COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[DickyC]

Blown2CV said:

they were very common at one point, i remember. At the time they were a bit of a joke (to me anyway) but they're definitely a zeitgeist, and dare I say it they actually look quite good these days? Fiat X/19 IIRC.

Yes, sorry, I meant to put X1/9. There was a story about it not being developed despite its success. There were a few facelifts but nothing much under the skin. Maybe under different management it would have developed into something tasty over time.

[iva cosworth]

DickyC said:

Yes, sorry, I meant to put X1/9. There was a story about it not being developed despite its success. There were a few facelifts but nothing much under the skin. Maybe under different management it would have developed into something tasty over time.

IIRC the first cars were a 1300,that ^^ is a later 1500 with the big bumpers.

When I was at college in 1979> one rather more wealthy than the rest,son of a very famous sportsman, had a new one.

Everybody else had right old bangers.

[Blown2CV]

iva cosworth said:

DickyC said:

Yes, sorry, I meant to put X1/9. There was a story about it not being developed despite its success. There were a few facelifts but nothing much under the skin. Maybe under different management it would have developed into something tasty over time.

IIRC the first cars were a 1300,that ^^ is a later 1500 with the big bumpers.

When I was at college in 1979> one rather more wealthy than the rest,son of a very famous sportsman, had a new one.

Everybody else had right old bangers.

That reminds me, when i was at college the daughter of a certain Merseyside football manager had a rather lovely new Audi Cabriolet (the one based on the 80, i think) when everyone else was tooling about in similarly old bangers. I had a two-tone toyota starlet that was 12 years old.

[mike9009]

Spotted in Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Very pretty Lancia - can anyone fill in more details?





Mike

[DougMcC]

Saw this nice pair in Cambridge earlier on in the week.

[nicanary]

mike9009 said:

Spotted in Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Very pretty Lancia - can anyone fill in more details?





Mike

Lancia Aurelia B24 Spyder - much rarer I think, than the convertible, and also worth a packet. Are those wire wheels, or some sort of cover for the standard steel wheels?

[Gompo]

DougMcC said:

Saw this nice pair in Cambridge earlier on in the week.

Brothers from another mother? Well, perhaps closer than that in a way.

Good spot.

[mike9009]

nicanary said:

mike9009 said:

Spotted in Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Very pretty Lancia - can anyone fill in more details?





Mike

Lancia Aurelia B24 Spyder - much rarer I think, than the convertible, and also worth a packet. Are those wire wheels, or some sort of cover for the standard steel wheels?

Thanks for that - been doing some web searching on it now. Didn't realise it was so rare - only 59 RHD models ever produced..... and one sold for £500k recently! I don't think I would have left it on the sea front in Ventnor....

Mike

[nicanary]

mike9009 said:

nicanary said:

mike9009 said:

Spotted in Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Very pretty Lancia - can anyone fill in more details?





Mike

Lancia Aurelia B24 Spyder - much rarer I think, than the convertible, and also worth a packet. Are those wire wheels, or some sort of cover for the standard steel wheels?

Thanks for that - been doing some web searching on it now. Didn't realise it was so rare - only 59 RHD models ever produced..... and one sold for £500k recently! I don't think I would have left it on the sea front in Ventnor....

Mike

I started to wonder whether it was a replica, but a quick Google doesn't turn up anything.

[alpinemauve]

Pistons and Props, Sywell, Northants. It's always nice to look around the main car parks to see whats there (I never really understand why organisers of shows don't put classics/cars of interest all together in one area, as you tend to be marshalled somewhere to park)

[alpinemauve]

[alpinemauve]

[spoodler]

No photo's I'm afraid but...

Trundling through the lanes around Calne yesterday in the Scooby pick up we caught up with a trio of motors that must have been a collective age of about three hundred and fifty years old - no idea if they were De Dions or Renaults (or whatever) but were a fantastic sight. The last one appeared to be chain drive with no diff', but what would I know - before my time...

The previous day had a near three hundred mile drive in my mate's vulgar, chavvy '85 RS Camaro, resplendent in its colour coded white bodykit! Despite mainly motorway miles at a very sedate pace (the bike he rode back was hardly a m-way cruiser) had a cracking drive with the top down all the way. Spotted a few nice motors including a '58ish Edsel station wagon, a Volvo 264, E-type coupe... but the highlight had to be getting overtaken by a red and white Ford GT40 - that has to be the most fantastic sounding car I have heard in a long time!

[72twink]

More a future classic really but also a "what are the chances", either end of Burgess Hill high street yesterday.

[Rochester TVR]

Couple in Greenwich recently...

[CAPP0]

Heading north on the A12 yesterday morning we passed a nice red Urraco, sounded lovely and the driver slowed down after passing us so that I could re-take him and have a good look!

Then, on the way home, we saw this Healey Silverstone. I had to Google the plate to find out what it was. Pictures are not the best, sorry, they were phone pics out of the car window:





and this one was taken in the rear-view mirror!



Actually saw a lot of classics on the A12 yesterday, I guess there may have been an event somewhere?

[The Surveyor]

mike9009 said:

Spotted in Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Very pretty Lancia - can anyone fill in more details?





Mike

Beautiful Lancia, but spoilt a little IMHO by those wheel trims, they look so much nicer with a simple chrome wheel trim.

Paul

[RS404]

CAPP0 said:

Actually saw a lot of classics on the A12 yesterday, I guess there may have been an event somewhere?

Snetterton Vintage Festival was on yesterday, some of my photos here if anyone's interested http://imgur.com/a/lmhDC#0

[Roy C]

CAPP0 said:

Heading north on the A12 yesterday morning we passed a nice red Urraco, sounded lovely and the driver slowed down after passing us so that I could re-take him and have a good look!

Then, on the way home, we saw this Healey Silverstone. I had to Google the plate to find out what it was. Pictures are not the best, sorry, they were phone pics out of the car window:





and this one was taken in the rear-view mirror!



Actually saw a lot of classics on the A12 yesterday, I guess there may have been an event somewhere?

VSCC Snetterton

Rochester TVR said:

Couple in Greenwich recently...

1953 Alfa Romeo "Disco Volante" raced at VSCC Snetterton on Sunday

Edited by Roy C on Monday 29th September 14:09

[Blown2CV]

72twink said:

More a future classic really but also a "what are the chances", either end of Burgess Hill high street yesterday.

that is very nice. A lot more so than the horrid yellow that is far more common.