COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[Escort3500]

ivanhoew said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

hemis have plug leads going into the middle of the rocker cover

yup , i think that the chrysler 383 maybe.

I’m fairly sure the later (larger capacity) V8 in the CV8 was a Chrysler 383ci, which wasn’t a hemi.

[mhurley]

Dapster said:

The coupe had the huge power bulge to clear the carbs and airbox whereas the non Vantage spec Volante had the injection engine and no bulge - exactly as you said.

The coupe came first and had the 432bhp engine, enough to make the target 300 km/h top speed. Customer demand was strong, so after the initial 52 cars AM made the Volante, but to avoid pissing off all the Coupe customers who's exclusive purchase would suddenly look less exclusive, AM installed the detuned, fuel injected V8 with around 100 fewer horses, and no bulge.



AM did build a Vantage Volante prototype but it was never officially sold.



AM did convert 10 Volante's after production to the Vantage spec, with injection conversion to carbs (so bulge needed) and open headlights. Of these, 2 were bored out to 6.3 lt and this is one of them



Interestingly, the first rhd coupe was bought by Rowan Atkinson who had it race prepped





https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23595/lot/110/

Personally I thought they were ugly at the time and still are now.
I saw one at the 86 Motorshow in a horrid shade of blue

[mhurley]

TR4man said:

Patty - why have you obscured the registration plate?

You can see one in Carry on Matron.

https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_235098-Ferrari-365-G...

Owned by Director Gerald Thomas

Previously he had a DB5

https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_29766-Aston-Martin-D...

And later an Interceptor

https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_169616-Jensen-Interc...

Edited by mhurley on Sunday 4th October 10:09

[ess]

Doofus said:

Dapster said:

Some slightly scruffier German bargeage

The very definition of 'patina'

Lovely.
Reminds me of Ela. Fintailed Merc we used to smoke around in, in the late 90's.
Always thought the battle scars kind of suited it.

S

[darkyoung1000]

john2443 said:

Taken from the Trent and Mersey Canal

I spotted the same back in February when we rented a narrow boat from almost opposite. I then got slightly grounded while turning in the winding hole next to them as I was too busy looking at the TVR!

[P5BNij]

Spotted parked up near the railway bridge at Cropredy this afternoon, a restored Moggy Traveller in BL Limeflower, not a regular Moggy colour but it I thought it looked pretty good.

[Rumblestripe]

ess said:

Lovely.
Reminds me of Ela. Fintailed Merc we used to smoke around in, in the late 90's.
Always thought the battle scars kind of suited it.

S

Ela wore the scars well. Rather like the patinated look.

Does she live yet?

[DickyC]

Rumblestripe said:

Ela wore the scars well. Rather like the patinated look.

Does she live yet?

Inconclusive, I'm afraid.

[PomBstard]

In the space of 10 mins driving around the suburbs...

E30 325is
Mk2 Triumph 2000
Austin Healey

[DickyC]

Dropping granddaughter #2 at dance classes in Thatcham this evening I spotted a door open nearby and felt I should go and have a little look. Glad I did.



Harrington Alpine



Fiat Topolino

And some others they preferred I didn't photograph.

[Mr Tidy]

DickyC said:

Dropping granddaughter #2 at dance classes in Thatcham this evening I spotted a door open nearby and felt I should go and have a little look. Glad I did.

Harrington Sunbeams must be very rare now - they weren't exactly common back in the day!

Great photo of the Topolino - my Dad had one back in the 1940s when he met my Mum.

I've no idea why I remember it's registration was AYF 282 as he sold it years before I was born.

I really need to scan some of the old family photos for the Classics in Period thread!

[vixen1700]

A couple out and about today:



Very nice Stag at the garden centre



Cute little Autobianchi looking lovely.

[Martin350]

Yesterday evening heading west into Maidstone on the A20 a fine looking Mini 1275 GT, black with gold stripes.

[psi310398]

vixen1700 said:

Cute little Autobianchi looking lovely.

What would be more perfect for popping into town for the daily bread, fags and newspaper run?

You'd better be more careful about posting pics like these, though, or that fickle BV72 will be reaching for his cheque book again.

[Bob CD]

I love those little Autobianchis and their relatives, particularly since that Peter Sellers film in which one starred in an Italian piazza with a Ferrari. It was driven by Sellers in a a bear suit. "Tucker, Tucker!" Can't think of the name of the film immediately.

Spotted this morning in Selsdon, Sarf Lunnon, a Citroen DS or ID in pale-ish green. Boy, what a culture shock that shape is these days!

[lukeharding]

One from yesterday

[gforceg]

Bob CD said:

I love those little Autobianchis and their relatives, particularly since that Peter Sellers film in which one starred in an Italian piazza with a Ferrari. It was driven by Sellers in a a bear suit. "Tucker, Tucker!" Can't think of the name of the film immediately.

Spotted this morning in Selsdon, Sarf Lunnon, a Citroen DS or ID in pale-ish green. Boy, what a culture shock that shape is these days!

Was it the gorrila cotume in The Pink Panther?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nODBN75vrH0

[P5BNij]

No pics sadly but spotted in Sainsbury's car park in Rugby this morning, a tidy looking K reg'd two door Escort in metallic bronze driven by a young lad, which was getting a lot of attention from passers by.

[85Carrera]

DickyC said:

Dropping granddaughter #2 at dance classes in Thatcham this evening I spotted a door open nearby and felt I should go and have a little look. Glad I did.



Harrington Alpine



Fiat Topolino

And some others they preferred I didn't photograph.

Nice. Particularly like the Alpine.

[4rephill]

lukeharding said:

One from yesterday

Hopefully the driver got a parking ticket for failing to pay for the second space it was using - Absolutely sh!t: "oh my car is soooo precious!" parking!