COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2
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Yes, I know, shooting fish in a barrel but I had to go Alfa Aid in Maidenhead and saw this arresting sight:
At first I thought there were two but then I saw there were two more inside. When I asked, I was told the maximum number of SZ they have had at one time is twelve. I think that's most of them, isn't it? (Not really, I just said that for dramatic effect.) Lovely people in the garage! Enthusiasts, through and through. A rare thing in my experience.
At first I thought there were two but then I saw there were two more inside. When I asked, I was told the maximum number of SZ they have had at one time is twelve. I think that's most of them, isn't it? (Not really, I just said that for dramatic effect.) Lovely people in the garage! Enthusiasts, through and through. A rare thing in my experience.
Strela said:
TR4man said:
M1 Northbound this evening
I must confess that as a child, which I am often accused of still being by humourless and unsympathetic women, I found the Vauxhall Firenza just about the most subversive thing in the world. And don't get me started on the Droopsnoot! I thought it would sizzle and corrupt at the merest touch. Granted, at that time I had no knowledge of towering historic forces of societal change like Nelson Mandela and Jeremy Corbyn, but there was something about the Firenza that - like Grange Hill, which my puritanical mother forbade me to watch - seemed so downright dirty and exciting it threatened to rudely jar the whole world order. To think that my father, who wore a black DTV (for the benefit of younger viewers - Dealer Team Vauxhall, not Deliberately Transmitted Virus) jacket as his preferred car washing gear well into the 21st century, and who started orf with a Chevalier Coupe and a brown Carlton before moving onto a black Monza GSE, a Carlton GSi and eventually a 24v Senator, now contemplates a hybrid Panamera to whisk him and his ipad into retirement - this, a man who once tinkered by candlelight at an Austin A35 when it was merely a recently secondhand car - makes me wonder if I shall witness such warp speed advances in motoring technology in my lifetime. Yet, what would I rather drive? 84 grand worth of Panamera, or a 1984 Monza? So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past Although there were so many variations of names I think they let some bloke loose with a mixed box of badges and let him stick anything he fancied on any car!
bristolracer said:
Strela said:
TR4man said:
M1 Northbound this evening
I must confess that as a child, which I am often accused of still being by humourless and unsympathetic women, I found the Vauxhall Firenza just about the most subversive thing in the world. And don't get me started on the Droopsnoot! I thought it would sizzle and corrupt at the merest touch. Granted, at that time I had no knowledge of towering historic forces of societal change like Nelson Mandela and Jeremy Corbyn, but there was something about the Firenza that - like Grange Hill, which my puritanical mother forbade me to watch - seemed so downright dirty and exciting it threatened to rudely jar the whole world order. To think that my father, who wore a black DTV (for the benefit of younger viewers - Dealer Team Vauxhall, not Deliberately Transmitted Virus) jacket as his preferred car washing gear well into the 21st century, and who started orf with a Chevalier Coupe and a brown Carlton before moving onto a black Monza GSE, a Carlton GSi and eventually a 24v Senator, now contemplates a hybrid Panamera to whisk him and his ipad into retirement - this, a man who once tinkered by candlelight at an Austin A35 when it was merely a recently secondhand car - makes me wonder if I shall witness such warp speed advances in motoring technology in my lifetime. Yet, what would I rather drive? 84 grand worth of Panamera, or a 1984 Monza? So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past Although there were so many variations of names I think they let some bloke loose with a mixed box of badges and let him stick anything he fancied on any car!
On the subject of Firenzas, just wondered what sort of values they were and stumbled over this beauty in Portugal:
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C762957
I'm no Vauxhall fan, but that's lovely.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C762957
I'm no Vauxhall fan, but that's lovely.
P5BNij said:
Was chatting with a mate at work a few days ago and he mentioned he's thinking about selling his Droopsnoot, he's had it since 1989 but it hasn't seen daylight for the last eighteen years and is pretty much in factory condition. He's had a few 'bites' from interested parties but can't make his mind up about what he should do.
We do get the odd "wanted" advert on the Droopsnoot Group forum from time to time, they don't change hands that often. Now I'm wondering which one it is, of course.DickyC said:
Yes, I know, shooting fish in a barrel but I had to go Alfa Aid in Maidenhead and saw this arresting sight:
At first I thought there were two but then I saw there were two more inside. When I asked, I was told the maximum number of SZ they have had at one time is twelve. I think that's most of them, isn't it? (Not really, I just said that for dramatic effect.) Lovely people in the garage! Enthusiasts, through and through. A rare thing in my experience.
A lot of people bought these at the time as investments, but sell for £30k-£40k so I think a lot of people have taken them out of the cobwebs.At first I thought there were two but then I saw there were two more inside. When I asked, I was told the maximum number of SZ they have had at one time is twelve. I think that's most of them, isn't it? (Not really, I just said that for dramatic effect.) Lovely people in the garage! Enthusiasts, through and through. A rare thing in my experience.
If I was after a classic i'd after one although they are down to 27 on the road in the UK.
Edited by BlueHave on Sunday 31st July 19:27
TR4man said:
jamesbilluk said:
Spotted in Oxford, porsche 356? looked stunning.
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It's not showing up as a Porsche on the MOT website so I guess that it is a kit replica. I wondered if it was based on the good old Beetle by the look of those exhausts, but it's not showing up as a VW either.
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http://www.pistonheads.com/road-tests/road-tests/t...
stuartmmcfc said:
Yertis said:
TR4man said:
tali1 said:
Think this one gets spotted a few times
Citroen SM in Pimlico (Strange area!)
That looks really long in comparison to its modern neighbours.Citroen SM in Pimlico (Strange area!)
TR4man said:
Can a hotrod be a classic?
Anyway, this looked and sounded lovely on the M25 today at around lunchtime today.
There were simply oodles of that sort of thing around Brookwood this afternoon. I was out cycling and at one point every second car seemed to be the size of an aircraft carrier accompanied by a rumbling V8 soundtrack. Bloomin' awesome it was. All sorts, too from Model A Fords to 1950s Chevy pickups through to a gleaming "Low'n'Loud" Ford Galaxie.Anyway, this looked and sounded lovely on the M25 today at around lunchtime today.
Additionally, out at the top of Box Hill, heading down toward Leatherhead was a lovely 1979 Lancia Gamma (YOX1T), and as I headed south out of Kingston (not sure where exactly) I spotted a white (or very pale coloured) De Tomaso Pantera. Unless there's another make/model going about with "Pantera" writ large on the lower part of the bodywork between the wheels?
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