COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!!

[DHE]

Supermarket car park this afternoon.

[Lucas North]

woodytype S said:

I wonder what the people that keep knocking the Maxi drive ,I bet that I could thake the piss at them.

Don't even go there, you will regret it, trust me.

[Twincam16]

Hmmm...

Pothole said:

[cheesyblob]

gadget69 said:

mikey77 said:

The Maxi was a well conceived, practical, spacious, not bad looking motor, let down by poor build quality, as was much else at the time, and a poor gear linkage. It represented an attempt at advanced engineering when the likes of Fords hadn't moved far beyond sidevalve engines and cart springs. Has anyone here ever driven a 60s Vauxhall Victor with a floor gearchange? That was pretty awful. Unlike you youngsters, I can speak with experience - I owned two Maxis. And an 1800 and two Princesses later on. If I saw a really nice Maxi or Princess now I'd be tempted to buy it - to go with my Prelude Vti and V12 6 litre XJS.

How can you say that when in 1975 Volkswagen released the MKI Golf

Err, what about the MK1 Golf. The Maxi was car that the designer was adventurous, and had many revolutionary ideas, but was let down by the fact that the company that was making it couldn't quite get it brilliant. The MK1 Golf was just a little hatchback. It was not adventurous, it was just dull (now, being a classic, it is quite desirable, as long as it hasn't been 'Dubbed'). But by doing that, they couldn't go wrong and there wasn't any major bad points about the car. The GTI was different, as it was a bit more interesting, but that statement speaks for itself as the GTI was different, as it was a bit more interesting. In short:

Golf:
Jack of all trades but a master of none

Maxi:
Could of been a master of all trades, but due to it being a BL car, it had to go wrong on some things.

[dockertrigger]

Lucas North said:

Don't even go there, you will regret it, trust me.

What a 1998 Volvo S70?.

[Billy Hunt]

Moikey Fortune said:

So anyway....

here are some I spotted at Crystal Palace last weekend

Did that have lime green bucket seats?

If so its good to see it rebuilt after it took quite a smash on a track day at Brands

[ROOODBOY]

Black Aston Martin DB-S (the old type) in Maidstone town centre saturday morning, looking and sounding very nice indeed!

[Egg Chaser]

Moikey Fortune said:

I really want a Hillman Imp. It's quite an unhealthy obsession for someone my age.

[Pothole]

Twincam16 said:

Hmmm...

Pothole said:

Stellar designed by Giugiaro...Mazzer by Zagato. They just look a bit similar, I guess.

[Trommel]

Pothole said:

Stellar designed by Giugiaro...Mazzer by Zagato. They just look a bit similar, I guess.

Maserati was designed in-house (but clearly taking a lot from the Giugiaro Quattroporte).

[AndrewW-G]

Trommel said:

Pothole said:

Stellar designed by Giugiaro...Mazzer by Zagato. They just look a bit similar, I guess.

Maserati was designed in-house (but clearly taking a lot from the Giugiaro Quattroporte).

and the Zagato BiTurbo's were almost just a bodykit added to the standard car . . . . . and before anybody mentions it, you cant swap the rear lights

[anonymous-user]

Here is a 1955 Studebaker President Speedster in "lemon and lime". I am not usually a fan of Americana of this vintage, but this is an elegant design. The engine is, Net sources suggest, a Packard Passmaster 259 cu V8.

Edited by Breadvan73 on Sunday 5th June 17:55

[thatone1967]

saw a lovely old Rover P6 in Farnborough this morning... burgundy in Colour, looked quite tidy.

[Yertis]

I saw one (rover P6) in Bristol on Friday, which had been converted into a convertable. Looked very very cool I thought, bit like a DS decapotable. Wish I'd had the means to take a pic.

[LordBretSinclair]

Breadvan73 said:

Here is a 1955 Studebaker President Speedster in "lemon and lime". I am not usually a fan of Americana of this vintage, but this is an elegant design. The engine is, Net sources suggest, a Packard Passmaster 259 cu V8.

Edited by Breadvan73 on Sunday 5th June 17:55

That is stunning. Nice Jensen in the background too.

[Magog]

LordBretSinclair said:

That is stunning. Nice Jensen in the background too.

Think that might be Mr Breadvans own by the looks of his profile.

[anonymous-user]

Yes, that is my Jensen. Details here:-

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Google [bot]]

Breadvan73 said:

Yes, that is my Jensen. Details here:-

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

You're heading the right way for a submission in the bad parking thread...

[anonymous-user]

I plead the "paparazzi" defence.

[Google [bot]]

Case dismissed