COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[psi310398]

Dapster said:

Tis indeed. Since lockdown started I've taken to doing a morning run and usually take a random route around Muswell Hill, Crouch End, Highgate, Finchley etc - the amount of 1) tasty motors and 2) classics left to die tucked away is amazing. Often just boring old stuff no-one will care about, but occasionally there are some pop up headlights, period wires or quad exhausts poking out from under a tarp....

[P5BNij]

Nipped out this morning and as I drew up to the end of my road a beige 1971 / 72 'K' plate Mini Clubman estate drove past, slightly lowered in immaculate condition with wide Cooper S steel wheels and hubcaps. Quite refreshing

[lukeharding]

[gforceg]

Oh dear. One for the naff registrations thread.

[Longnose]

gforceg said:

Oh dear. One for the naff registrations thread.

That's OK. A bit of creativity is a good thing.

[gforceg]

Longnose said:

gforceg said:

Oh dear. One for the naff registrations thread.

That's OK. A bit of creativity is a good thing.

Nah, I think it's as wky on a TVR as it would be on a lowered Golf or a pimped up Merc.

Oh, and it's illegal rather than creative.

[Doofus]

gforceg said:

Longnose said:

gforceg said:

Oh dear. One for the naff registrations thread.

That's OK. A bit of creativity is a good thing.

Nah, I think it's as wky on a TVR as it would be on a lowered Golf or a pimped up Merc.

Oh, and it's illegal rather than creative.

I don't think there can be many TVRs without a 'TVR' plate, or some misspaced contrivance.

[Hurricane52]

I suppose it’s designed to distract your attention from the colour.

[droopsnoot]

Doofus said:

I don't think there can be many TVRs without a 'TVR' plate

I think that's because "VR" is a Manchester registration, reasonably local to Blackpool.

[Tyre Smoke]

droopsnoot said:

Doofus said:

I don't think there can be many TVRs without a 'TVR' plate

I think that's because "VR" is a Manchester registration, reasonably local to Blackpool.

I think it's more likely that owners don't think the badge on the bonnet shouts look ar me quite loudly enough.

[lukeharding]

[anonymous-user]

A few from outside the local garage

[psi310398]

cpl593h said:

A few from outside the local garage

First Muswell Hill and now Crouch End - that garage is fairly fertile ground for classics.

And is the MG garage (RW Services) still there at Farrer Mews just up the road? That usually has/had plenty of decent automotive real estate around.

[yellowjack]

[LotusOmega375D]

Cool spots. We had an identical TR6, GHL130L about 30 years ago.
Also that 250SWB is an original, chassis number 3657GT. Worth a fortune!

[Google [bot]]

Love the Marina pic.

Quite some camber on that road.

[yellowjack]

LotusOmega375D said:

Cool spots. We had an identical TR6, GHL130L about 30 years ago.
Also that 250SWB is an original, chassis number 3657GT. Worth a fortune!

Thanks for the info. The TR6 was in Maidenhead. It looked lovely but some of the chrome had a light dusting of brown on it. Needs caring for before it starts heading downhill. The Ferrari was stopped outside a garden centre between Bisham Abbey and Temple on the Thames near Marlow. I rode past it and the driver was trying to start it with no joy. I pulled in to the entrance of the garden centre to check my map and eat something from my pocket (60 mile bike ride going on). Eventually he gave up trying to start it, dropped the bonnet, and wandered in to the garden centre to ask if he could get some help to push the car in off the road. the chap in the garden centre was happy to oblige. I'd have offered my help too, but I was already way over my allotted time on the bike and struggling to work out how to get out of Temple without having to ride on the A404, but a bridleway alongside the dual carriageway came to my rescue!

conceptcarz dot com said:

1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Valuation...

Average Sale Value $7,318,127
Lowest Sale Value $2,750,000
Highest Sale Value $13,500,000

(Data based on 6 auction sales.)

https://www.conceptcarz.com/valuation/8769/ferrari...
https://www.dkeng.co.uk/ferrari-sales/617/Blue_Chi...

And here it is at the Goodwood Revival meeting...

From here... https://www.picuki.com/tag/3657GT

Edited by yellowjack on Thursday 1st April 09:27

[LotusOmega375D]

Apparently DK Engineering had it up for sale for £8.5 million 6 years ago, when they sold it. Shame it doesn’t work any more.

[gforceg]

I think it's Chris Evans with the Ferrari. By coincidence a picture of that car came up on a Pinterest feed for me this morning. Happily, C Evans isn't in this picture.

Edited by gforceg on Thursday 1st April 10:25

[Trevatanus]

Saw a 928 Series 4 near Byfleet today, cannot remember the last 928 I saw on the road.