COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[Escort3500]

brownspeed said:

LotusOmega375D said:

Grinnall did much to sort the looks and performance with their TR8 convertible. Bulging arches and Rover SD1 rear lights. Or you could just by a TVR wedge.

I used to have a tvr wedge in the early 90's. I lost count of the number of people who confused it with a sodding TR7.!

Until you fired it up

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Escort3500 said:

brownspeed said:

LotusOmega375D said:

Grinnall did much to sort the looks and performance with their TR8 convertible. Bulging arches and Rover SD1 rear lights. Or you could just by a TVR wedge.

I used to have a tvr wedge in the early 90's. I lost count of the number of people who confused it with a sodding TR7.!

Until you fired it up

True. Those TR7s were pretty loud.

[Hurricane52]

Spookily saw two TR7s on a low loader on the A487 north of Cardigan on Friday morning.

Apparently this one is owned by Mackenzie Crook, but driven by Toby Jones in the excellent Detectorists series.

[Doofus]

Hurricane52 said:

Apparently this one is owned by Mackenzie Crook, but driven by Toby Jones in the excellent Detectorists series.

AIUI, he bought it after they had filmed series one.

[Isimmo]

Doofus said:

Hurricane52 said:

Apparently this one is owned by Mackenzie Crook, but driven by Toby Jones in the excellent Detectorists series.

AIUI, he bought it after they had filmed series one.

I assume it took a whole series to find actual metal?

[Dan Singh]

brownspeed said:

LotusOmega375D said:

Grinnall did much to sort the looks and performance with their TR8 convertible. Bulging arches and Rover SD1 rear lights. Or you could just by a TVR wedge.

I used to have a tvr wedge in the early 90's. I lost count of the number of people who confused it with a sodding TR7.!

Sounds familiar. I recall being asked, “what sort of Triumph is this mate?” several times when I had my 3000M.

[CallThatMusic]

I had a TR7 once. It had issues and we parted company...

[dinkel]

vixen1700 said:

Loved this! Absolutely spotless inside and out 230E parked in Wanstead High Street today. Manual too.

Woof!

My spot, last week:

1981 Opel Ascona 2.0 S alive and kicking!

[Nyloc20]

Very tidy yellow Dolomite Sprint today on York ring road, mid-morning.

[DickyC]

In my local transmission specialist today:





J reg - 1970 ish

Lovely. Well cared for.

Introduced the gaffer to the concept of the Jensen FF. He wasn't aware of such a beast. Kids today. I tell ya.

[Escort3500]

It’s an Interceptor isn’t it?

[DickyC]

Escort3500 said:

It’s an Interceptor isn’t it?

Indeed. A 6.3. They've also worked on the 7.2. They weren't aware of the existence of the Jensen FF.

Which I thought was odd for a transmission specialist.

Ferguson Formula. Maxaret brakes. They'd love to work on one.

[Escort3500]

Ah, I’m with you now.

They are rather splendid wagons in either guise

[lukeharding]

[Lily the Pink]

lukeharding said:

What's the dusty car beside the Dacia ?

[21st Century Man]

Hyundai.

[PomBstard]

Fiat 124 wagon...



...and a scruffy Supra...

[Dapster]

PomBstard said:

Fiat 124 wagon...

My mate's mum had a white Lada 1500 estate version of that FIAT and we were shipped to school in it back in the early 80s when it would have been quite new. Proper Soviet pov spec with black vinyl seats giving the much loved scorching in summer / freezing in winter sensation familiar to all short trousered schoolboys of the time. The seating was most definitely not "in style".....

[Turbobanana]

21st Century Man said:

Hyundai.

Yup, '02-'05 (pre-facelift) Hyundai Coupe / Tiburon with aftermarket alloys.

[Zener]

DickyC said:

Escort3500 said:

It’s an Interceptor isn’t it?

Indeed. A 6.3. They've also worked on the 7.2. They weren't aware of the existence of the Jensen FF.

Which I thought was odd for a transmission specialist.

Ferguson Formula. Maxaret brakes. They'd love to work on one.

383 and 440 ci well known big block Chrysler/Mopar power units being a US Chrysler transmission too doubt they have seen that many TBH