COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[TR4man]

Coming back up the M1 from the big smoke, the tedium was relieved by seeing these two.

[TR4man]

Saw this on the M25 this afternoon

[gforceg]

A few from a small car show I stumbled across yesterday.

[DickyC]

gforceg said:

A few from a small car show I stumbled across yesterday.

In the car park at the seaside at Wittering in 1961 I saw one of these. At the time my folks had the second of two Minors, both from new, but this was something special. I was seven and I can't begin to tell how exciting it was to see a real live Minor Million. They were simpler times.

[MuscleSaloon]

I still see a surprising amount of old Mercedes around used as daily's - 190's in particular. They still made decent cars at that point. I've owned numerous post 2000 Mercedes I can say that they rank as the worst cars in just about every way that I've ever had !

[MuscleSaloon]

Tidy looking K10 Micra for sale, looked very clean - £395. Another model where the later ones that followed were nowhere near as good IMO ....

[gforceg]

DickyC said:

In the car park at the seaside at Wittering in 1961 I saw one of these. At the time my folks had the second of two Minors, both from new, but this was something special. I was seven and I can't begin to tell how exciting it was to see a real live Minor Million. They were simpler times.

Just for you, here are a couple more.



Not sure if this interior is original...



Cheers!

[TR4man]

Parked outside a restaurant in Edinburgh's Royal Mile last month (just found the photo on my phone!)

[DickyC]

gforceg said:

Just for you, here are a couple more.



Not sure if this interior is original...



Cheers!

Thanks for that. Is it too late to change the year I saw it from '1961' to 'early sixties'?

[v15ben]

A few recent ones from me.
The first two are from Milton Keynes this week.
The last three are either Amsterdam or Bruges - not sure what any of them are though!

[iva cosworth]

The taxi is a Wolseley obvs.

The bottom one looks Russian [old USSR]

[TR4man]

Seen at our local garden centre Bridgemere this afternoon

[nicanary]

iva cosworth said:

The taxi is a Wolseley obvs.

The bottom one looks Russian [old USSR]

Dodge Polara?

[Astacus]

v15ben said:

A few recent ones from me.
The first two are from Milton Keynes this week.
The last three are either Amsterdam or Bruges - not sure what any of them are though!

Jensen Healey
lotus twin cam. Mostly built on a Friday afternoon!

[yellowjack]

Out for a bike ride today, I was pootling along Cemetery Pales near Brookwood when I was passed by a two-tone 1930s style convertible with a huge boot. I couldn't tell what make nor model it was, but "pretty cool", thinks I.

Then the next car to overtake was an immaculately (except for a wobbly nearside rear wheel ) presented Ford Model T. Gleaming black paint, Henry Ford's signature in brass, and a super cool turn signal, whereby the driver stuck out his right arm. And the smell! Glorious!

I also spotted a nice blue Lotus Esprit, and a lovely Ferrari 308 GT4 out and about, and an old lady in a very original Peugeot 205 XS, with a few dabs of touch-up paint here and there, but completely unmolested by chimps in baseball caps.

[xtreme ant]

Just having afternoon dinner in the Mainwaring Arms on Sunday last and this beauty turned up outside,caused quite a stir with everybody.

[xtreme ant]

[TR4man]

xtreme ant said:

Just having afternoon dinner in the Mainwaring Arms on Sunday last and this beauty turned up outside,caused quite a stir with everybody.

Always struck me as style over substance I'm afraid.

Mainwaring Arms?

Whitmore, near Newcastle under Lyme??

[xtreme ant]

Yes thats the one in Newcastle-u-Lyme,its just that you dont see many of them around and people remember it mainly from the film Back To The Future.

[lowdrag]

A few from the monthly meeting. Perhaps one might catch you out, but I wouldn't bet on it. The Alpine has been rebuilt from a pile of rust by the owner, and I was amazed to find that the Rootes club have a windscreen in stock for him!