COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[The Surveyor]

Spotted a nice mid-blue Lancia Montecarlo in Darlington later this afternoon. Looked tiny amongst the euro-boxes....

[2slo]

A couple of classics in use at Beamish museum today. I liked where this Wolseley had been parked up on the cobbled back lane, the surroundings looked right for the car:

[onyx39]

Fanbelt snapped apparently

[Yertis]

onyx39 said:

Fanbelt snapped apparently

A spare part that no self-respecting classic driver is without...

[lotus72]

spotted this today just parked in the street, a Ford V8 Pilot!




click on the image for a larger pic.

[beach bum]

At a good friends wedding reception a few days ago.

He is serial Alfa Romeo collector. I brought the Seven to bring some variety to the party. My Alfa is having its bodyworked fixed.

[Huntsman]

onyx39 said:

Fanbelt snapped apparently

Where is John Cleese when you need him.

[DickyC]

Huntsman said:

onyx39 said:

Fanbelt snapped apparently

Where is John Cleese when you need him.

I know what you mean, but what a backward step by BMC and British Leyland from the 1100/1300 series to the Marina and Ital. My dad had a 1300 as a company car for a while and on one occasion we followed a MkI Cortina GT up one of the local hills and I was volubly impressed by its progress when the old boy pointed out that nondescript thing we were in was keeping up. Neither BL nor the car buying public realised what a sound car it was.

[onyx39]

Huntsman said:

onyx39 said:

Fanbelt snapped apparently

Where is John Cleese when you need him.

I believe he was out of shot looking for a suitable branch.

[garyfrogeye]

[quote=The Crack Fox]A few beauties lurking in the woods in the infield at Donington last weekend:

Great photos, thanks for posting. Did you happen to snap one of my very rusty red Frogeye, parked pretty much opposite the Lancia?

[droopsnoot]

DickyC said:

... nor the car buying public realised what a sound car it was.

I'm not sure that's true - wasn't it the biggest selling car in the UK for several years running?

[McAndy]

The Crack Fox said:

Stunning.

[DickyC]

droopsnoot said:

DickyC said:

... nor the car buying public realised what a sound car it was.

I'm not sure that's true - wasn't it the biggest selling car in the UK for several years running?

Yes, but so was the Marina. Had the car buyers voted with their wallets and not bought the Marina, BMC - or BL by that time - would have had to say the front drive layout was the way to go. The point I was trying to make was that BMC had the template for the next several generations of mid range cars but threw away their advantage.

[RESSE]

[Cliftonite]

RESSE said:

Unlawful plate. Should be reflective.

[Yertis]

Cliftonite said:

RESSE said:

Unlawful plate. Should be reflective.

The correct PH response is "I see he has twin tail pipes – I wonder if that means he has a 2 litre straight six fitted?", rather than worrying about trivial anomalies in the law.

[CoolFool]

McAndy said:

The Crack Fox said:

Stunning.

+1! Looks gorgeous!

[4rephill]

Yertis said:

Cliftonite said:

RESSE said:

Unlawful plate. Should be reflective.

The correct PH response is "I see he has twin tail pipes – I wonder if that means he has a 2 litre straight six fitted?", rather than worrying about trivial anomalies in the Law.

So if he fits a 2 litre straight six making the car non-standard, you'd have no problem if he didn't bother with the "trivial anomalies in the Law" of declaring it on his insurance then? - After all, he's not hurting anyone by not insuring correctly, just as he's not hurting anyone by failing to comply with the Laws on having the correct registration plates on the car!

Perhaps you could let us know which other "trivial anomalies in the Law" should also be ignored?

[ivanhoew]

Yertis said:

Cliftonite said:

RESSE said:

Unlawful plate. Should be reflective.

The correct PH response is "I see he has twin tail pipes – I wonder if that means he has a 2 litre straight six fitted?", rather than worrying about trivial anomalies in the law.

well done yertis , these quotes sums up all that's good and bad about ph

[garyfrogeye]

ivanhoew said:

well done yertis , these quotes sums up all that's good and bad about ph .

Edited by ivanhoew on Saturday 9th May 09:34

I think that if it had the 6 cylinder engine, it would have an exhaust either side. I may be wrong but this looks like a standard 4 cylinder box but with two tail pipes.