COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[Rushjob]

uk66fastback said:

Maestro van …



I had put this in the rotted thread but then checked and it has an MoT and is taxed so needs to be in here. Cool classic though?!

I had one of those!! Utility yellow with white side panels, it had a Perkins diesel in it, sounded awful but never broke down.
Sadly the van dissolved around the engine so my mate bought it and put the engine in his Series II Land Rover.

[lukeharding]

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I see this often. I'm not a fan but there seems to be a constituency of Golfisti in this parish. It's just a tad dogeared these days. Nothing really drastic but "advanced patina" for sure.
R prefix plate.
What I like about it is that it's been a daily drive all its life.

[Yertis]

uk66fastback said:

Bit of a ratty Hunter - never been restored for sure …

Must be one of the last for sure.

Whenever movies or TV shows are set in the '60s or '70s the old cars used are always shiny and immaculate. If they instead used ratty old battle-scarred cars like this they'd look a whole lot more realistic.

[Dastardly Dick]

Up until fairly recently the Hunter was still being made in Iran of all places.

Some history here:https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/hillman/hunter/hillman-hunter-paykan/

[21st Century Man]

Yes, eventually replaced by the Peugeot 405 which still lives iirc?

[Harry Flashman]

Hurricane52 said:

Dapster said:

"Regal"

adjective

of, resembling, or fit for a monarch, especially in being magnificent or dignified

Exceptional. No need for a separate thread. You win hands down and I do hope you own one.

Agreed. Torpedoed all of my suggestions.

[Tim Reaper]

I also have an awful blurry pic of a moving 1984 SAAB 99 but it isn't worthy of posting

[Deefor62]

Spotted in the Dordogne a week ago.

[Hurricane52]

Spotted in West Wales earlier this month

[CharlesdeGaulle]

I saw this on a road trip a couple of years ago but don't think I ever posted it. Cooler than a penguin's flip flop.

[TCEvo]

Landie's & a bimmer (318i) in a wet Aldeburgh, Suffolk pm today:

[Doofus]

One from September that I don't think I've posted.

[Its Just Adz]

In our favorite Italian restaurant

[Mellow Yellow]

Nice 1275GT in Sussex, also a 60's or 70s 'vette nearby but that was under wraps:

Always wanted a 1275 as a youngster but had to make do with a standard 1000 instead.

[A993LAD]

Nice Jaguar C Type at a local car meet today. I guess it's a replica but it had a Mille Miglia sticker on it.

[Doofus]

A993LAD said:

Nice Jaguar C Type at a local car meet today. I guess it's a replica but it had a Mille Miglia sticker on it.

That's not a C-Type. It's a XK120 or 140.

Somebody with a longer beard will be along presently to tell us which.

[DickyC]

1959 XK120

Search on the reg. Loads of info.

[nicanary]

DickyC said:

1959 XK120

Search on the reg. Loads of info.

Can't be 1959. Production ceased 1954.

[Lily the Pink]

Weren't VS registrations often used for imports ? Could have any sort of history if so.