914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
5/18/21 6:54 a.m.

NMNA - - is this what they called the Teapot?

 

 

 

Here's one all cleaned up, still trying to get a handle on its size.  Miata frame or Falcon size?

 

 

DeadSkunk  (Warren)
DeadSkunk (Warren) UltimaDork
5/18/21 10:42 a.m.

In reply to 914Driver :

Wheelbase is the same as an early 70s Corolla, so just slightly longer than a Miata and 3 or 4 inches longer overall. My parents had a 1952 Austin A40 Devin. It wasn't a big car, certainly not Falcon sized.

TurnerX19
TurnerX19 UltraDork
5/18/21 12:07 p.m.

My mom got crashed bad in her Somerset around 1966. Not this car, but same color. DeadSkunk nailed it, it is Corolla sized. Much smaller than a Falcon. Very tall but short and narrow engine compartment.

DeadSkunk  (Warren)
DeadSkunk (Warren) UltimaDork
5/18/21 3:52 p.m.

In reply to TurnerX19 :

My mother rolled their first A40 when she was pregnant with me, and then she ran the next A40 into the back of Doc Middleton's nice new '56 T-bird with me standing on the transmission hump in the back seat. I ended up in the front seat...........Bah!! Humbug on seatbelts !!

SVreX (Forum Supporter)
SVreX (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
5/18/21 6:39 p.m.

In reply to DeadSkunk (Warren) :

Didn't I see that scene in World According to Garp?  surprise

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
5/19/21 6:49 a.m.

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