COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[garyfrogeye]

Saw loads of classics yesterday on the M40. I was in the frogeye so no camera to hand. A whole bunch of Bristols (some with foreign plates) mixed in with half a dozen older Rolls Royces. A BMW 2002i and a BMW 2002 touring (haven't seen one of those for years). A turner, and MGB some kind of large Singer convertable. A really radically low Citroen (ratrod type of thing), perhaps an Amy or a Diane. It was literally inches off the ground. I loved it. a couple of MG Magnets. Probably others too which I've forgotten.

[tog]

garyfrogeye said:

A whole bunch of Bristols (some with foreign plates)

It was the BOC concours at Ragley Hall, near Stratford, yesterday.

[Cliftonite]

garyfrogeye said:

Saw loads of classics yesterday on the M40. I was in the frogeye so no camera to hand. A whole bunch of Bristols (some with foreign plates) mixed in with half a dozen older Rolls Royces. A BMW 2002i and a BMW 2002 touring (haven't seen one of those for years). A turner, and MGB some kind of large Singer convertable. A really radically low Citroen (ratrod type of thing), perhaps an Amy or a Diane. It was literally inches off the ground. I loved it. a couple of MG Magnets. Probably others too which I've forgotten.

I am attracted to MG Magnets.

[mikey77]

Blown2CV said:

mikey77 said:

Yeah, they're nice, Maigrets, but you do see quite a lot of 'em in France...

What was at this little show was a very nice Renault 11 Turbo. Now there's a rarity. But I didn't put it on here cos I was a bit afraid of the flak I might get!

well i'm personally not in france so it's a rarity to me! Post the 11!!

Sorry, didn't take a pic. I only carry a (non-smart) phone these days and only take pix I think might interest others. It was a local club for R8 Gordinis and the like so I'll keep an eye open for it from now on.
There was a Fuego there as well, for gawd's sake! My brother had one years ago and he's still stroppy when I take the Michael.

[Gompo]

4rephill said:

Maybe to you! - I'd be more interested in a rubber bumpered MG than this piece of st any day of the week!

Yep, my opinion

My interest comes from the scarcity (and in this case that it's old for a small diesel) rather than looks, or why ever else people like to see latter day BGTs etc.

[DickyC]

Cliftonite said:

garyfrogeye said:

Saw loads of classics yesterday on the M40. I was in the frogeye so no camera to hand. A whole bunch of Bristols (some with foreign plates) mixed in with half a dozen older Rolls Royces. A BMW 2002i and a BMW 2002 touring (haven't seen one of those for years). A turner, and MGB some kind of large Singer convertable. A really radically low Citroen (ratrod type of thing), perhaps an Amy or a Diane. It was literally inches off the ground. I loved it. a couple of MG Magnets. Probably others too which I've forgotten.

I am attracted to MG Magnets.

You'll find you're poles apart from others.

[dbdb]

Gompo said:

I suppose I could've put this in the rarities thread, but regardless; we don't have a thread for the obscure and soon to be extinct.

Amazing. I can't remember the last time I saw one of these, it was certainly more than ten years ago. Good spot!

[dbdb]

2slo said:

Triumph Spitfire daily driver seen in Ontario, Canada last week which I just had to get a pic of. Looked in really good condition considering it's almost 40 years old. I briefly spoke to the driver at the lights as I'd noticed the 4 exhausts (thinking 2.5 p.I. conversion) apparently not though, just the std 1500 4 cyl. Sounded nice as it pulled away:

Triumph Spitfire in Ontario, Canada. by 2slo7, on Flickr

The Spitfire has aged incredibly well. Such a good looking car.

[DickyC]

4rephill said:

Maybe to you! - I'd be more interested in a rubber bumpered MG than this piece of st any day of the week!

In the early eighties I had a black, black bumpered 1977 MGB GT. I thought it was the bks. Both my father and brother had chrome bumpered MGBs at the time and I was fascinated by MG owners waving at one another and couldn't wait to start. Very soon I noticed that some chrome bumper owners ignored waves from Johnny-come-lately black bumper owners. Bewildering to begin with, but I soon got used to it. One day though, an MGB GT identical to mine came the other way - same year, same colour, absolutely identical - and I proudly waved. He didn't so much ignore me as look at me as if I was mad.


I was driving my wife's Mini.

[strummerville]

A few recent spots (mainly from the 80s) from Portugal last week:

[gforceg]

Bob CD said:

...also a red Lancia 037 on the A272 twixt Midhurst and Petworth, in traffic, so not fulfilling its potential. Would this be a real one - looked OK to me - or are there copies/replicas?

It could possibly have been an 037 Stradale but bodykits have been made for fitting to Montecarlos too. Not sure which would be rarer!

[ClassicMotorNut]

I saw quite a lot over the weekend, most notably a Bentley R-Type (if I remember correctly) followed by a B.M.W. 327, both bedecked with wedding ribbons.

[Cliftonite]

Riley Lynx

[FUBAR]

I'll just leave these here

[lotus72]

is that Beach Buggy for sale ?

[FUBAR]

It is, although they didnt have a price on it. I think the owner wants 'top money' whatever that might be?

[digger the goat]

G.P short wheelbase
I had one of these 22 years ago.
Bought for £1k. Ran it for a year, fitted bugle exhausts. Tried to MOT it and found it was a real heap underneath !
Sold for £ 450-00 !!
It wouldn't go any faster than 68 mph

[Dave G fsi]

Both in San Fran:

[Dave G fsi]

Also this:

[Mellow Yellow]

lotus72 said:

is that Beach Buggy for sale ?

There were three on display at the Capel Car show (Surrey) last sunday, all three for sale, from memory they were £4k, £4.5k and £6.5k, no further details I'm afraid but a good trawl of the net or even a new post here should turn something up if you're after one. None were as tidy as the one here though.