COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[S47]

Spotted recently,

[garagewidow]

garyfrogeye said:

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.

not necessarily.
the twin exhaust either side is an after market type and is compatible with 4 and 6 pot engines(although they sound rubbish with a 4 pot IMO).

that one above looks like a standard gt6 box but I don't think it is,looks more like a 'bell' type box with twin outlets.

http://www.clubtriumph.org/cgi-bin/forum10/Blah.pl...

scroll down the link.

[Gompo]

Nice to see this out in the sun.





Found a link to when the car was sold nearly 20 years ago:

http://www.classic-auctions.com/Auctions/24-07-199...

H and H Auctions said:

Not only is this a very rare car - number 118 of 193 built - it is also probably one of the top three cars in the world today in terms of its condition and as the other two are definitely not for sale one can say with certainty that this is the best example available on the market currently.

The car is finished in near perfect Silver with a red Leather interior and had a major overhaul and bare metal respray between 1989 and 1991. It is quite literally one of the most stunning cars we have seen for some time and it has achieved third place in the Jensen Concours event in 1991 and has completed in three Norwich Union Runs. There are many photographs of the rebuild in progress and written statements of the work carried out and it regularly attends Owners Club stands by invitation of the Club and one can see why when one looks at the car.

A reluctant sale by the present owner due to his decision to live abroad and this superb car which will reward its new owner handsomely.

[Cliftonite]

Cherry on the Cake being the original West Bromwich (where built) registration number!

[finlo]

Gompo said:

Nice to see this out in the sun.





Found a link to when the car was sold nearly 20 years ago:

http://www.classic-auctions.com/Auctions/24-07-199...

H and H Auctions said:

Not only is this a very rare car - number 118 of 193 built - it is also probably one of the top three cars in the world today in terms of its condition and as the other two are definitely not for sale one can say with certainty that this is the best example available on the market currently.

The car is finished in near perfect Silver with a red Leather interior and had a major overhaul and bare metal respray between 1989 and 1991. It is quite literally one of the most stunning cars we have seen for some time and it has achieved third place in the Jensen Concours event in 1991 and has completed in three Norwich Union Runs. There are many photographs of the rebuild in progress and written statements of the work carried out and it regularly attends Owners Club stands by invitation of the Club and one can see why when one looks at the car.

A reluctant sale by the present owner due to his decision to live abroad and this superb car which will reward its new owner handsomely.

How do you do a bare metal respray on a fibreglass car?

[vixen1700]

At a local steam show today which and a few old cars, saw this lovely original and used XK140.

Sounded great too.


That orange and black Tiger a few posts above was at the Laon Historique a few years back and sounds like World War III.

[nicanary]

Could be egg on face for me, but I think (Pedantry rules) that it's an XK120. May be wrong. What's with the rear wheelarch extension? Wider-than-intended wheels?

[Gompo]

A DS that was driven by John Hannah in one of the scenes in Sliding Doors:



Needing a bit of a tidy up:

[RESSE]

I am not what this is, but spotted in Shropshire this afternoon:

[GT6 Jonsey]

My Mk2 with some relatives at the TSSC SEM event today

[v8250]

nicanary said:

Could be egg on face for me, but I think (Pedantry rules) that it's an XK120. May be wrong. What's with the rear wheelarch extension? Wider-than-intended wheels?

That'll be an XK120 replica, ala Aristocat or Broomstick...though neither normally have those awful flared arches.

[Chris944_S2]

RESSE said:

I am not what this is, but spotted in Shropshire this afternoon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M151_Truck,_Utility,_...

Edited by Chris944_S2 on Sunday 10th May 21:19

[HaylingJag]

Gompo said:

A DS that was driven by John Hannah in one of the scenes in Sliding Doors:



Needing a bit of a tidy up:

I was watching National Lampoons European Vacation last night, great film, and the Griswolds were cruising Paris in this. Anyone tell me the story on the flares and air intakes???

[vixen1700]

v8250 said:

That'll be an XK120 replica, ala Aristocat or Broomstick...though neither normally have those awful flared arches.

I did check the registration and according to the DVLA it's a Jag registered in May 1957.

[MrHorsepower]

There's a house local to me that always has classics up the driveway, and until yesterday I'd only seen a 1950s Standard Eight/Ten, a Midget 1500 and a 'Bullnose' Morris tourer. I don't really like sticking my camera up people's driveways (and that's my excuse for the shockingly bad editing), but I couldn't let this new one pass me by.


1929 Berliet Super Six
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/14266/lot/420/
http://www.purnellclassics.co.uk/stocklist_detail....

Edited by MrHorsepower on Monday 11th May 09:17

[vpr]

GT6 Jonsey said:

My Mk2 with some relatives at the TSSC SEM event today

I love a GT6 but the owners don't have much imagination with the alternative wheel selection

[GT6 Jonsey]

Bar the factory steel wheels and optional wire wheels there isn't a lot of aftermarket options available unless you spend big money getting a set made in the correct PCD and offset. The main ones available new these days are minilites, Revolutions or Dunlop D1 replicas. Dolly sprint and tr7 rims fit but don't look right, period rims like Cosmics can be found but don't turn up that often

[LDM]

S47 said:

Spotted recently,

Portmeirion?

[Hooli]

No pics, but a tidy red X1/9 on a C reg (I think) joining the M18 at J4 this morning. Not seen one in years.

[The Don of Croy]

Spotted in Petworth - just popped out from t'big house for lunch and this was being subjected to a photo shoot in the street just off the market square -



There's a big file on this historic car here;

http://rmauctions.com/lf13/london/lots/1955-jaguar...

- seems to be worth a few bob. That colour is gorgeous too.

Whilst lunching in the Square there's all sorts of nice tackle moving at a snails pace through the town (it's the A272 which is a really nice touring route) trying to avoid pedestrians and others reversing out of the congested market place. Recommended.