Beautiful, lesser known classics?

[Triumph2.5]

Swallow Doretti

[cjb44]

Plinth said:

I would guess that AC were trying to give the Greyhound a better ride quality!
The Ace and Aceca have a very "vintage" feel and tend to bounce along rough roads.

Yes, but you can always play with the transverse leaf and shock absorbers to get the type of ride you want. I played with my Aceca a bit but not too much otherwise you took away the handling qualities which were far better than anything else in their day.

[Pothole]

[Yertis]

Pothole said:

Stout.

We'll all be driving cars like that by the 1960s, you know.

[Pothole]

Yertis said:

Pothole said:

Stout.

We'll all be driving cars like that by the 1960s, you know.

To be fair to Mr Stout, a heck of a lot of people were driving Beetles and Cinquecentos by the 1960s...and the Fiat Multipla was a Scarab in miniature, pretty much, wasn't it?

[dandarez]

oliverb205 said:

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.

Don't forget about this when talking about Englishman Trevor Frost (Fiore).

[dinkel]

Oh yes the Elva:

[Pothole]

Hardly beautiful.

[galro]

Scalino said:

One of the prettiest cars ever made, especially the prototype.

That's the replica that is located in the Alfa Romeo museum. This is how the prototype looks like (with a roof-mounted wiper).

[galro]

A few:

1958 Tojeiro Climax MK II by Maurice Gomm and designed by Cavendish Morton.


1957 Stanguellini Bialbero Sport 1100 by Campana and designed by Franco Reggiani.


1954 Kurtis KK-500 by California Metal Shaping.


1955 Alfa Romeo 1900C SS by Boano.


1954 Jaguar XK140 by Zagato.


Morgan Plus 4 by Serra.

Edited by galro on Tuesday 24th January 12:10

[dinkel]

Different Jaguars, 13 PH-pages full of 'em. And yes: most are lesser known.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Enjoy.

[dandarez]

Pothole said:

Hardly beautiful.

Eye of the beholder.
One man's meat...
etc.

I knew someone who thought the Marina was beautiful (and I mean the car!).

I like curves too. This has more than Marilyn... but just imo.

[dandarez]

Imo this is beautiful too!



See, all to do with the eye of the beholder.

[cjb44]

dandarez said:

Eye of the beholder.
One man's meat...
etc.

I knew someone who thought the Marina was beautiful (and I mean the car!).

I like curves too. This has more than Marilyn... but just imo.

The G4, a great car, however at 6ft. 1" I have a problem getting in and out of the FHC version even the ragtop is tight!

[Pothole]

Picky, I know, but does anyone on this forum not know the Alfas pictured?

Edited by Pothole on Tuesday 24th January 19:28

[Keep it stiff]

dinkel said:

Oh yes the Elva:

Beautiful:

adjective
1. pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically.
"beautiful poetry"
synonyms: attractive, pretty, handsome, good-looking, nice-looking, pleasing, alluring, prepossessing, as pretty as a picture; More
o of a very high standard; excellent.
"she spoke in beautiful English"


Nice:

adjective
1. 1.
giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive.
"we had a very nice time"
synonyms: enjoyable, pleasant, pleasurable, agreeable, delightful, satisfying, gratifying, acceptable, to one's liking, entertaining, amusing, diverting, marvellous, good;

The Elva is the latter!

[RichB]

Jeez, only on Pistonheads would you get people arguing the toss on how good looking an Elva is!

[Keep it stiff]

RichB said:

Jeez, only on Pistonheads would you get people arguing the toss on how good looking an Elva is!

I would even go as far as saying very nice!

[Keep it stiff]

Beautiful!

[dinkel]

A Chevron B8 is gorgeous:

... especially in agile action. Lovely BMW 2 or 2.4 litre BMW four.

The B16 though:



... takes beauty to a whole new level. Screaming FVC yum.

I'd have a road legal rep in the blink of an eye.