COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[smiffy220]

spitdigger said:

Waitrose car park Saxmundham on Sunday morning

I know that Waitrose in Saxmundham. I bet he had fun getting that in there, it's a bit tight. Can't imagine there was much room to park anything behind him, as he's well in that space!

[MonkeySpanker]

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...

Yep that's about it, hence cousins not siblings, you could say it about a lot of GRP Essex powered 70's machines though

[RESSE]

Spotted at the M54 Services 08/04/2014:

[PoshTwit]

DickyC said:

I don't think any of the Essex V6 GRP cars were as well sorted or as quick as the 3 litre Capri.

Oooh - controversy!! Having read many road tests and driven both I'd say they were pretty evenly matched in a straight line, however the Scimitar's proper suspension setup vs. the Crapi's cart springs makes it a winner in the twisties I'm afraid.

Also, your 3.0S would have rotted away by the time you finished the race!!! (see, I can be controversial too!!!)

[strummerville]

Neither of these unfortunately are mine; both off Twitter.

The ur quattro was seen yesterday in Glasgow:



Loving this Aston.


In fact both of these cars are among my very favourite. Great bit of 80s excess!

[Dapster]

strummerville said:

Get that on the "real good number plates" thread over on GG NOW!

The Quattro is a beauty - love it.

2 from me.

Scruffy looking 944 (is it an S1 with S2 wheels??)



Mid 70's T2 - original air cooled rather than a new watercooled repro which actually looks bigger than the '08 Sharan behind it!

[The Don of Croy]

strummerville said:

Neither of these unfortunately are mine; both off Twitter.



In fact both of these cars are among my very favourite. Great bit of 80s excess!

The V8 is kept well - here it is in June 2009 spotted in the City of London;

[72twink]

Calama Chile, Saturday night.

[ian_touring]

Series 3 E-type coupe at local auto-engineers, apologies for ropy picture quality:

[ian_touring]

A local XJ6, looking very tidy indeed, MY 1988 ish:

[shagracer]

spots in motion


1969 ROVER P5 3.5 COUPE by shagracer, on Flickr


VAUXHALL VIVA 1256 DELUX by shagracer, on Flickr

this has 70/80's slot mags on her

1966 HUMBER SCEPTRE 1725cc by shagracer, on Flickr


AUSTIN A40 FARINA mkII by shagracer, on Flickr


CORTINA 2.0 GLS mkV by shagracer, on Flickr

[DickyC]

In this company's "other building" there is a subterranean car park. I have never had a reason to venture down there... until today!



Have a guess. I know what it is. I had a peep.

[deltashad]

That Cortina (Crayford?) looks tiny in amoungst the modern traffic!

[v8250]

DickyC said:

In this company's "other building" there is a subterranean car park. I have never had a reason to venture down there... until today!



Have a guess. I know what it is. I had a peep.

Ferrari 512BB or Lamborghini Uracco?

[DickyC]

v8250 said:

Ferrari 512BB or Lamborghini Uracco?

Very good. The make would given away the model.



What a fine badge.

[Dave G fsi]

shagracer said:

spots in motion

Look at the lean

[Roy C]

shagracer said:

CORTINA 2.0 GLS mkV by shagracer, on Flickr

Crayford Cortina MkV, made by Carbodies for Crayford. Almost certainly used a German Ford Taunus TC3 2-door body. AFAICR it cost a lot more than a standard Cortina, hence the rarity.

[ClassicMotorNut]

Today was a good day for observing classics, although as I've not yet got all of today's photos on the computer I can only offer this snap of the silver Routemaster, seen at Trafalgar Square on Friday evening.

[tog]

I wish one of you had been looking up at the right moment in Devizes yesterday. I was in my Bristol, by chance only a couple of cars behind a Aston Martin DB2/4, in some sort of road/race trim and sounding epic, when a Frazer-Nash Le Mans Rep went past the other way! A good threesome I thought. Sadly the Aston turned off in town before getting to the dual carriageway out of town, where I had been hoping he'd give it the beans down the hill for my aural pleasure!

[ClassicMotorNut]

Right, yesterday we had to take the Škoda to the menders because the electric windows were failing after only five years of existence. Sitting in the garage was a 1979 Dino 308 GT4! Some may also be interested in the 1989 Ford Sierra above.



After that we have to go to Tesco and look! - there's a Scimitar! It's a Middlebridge Scimitar, no less, one of only 78 made! Princess Anne had one of those, you know.



Following that, I went to Camden in an unsuccessful search for a drape. I saw a 1996 Jaguar XJS convertible.



In the Stables I was drawn into a mod shop (why are there no rocker shops?!) as a result of seeing some Lambrettas and a 1962 Trojan 200 inside.









Finally, on my walk home from the train station, I see another XJ-S, this time an '88 model.

Edited by ClassicMotorNut on Thursday 10th April 11:20