Lets see a picture of your classic(s)

[Escort3500]

GTRene said:

jummie, what V8 is that...a rover engine?

Yep. Not very powerful but sounds nice

[RichB]

thegreenhell said:

Lax Power said:

Sold everything else and after an impromptu trip to Duncan Hamilton's this has arrived.

The real thing? Very nice. Does it have any interesting history?

No it's a Hawk "recreation" but it certainly looks the part.

Edited by RichB on Thursday 17th April 13:42

[elephantstone]

[ToneyCaroney]

elephantstone said:

I like that. What colour is it: Flamenco red?

[piscola90]

Only just found this classics area - hear are my restorations, their thread sits in the Merc bit

[Roget]

Here's my two toys - a 1330cc 105 BHP A40 Farina, and a JC Midge, AKA "The Brookvale Special" which I've spent the winter fettling into shape.





Roger

[hidetheelephants]

Roget said:

Here's my two toys - a 1330cc 105 BHP A40 Farina, and a JC Midge, AKA "The Brookvale Special" which I've spent the winter fettling into shape.


Roger

Loving the colour!

[RichB]

Roget said:

Here's my two toys - a 1330cc 105 BHP A40 Farina, and a JC Midge, AKA "The Brookvale Special" which I've spent the winter fettling into shape.





Roger

Love the Midge but the colour of the A40 is certainly not for me

[vixen1700]

How mine is looking at the moment. The chassis is in as good a shape as the body, so fingers crossed it may be back on the road this year. It's been an ordeal shall we say.

[richglobe]

blueboxer said:

My 84 & 88 Strada Abarth 130tc

Great cars, just recently purchased one and ready to undergo a fully restoration after looking for some time.

[shagracer]

LordBretSinclair said:

I stand to be corrected but something buried in the old grey cells tells me that a lot of "press / test car" Fords of that era had number plates ending in OO

found this on a ford site, might help

Ford would have registered their cars in the Dagenham VLO which was designation area for oo, so press and management cars would get the OO sequence, along with a lot of Privilege cars too.

Edited by shagracer on Saturday 19th April 17:04

[ToneyCaroney]

vixen1700 said:

How mine is looking at the moment. The chassis is in as good a shape as the body, so fingers crossed it may be back on the road this year. It's been an ordeal shall we say.

Can't wait to see this come together.

[LordBretSinclair]

shagracer said:

LordBretSinclair said:

I stand to be corrected but something buried in the old grey cells tells me that a lot of "press / test car" Fords of that era had number plates ending in OO

found this on a ford site, might help

Ford would have registered their cars in the Dagenham VLO which was designation area for oo, so press and management cars would get the OO sequence, along with a lot of Privilege cars too.

Edited by shagracer on Saturday 19th April 17:04

Thanks for that Eric

Senility hasn't set in just yet then

[thegreenhell]

RichB said:

thegreenhell said:

Lax Power said:

Sold everything else and after an impromptu trip to Duncan Hamilton's this has arrived.

The real thing? Very nice. Does it have any interesting history?

No it's a Hawk "recreation" but it certainly looks the part.

Edited by RichB on Thursday 17th April 13:42

That's a shame, although still a great looking car. Coming from Duncan Hamilton's, I was hoping for something more original.

[terenceb]

shagracer said:

found this on a ford site, might help

Ford would have registered their cars in the Dagenham VLO which was designation area for oo, so press and management cars would get the OO sequence, along with a lot of Privilege cars too.

Edited by shagracer on Saturday 19th April 17:04

Absolutely correct.Where I used to live, quite close to Warley, our next door neighbour was the Ford Head Chauffeur. He used to bring home quite a few 'project'cars in the late sixties.Stuff like the first V6 engined Capri, a very tasty Corsair, dark green with beige vynal roof and interior.Mk2Cortina with similar treatmeant but finished in Aubergine and black interior.Then there were the mk1 Escort rally cars.All with the oo reg.Would love to know where the first three cars mentioned are now.Originally they were built for the then executive's, so were very nicely equiped, Minilites were mandatory.

[1fcuking]

my new rat 37 chevy

[roger gurney]

Lax Power said:

Apologies if this has been done somewhere before but I thought it would be good to see what is out there and hopefully get the motivation going to get your classic out in the coming sunny months.

This is my lot (a bit of a mixed bag)

[roger gurney]

[cornershop]

roger gurney said:

Love that!

[Sharknose]

Uncovered in a nearby garage recently:
A low-mileage, one-owner 1984 Golf GTi in Mars Red.



It's now in my garage!