COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2
Discussion
Doofus said:
gforceg said:
Yep, it's a BIG WHY? from me too.
Because BL still feared that the US would ban convertibles, as they'd been threatening to do since the mid-70s. The Cabriolet retained adequate rollover protecton to enable it to get federal approval and to be sold in the USA (a market BL had been chasing - with varying success - for many years).By the time it was launched, the threat had all but gone away, so the full convertible XJS was developed and released five years later.
Tickford took a pragmatic view and, in converting fixed heads, tried to retain strength lost by removing the roof by building the cabriolet's distinctive side frames. When the market for the car was established Jaguar built their own and whatever they did to beef up the structure in the absence of the roof was - and still is - thought by many to have been inadequate.
So, cabriolets are Jaguar/Tickford and convertibles are Jaguar.
nicanary said:
Roy C said:
TR4man said:
Seen coming out of South Mimms services yesterday lunchtime.
Obviously a hot rod, no idea what powered it but it sounded glorious.
DVLA says first registered 1931, so it seems to be based on a genuine late Ford Model A.Obviously a hot rod, no idea what powered it but it sounded glorious.
Engine listed as 5000cc (so it could be a Flathead?).
https://www.flickr.com/photos/boblovelockflickr/78...
It's funny how much difference the colour makes on those Lagondas, though. Looking at that photo, and the one in "supercars spotted" of a dark blue one, it's as if it's a different car to the cream/ivory car with magnolia interior that was outside the auction room at Race Retro the other week.
nvubu said:
Spotted today in Lincoln - according to how many left, 18% of the total number on the road and not on SORN.
Although I should like them as they are wedges, I prefer this (the AMLs were in the car park behind this image)
Considering one appears to be on Dutch plates, maybe a few more exist which aren't registered in the UK.Although I should like them as they are wedges, I prefer this (the AMLs were in the car park behind this image)
lucido grigio said:
That's why I can't see it....
Maybe it's just arrived,MOTed on the chassis number,then can be registered.
That's how it works isn't it ?
For now at least. MOTed and insured on the chassis no, take that to the DVLA with the Italian log book and about £60 plus 6/12 months tax. Then you get a letter with your new reg, go get that printed and you're on the road. Hardest part is getting a LHD car through an MOT. Isn't the common market wonderful Maybe it's just arrived,MOTed on the chassis number,then can be registered.
That's how it works isn't it ?
.Rostfritt said:
For now at least. MOTed and insured on the chassis no, take that to the DVLA with the Italian log book and about £60 plus 6/12 months tax. Then you get a letter with your new reg, go get that printed and you're on the road. Hardest part is getting a LHD car through an MOT. Isn't the common market wonderful .
Speedo and lights for the MoT...not that hard ?.Stickyfinger said:
Rostfritt said:
For now at least. MOTed and insured on the chassis no, take that to the DVLA with the Italian log book and about £60 plus 6/12 months tax. Then you get a letter with your new reg, go get that printed and you're on the road. Hardest part is getting a LHD car through an MOT. Isn't the common market wonderful .
Speedo and lights for the MoT...not that hard ?.Not sure what else could come up which would be acceptable elsewhere you might have trouble on though. Maybe not all tests are up to our exacting standards. Either way trying to explain to a grumpy MOT tester who is barely PC literate that it is something he can put on the VOSA system was quite difficult. In the end he nearly failed as the number plate was not legal.
ncbbmw said:
Aren't A suffix (non transferable?) plates issued by the DVLA to classic vehicles with none UK history.
At one time if you'd lost the right to use the reg they would issue an A reg - there are some veterans that have them - and then they started to issue old Scottish and Welsh plates for the correct year if you could prove the year it was made.nvubu said:
Spotted today in Lincoln - according to how many left, 18% of the total number on the road and not on SORN.
That's an AA patrolman's wet dream there! And it's raining!The green one parked at the far end is my fave. I like the late model series 4 with the non pop up lights.
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