COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[LotusOmega375D]

I remember a silver ISO Lele like that being for sale for ages at a long gone dealer adjacent to Kettering station back in the 1980s. It was only a few grand but no-one else knew what it was or was interested. Sadly I was only a schoolboy at the time, so my pocket money wouldn't stretch that far. Would have made a nice first car. Might even be that very same car.

[TR4man]

RESSE said:

Tornado Talisman?

[Stickyfinger]

There was one at the Rare Breeds 100

[BlueHave]

Stickyfinger said:

There was one at the Rare Breeds 100

Oh I like that, what is it?

[vixen1700]

An unusual Bristol?

[ToneyCaroney]

Spotted this tremendous beast at a TVR specialist a couple of days ago. [url]

|http://thumbsnap.com/U7GNUblk[/url]

[Blown2CV]

montiverdi 375/4!

[dbdb]

Some rare cars on this page! I particularly like the Lele. I have long had a fondness for them.

[Evangelion]

Thought that Monteverdi was a Lagonda at first glance!

[Stickyfinger]

[RESSE]

[Iva Barchetta]

Stickyfinger said:

There was one at the Rare Breeds 100

Still need to know what this is please.

I tried and failed on Askmid.

[Stickyfinger]

Iva Barchetta said:

Still need to know what this is please.

I tried and failed on Askmid.

sorry miss ya.....Bristol Viotti

Edited by Stickyfinger on Thursday 8th September 22:25

[Doofus]

Iva Barchetta said:

Still need to know what this is please.

I tried and failed on Askmid.

It's a Bristol 407, with one-off bodywork by Viotti. Originally belonged to Peter Sellers.

[Iva Barchetta]

Thanks for the replies...

I also tried to read the grill badge by zooming in, and failed.

[Doofus]

Iva Barchetta said:

I tried to read the grill badge by zooming in, and failed.

Well at least you didn't wait for somebody to post the correct answer and then go back and edit your previously incorrect post

[Stickyfinger]

Doofus said:

Well at least you didn't wait for somebody to post the correct answer and then go back and edit your previously incorrect post

I thought I was quicker than that ! (their not your btw)

[tog]

BlueHave said:

Stickyfinger said:

There was one at the Rare Breeds 100

Oh I like that, what is it?

It's the Bristol Viotti. It is a Bristol 407 chassis bodied by Viotti as a convertible. Owned for a time by Peter Sellers, it was later returned to the factory in Filton and upgraded to the specification of the then current 410 before being used by Tony Crook's daughter. It's steel not aluminium like most other Bristols, and lacks the front wing bays of other 404-on Bristols.

[Doofus]

Stickyfinger said:

I thought I was quicker than that ! (their not your btw)

'Your' because I was being passive-aggressive by saying that Iva Barchetta hadn't changed his post, rather than coming out and directly accusing you of changng yours.

[Stickyfinger]

Pint ?