COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[Robin Hood]

nicanary said:

Am I right in thinking the "wood-free" body was an option?

The "all steel" version was available in the UK from late 1962 although for export a year earlier

[MarkwG]

Robin Hood said:

nicanary said:

Am I right in thinking the "wood-free" body was an option?

The "all steel" version was available in the UK from late 1962 although for export a year earlier

Could be, although I recall the van conversions generally had rear side windows cut into the van panel, rather than the complete sliding window - I imagine that was simpler & cheaper to do.

[XRS]

Went to Battle today.

Didn't see any of LOC's classics (many of which I drove back in the day).

But I was followed by this (not my photo as I was driving)

http://www.vintagebentleys.org/_display_large_p.ph...

[shagracer]

saw a few nice cars today


LOMAX 223 kit car by shagracer, on Flickr


1961 VOLVO AMAZON 122 by shagracer, on Flickr


1970 JAGUAR XJ6 4.2 SERIES I by shagracer, on Flickr


1946 MG TC 1250cc by shagracer, on Flickr

and you dont see many of these cubs nowadays


HONDA CUB by shagracer, on Flickr

[Blown2CV]

shagracer said:

saw a few nice cars today


LOMAX 223 kit car by shagracer, on Flickr


1961 VOLVO AMAZON 122 by shagracer, on Flickr


1970 JAGUAR XJ6 4.2 SERIES I by shagracer, on Flickr


1946 MG TC 1250cc by shagracer, on Flickr

and you dont see many of these cubs nowadays


HONDA CUB by shagracer, on Flickr

Well, 3 nice cars, a minging kit car and a non description pizza delivery moped.

[yellowjack]

Robin Hood said:

nicanary said:

Am I right in thinking the "wood-free" body was an option?

The "all steel" version was available in the UK from late 1962 although for export a year earlier

mcarcheck.com said:

We have information on our database regarding FAL181C, a Morris Mini Traveller (Estate).

If their information is correct, it's a factory Traveller with an all-steel body, rather than a conversion.

[ClassicMotorNut]

I saw a lovely TD today, just like this one.


1953 M.G. TD by Zack S. Classic Cars, on Flickr

[dbdb]

shagracer said:

saw a few nice cars today


1970 JAGUAR XJ6 4.2 SERIES I by shagracer, on Flickr

This really is beautiful and in one of my favourite colours for the Series I. I quite like the Honda delivery bike. It is strangely cool looking and appeals to me.

[vixen1700]

That Series 1 XJ6 is very cool.

[DickyC]

How cool is this? I've seen it before at home time in Kingston but managed to get a snap of it last night waiting on Kingston Bridge. Far cooler still was after parting company in Teddington I decided to vary my route home and not use the M4 but use the M3 to Basingstoke instead and then turn north to Newbury. I passed it doing a steady 65 west of Camberley. He's only commuting in it! (And knows better back doubles to the Motorway.)

Top bloke.

[Martin350]

shagracer said:

saw a few nice cars today


LOMAX 223 kit car by shagracer, on Flickr


1961 VOLVO AMAZON 122 by shagracer, on Flickr


1970 JAGUAR XJ6 4.2 SERIES I by shagracer, on Flickr


1946 MG TC 1250cc by shagracer, on Flickr

and you dont see many of these cubs nowadays


HONDA CUB by shagracer, on Flickr

Is that Bradford On Avon?

[mikey77]

I used to commute with a 30-year-old P6 V8, but the nice earlier one without all the plastic.

Anyway, I spotted this in Menton, near Monte Carlo, a couple of weeks ago. Nicer than the usual tat you see around there...

[mikey77]

I never thought I'd risk being accused of posting something not quite a 'cool classic' on here, but I couldn't resist snapping this in Villefranche-sur-Mer on the Cote d'Azur the other day. It went down well on 'Autoste'...

[yellowjack]

mikey77 said:

I never thought I'd risk being accused of posting something not quite a 'cool classic' on here, but I couldn't resist snapping this in Villefranche-sur-Mer on the Cote d'Azur the other day. It went down well on 'Autoste'...

Might I take the liberty of pointing this... http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... ...thread out to you. Apologies if you already know it, but that Volvo would seem to be a perfect candidate for inclusion therein.

[shagracer]

Martin350 said:

Is that Bradford On Avon?

1988 PORSCHE 924S 2.5 by shagracer, on Flickr

yes B-O-A but the xjs and MG were taken in Bath

Edited by shagracer on Thursday 6th March 12:41

Edited by shagracer on Thursday 6th March 12:50

[Martin350]

Thought it was, I lived there for twelve years as a kid, nice town.

My best spot in B-O-A was a red Countach LP400, after school one day in around 1982! It caused quite a stir!

[MonkeykingZX]

DickyC said:

How cool is this? I've seen it before at home time in Kingston but managed to get a snap of it last night waiting on Kingston Bridge. Far cooler still was after parting company in Teddington I decided to vary my route home and not use the M4 but use the M3 to Basingstoke instead and then turn north to Newbury. I passed it doing a steady 65 west of Camberley. He's only commuting in it! (And knows better back doubles to the Motorway.)

Top bloke.

Got excited for a second as I thought that was mine, unfortunately not Good to see someone else is using theirs for commuting though!

[nta16]

Blown2CV said:

shagracer said:

saw a few nice cars today


LOMAX 223 kit car by shagracer, on Flickr


1961 VOLVO AMAZON 122 by shagracer, on Flickr


1970 JAGUAR XJ6 4.2 SERIES I by shagracer, on Flickr


1946 MG TC 1250cc by shagracer, on Flickr

and you dont see many of these cubs nowadays


HONDA CUB by shagracer, on Flickr

Well, 3 nice cars, a minging kit car

strange comment from someone with your handle

the old chap is using the car at this time of year minus roof it's not SORN'd unlike the majority of 'classics'

I meet a very old boy years ago in one of those at the France end of the Chunnel and as I didn't know what it was at the time I went over and asked him, he also told me each year he toured it through France and would end up at a friend's in Spain and stop there for a week out of the three before making his journey back home to England - so the Lomax owners seem a much hardier bunch than the average 'classic' owner and certainly more so than the average soft modern car owner

I'd be very happy, thrilled and frightened to take a three-wheeled Lomax on a twisty country road rather than seeing how high I can get a speedo needle on a straight road

Blown2CV said:

and a non description pizza delivery moped.

possibly pizza delivery wasn't as prevalent when that was new, I don't know as I've never had a pizza delivered

[DickyC]

MonkeykingZX said:

Got excited for a second as I thought that was mine, unfortunately not Good to see someone else is using theirs for commuting though!

I'm a bit envious; the 3500S was such a desirable car in the seventies. Still is! The Rover 2000 was a revolution when it came out in the sixties and then to have the V8 fitted... Wonderous.

[Big Raff]

Not posted here in a while, Have seen some nice sights in the last few months, not snapped all of them, because i am too slow

One i am sure some of you have seen, the Jag outside the Imperial Hotel in Delhi


Getting some work done at JAZ - Wembley in the late summer


Nice Chevelle near Venice Beach...most probably not a real SS, but looked great in green


And in Maida Vale (on a summers weekend the best spot for some great classics) this one usually pops up, it is in fantastic condition


Will be better with the camera in future...