COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[rix]

No pics but spotted a bond bug broken down near Beckton retail park this evening. Love them!

[mikey77]

Dapster said:

DickyC said:

French registered

Wouldn't a French plate of that vintage be "1234 AB 56"? The plate would have a 2 digit numerical department identifier at the end, eg 75 for Paris, 33 Gironde etc...

The plate looks right to me for an original mid-1960s registration. There are still quite a lot of motors from that era in my part of the world (87) with plates like that.

[Cliftonite]

Northampton

[lotus72]

nice! ^^^^

[tali1]

You wait for a bus and then 3.....

[Roy C]

A nice pair of DB2's at Loton Park last weekend

[dinkel]

ToneyCaroney said:

RESSE said:

Could this be the same car?









Spotted in 2009 on a trip to GW.

[Yertis]

I love Astons but my god that's horrible.

[CatfishCKY]

Dapster said:

Just thought, it could have been an original '66 ish car, brought to the UK and registered with a contemporary plate in the mid 70's. Sweden used to drive on the left then and the original car being rhd would have been correct. They changed over to drive on the right in the late 60's so an original '74 car would have been a leftie!

My mate at school had a silver '77 Jubilee edition in the late 80's. It made such a lovely noise and the girls LOVED it!!

That would make sense actually, yes!
Nice recall! i've not heard one myself, would like to though! Though i may not LOVE it

[tali1]

Yertis said:

I love Astons but my god that's horrible.

Described by Brain Laban in Performance Car as akin to " a burly policeman in a frock "

[Dapster]

mikey77 said:

Dapster said:

DickyC said:

French registered

Wouldn't a French plate of that vintage be "1234 AB 56"? The plate would have a 2 digit numerical department identifier at the end, eg 75 for Paris, 33 Gironde etc...

The plate looks right to me for an original mid-1960s registration. There are still quite a lot of motors from that era in my part of the world (87) with plates like that.

According to Wikki, pre 2009 plates looked like this:

Wikki said:

Until 2009, the plate format bore a "number" of the following formats: either nnnn LL dd, or nnn LLL dd.

nnn (or nnnn) is a 2-, 3- or 4-digit number.
LL (or LLL) is a 2- or 3-letter group.
dd is a 2-digit number indicating the département in which the car is registered.

There is no departement identifier on the Jag which is what caught my eye.

[mikey77]

Dapster said:

mikey77 said:

Dapster said:

DickyC said:

French registered

Wouldn't a French plate of that vintage be "1234 AB 56"? The plate would have a 2 digit numerical department identifier at the end, eg 75 for Paris, 33 Gironde etc...

The plate looks right to me for an original mid-1960s registration. There are still quite a lot of motors from that era in my part of the world (87) with plates like that.

According to Wikki, pre 2009 plates looked like this:

Wikki said:

Until 2009, the plate format bore a "number" of the following formats: either nnnn LL dd, or nnn LLL dd.

nnn (or nnnn) is a 2-, 3- or 4-digit number.
LL (or LLL) is a 2- or 3-letter group.
dd is a 2-digit number indicating the département in which the car is registered.

There is no departement identifier on the Jag which is what caught my eye.

I think the plate on the Jaguar is from the French format that pre-dates the one mentioned above. Wiki isn't always your friend. Here's one I noticed the other day...

Edited by mikey77 on Thursday 18th September 09:36

[dinkel]

[Cliftonite]

[Blown2CV]

Yertis said:

I love Astons but my god that's horrible.

tempted to say maybe you don't love Astons then... or are you just referring to DB9s?

[ElioZ]

mikey77 said:

I think the plate on the Jaguar is from the French format that pre-dates the one mentioned above. Wiki isn't always your friend. Here's one I noticed the other day...
http://thumbsnap.com/NXeJs68b

The Jaguar was french registered in december 2009, the Clément-Bayard in november 2013, both in the actual format (= SIV).

[Scousefella]

5pm this eve at Latchingdon garage (Essex) was a stunning LHD Silver Maserati Indy.

Couldn't help myself, went and had a quick natter with the owner - it only comes out a couple of times a year but he is driving down to Reims tomorrow.

He is on the Maserati owners UK forums but not on PH.

Sounded nice and beefy as it fired up and left the forecourt.

Nice.

Edited by Scousefella on Thursday 18th September 21:45

[finlo]

Today outside a bodyshop stripped and spot primed ready for a new lick of paint a Fiat 130 coupe in dark green.
Brought back memories as I smoked around in one as a 19 year old.

[Cliftonite]

Much preferred it in grey and white (as posted earlier this month):

[yellowjack]

Cliftonite said:

Much preferred it in grey and white (as posted earlier this month):

Oh man!

Why? Just why? It's now horrible, in the original picture it looked so 'right', and now it just looks silly