Ever find a picture of your car on the web?
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This was a bit of a surprise...
A photo of my car round about 1960/61 at Aintree, found on the Facel thread of the French Forum Auto. I'd previously been in touch with an English chap who said he used to be Sales Director at Intercontinental Cars, the Facel importer. He claimed to know my car well (it was the first HK500 demonstrator) and said it had had a red roof. Frankly, I hadn't really believed him, as there was no evidence of red paint when we'd stripped the car.
...time for humble pie!!
I believe the man in the photo is George Abecassis and the lady is therefore probably Angela Brown, daughter of David Brown of Aston fame. However, this is only a guess!
Apparently the photo first surfaced among someone's 1960s holiday snaps on Flikr.
Amazing thing, the internet!
A photo of my car round about 1960/61 at Aintree, found on the Facel thread of the French Forum Auto. I'd previously been in touch with an English chap who said he used to be Sales Director at Intercontinental Cars, the Facel importer. He claimed to know my car well (it was the first HK500 demonstrator) and said it had had a red roof. Frankly, I hadn't really believed him, as there was no evidence of red paint when we'd stripped the car.
...time for humble pie!!
I believe the man in the photo is George Abecassis and the lady is therefore probably Angela Brown, daughter of David Brown of Aston fame. However, this is only a guess!
Apparently the photo first surfaced among someone's 1960s holiday snaps on Flikr.
Amazing thing, the internet!
theadman said:
This was a bit of a surprise...
A photo of my car round about 1960/61 at Aintree, found on the Facel thread of the French Forum Auto. I'd previously been in touch with an English chap who said he used to be Sales Director at Intercontinental Cars, the Facel importer. He claimed to know my car well (it was the first HK500 demonstrator) and said it had had a red roof. Frankly, I hadn't really believed him, as there was no evidence of red paint when we'd stripped the car.
...time for humble pie!!
I believe the man in the photo is George Abecassis and the lady is therefore probably Angela Brown, daughter of David Brown of Aston fame. However, this is only a guess!
Apparently the photo first surfaced among someone's 1960s holiday snaps on Flikr.
Amazing thing, the internet!
Remarkable and superb.A photo of my car round about 1960/61 at Aintree, found on the Facel thread of the French Forum Auto. I'd previously been in touch with an English chap who said he used to be Sales Director at Intercontinental Cars, the Facel importer. He claimed to know my car well (it was the first HK500 demonstrator) and said it had had a red roof. Frankly, I hadn't really believed him, as there was no evidence of red paint when we'd stripped the car.
...time for humble pie!!
I believe the man in the photo is George Abecassis and the lady is therefore probably Angela Brown, daughter of David Brown of Aston fame. However, this is only a guess!
Apparently the photo first surfaced among someone's 1960s holiday snaps on Flikr.
Amazing thing, the internet!
This turned up, of my old Silverback, at I think Castle Combe.
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JOhn
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JOhn
Years back I did a photoshoot for Practical Classics with the Esprit, some of those are now on Lotus Esprit World and come up if you search Images for almost any Lotus name plus "S2".
As there aren't many AC 3000MEs that get used very much, an Image search for MEs gets you pics of these same few cars including mine, some when it was with the previous owner.
One of the guys on the ME forum does searches for ME pics and posts links to any new ones he finds. This one I found slightly worrying as I have no recollection when it could have been taken, really don't remember parking amongst a load of moderns next to a Range Rover!
As there aren't many AC 3000MEs that get used very much, an Image search for MEs gets you pics of these same few cars including mine, some when it was with the previous owner.
One of the guys on the ME forum does searches for ME pics and posts links to any new ones he finds. This one I found slightly worrying as I have no recollection when it could have been taken, really don't remember parking amongst a load of moderns next to a Range Rover!
mgtony said:
Nigel, look closer. I'm not parked, that IS the only photo of the car moving!! and you'll also see it had been raining and has got wet. The two things you never thought I did!!!
driven to a show where there was the slighest bit of rain - hardly too far off the stereotype Tony car looks good regardless
pity you've no real idea of how well it goes
Edited by na on Monday 30th April 22:38
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