What were they thinking?

[swee'pea99]

Just watching a programme on post-war British sports cars, and they featured a car I'd never heard of - the Austin Atlantic - made to target the American market. Apparently it was not a success.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Looks ok.

 

[vernon]

I'd be happy to have one.

 

[swee'pea99]

Looks ok.

Seriously?

This was (some of) the competition...

 

[swee'pea99]

I'd be happy to have one.

Yeah, but you're weird.

It's hideous!

 

[PeteXXX]

The Atlantic, if memory serves me well, was an aluminium bodied car in the County range, designed by Jenson.
I had a 1952 A40 Devon, a 1954 A40 Devon commercial and an A40 Somerset once upon a time....

 

[slowmotion]

It looks like the happy consequence of a fumbled coupling between an overweight Austin Healey and a Citroen DS.

I like it.

 

[Keith Oates]

Compared to some of the American cars of yesteryear it looks good.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[screenman]

I want one.

 

[vernon]

I want two.

 

[Bollo]

My office is part of a converted set of barns. The barn's owner has a small collection of classic cars/rustbuckets/projects in one of the units. Pride of place is a Gordon-Keeble. It's a fabulously handsome car in the flesh, sounds great when fired up and should only be driven by cads, bounders or rotters, preferably with a flighty young thing in the passenger seat.

The marque badge is a turtle!

 

[Drago]

Blimey, not seen a Gordon Keeble in 30 or more years.

All these cars fell by the wayside because they had no ground clearance, locking diffs or low range transfer boxes.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Seriously?

This was (some of) the competition...

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I like that too.

 

[vernon]

I've got two.

I'll swap you them for my Fraser Nash

 

[vernon]

What a beautiful looking car

Just love the spoked wheels. Do you let Fenton drive it?

Since his arm loss he can only drive automatics - he can't steer and change gear at the same time.