COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

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Trevithick said:

Well I'll be it's my old banger. Yep full power SP and still running well.

Beautiful.

[Butter Face]

Trevithick said:

Butter Face said:

Spotted this lovely Interceptor SP parked up a side road near me. Very special car!!

Well I'll be it's my old banger. Yep full power SP and still running well.

Very awesome!

That's where I normaly abandon my car when I'm popping to get a kebab

[Trevithick]

Dicky things aren't too bad, with the money I've saved through not having an RS2 I now have a collection of vehicles.

And yes the car was abandoned to go and get a kebab.

[Butter Face]

Trevithick said:

Dicky things aren't too bad, with the money I've saved through not having an RS2 I now have a collection of vehicles.

And yes the car was abandoned to go and get a kebab.

Where do you live mate? I assume Camborne way due to the name?

[Trevithick]

Butter Face said:

Where do you live mate? I assume Camborne way due to the name?

Yep just outside Camborne.

[droopsnoot]

Saw an orange Mk2 Escort this afternoon, flat front, pair of spotlights, not sure what model but it had the stripe that flares up at the back end. 1600 Sport, perhaps? Flashed my lights, then realised I wasn't in anything old and owner would just wonder why.

And a railway carriage on a low-loader yesterday evening, a bar/restaurant car, fairly modern but either in brown/cream or maroon/cream, hard to tell in the street lighting.

[lucido grigio]

Or a Mexico, both rarer than rocking horse stuff nowadays.

[Weslake-Monza]

Flashed my lights, then realised I wasn't in anything old and owner would just wonder why.

I think we've all done that and had it done to us!

[yellowjack]

I was passed by a 1953 Riley RM (1.5 litre) this afternoon, while out cycling.

An absolutely beautiful sight to behold...

[DickyC]

Trevithick said:

Dicky things aren't too bad, with the money I've saved through not having an RS2 I now have a collection of vehicles.

And yes the car was abandoned to go and get a kebab.

Good to hear, T.

Yes, I have a saying I trot out when folk enquire about RS2 ownership. It goes:

"I bought it for eleven thousand, sold it two years later for twelve and only spent eight thousand on it in between."

In other news, have you introduced folk hereabouts to the Puffing Devil?

[Butter Face]

Trevithick said:

Butter Face said:

Where do you live mate? I assume Camborne way due to the name?

Yep just outside Camborne.

Good stuff, I'm in Beacon!

[spreadsheet monkey]

WilkoIW said:

Keep it stiff said:

A double spot near Portsmouth today, same owner I would guess.

Fantastic spot!

Yes, great spot.

Those early Fastback 800s still look good.

[W124Bob]

Yesterday was a good in south Manchester, first up a lovely little Austin 7. It's very local to me and has been around for years, funny following it down the road and driving between the speed bumps. Next up was an aboslutely stunning aquamarine blue '55 Cadillac Fleetwood with spare wheel on the rear bumper, seen in Heaton Norris. Heading back towards Didsbury I spot another prewar British saloon and finally in Disbury a red bumperless early '70's Fiat 124 spider.

[Evangelion]

droopsnoot said:

... And a railway carriage on a low-loader yesterday evening, a bar/restaurant car, fairly modern but either in brown/cream or maroon/cream, hard to tell in the street lighting.

Great Western Railways was brown and cream. [/anorak]

[mikey77]

Evangelion said:

droopsnoot said:

... And a railway carriage on a low-loader yesterday evening, a bar/restaurant car, fairly modern but either in brown/cream or maroon/cream, hard to tell in the street lighting.

Great Western Railways was brown and cream. [/anorak]

Early British Railways was darkish red/cream, described at the time as 'plum and spilt milk'. (/bigger anorak)

[tog]

Cool van in Marlborough High Street at the weekend. There were also two McLarens that I ignored.

Edited by tog on Thursday 16th March 11:03

[droopsnoot]

mikey77 said:

Evangelion said:

droopsnoot said:

... And a railway carriage on a low-loader yesterday evening, a bar/restaurant car, fairly modern but either in brown/cream or maroon/cream, hard to tell in the street lighting.

Great Western Railways was brown and cream. [/anorak]

Early British Railways was darkish red/cream, described at the time as 'plum and spilt milk'. (/bigger anorak)

Yes, I just couldn't tell with the combination of the street lighting and my eyesight. I'd say it was a more modern one painted in an older colour scheme - not a Mk3 (which itself must be decades old) but certainly not a steam-era carriage.

Also this, on Saturday:

[Trevatanus]

Just appeared on my Facebook feed.
Omg that is beautiful. Spotted in Waterlooville apparently

[McAndy]

Nice to see someone looking at life through rose tinted spectacles.

[LotusOmega375D]

Jim Stokes Workshop is located in Waterlooville. He specializes in restoring valuable classic Alfas, so it might have come from there.