COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[yanyan]

Walking along a private golf course road I saw this.

The owner was out of shot, letting his dog out for a pee.

[Escort3500]

Have to admit I’d never heard of the Amphi-Ranger until I came across this one at a show yesterday. Powered by a V6 Ford engine and with four-wheel-drive and an an aluminium body apparently. Superbly bonkers and, for me, cooler than the Amphicar

[Escort3500]

Another for the cool wall…

[Dapster]

yanyan said:

Walking along a private golf course road I saw this.

The owner was out of shot, letting his dog out for a pee.

Those 2 mk2s are really lovely - I preferred the 5 door. The proportions were better in my eyes. When VW built the 70 examples of the special edition G60 Limited they used the 5 door shell as it was stiffer (and oddly, small bumpers even though it was launched a year into big bumper build).

TR4man said:

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.

According to www.mb107.com the total sales were as follows (the 300 replaced the 280, the 420 replaced the 380 which replaced the 350 and so on...). The 560 was primarily a US market only car (tiny numbers went to Japan and Aus) and was clearly hugely popular in an affluent market with cheap petrol


280 25,400
300 13,700

350 15,300
380 53,200
420 2,100

450 66,300
500 12,000

560 50,000

Total 240,000

[GTRene]

Escort3500 said:

Another for the cool wall…

cool, nice Triumph.

[stuartmmcfc]

Dapster said:

500 12,000

My Dad had 3 of them and, as I never got tired of telling him, they’re rich American womens cars

[Sticks.]

Escort3500 said:

Another for the cool wall…

Interesting, not seen one before. Looking it up, there was a van version of the Herald, the Courier and Wiki's photo looks very similar



But the Courier was only made for a short time, this is later and registered as a Vitesse, with only 39k in 2018 too.

Not sure about the one next to it, convertible with hardtop?

[Doofus]

Sticks. said:

Not sure about the one next to it, convertible with hardtop?

Bond Equipe, probably.

[Escort3500]

It’s a sixties’ Bond Equipe, a Triumph-based sports car (they went on to build the better-known Bond Bug in the seventies).

Edited - Doofus beat me to it

[Sticks.]

Doofus said:

Bond Equipe, probably.

Ah yes, thanks. I was thinking Triumph.

[52classic]

Sticks. said:

Escort3500 said:

Another for the cool wall…

Interesting, not seen one before. Looking it up, there was a van version of the Herald, the Courier and Wiki's photo looks very similar



But the Courier was only made for a short time, this is later and registered as a Vitesse, with only 39k in 2018 too.

Not sure about the one next to it, convertible with hardtop?

A Courier would have had a Herald front, not the Vitesse fronts in the pictures. No matter, they are of course interchangeable. I'm guessing that the first car could be a Vitesse with a courier rear body fitted!

Very nice though, and a lovely pairing with that Sprite caravan.

BTW, The blue car is an Equipe GT4s.

[Rumblestripe]

stuartmmcfc said:

Dapster said:

500 12,000

My Dad had 3 of them and, as I never got tired of telling him, they’re rich American womens cars

Turns out your dad was right and you weren't.

Never mind. Here's your coat

[TR4man]

On the subject of R107s, seen today in Newcastle Under Lyme.

[uk66fastback]

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.

Good stuff. How about the 450?

[uk66fastback]

[uk66fastback]

W reg … when did they stop making the van?

Edited by uk66fastback on Monday 20th June 16:58

[P5BNij]

uk66fastback said:

W reg … when did they stop making the van?

Edited by uk66fastback on Monday 20th June 16:58

About 1982 / 83 I think

Spotted in Bromsgrove this morning...



And at Migliore not far away...

[nismo48]

[McAndy]

Oi! Nismo48! No pron

[sutoka]

P5BNij said:

uk66fastback said:

W reg … when did they stop making the van?

Edited by uk66fastback on Monday 20th June 16:58

About 1982 / 83 I think

Spotted in Bromsgrove this morning...



And at Migliore not far away...

Mondials will be Dino prices within a few years mark my word