Comments | gorkabear: Classic on the streets of Las Palmas

gorkabear

Classic on the streets of Las Palmas

Mar 11, 2011 08:27

One of the things that happen in the Canary Islands (which are "Spain" since the 1400, longer than Catalonia, for instance) is that back in the times before Spain joined the EEC, they had plenty of different things. Since they were a free port, they had plenty of stuff that was unavailable in Peninsular Spain. One of the most remarkable things they ( Read more... )

cars, hillman hunter, sunbeam hunter

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danthered March 11 2011, 08:53:22 UTC

Those look like Lucas-made headlamps! :-)

gorkabear March 11 2011, 09:11:24 UTC

Ooohh, I didn't pay attention to that but I'm pretty sure that it's the case

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Re: a little Lucas humour.... danthered March 12 2011, 00:40:13 UTC

I don't get it. Am I underthinking or overthinking?

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dan4behr March 11 2011, 13:52:11 UTC

The wipers sweep left to right, so is this car a RHD?

It is an interesting car. I think these were sold in North America, but perhaps only in Canada? I remember a sedan version once in turquoise with a black vinyl top. I was a kid and it was parked somewhere. I remember the name 'Sunbeam' and thinking to myself WTF? The only Sunbeam I knew of at that time was the Tiger and Alpine sportscar.

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dan4behr March 11 2011, 19:05:48 UTC

thanks. I knew I'd seen at least one before, but I couldn't for the life of me remember what the model name was...

gorkabear March 12 2011, 21:11:19 UTC

I was quite surprised to see such a car. Then I googled this car in Spanish sites and I found that it's common there, go figure.

ciddyguy March 11 2011, 15:15:47 UTC

Very cool Xavi,

In a sense, kind of reminds me of the very first gen Euro Escort when they first came out, rear wheel drive and all.

When the car went FWD in 1980 or so, that's when we got an Americanized version of it here.

OH, if you haven't, scroll back in my journal when you have a chance to last month, I did a review of the Fiat 500 and I think last week did a comparo of the Euro and N. American difference of the same car. :-)