COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[LeighW]

mattman said:

1st night of our holiday and this rather lovely looking thing was in the hotel car park

Ford Falcon Futura. Looks immaculate!

[BananaFama]

Riley Blue said:

BananaFama said:

trails said:

Clear indicators look wrong, for me at least...needs tango.

Agree with that , I have a hatred for clear indicators on anything to be honest .
I went to the local Italian car spares shop on the way home from buying my latest car to buy orange indicators for it .
I also find that orange are much easier to see in use on a very sunny day .

Orange bulbs behind clear lenses? If you don't like the 'fried egg' look fit chromed bulbs that flash orange.

When I removed the clear lenses I was surprised to find not orange bulbs but a deflector of some sort with clear bulbs so I just screwed on the orange covers and they flash nice n bright .

[MuscleSedan]

Apologies for the high and dry in the picture. The DS looked really well.

[Dapster]

BananaFama said:

trails said:

Clear indicators look wrong, for me at least...needs tango.

I went to the local Italian car spares shop on the way home from buying my latest car to buy orange indicators for it .

Interestingly Italy mandated white front indicators on all cars until sometime in the 70's, and due to the high number of cyclists and crowded cities, also mandated side indicator repeaters years before any other market. These had to be amber, so cars had to have either white front indicators and separate amber side repeaters, or if they had a single wrap around unit, a white front facing lens and amber section on the side!

Italian market



Rest of Europe




US





My memory of holidays in Europe as a kid were the Italian cars with tiny front number plates and white indicator lenses




https://www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histori...

Edited by Dapster on Saturday 11th November 16:58

[TR4man]

This morning near Nantwich.

[vixen1700]

A little green 1965 Fiat 850 Spider with the roof down driving through Berwick Street, Soho earlier.

It looked tiny!

[ingenieur]

ZedLeg said:

Luna12 said:

Were the Krays around?

They were North of the river. South of the river were the Richardsons. Tiny bit less famous than the Krays but supposedly rougher / more successful - probably because they weren't weirdos.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardson_Gang

Edited by ingenieur on Friday 17th November 16:10

[TCEvo]

Brace of Rover's & lurking (old) Benz in Sleaford, Lincs earlier today:

[droopsnoot]

[Isimmo]

droopsnoot said:

Yep… Hero points given their parts availability and general running costs.

[Turbobanana]

Driving (hence the Google Maps screengrab) through mid Suffolk yesterday I spotted this Opel Kadett Coupe, looking in better condition than to qualify for the "Classics left to dies / rotting thread". Haven't seen one on the road in years.



The stock list has changed since Google captured it (August this year), but includes at least 3 Morris Minors and an old Fordson Tractor.

[Yertis]

Isimmo said:

droopsnoot said:

Yep… Hero points given their parts availability and general running costs.

That applies to all of our old Audis

[lukeharding]

[Stick Legs]

Forgive the fact this isn’t a car.

At my Father-in-law’s barn.

1979 County 1184TW long wheel base, forestry spec.

Almost completed restoration.

[uk66fastback]

Superb! The restoration of these things is made infinitely easier by the whole mechanics of the thing just being assembled then sprayed in one colour! If only car engine bays were as simple …

[Stick Legs]

Exactly!

Originally a James forestry conversion from new.

Love the County 4 wheel drive system that physically links the 2 driven wheels on each side from bevel gears in the hubs.

Most sensible.

[CKY]

Turbobanana said:

Driving (hence the Google Maps screengrab) through mid Suffolk yesterday I spotted this Opel Kadett Coupe, looking in better condition than to qualify for the "Classics left to dies / rotting thread". Haven't seen one on the road in years.



The stock list has changed since Google captured it (August this year), but includes at least 3 Morris Minors and an old Fordson Tractor.

Love these, very rare spot nowadays unfortunately

[Turbobanana]

CKY said:

Turbobanana said:

Driving (hence the Google Maps screengrab) through mid Suffolk yesterday I spotted this Opel Kadett Coupe, looking in better condition than to qualify for the "Classics left to die / rotting thread". Haven't seen one on the road in years.



The stock list has changed since Google captured it (August this year), but includes at least 3 Morris Minors and an old Fordson Tractor.

Love these, very rare spot nowadays unfortunately

Pretty aren't they? Unfortunately they all seem to end up as historic rally cars or "hillclimb monsters" with random aero and screaming red-top engines.

[CKY]

Turbobanana said:

Pretty aren't they? Unfortunately they all seem to end up as historic rally cars or "hillclimb monsters" with random aero and screaming red-top engines.

Yeah absolutely, same story with the Opel Manta coupes from the 80s

[generationx]

Little Midget (sorry, Small Car) being used in a damp, murky south Essex today. Tiny in the “normal” parking spaces!