What car is this from? (pic)

[matria]

Can anyone help me ID this car. Thank you.

[HS30-H]

Austin Healey Sprite or MG Midget.

[26th-Z]

Yes, Mk II Sprite or Midget. Could be later. Is that a 1275? The hood is not attached to the hinges.

[Fun_in_my_z]

Healeys had a inline 6...MG or Triamph

[sblake01]

Healeys had a inline 6...MG or Triamph

Not very familiar with Austin Healy Sprites, are you, Bill?

[ChrisA]

Healeys had a inline 6...MG or Triamph

Not the Sprite's Bill, they were tiny compared to what you're thinking of. The 3000's were sixes.

Chris

[sblake01]

Friend of mine had one of those some years ago. (AH 3000) I just remember how sweet that car sounded! He spent a lot of time working on it, however.

[ChrisA]

Friend of mine had one of those some years ago. (AH 3000) I just remember how sweet that car sounded! He spent a lot of time working on it, however.

Yeah Stephen, my brother-in-law has a 67 Mark III 3000 BJ8 He's not the least inclined towards cars so I get to tinker with it occasionally. Its a blast to drive and does indeed sound sweet.

Chris

[matria]

Thanks everyone for your help. Just curious about the air cleaner assemblies. With them pointing in different directions, was there any difference in how much air the front 2 cylinders got verses the rear 2 and any guess as to how many different cars used the SU style carb?

Thanks again, Skip

[HS30-H]

Just curious about the air cleaner assemblies. With them pointing in different directions, was there any difference in how much air the front 2 cylinders got verses the rear 2......

Short answer - no. The air inlets on the air cleaners simply allow the engine to suck as much air as they need. No tangible 'ram air' effect under a bonnet like that, no matter which direction the air cleaner inlets are pointing in. Don't worry yourself with it. The designers knew what they were doing.........

..... and any guess as to how many different cars used the SU style carb?

Literally hundreds. If you counted all variants and all years you might even get up into the thousands.

The good news is that spares for 'proper' SU carbs are plentiful, and spares for AH Sprites and MG Midgets and their like are no problem either.

If only the situation for 'our' cars was so good.....

[26th-Z]

You must be on-line with me, Alan. I was going to say the same thing about the air cleaners. The car didn't go fast enough to consider anything like "ram air". I was visiting my local British car friends this morning and looked at an MGTD having body frames replaced from termite damage. Although oak to replace ash, the frame pieces are available from Moss. Imagine....

[MikeW]

I was visiting my local British car friends this morning and looked at an MGTD having body frames replaced from termite damage. Although oak to replace ash, the frame pieces are available from Moss.

How was the car stored? I must be under the mistaken impression that termites only travel under ground and into wood or through small cracks in a foundation in order to get to wood. I didn't think they ever exposed themselves; they even go so far as to build a mud tunnel up the side of a cement or brick wall in order to get to the wood. Given your profession and location I'm sure you know far more about this than I ever will.