COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[GT6 Jonsey]

[garyfrogeye]

v15ben said:

A few rarities from London on Thursday.
The last one particularly surprised me in London rush hour traffic!

The first place I don't recognise, the 2nd I know is Grafton Crescent in Camden (I sold the flat directly behind the Citroen) and the Model T Ford going past Camden Tube station is seen fairly often (4 or 5 times a year) around Camden. sometimes seen sitting in the forecourt of the garage on on the corner of Camden Road and St Pancras Way.

[v15ben]

The first one is outside Mortlake Station.
I've also seen the Model T a couple of times including in Maida Vale years ago.
Small world with the flat!
I got a parking ticket just on the main road there!

[TR4man]

DickyC said:

A contemporary advert for a Granada Coupe included the phrase "...just like a DB6..."

Nice, but it wasn't a DB6, mate. And it still isn't.

Possibly, if you squint you might see a very, very slight similarity with a DBS which would have been more contemporary

In those days, the marketing boys could say anything without fear of challenge

Edited by TR4man on Sunday 5th April 13:45

[MrHorsepower]

Spotted this neat truck in Addington Village today:


1953 G.M.C. pick-up by Zack's Motor Photos, on Flickr

[mark beavan]

GT6 Jonsey said:

This Escort had been competing at Cheltenham Motor Club's rally at Down Ampney on Saturday

[Shezbo]

Nice Cortina Savage at Weston Park Show - last Sunday.

[Shezbo]

Mint Mk 1 3000E Capri at the same Weston Park Show

[Cliftonite]

VAH 102H

[Cliftonite]

889 UYH

[Eighteeteewhy]

[TR4man]

Stopped at a shop in Madeley, near Crewe this afternoon and this beast was parked outside

[Sideways Tim]

Fabulous. I'd love a Chevelle. Hope to see it about.

[yellowjack]

iva cosworth said:

Seen at Wheelsday

No pictures, as I was busy trying to get onto the Farnborought Gate roundabout, but I spotted that black 1973 Consul (Granada) fastback coupé in Farnborough this morning. It was at the head of the queue to my right, also waiting to get onto the roundabout. I even delayed entering the roundabout so that I could watch it drive past me (it's OK, no-one was behind me ). It's a German car, I think, as it's left hand drive, and is registered as having a 2300cc engine. Which, if it's the original engine, would make it the Germany/mainland Europe market specific "Cologne" V6. British cars ran "Essex" 2.0l V4s and "Essex" 2.5l and 3.0l V6s.

It's a very striking car when it's mixed in with modern traffic. I'm a massive fan of those 1970s Fords. My dad had several black (estate) versions of the MkI Consul/Granada, and an uncle had a yellow Cortina MkIII GT. My first car was a Cortina MkV estate similar to the one in the background of those pictures.

[GT6 Jonsey]

[Blown2CV]

GT6 Jonsey said:

The targa bar that the 991 targa imitates!

[GT6 Jonsey]

The triumph Surrey top that the Porsche Targa top imitates

[iva cosworth]

[DickyC]

iva cosworth said:

One Saturday evening, when I was a petrol pump attendant in the early 70s, a Europa came in with a couple who, judging by their clothes, were going somewhere nice. For those unfamiliar with having an attendant fill your car, it was customary for the driver to get out to oversee what you were doing. With the filler cap halfway across the car behind the vertical rear window just behind the seats, I was gazing down his girlfriend's glorious cleavage. In my defence I was very young.
"What are you doing?" yelled the driver.
"Wha... Er... Wha..?"
"I asked for two gallons. What are you doing?"
"Oh, sorry. I thought you said to fill it up."
"Oh, don't worry, that'll be fine."
It wouldn't have been fine if he'd known.

[Gompo]

Gompo said:

Longman66 said:

hows about a Bitter SC ..

Quality spot, not sure I've seen any Bitter before.

Just stumbled upon this link of when the car was on Ebay in November last year.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BITTER-3-9-SC-Ultra-Rare...