COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[RESSE]

XJS is 40 this year.

Spotted a late one earlier today:

[JimPD]

Jaguar SS100 on southbound A1 in North Yorks this evening.
Sorry no pic as I was driving alone.

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[TurboJet]

Is it just me or doe's that look like the Beast?????????

[Church of Noise]

Not just you

It isn't though. The Beast looks quite similar, both in style and colour IIRC.

[Dapster]

The photo doesn't do the colour justice - they are a very similar shade

[tog]

Spotted this Rover 3500 in a very wet Marlborough High Street yesterday. Love the alloys and the body-colour Webasto, and it looked like it had had a 5-speed conversion too.

[Spottedlaurel]

GT6 Jonsey said:

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

What's wrong with a set of 3-spoke alloys then?

1973 Triumph GT6 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

[DickyC]

Everything

[GT6 Jonsey]

Spottedlaurel said:

What's wrong with a set of 3-spoke alloys then?

1973 Triumph GT6 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Nothing wrong with 3 spokes on a GT if that's your bag. For me they look a bit too modern (80's) on a early 70's car. My favourite alloy that I have fitted to many of the triumphs I have owned are Cosmics

[RESSE]

A couple of good 'spotted' this morning (camera battery was flat ).

Anyhoo, within a few miles on the M54 heading towards Shrewsbury:
White Ferrari 246, Mark 2 Cortina (in Alan Mann colours, not sure if it was a genuine Lotus Cortina or an excellent replica) being followed by a Mark V Cortina 2.0 Ghia and three TVRs in convoy (Chimaera/Tuscan/Sagaris).

However, when my camera was working, (I admit, a bit of a cheat as they were at Loton Park so fairly easy spots):

Edited by RESSE on Sunday 17th May 11:13

[RESSE]

[iva cosworth]

Nice Quattro and orange G15

[v15ben]

Nice shots there, Resse.
I saw loads of nice stuff around Woburn last weekend, with the Aston Owners Concours at the Abbey.
I especially liked the very expensive convoy in the first photo.





























...and a nice pair in the car park at Woburn.

[Roy C]

v15ben said:

Nice 1934 MkII Long-Chassis Drophead Coupé.

Enrico "Harry" Bertelli was commissioned by Lance Prideaux-Brune (of Winter Garden Garages, Aston Martin's London distributor) to produce special drophead coupe bodywork for a Mark II long chassis. The result was so attractive that another six cars with this body were also produced for Winter Garden Garages customers at a price of £710. I think this may be one of the six.

[DB4DM]

Lance Prideaux-Brune's own car, colour cream or thereabouts, is for sale at Bonhams at Goodwood FOS, and was on show at Newport Pagnell last week

[TR4man]

v15ben said:

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Is that how Volante exhausts are? They look a bit funny to me, pointing down like that

[gforceg]

TR4man said:

Is that how Volante exhausts are? They look a bit funny to me, pointing down like that

They do point down normally but those caught my eye too. I think they have rolled ends which doesn't look quite right.

[Roy C]

DB4DM said:

Lance Prideaux-Brune's own car, colour cream or thereabouts, is for sale at Bonhams at Goodwood FOS, and was on show at Newport Pagnell last week

[dudleybloke]

Bbc are filming nearby.

Edited by dudleybloke on Monday 18th May 13:11