COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[LesMcQueen]

[LesMcQueen]

[LesMcQueen]

[12TS]

Probably been seen before but a nice Maserati A6G today

Edited by 12TS on Saturday 18th June 16:39

[GTRene]

nice spot, I believe I've never seen one in person, such Maserati (or I forgot, so a very long time ago)

[Escort3500]

Rumblestripe said:

phil1066 said:

Some lovely stuff makes its way to the DIY stores aye 1973 Ford Cortina GT (just also saw the other Black one in an earlier post haha)

Love a Mk3 'Tina. Especially a GT, perfection would be the three door model!

Note on this one the common period addition of the rear window spoiler/blinds thing (can't remember the name they were called in the 70s!) and what looks like Wolfrace alloys. Lovely.

They were generally known as rear window louvres back in the day. I’m not convinced they’re Wolfrace alloys; they look more like chromed rims, which I don’t think Wolfrace made.

[12TS]

GTRene said:

nice spot, I believe I've never seen one in person, such Maserati (or I forgot, so a very long time ago)

It sounded wonderful. Reminded me of my old Alfa 1750gtv.

[ThePrisoner]

Escort3500 said:

They were generally known as rear window louvres back in the day. I’m not convinced they’re Wolfrace alloys; they look more like chromed rims, which I don’t think Wolfrace made.

Had one of those rear window louvers fitted to my new to me Mini back in 1976. A real pain as you couldn't see anything .

[Dapster]

sparta6 said:

while we were shopping. Don't see so many around now

Love it - £1m worth of car parked up in public with the roof down!

Great colour too - suits it.

I think it is "NelkenGrun", code DB261

Edited by Dapster on Saturday 18th June 20:41

[keo]

Saw about 10 bond bugs drive through Matlock bath today

[LargeRed]

[Schmeeky]

Apologies for the appalling photo, but had to zoom in quite a way. Ironic as it's so vast it could be seen from space!
Buick GS Wildcat, don't know what year exactly, but mid 60's
And in stunning condition. It was coming out of Morrisons as I was going in, was able to stop alongside for a drool. Completely dwarfed my Eunos!!

[GTRene]

keo said:

Saw about 10 bond bugs drive through Matlock bath today

Its Bond, Bugs Bond license to 007

[uk66fastback]

500SL must be a rare beast, surely?

[A993LAD]

Very grateful to get a tour of the private Lewis collection at churt today.

Here are few of my personal favourites from an amazing collection of vehicles....



C - D - E

[Dapster]

uk66fastback said:

500SL must be a rare beast, surely?

Good R107s are seriously big money these days - the SL shop has 2 up for £60k and this nut and bolt 420 for over 100k.

https://www.theslshop.com/showroom/1987-mercedes-b...

[TR4man]

I’d imagine that a 500SL is a rare engine choice for a R107.

[Dapster]

The SL was the flagship model so there were inevitably quite a few 500 shifted as buyers would gravitate to the top model. There were approx 3 x the number of 280 and 300 sold in the model lifetime than 500 (the 300 replaced the 280, the 500 was there for the whole stint). There were about 12k 500 sold, 38k 280/300. The real unicorn was the 420 with 300 performance and 500 fuel bills. Fewer than 3k sold worldwide.

[Harry Flashman]

[TR4man]

Dapster said:

The SL was the flagship model so there were inevitably quite a few 500 shifted as buyers would gravitate to the top model. There were approx 3 x the number of 280 and 300 sold in the model lifetime than 500 (the 300 replaced the 280, the 500 was there for the whole stint). There were about 12k 500 sold, 38k 280/300. The real unicorn was the 420 with 300 performance and 500 fuel bills. Fewer than 3k sold worldwide.

Where would the 350 fit in to this? I’d have thought that it may have been the most popular R107.