Autoquiz 473

[carsntrucks4you]

Here the new quiz for this week. Please sent a PM with Year, Make and Type. 

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[peteski]

That one looks very familiar, but the rear end seems to belong to another very familiar  car from another country!  Wild!

[DonW]

I know what it is but I don't know why...?

[carsntrucks4you]

This time i was looking for an Australian car, yes a car from Down Under. The base car was a Mini but with some heavy modification. There were a few fastback or coupe styled Mini available. Some of you said it is a Broadspeed GT 2+2 but it isn't. This one is a1966-1967 Buckle Monaco. Buckle Motors Pty. Ltd. was founded in 1927 in Sdyney, Australia. In 1957 they started building cars, before that the were a dealership for Triumph, Citroen, DeSoto etc. This was a fibreglass bodied Coupe with components of the Ford Zeyphr. Then the start building Goggomobil for the Australian market and in 1966 the started manufactured the Buckle Monaco. The conversion saw the original roof replaced with a lower, sleeker, fibreglass roof which significantly reduced the weight of the vehicle. This lighter, more aerodynamic conversion of the Mini was a total of 4 inches shorter than the standard model. About 30 cars were build.

The correct answer were sent in by:

Bucky

stitchdup

GeeBee

Matt Bacon

ChrisR

Thom

Ace-Garageguy

maltsr

porschercr

sjordan2

matthijsgrit

Hotrod 97

DonW

dw1603

 

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