Could the roof be one of those fiberglass ones the can be put on and remopved similar to a Hardtop?? If so I have seen a roof like this in storage.

No one could actually guess what it is soooo Chris PT Marine do you know what it is??????

Looks like a Sunbeam Rapier fastback to me about the right year?There was also some series 2 Alpines modified by Harringtons these were fitted with fiberglass roofs it could one of them?
Geoff.

Thanks Geoff have passed it on
Only reasson for my interest(I know nothing on these oldies)
Is Chris has a fibreglass roof left over from his MG Days
and thought it could be one like he had

could it be triumph sprite.

Nup Sprite was ruled out first

Looking at the headlights and the grill could it
be an early model FIAT
Cheers C-dog.

My first thought was Triumph Herald then once I enlarged the pic the rear quarters look finned. Not sure even if Vauxall Viva looking!

- Ray

My guess - Honda S600 coupe.

It's the right size - compare to the Mini. I saw a lot of the roadsters in Okinawa during the Vietnam War - cute as buttons....

home.earthlink.net/~scottking/id20.html

I have been pondering this for a couple of days..Honda S600 gets my vote as well for the same reasons as Don..I have actually done a few miles in one of them when I was a lad,a while ago now.

OK as with most forums its taken a few days for someone to confirm or denigh what it is
So I will post some pics of what people have said stating with

Honda S600


Sunbeam Rapier


The roof


Austin Healey sprite




Sunbeam rapier



With the majority of experts confirming that it is indeed a SPRITE

i2s2bme wrote:

With the majority of experts confirming that it is indeed a SPRITE[/size][/quote]

The roofline is all wrong - cannot be a Sprite.

I give up

Looser. That will teach you for starting something...lol

Stangely the other day when I was doing my daily "Mad Mile" (87ks to W'gong) to home I thought of what it was. Now I've completely forgotten it now.
I was thinking of the many "Corgi Cars" I use to have and should've kept and I'm almost certain I had one.
Certainly the roof line and grille dont match what you have there Col....keep working on it mate, we'll find it eventually.

- Ray

Hey I'm just trying to see if anyone here knows
I said at the start I don't know what it is especially these type of cars
I won't tell you what I call them
This has caused as much drama on another sight
No one can agree on what it is there either lol

How about this one

www.classicandperformancecar.com/front_w...lpicture.php?id=1170

or


www.ewa1.com/md/det354.jpg