COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[Pothole]

CMYKguru said:

nicanary said:

For any member living in Norn Irn - I was just in Conlig and saw a front garden with 2 Citroen XMs with German plates. A white one looking a bit neglected (maybe a spares car) and a really nice black one.

Then leaving Bangor I was followed by an immaculate Peugeot 304 cabriolet, cream with high-back tan leather seats. No camera, but like this one. Very pretty.

Doesn't Eddie Irvine live in Conlig for part of the year.

well-known XM fancier, Irvine.

[CMYKguru]

gforceg said:

I saw one of these being driven top down a couple of days ago in S Devon.

burn it with fire

[austin]

CMYKguru said:

gforceg said:

I saw one of these being driven top down a couple of days ago in S Devon.

burn it with fire

What a pleasant addition to the classic car world you make.

[gforceg]

After I spotted it I googled the name to confirm my call. Among the pictues is one of the sparsely populated engine bay which shows the kick start lever still in place. Is that how they're started or is that bypassed with a more conventional car starter system?

What I mean is, do you have to clamber into the engine bay to kick it over?

[spoodler]

Kick start? Yep! But not always... some had electric start.

[tog]

gforceg said:

After I spotted it I googled the name to confirm my call. Among the pictues is one of the sparsely populated engine bay which shows the kick start lever still in place. Is that how they're started or is that bypassed with a more conventional car starter system?

What I mean is, do you have to clamber into the engine bay to kick it over?

Loads of room - could you get a nice little Rover V8 in there?

[Cliftonite]

spoodler said:

Kick start? Yep! But not always... some had electric start.

Using the dynamo! Dynastart!

[gforceg]

Cliftonite said:

spoodler said:

Kick start? Yep! But not always... some had electric start.

Using the dynamo! Dynastart!

Thanks chaps.

[uk66fastback]

Two of these Bonds went the other week at the Anglia Kings Lynn auction - a barn find for a grand and a decent one for £3-4k from memory ...

http://aca.101test1.co.uk/en/classic-auctions/resu...

Quarter of the way down the page

Edited by uk66fastback on Thursday 19th February 13:46

[gforceg]

There are a few eye opening prices realised in there. High and low.

[Blown2CV]

austin said:

CMYKguru said:

gforceg said:

I saw one of these being driven top down a couple of days ago in S Devon.

burn it with fire

What a pleasant addition to the classic car world you make.

lol

[garyfrogeye]

I like the bond, in a goofy type of way. I wouldn't want one, or even to be seen driving one though.

[Russwhitehouse]

gforceg said:

After I spotted it I googled the name to confirm my call. Among the pictues is one of the sparsely populated engine bay which shows the kick start lever still in place. Is that how they're started or is that bypassed with a more conventional car starter system?

What I mean is, do you have to clamber into the engine bay to kick it over?

I meant to ask if it was a Villiers engine? Typing trouble this morning!

Edited by Russwhitehouse on Saturday 21st February 07:46

[spoodler]

http://usedandnewmotos.com/motorcycles/other_makes...

Probably one of the above, used in various cheap and cheerful bikes of that era. A few also ran twins, Enfield Constellation adding a fair bit of performance!

[DickyC]

spoodler said:

Probably one of the above, used in various cheap and cheerful bikes of that era. A few also ran twins, Enfield Constellation adding a fair bit of performance!

That was confusing, I read it as Elvis Costello.

[Cliftonite]

[2slo]

A pair of Austins at Pickering last October (just processed the image today):

Austins by 2slo7, on Flickr

[RDMcG]

Spotted in Hong Kong on Thursday:

[Dapster]

Saw this in Angel a few months ago....




Then saw this beauty yesterday....

[jamesbilluk]

Spotted at the weekend, these were in a car park in London,

Apologies for the quality, phone photo..