COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[MarkwG]

Doofus said:

Rob 131 Sport said:

There is also a lovely Cortina Crusader Estate adjacent to the Black RS2000.

Isn't it a Carousel?

Could be either, I think: both were available two tone.

[Doofus]

MarkwG said:

Doofus said:

Rob 131 Sport said:

There is also a lovely Cortina Crusader Estate adjacent to the Black RS2000.

Isn't it a Carousel?

Could be either, I think: both were available two tone.

I didn't know that. I thought the Crusader had a big pinstripe thing and the Carousel was two-tone.

[Rumblestripe]

Lovely day for Hurworth Classic Car Show (near Darlington)

Loved this car, never seen one in the flesh before, utterly gobsmackingly gorgeous:

[CKY]

Rumblestripe said:

Lovely day for Hurworth Classic Car Show (near Darlington)

Loved this car, never seen one in the flesh before, utterly gobsmackingly gorgeous:

Is that real or a recreation? Looks good either way, just not 100% sure on the wheels and some of the body lines.... granted it's probably been 30 years since i've seen one in the flesh!

[21st Century Man]

Gov vehicle check seems genuine.

[LeighW]

CKY said:

Is that real or a recreation? Looks good either way, just not 100% sure on the wheels and some of the body lines.... granted it's probably been 30 years since i've seen one in the flesh!

It's not an original, it's a 'continuation' built in the 80s.

https://prelive.classic-trader.com/uk/cars/listing...

Some info on them in this ad here:

https://hymanltd.com/vehicles/5632-1980-auburn-boa...

[gt40steve]

Doofus said:

MarkwG said:

Doofus said:

Rob 131 Sport said:

There is also a lovely Cortina Crusader Estate adjacent to the Black RS2000.

Isn't it a Carousel?

Could be either, I think: both were available two tone.

I didn't know that. I thought the Crusader had a big pinstripe thing and the Carousel was two-tone.

Carousel were all two tone, Forest Green over Crystal Green, Graphite Grey over Strato Silver or Roman Bronze over Tuscan Beige.

Crusaders were available in more colours. They came about two years after the Carousel. Single tone with chrome bumpers or two tone with black bumpers.
I know of one local dealer that 'made' a two tone Crusader that went out with chrome bumpers. Popular choices were red over silver and blue over silver.

[Doofus]

This is the Crusader pinstripe I was thinking of.

[adamInca]

Rumblestripe said:

Lovely day for Hurworth Classic Car Show (near Darlington)

Loved this car, never seen one in the flesh before, utterly gobsmackingly gorgeous:

Saw that driving through Northallerton, looked fabulous.

[MarkwG]

gt40steve said:

Doofus said:

MarkwG said:

Doofus said:

Rob 131 Sport said:

There is also a lovely Cortina Crusader Estate adjacent to the Black RS2000.

Isn't it a Carousel?

Could be either, I think: both were available two tone.

I didn't know that. I thought the Crusader had a big pinstripe thing and the Carousel was two-tone.

Carousel were all two tone, Forest Green over Crystal Green, Graphite Grey over Strato Silver or Roman Bronze over Tuscan Beige.

Crusaders were available in more colours. They came about two years after the Carousel. Single tone with chrome bumpers or two tone with black bumpers.
I know of one local dealer that 'made' a two tone Crusader that went out with chrome bumpers. Popular choices were red over silver and blue over silver.

And to throw a fox into the hen house - some dealers would improvise for a sale: Gates in Hitchin painted my old Cortina to match the Granada Sapphire of the time, as that's what the first owner wanted...

[Escort3500]

Couple from a local show at the weekend, including a pretty rare Jensen S-V8

[Dan Singh]

[quote=MDMA .]Few classic and modern day classics from today’s local meet.

I like the wide body M-Series next to the three wheeler.

[gt40steve]

MarkwG said:

gt40steve said:

Doofus said:

MarkwG said:

Doofus said:

Rob 131 Sport said:

There is also a lovely Cortina Crusader Estate adjacent to the Black RS2000.

Isn't it a Carousel?

Could be either, I think: both were available two tone.

I didn't know that. I thought the Crusader had a big pinstripe thing and the Carousel was two-tone.

Carousel were all two tone, Forest Green over Crystal Green, Graphite Grey over Strato Silver or Roman Bronze over Tuscan Beige.

Crusaders were available in more colours. They came about two years after the Carousel. Single tone with chrome bumpers or two tone with black bumpers.
I know of one local dealer that 'made' a two tone Crusader that went out with chrome bumpers. Popular choices were red over silver and blue over silver.

And to throw a fox into the hen house - some dealers would improvise for a sale: Gates in Hitchin painted my old Cortina to match the Granada Sapphire of the time, as that's what the first owner wanted...

My local dealer also painted a brand new Granada Ghia X in the old Sapphire colour scheme.

[A.J.M]

[Gompo]

Not a spot as such, given it was a local meet; but thought it was worth uploading due to the rarity. A Cavalier Centaur.

[Yertis]

A.J.M said:

Those things were rare even in the '80s.

[MDMA .]

A.J.M said:

I learned to drive in one of those, red though. Trevor Ford driving school in Wigan. That was back in 1992.

[Yertis]

Actually – what is it? I thought on first glance it was a Subaru XT, because it has the same (slightly odd) cabin shape and proportions but now realise it's some kind of Nissan.

[SydneyBridge]

Sunny ?

[Turbobanana]

Nissan Sunny B12 Coupe, 1986-90ish.

Edited by Turbobanana on Tuesday 14th May 17:01