COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[vixen1700]

Saw a yellow Reliant Kitten this morning between Littlebury & Great Chesterford, looked pretty cool to be honest and can't remember the last time I saw one.

[yellowjack]

vixen1700 said:

Saw a yellow Reliant Kitten this morning between Littlebury & Great Chesterford, looked pretty cool to be honest and can't remember the last time I saw one.

Did it look 'modified' in any way? There's one that has run at Santa Pod, lifts a wheel off the line and everything!


My dad had a Rebel when I was very young. First car I actually remember being in.

[vixen1700]

No it looked pretty standard, pretty much like the brochure car.

[RESSE]

Spotted this Avon Coupe tonight in Quatt:

[Roy C]

RESSE said:

Spotted this Avon Coupe tonight in Quatt:

1934 Standard Avon 16HP Coupé

[DickyC]

Roy C said:

RESSE said:

Spotted this Avon Coupe tonight in Quatt:

1934 Standard Avon 16HP Coupé

What a day to misplace my stereo glasses.

[RESSE]

DickyC said:

Roy C said:

RESSE said:

Spotted this Avon Coupe tonight in Quatt:

1934 Standard Avon 16HP Coupé

What a day to misplace my stereo glasses.

Oops!

[vixen1700]

Nice Mk10 or 420G filling up the road near Bishop's Stortford this morning.

[J3JCV]

Spotted parked up on the IYCA Quay, Antibes

[vixen1700]

[v15ben]

Love that Citroen, very classy motor for that location too!
I saw a 1928 Bentley in traffic heading through Harrogate earlier in the week, sadly no photo.

[DickyC]

On the Queen's State Visit to Paris in 1972 with President George Pompidou.



That's a rare beast, I'd wager.

[nicanary]

DickyC said:

On the Queen's State Visit to Paris in 1972 with President George Pompidou.



That's a rare beast, I'd wager.

"Bad news for Monsieur Pompidou - apparently Madame Pompidon't" **

• Courtesy " The Two Ronnies" circa 697BC

[Pothole]

DickyC said:

On the Queen's State Visit to Paris in 1972 with President George Pompidou.



That's a rare beast, I'd wager.

2 built.

[mikey77]

So the one in Antibes is for sale (a vendre). At what price, I wonder?
There's an artist round here who specialises in painting portraits of SMs - he has an exhibition on at local classic car dealer's at the moment.

[DickyC]

Pothole said:

DickyC said:

On the Queen's State Visit to Paris in 1972 with President George Pompidou.



That's a rare beast, I'd wager.

2 built.

WEAK JOKE ALERT!

The other one was for the Duke of Edinburgh.

:ba dum tish:

[Bob CD]

I've always loved Citroen SMs. Always remember one racing at the Spa 24 hrs, driven by Francois Migault and Howden Ganley. Their pit was the last one at the bottom of the hill, by Eau Rouge. This was the marker point or prompt for the driver to sling it sideways into the first part of Eau Rouge to be lined up properly for the second part. However, being a 24 hour race, they had to use their headlights and according to the car's specification, the headlights were linked to the direction the front wheels were pointing. That was clearly not ideal when they were actually pointing at the run-offs/barriers at the side of the track while the car was heading in a different direction. Steering to headlight connection was consequently disconnected. If anyone's interested, I have one friend who probably has one for sale in Italy, and another who is seeking to restore one in Marseilles, but who might be seperated from it for the right money! Very tempted myself...

[4rephill]

J3JCV said:

Spotted parked up on the IYCA Quay, Antibes

It's like a concept car that they decided to leave exactly as designed and actually put into production!

Even today, it still looks quite futuristic!

[mikey77]

Here's what the artist guy does - I nicked it off the exhibition poster...

[DickyC]

I don't know if it's still there but in the museum at Le Mans there was a DS with the underside and wheel arches all smoothed over displayed vertically and rotating as object d'art.

It was quite something.