COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[threespires]

Bentley Derby Special 1937. Elliot Dale / Stuart Anderson

Bentley Derby Special 1937 - Flying Scotsman Rally 2014

[alpinemauve]

Lots of Mk1 Escort fans out there - so here's a Zakspeed Mk1 in classic colours, shown here in Germany enroute to the UK. Drool!

[droopsnoot]

Spottedlaurel said:

Refreshing that the owners of that chippy managed to resist the obvious play on words.

[MonkeySpanker]

PoshTwit said:

70s-tastic!!

A Gilbern next to it's cousin

[spitdigger]

Waitrose car park Saxmundham on Sunday morning

[yellowjack]

spitdigger said:

Waitrose car park Saxmundham on Sunday morning

Awesome, brilliant. But I couldn't contemplate owning/using such a thing.

I'm glad someone does though.

[DickyC]

MonkeySpanker said:

A Gilbern next to it's cousin

I'll buy it. What is the relationship between Gilbern and Reliant?

[The Don of Croy]

Spottedlaurel said:

This is the sort of thing I really like to see. I had a quick chat with the owner, he's had it from new and it's a credit to him.

Same model and age as my first company motor - not even a rear wash wipe, and no pas or c/l or a s/r. However, it has one design feature that I consider pretty good - the lip of the 'boot' effectively keeps road spray off the rear window (unlike my colleagues contemporary Astra).

That colour is rather fetching - mine was stomach-upset brown...

[ToneyCaroney]

Spotted in London's Mayfair on Friday evening:

[Cliftonite]

Cambridge:



From my Facebook

[Roy C]

Cliftonite said:

Cambridge:

It's a Dutch-registered 1931 Derby Bentley with 1920's style Le Mans body (and a Dutch-reg BMW 328 behind).

[Cliftonite]

Roy C said:

It's a Dutch-registered 1931 Derby Bentley with 1920's style Le Mans body (and a Dutch-reg BMW 328 behind).

Double-Dutch, then!

[LordBretSinclair]

I bet you have to double de-dutch when changing down!!!

[Roy C]

Cliftonite said:

Roy C said:

It's a Dutch-registered 1931 Derby Bentley with 1920's style Le Mans body (and a Dutch-reg BMW 328 behind).

Double-Dutch, then!

Bentley & BMW? These days that's doppeldeutsche.

[Cliftonite]

Check out (inter alia) the interior shots on this Corsair!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-MODEL-CAR-OF-A-FORD...

(Click on "See original listing").



Sold for over £3000 !!!

[Roy C]

Cliftonite said:

Check out (inter alia) the interior shots on this Corsair!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-MODEL-CAR-OF-A-FORD...

(Click on "See original listing").



Sold for over £3000 !!!

Amazing model.

I used to work about 100 yards up the road from the small factory unit where it was made (I never saw any Daleks in the street though).

Shawcraft Models Ltd. (1967): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M_t6okgEa0 - the film includes footage of a Corsair model being made!

Edited by Roy C on Monday 7th April 18:04

[chevronb37]

These tickled my interest over Goodwood 72MM weekend.

250 TdF on the A3 fresh from a successful race:



300SL:



Frazer Nash Targa Florio:



Morgan +4+:



More shots here: http://www.motorcardiaries.co.uk/spotted/

[PoshTwit]

DickyC said:

I'll buy it. What is the relationship between Gilbern and Reliant?

GRP bodywork and Essex V6...?

Can't think of much else. Different chassis types, different suspension setup, one's welsh...

[DickyC]

PoshTwit said:

DickyC said:

I'll buy it. What is the relationship between Gilbern and Reliant?

GRP bodywork and Essex V6...?

Can't think of much else. Different chassis types, different suspension setup, one's welsh...

Is that it? I reckon you're right, but I was hoping for some insight into shared designers, financiers, production facilities or, well, something. Foo. Good looking cars the Genie and Invader. They've stood the test of time. A bloke I worked with recently has a Genie. He was honest about the car's rather primitive nature. I don't think any of the Essex V6 GRP cars were as well sorted or as quick as the 3 litre Capri.

[MGJ2]

Cliftonite said:

Cambridge:



From my Facebook

They were participant of the Flying Scotsman Rally last weekend.