Beautiful, lesser known classics?

[MarshPhantom]

That looks superb.

[sinbaddio]

I saw one in the background of a previous post - AC3000ME. Have to love the flared arches and curves:

[Pothole]

The Surveyor said:

Or how about Moretti

Body attributed to Moretti but thought to be a Bertone design...very like the "Jet" design for Aston Martin and the Ferrari 250GT "speciale" below:

[Pothole]

Elderly said:

The Surveyor said:

Or something rare and Spanish, Pegasso

and the Pegaso was unbelievably expensive

Looks like Radford was just around the corner from the current Lamborghini London showroom (carrying on the tradition of expensive machinery in the area)

[Pothole]

alolympic said:

Good shout on th Morgan SLR. Has been my dream car since I first discovered them a few years ago, saw one racing at Donnington and think they are just beautiful....

Donington. At least one of the 3 examples built is often at the historic festival.

[P5BNij]

Pothole said:

Elderly said:

The Surveyor said:

Or something rare and Spanish, Pegasso

and the Pegaso was unbelievably expensive

Looks like Radford was just around the corner from the current Lamborghini London showroom (carrying on the tradition of expensive machinery in the area)

Radford later moved to King Street, Hammersmith, my Nan worked in Edward Edwards department store directly opposite and remembered Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland arriving to pick up Britt's birthday present in October '65, a dark blue Radford Cooper S hatchback.

[oliverb205]

Roy C said:

The production Tridents I have seen look quite crude, but the TVR Trident prototypes are Trevor (Fiore) Frost's best designs.

I am with Roy, an amazing design from Trevor Fiore in 1965. The unbroken line around the car just pulls the whole car taut, and the lights rotate through 180 degrees rather than just being pop ups. In a way it is a shame that the design was for TVR, they were permanently skint in the early 1960s and never had a hope of being able to put it into production. Hardly surprising MarshPhantom hasn't seen one, just 3 coupes and one convertible were built and only the red coupe is still in the UK.

OLiver.

[MarshPhantom]

This thread is a great example of how people used to be happy to pay a hell of a lot money for a car that nobody would know what it was.

How times have changed.

[MarshPhantom]

spitsfire said:

Or an Alfa Montreal; a car with the most mentally complex and expensive fuelling system ever invented

One thing I never understood, why would you build an Italian car and name it after a town in Canada?

[Pothole]

MarshPhantom said:

spitsfire said:

Or an Alfa Montreal; a car with the most mentally complex and expensive fuelling system ever invented

One thing I never understood, why would you build an Italian car and name it after a town in Canada?

"The Alfa Romeo Montreal was introduced as a concept car in 1967 at Expo 67, held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Originally, the concept cars were displayed without any model name, but the public took to calling it The Montreal."

[Iva Barchetta]

I was about to post that,too slow...

Had to check wiki to make sure my facts were correct

[MarshPhantom]

Well done you two, I had no idea.

[MarshPhantom]

Unusual rather than true beauties.



Matra M530



The Vignale version of the car above.

[Pothole]

MarshPhantom said:

Well done you two, I had no idea.

I quoted wikipedia to save me typing it all out, but I'm a tiny bit Bertone obsessed, so I did know it, honest.

[jith]

sinbaddio said:

I saw one in the background of a previous post - AC3000ME. Have to love the flared arches and curves:

Made in Scotland....from girders!!!

J

[The Surveyor]

MarshPhantom said:

The Vignale version of the car above.

Oh I like that, never seen it before but very nice.

[dinkel]

MarshPhantom said:

Unusual rather than true beauties.



Matra M530

Matra Djet was the first road legal mid-engined for the public.

On the TVR:
http://coachbuild.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=162

I know Jos and I dunno if his 289 is still for sale.

[MarshPhantom]

The Surveyor said:

MarshPhantom said:

The Vignale version of the car above.

Oh I like that, never seen it before but very nice.

Yes, it's grown on me. Not too shabby for a car launched in 1968.

Have another.

[MarshPhantom]

dinkel said:

MarshPhantom said:

Unusual rather than true beauties.



Matra M530

Matra Djet was the first road legal mid-engined for the public.

On the TVR:
http://coachbuild.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=162

I know Jos and I dunno if his 289 is still for sale.

You live and learn.

[cymtriks]

Bizzarrini P538