COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)
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here's another from the same family....
Turbobanana said:
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 The stock list has changed since Google captured it (August this year), but includes at least 3 Morris Minors and an old Fordson Tractor.
t standard and the running gear is awful 
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.
My first car in 1988 was a Kadett Coupe. Brilliant car.The stock list has changed since Google captured it (August this year), but includes at least 3 Morris Minors and an old Fordson Tractor.
Sardonicus said:
Turbobanana said:
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 The stock list has changed since Google captured it (August this year), but includes at least 3 Morris Minors and an old Fordson Tractor.
t standard and the running gear is awful Back in the mid-80s I outdragged a Jag XJ12 in my lowly BMW M535i, how I laughed given the Jag had double the number of cylinders and a massive capacity surplus. Granted it was reasonably close up to 120mph, then I began pulling ahead at an increasing rate. Those 3 speed gearboxes really were the last thing the underpowered coal furnaces under the bonnet needed.
CKY said:
There's a thread running where people are eulogising over S1-S3 Jag XJs, all of those were bloated, overweight, under powered boat anchors to which your comment would have been far better suited.
Back in the mid-80s I outdragged a Jag XJ12 in my lowly BMW M535i, how I laughed given the Jag had double the number of cylinders and a massive capacity surplus. Granted it was reasonably close up to 120mph, then I began pulling ahead at an increasing rate. Those 3 speed gearboxes really were the last thing the underpowered coal furnaces under the bonnet needed.
Well, yes, but it felt good dropping "120 in second" into conversations. Back in the mid-80s I outdragged a Jag XJ12 in my lowly BMW M535i, how I laughed given the Jag had double the number of cylinders and a massive capacity surplus. Granted it was reasonably close up to 120mph, then I began pulling ahead at an increasing rate. Those 3 speed gearboxes really were the last thing the underpowered coal furnaces under the bonnet needed.
CKY said:
There's a thread running where people are eulogising over S1-S3 Jag XJs, all of those were bloated, overweight, under powered boat anchors to which your comment would have been far better suited.
Back in the mid-80s I outdragged a Jag XJ12 in my lowly BMW M535i, how I laughed given the Jag had double the number of cylinders and a massive capacity surplus. Granted it was reasonably close up to 120mph, then I began pulling ahead at an increasing rate. Those 3 speed gearboxes really were the last thing the underpowered coal furnaces under the bonnet needed.
Blah, blah, blah... all well and good, but I bet you couldn't still hear The Archers on Radio 4 at 130mph, could you, eh? Back in the mid-80s I outdragged a Jag XJ12 in my lowly BMW M535i, how I laughed given the Jag had double the number of cylinders and a massive capacity surplus. Granted it was reasonably close up to 120mph, then I began pulling ahead at an increasing rate. Those 3 speed gearboxes really were the last thing the underpowered coal furnaces under the bonnet needed.
CKY said:
There's a thread running where people are eulogising over S1-S3 Jag XJs, all of those were bloated, overweight, under powered boat anchors to which your comment would have been far better suited.
Back in the mid-80s I outdragged a Jag XJ12 in my lowly BMW M535i, how I laughed given the Jag had double the number of cylinders and a massive capacity surplus. Granted it was reasonably close up to 120mph, then I began pulling ahead at an increasing rate. Those 3 speed gearboxes really were the last thing the underpowered coal furnaces under the bonnet needed.
Having owned E28 & E24 BMWs as well as XJ V12 cars the 3 speed auto box does ruin them.Back in the mid-80s I outdragged a Jag XJ12 in my lowly BMW M535i, how I laughed given the Jag had double the number of cylinders and a massive capacity surplus. Granted it was reasonably close up to 120mph, then I began pulling ahead at an increasing rate. Those 3 speed gearboxes really were the last thing the underpowered coal furnaces under the bonnet needed.
However the term ‘boat anchor’ and ‘coal furnace’ is the kind of pub-bore folklore that does you no credit.
Walter Hassan & Harry Munday designed a very clever for the late 1960’s all aluminium ohc V12.
The weight of the V12 unit is comparable to the iron blocked M30 fitted to your M535i.
With a 4 speed ZF 4HP22 with lock up the V12 is much better. As a Manual it is sublime.
There is a lot wrong with 1970’s British cars but the V12 Jags are loved because they are superb engineering & have real heritage. Much like 1980’s BMWs in fact.
I honestly can't remember the last time I saw one of these. A Lancia Montecarlo in the Lidl Car Park, Barnard Castle (insert three year old eye test joke here)
According to the DVLA it is black apparently...
Could be a Lancia Beta Montecarlo as they changed over in 78 (though I believe those would have the solid buttresses?)
According to the DVLA it is black apparently...
Could be a Lancia Beta Montecarlo as they changed over in 78 (though I believe those would have the solid buttresses?)
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A 411 indeed, Dicky. Great spot.
For me personally the 410 edges it on looks, but what a joyous thing to see.
Thanks for sharing.
When I commuted between Newbury and Rugby - yeah, I know, you don't have to tell me - I got fairly blasé about vehicles, driving and drivers but one night nearing home, just north of the M4, I saw a broken down Bristol tucked in as far as it could to the left. It had nowhere to go. No hard shoulder, no pavement, just scrub. Traffic missing it by inches. It made me inexplicably sad.For me personally the 410 edges it on looks, but what a joyous thing to see.
Thanks for sharing.
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