COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[benters]

single wiper always = cool

[RichardM5]

benters said:

single wiper always = cool

... but not always very effective!

[benters]

RichardM5 said:

benters said:

single wiper always = cool

... but not always very effective!

true.....

[Rockstar]

Aha spotted the E21 Cabrio On closer inspection not in immaculate condition but anyways. A bit later spotted a normal E21 sedan as I was leaving the shops, bizarre coincidence. Also a really pretty beetle at local traffic department

[iva cosworth]

These 4 were within 100 yards of each other in the same street.

[occrj]

That Humber's a bit rare isn't it? although I'd take the 99T myself.

Which road were they on?

RJ

[HaylingJag]

i once owned 3 Sceptre's

lovely interiors, the best being XLY829G if i remember correctly, Jet Black with bottle green carpets and Jade leather-ette,

Keep yer eyes out Iva, was part ex-ed for a VW van at Colham green Garage, West Drayton around 1992/3,

Darren

[dbdb]

Beige Acclaim! Fabulous spot!

[iva cosworth]

occrj said:

That Humber's a bit rare isn't it? although I'd take the 99T myself.

Which road were they on?

RJ

I don't know the road name but it was in Surbiton.

[iva cosworth]

Have another SAAB,spotted earlier this week, also in Surbiton.

[Elderly]

A de-bumpered gunmetal DB4 travelling South on the A41 near Tring an hour ago.

[threespires]

Cliftonite said:

384 UXO

An HRG, according to Cartell.ie :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HRG_Engineering_Compa...

A first for me!

I took this HRG photo on 17 March 1985. A few hours later my daughter was born.
The car belonged to Mike Usher who was the boss of Birmingham Safety Glass.

The two people standing behind watching the action are of interest. The fellow on the right [yes, its a fellow) contacted me last year.

He had just purchased an HRG and found my photo searching the 'net for HRG pix.
He was most surprised to see this photo of the very car he'd bought and him standing behind it 28 years earlier.

Chase Clouds Trial 17 March 1985 - HRG - Mike Usher

[DickyC]

threespires said:

He was most surprised to see this photo of the very car he'd bought and him standing behind it 28 years earlier.

PH at its finest.

[dbdb]

That is amazing.

[DickyC]

At Leigh Delamere Services yesterday I was about to take a picture of an immaculate VW Camper for posting on here when I spotted it had a 61 plate. And I don't mean 1961, I mean half past 2011. From where I was standing the plate was the only thing to betray it was built comparatively recently.

[Dapster]

DickyC said:

At Leigh Delamere Services yesterday I was about to take a picture of an immaculate VW Camper for posting on here when I spotted it had a 61 plate. And I don't mean 1961, I mean half past 2011. From where I was standing the plate was the only thing to betray it was built comparatively recently.

The modern ones are water cooled and built new.

http://www.danburymotorcaravans.com/



Loads of good stuff on this page. The 99 Turbo is fantastic and I love the HRG story!

[Rockstar]

Beautifully decadent luxury barge, Rolls Silver Cloud.

Most European luxury sedans have been getting bigger and bigger over the years. Not so with Rolls Royce- they seem to have always been massive. I was quite surprised by the sheer scale of it, made even the bloated SUVs around it look like compact cars

[MrHorsepower]

Yesterday: 2CV Dolly and H Van in Southwark and Stratford





Today: Porsche 912 in Reigate



Why was I in Reigate? Have a look here: http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/what-where-when/m...

[DickyC]

Dapster said:

about modern VW campers.

Thanks! All becomes clear.

[DickyC]

Rockstar said:

Beautifully decadent luxury barge, Rolls Silver Cloud.

Most European luxury sedans have been getting bigger and bigger over the years. Not so with Rolls Royce- they seem to have always been massive. I was quite surprised by the sheer scale of it, made even the bloated SUVs around it look like compact cars

Except the width, curiously. One of the guvnors at the last place I worked treated himself to a Bentley S2 - a Cloud with a different radiator grille - and I was struck by how narrow it was compared to its other dimensions. A new Range Rover, for example, is about seven inches wider. The only explanation I can come up with is that roads in general were narrower when the Cloud was new.