COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

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MarkwG

4,880 posts

191 months

Monday 13th May
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Doofus said:
Rob 131 Sport said:
There is also a lovely Cortina Crusader Estate adjacent to the Black RS2000.
Isn't it a Carousel?
Could be either, I think: both were available two tone.

Doofus

26,214 posts

175 months

Monday 13th May
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MarkwG said:
Doofus said:
Rob 131 Sport said:
There is also a lovely Cortina Crusader Estate adjacent to the Black RS2000.
Isn't it a Carousel?
Could be either, I think: both were available two tone.
I didn't know that. I thought the Crusader had a big pinstripe thing and the Carousel was two-tone.

Rumblestripe

2,996 posts

164 months

Monday 13th May
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Lovely day for Hurworth Classic Car Show (near Darlington)

Loved this car, never seen one in the flesh before, utterly gobsmackingly gorgeous:



CKY

1,469 posts

17 months

Monday 13th May
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Rumblestripe said:
Lovely day for Hurworth Classic Car Show (near Darlington)

Loved this car, never seen one in the flesh before, utterly gobsmackingly gorgeous:


Is that real or a recreation? Looks good either way, just not 100% sure on the wheels and some of the body lines.... granted it's probably been 30 years since i've seen one in the flesh!

21st Century Man

41,079 posts

250 months

Monday 13th May
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Gov vehicle check seems genuine.

LeighW

4,442 posts

190 months

Monday 13th May
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CKY said:
Is that real or a recreation? Looks good either way, just not 100% sure on the wheels and some of the body lines.... granted it's probably been 30 years since i've seen one in the flesh!
It's not an original, it's a 'continuation' built in the 80s.

https://prelive.classic-trader.com/uk/cars/listing...

Some info on them in this ad here:

https://hymanltd.com/vehicles/5632-1980-auburn-boa...



gt40steve

715 posts

106 months

Monday 13th May
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Doofus said:
MarkwG said:
Doofus said:
Rob 131 Sport said:
There is also a lovely Cortina Crusader Estate adjacent to the Black RS2000.
Isn't it a Carousel?
Could be either, I think: both were available two tone.
I didn't know that. I thought the Crusader had a big pinstripe thing and the Carousel was two-tone.
Carousel were all two tone, Forest Green over Crystal Green, Graphite Grey over Strato Silver or Roman Bronze over Tuscan Beige.

Crusaders were available in more colours. They came about two years after the Carousel. Single tone with chrome bumpers or two tone with black bumpers.
I know of one local dealer that 'made' a two tone Crusader that went out with chrome bumpers. Popular choices were red over silver and blue over silver.

Doofus

26,214 posts

175 months

Monday 13th May
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This is the Crusader pinstripe I was thinking of.


adamInca

209 posts

145 months

Monday 13th May
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Rumblestripe said:
Lovely day for Hurworth Classic Car Show (near Darlington)

Loved this car, never seen one in the flesh before, utterly gobsmackingly gorgeous:


Saw that driving through Northallerton, looked fabulous.

MarkwG

4,880 posts

191 months

Monday 13th May
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gt40steve said:
Doofus said:
MarkwG said:
Doofus said:
Rob 131 Sport said:
There is also a lovely Cortina Crusader Estate adjacent to the Black RS2000.
Isn't it a Carousel?
Could be either, I think: both were available two tone.
I didn't know that. I thought the Crusader had a big pinstripe thing and the Carousel was two-tone.
Carousel were all two tone, Forest Green over Crystal Green, Graphite Grey over Strato Silver or Roman Bronze over Tuscan Beige.

Crusaders were available in more colours. They came about two years after the Carousel. Single tone with chrome bumpers or two tone with black bumpers.
I know of one local dealer that 'made' a two tone Crusader that went out with chrome bumpers. Popular choices were red over silver and blue over silver.
And to throw a fox into the hen house - some dealers would improvise for a sale: Gates in Hitchin painted my old Cortina to match the Granada Sapphire of the time, as that's what the first owner wanted...

Escort3500

11,949 posts

147 months

Tuesday 14th May
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Couple from a local show at the weekend, including a pretty rare Jensen S-V8





Dan Singh

891 posts

52 months

Tuesday 14th May
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[quote=MDMA .]Few classic and modern day classics from today’s local meet.

I like the wide body M-Series next to the three wheeler.





gt40steve

715 posts

106 months

Tuesday 14th May
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MarkwG said:
gt40steve said:
Doofus said:
MarkwG said:
Doofus said:
Rob 131 Sport said:
There is also a lovely Cortina Crusader Estate adjacent to the Black RS2000.
Isn't it a Carousel?
Could be either, I think: both were available two tone.
I didn't know that. I thought the Crusader had a big pinstripe thing and the Carousel was two-tone.
Carousel were all two tone, Forest Green over Crystal Green, Graphite Grey over Strato Silver or Roman Bronze over Tuscan Beige.

Crusaders were available in more colours. They came about two years after the Carousel. Single tone with chrome bumpers or two tone with black bumpers.
I know of one local dealer that 'made' a two tone Crusader that went out with chrome bumpers. Popular choices were red over silver and blue over silver.
And to throw a fox into the hen house - some dealers would improvise for a sale: Gates in Hitchin painted my old Cortina to match the Granada Sapphire of the time, as that's what the first owner wanted...
My local dealer also painted a brand new Granada Ghia X in the old Sapphire colour scheme.

A.J.M

7,947 posts

188 months

Tuesday 14th May
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Gompo

4,430 posts

260 months

Tuesday 14th May
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Not a spot as such, given it was a local meet; but thought it was worth uploading due to the rarity. A Cavalier Centaur.


Yertis

18,131 posts

268 months

Tuesday 14th May
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A.J.M said:
Those things were rare even in the '80s.

MDMA .

8,995 posts

103 months

Tuesday 14th May
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A.J.M said:
I learned to drive in one of those, red though. Trevor Ford driving school in Wigan. That was back in 1992.

Yertis

18,131 posts

268 months

Tuesday 14th May
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Actually – what is it? I thought on first glance it was a Subaru XT, because it has the same (slightly odd) cabin shape and proportions but now realise it's some kind of Nissan.

SydneyBridge

8,708 posts

160 months

Tuesday 14th May
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Sunny ?

Turbobanana

6,360 posts

203 months

Tuesday 14th May
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Nissan Sunny B12 Coupe, 1986-90ish.

Edited by Turbobanana on Tuesday 14th May 17:01