COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

The days before a anti UV additive was invented.....

Real patina, rather than the contrived faux stuff. Lovely old thing. LHD and Italian plates give it a certain extra too.

Nice little (tiny!) Lancia in London E1 yesterday, unfortunately had a little dribble under its chin which looked like water pump, but the owner was confident he’d get home a few miles away. I hope so in the horrible traffic yesterday afternoon.

I agree, but rallying innit.

Also needs some colour: silver wheels would help. Gorgeous little cars though.

A very nice original and early example spotted today.

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It's a lovely old thing. There have been a few of these launch-spec cars with the taller door mirrors, open plenum, boot infill and on this Daimler no inlay in the veneers, posted on PH recently. It's good to see as they are so rare now. They're beautiful cars, very good to drive and almost criminally underrated in my view.

My guess at towing mpg - 12-14. Metric wheels too.

In Suffolk today - looked so small - had to look up why it didn't have full width chrome grille - not a deluxe model

+1. The XJ40 is really coming into its own and they were a great car (albeit a few minor issues on early cars). When production was in full flow in 1989, this was Jaguars best ever year for sales since the company began.

I love the green on this particular example and remember the black panel on early Daimler and Sovereign versions.

It was just quietly sitting there, minding its own business, and just looked right.