COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[swooshiain]

TonyF55 said:

This evening in Brentwood

Saw an identical car in action today at Knockhill, racing in the Scottish Classics Championship. It's a glorious sight - a bit alarming when the engine caught fire in race one, but I guess it was just an oil fire, as it was back out three hours later in race two! Great to see it being raced, though.

[DickyC]

Isimmo said:

deltashad said:

DickyC said:

As I approached, the beaming pilot and co-pilot emerged to say I was the second person to have approached them today. The other key parts of the conversation were: "Hello, I'm Ollie from Top Gear," "I've got the car for a couple of days," "It's part of the Audi Press Fleet," and, "You won't believe the mileage."



I did. The car is immaculate.

Thanks, Ollie. I shall seek out your missives in Top Gear.

Wow... must be one of the most desirable of a very desirable car.

Or it's had a new speedometer... S2's and RS2's speedometers suffer from dry soldered joints which give intermittent speedometer functionality.... Basically, when the car interior is hot the speedometer can bu¥ger about. If the car is maintained by someone who is not aware of the issue they inevitably replace the speedometer...

The car was as new. When the chap from Top Gear told Audi he intended to add 200 miles to the total and how big an increase this would be, he was told it was fine. I was interested to see what tyres it had and was amazed to see it was running 245 section. RS2s had 245 originally but they were made especially for the car with very stiff sidewalls and supplies soon ran out. When I bought it, mine, in common with many others, had conventional 245s. Conventional 245s are too wide for the car and foul parts of the suspension which could lead to problems. Mine had bits of polished suspension due to the tyres rubbing. I wondered if the one here had its original tyres, in which case they were very old. The solution for most owners is to run 225 section.

You're being very dull, Dicky.

I know. I can't help it.

[jamesatcandsc]

DickyC said:

You're being very dull, Dicky.

I know. I can't help it.

Dull? Don't be silly. That sort of stuff is pretty much precisely why I come to this forum.
It is full of people who own (or have owned) cars and know about them and live with them and experience them and enthuse about them, rather than people who simply know how to type and use Wikipedia.

[XRS]

View from my bedroom window

[Impasse]

XRS said:

View from my bedroom window

When?

[Iva Barchetta]

1965.....

[tickious]

tog said:

tickious said:

Takes me back to my 2nd.
Still have a soft spot for the old fiesta.

Wow, I remember looking at and driving one exactly like that aged 17 when searching for my first car with my dad. I didn't get it though, went for an Escort 3-door estate instead. Less cool probably, but bigger.

Mine was in champagne gold.
Sorry to say it didn't leave me in mint condition

[Yertis]

DickyC said:

The car was as new. When the chap from Top Gear told Audi he intended to add 200 miles to the total and how big an increase this would be, he was told it was fine. I was interested to see what tyres it had and was amazed to see it was running 245 section. RS2s had 245 originally but they were made especially for the car with very stiff sidewalls and supplies soon ran out. When I bought it, mine, in common with many others, had conventional 245s. Conventional 245s are too wide for the car and foul parts of the suspension which could lead to problems. Mine had bits of polished suspension due to the tyres rubbing. I wondered if the one here had its original tyres, in which case they were very old. The solution for most owners is to run 225 section.

You're being very dull, Dicky.

I know. I can't help it.

My first thought on seeing this RS2 post was "I wonder when the cam-belt was last done?"

Tyres are getting to be a bit of a problem for these newer classics, all of a sudden it seems. I think there's only one 'correct' size tyre available for urQuattro, and the near-enough choices are not huge.

[MarshPhantom]

Iva Barchetta said:

A V12.

1982? Very late for a Coupe isn't it?

[Iva Barchetta]

MarshPhantom said:

Iva Barchetta said:

A V12.

1982? Very late for a Coupe isn't it?

I didn't think about that.

The plate on it could be a typical one put on an import,or a 're import in this case.
Are those wipers for a LHD car ?

Steering is RHD in the pic.....

[DickyC]

Yertis said:

DickyC said:

The car was as new and blah, blah, blah.

My first thought on seeing this RS2 post was "I wonder when the cam-belt was last done?"

Well, as I said earlier, according to the journalist driving it, the car is part of the Audi Press Fleet. I imagine they're right on top of that sort thing.

[Evangelion]

4rephill said:

TR4man said:

To me it is the motoring equivalent of muesli.......

The funny thing is, that "muesli" is probably rarer now than your beloved TR4!

That's because they were unloved and went for scrap!

Seen on (I think) the M1 southbound yesterday morning, an immaculate Healey 3000 on a low loader. Phone was in the boot so no photo, sorry.

[XRS]

Impasse said:

When?

Yesterday.

[Impasse]

XRS said:

Impasse said:

When?

Yesterday.

So you got the return pad on your time machine fixed then. Good to hear!

[droopsnoot]

droopsnoot said:

Saw what looked something like an XKSS replica yesterday just outside Nantwich. Grey in colour, registration was GYY something J, I think.

Saw it again today, it's a Spitfire-based kit car, something like the Tribute A352

[Ray100]

threespires said:

Great to see that Europa. It's identical to the one I had in the '70's.
I heard that it was turned into a hovercraft! by Wheeler Dealer duo but I've not been able to confirm the story.

The reg no of my Europa was BRE 92J. Can anybody shed any more light on the story?

I'm sure i've seen it in the past & some time spent with our friend Google came up with a Monster Garage programme on Channel 4 in May 2004. Apparently there was a budget of £3,000 & they used 3 days for the build,most of the web links i found no longer exist.
However i found
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertgrounds/162415... and
http://www.drivearchive.co.uk/vehicledetails.asp?C... .
Although if you are Mr Pearson or Mr Grounds you already know about it!

[DickyC]

DickyC said:

Yertis said:

DickyC said:

The car was as new and blah, blah, blah.

My first thought on seeing this RS2 post was "I wonder when the cam-belt was last done?"

Well, as I said earlier, according to the journalist driving it, the car is part of the Audi Press Fleet. I imagine they're right on top of that sort thing.

https://twitter.com/olliemarriage

And scroll down a bit.

[Big Raff]

Sun's out, Maida Vale on Saturday

[Roy C]

Big Raff said:

Sun's out, Maida Vale on Saturday

Lovely 1950 Ferrari 166MM Barchetta.

This car was specially built with its unique blue colour for Gianni Agnelli.

That 2-litre V12 sounds lovely: https://youtu.be/HXDS4kMHeKw

[Iva Barchetta]

I didn't know what that was from side view,despite username....

A 7 figure car with that provenance surely ?

Just beautiful.