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Surprised to find these in Iowa

Posted: 26 Sep 2008, 02:01
by cjw50310
One of the historical societies here in Des Moines had a charity car show a few weeks back, and there were a handful of old British marques on the grounds. There were a couple that I'd not seen before, but I was surprised to see these three this far into the continent...

The first: Sunbeam Harrington Le Mans

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Riley Elf MkII - according to the hand-out, this was brought Stateside in 2000.

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Daimler DB18 Sports Special, I think. Due to an editing error, this one was omitted from the guide

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Thanks for looking,
Chris

Re: Surprised to find these in Iowa

Posted: 26 Sep 2008, 02:10
by VEGAS
Nice to see our American counterparts keeping the British motoring heritage in such fine shape. Plenty of hours work gone into those girls I'll bet... Thanks for sharing! ;-)

Re: Surprised to find these in Iowa

Posted: 26 Sep 2008, 02:14
by Paul K
At the risk of sounding a bit like General Melchett in 'Blackadder Goes Forth' ...matron at my boarding school had a Riley Elf.

Re: Surprised to find these in Iowa

Posted: 26 Sep 2008, 03:06
by DispatchDragon
Theres a few hours worth of buffing gone into the Daimler

Gorgeous stuff

And a surprise - The Harrington -- the last time I saw one of those was at Earls Court in 1964 I think


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