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I have not got the foggiest what that is.

I think they're all 'avin a larf at our expense, MrB. They're making those names up!I've never heard of any of 'em. Way over my head here - I'd better step away and watch from the sidelines on this one. :oops:
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Wheels appear identical to offerings on the Bitter range, but also remind me of Mk1 Granadas. Glasshouse similar to fiesta Mk1/2, but is slightly different, no quarterlight in front door, and rear side window rake is different, but screen looks like Mk4/5 Cortina. I still reckon it's GM/Opel based, but which model?? Commodore/Monza???? Just the glass gets me....Door handles appear familiar, but no idea. Bitter badge looks like the one on this car, and it's also RHD......it's got me.....

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I've no idea, but it looks like the mutant offspring of a Bitter CD and a Ginetta G26! :?

Baz, loving your new Avatar & Banner especially. Think they're brill - the R9/R11 side by side is just the thing I was wanting to see! You wouldn't get that anywhere else outside of a brochure! :D
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I win! It is an Ilinga AF2. 'Ilinga' is an Aboriginal word for 'far horizon'.A 1975 Australian Bricklin, if you like. The first example was wheeled out in Feb '75, with a production plan of 100 units per year at AUD$15,750 - 3 times the price of a Holden sedan but AUD$4,000 less than a 911 Turbot. V8 powered (4.4L Rover - from the P76!), 200km/h top speed.After AUD$200,000 was spent on development, Leyland Australia went bust and so did the supplies of the motor. But that didn't matter, because Ilinga were in court, trying to sue Borg-Warner because the proposed transmission wouldn't mate with said V8. Two examples were built (aluminium body over a box-section chassis).Those are Volvo bumpers, apparently.NB I am not an Illinga expert, but I do have an excellent Australian book called "Extra Lemon" by Tony Davis - sort of their version of "Crap Cars" - which features the above.

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