COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[Kinkell]

Factory display at WEC Silverstone. Restoration perfection.

[S47]

M5 friday:-

[tickious]

Trowbridge, sounded pretty good too.

[TR4man]

GT6 Jonsey said:

The triumph Surrey top that the Porsche Targa top imitates

Very true and Porsche likes to take the credit for its invention.

Nice (and rare) Cosmic alloys on that 4a

[Yertis]

GT6 Jonsey said:

The triumph Surrey top that the Porsche Targa top imitates

Strictly speaking, the 'surrey top' is the canvas bit that fits between the windscreen header rail and the backlight.

[Yertis]

GT6 Jonsey said:

The triumph Surrey top that the Porsche Targa top imitates

Strictly speaking, the 'surrey top' is the canvas bit that fits between the windscreen header rail and the backlight.

[Roy C]

Yertis said:

GT6 Jonsey said:

The triumph Surrey top that the Porsche Targa top imitates

Strictly speaking, the 'surrey top' is the canvas bit that fits between the windscreen header rail and the backlight.

I wonder if it was developed from the early open cars, which used the body of an American "Surrey" horse-drawn carriage (four wheels, four seats) with a flat canvas top?

Edited by Roy C on Sunday 12th April 18:10

[nicanary]

All those ducks and geese better scurry.......

[Roy C]

I forgot to mention the fringe benefits.

Not an option in the Porsche catalogue, I imagine.

[v15ben]

Saw this on Friday afternoon outside a brewery in the Chilterns.
Looked well used!

[onyx39]

Untitled by jimpritchard2, on Flickr

[yellowjack]

onyx39 said:

Untitled by jimpritchard2, on Flickr

Now THAT is abso-frickin-lutely awesome. My dad had one way back when, and it was fabulous. I'd have one in a heartbeat if the wife could be persuaded that it was a good idea.

Some spots from North Hampshire yesterday (no photos, I'm afraid)...

1. Beautiful white Sierra Sapphire Cosworth at the lights in Hawley, by the church.
2. Scruffy looking black Reliant Scimitar, looked like blackboard paint, with '1971' in white letters on the offside front wing, on the A30 past Blackbushe airfield.
3. I was passed by an MGA on the A30, just before Hartley Wintney. Initially I thought "scruffy" due to paint loss from the boot lid. Then I saw it parked up in Hartley Wintney near the Lloyds Bank, and saw that it was a left hand drive car, sporting whitewall tires ( ) on wire wheels, and had similarly 'sandblasted' paint on the front end. I presume it's a re-imported car from the USA, and maintained with the same patina as when it was found, which makes it kind of cool, really.

[onyx39]

yellowjack said:

I was passed by an MGA on the A30, just before Hartley Wintney. Initially I thought "scruffy" due to paint loss from the boot lid. Then I saw it parked up in Hartley Wintney near the Lloyds Bank, and saw that it was a left hand drive car, sporting whitewall tires ( ) on wire wheels, and had similarly 'sandblasted' paint on the front end. I presume it's a re-imported car from the USA, and maintained with the same patina as when it was found, which makes it kind of cool, really.

There was one of the biggest annual events at Brooklands yesterday. Possibly connected to that in some way, possibly find it one of the pictures in the album below.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimpritchard67/sets/...

[dinkel]

iva cosworth said:

Such wonderfull cars.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Drive one and 'll understand how close the Elise / Exige is related.

I saw the odd Europa thread and I feel sorry to see these gems 'upgraded' with Yank V8. Maybe Zetec the kit, but surely 200+ brake will be beyond most drivers skills.

[Rostfritt]

tickious said:

Trowbridge, sounded pretty good too.

Who left it like that, Mr Khan?

[theadman]

iva cosworth said:

Is no one going to mention the back end of an Alfa Montreal on the left? Makes the picture doubly cool!

[Cliftonite]

Modern classic? 1997.

R487 BBK

[Cliftonite]

[Cliftonite]

1984 MASSEY FERGUSON (per DVLA)

[Cliftonite]

E537 SKL