COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!!

[Jderh]

Reading the Supercar spotters post has inspired me to start a classic car spotters post, as i see quite a few really nice classic cars that wouldnt qualify in any way to go on the supercars list. And we're now getting into some very nice weather, and seeing many about.

Ill start with what i saw yesterday:
Austin Healey 3000
1930's Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo Duetto
Rover P5B Coupe
Aston Martin Vantage (origional)
Ferrari 328 GTS
A war-era Bentley I think (not too good with really old cars)

Any one else willing to share??

[Jderh]

215cu said:

'73 Mustang Mach 1 on Saturday filling up with fuel probably getting ready for Drive It day. Very, very nice, absolute minter.

Edited by 215cu on Monday 23 April 16:30

Natural habitat im guessing

[Jderh]

Saw a ?red/orange? elan +2 with a white roof going into a multi storey car park in Aylesbury today. Always thought they are fabulous looking cars, this one glinting pleasently in the sun.

[Jderh]

Everyday on my way to school i pass a daily driver late model Citroen DS. Rough around the edges,, missing bits of trim, rust, silver, left hand drive, brilliant!!

[Jderh]

Slightly cheating but:

3 Ferrari 308's
Aston Martin DB4
2 Jaguar XJS 3.6 Manuals
Triumph Stag Manual
AC Cobra
Porsche 3.3 Turbo Flatnose
Rolls Royce Silver Spirit

All at Slades Garages in Penn, along with a new Koenigsegg, A Ferrari 355 GTS, 2 Ferrari 360's and a Mercedees E55 AMG.

[Jderh]

Saw a Triumph TR6, a White Triumph Dolamite Sprint and a 70's Capri.

[Jderh]

Today saw an odd looking car that i wasn't sure what it was, but eventually decided that it was a Fiat Dino Spider ( I could only see i from the back)

Also on the same road saw a red 1980's Ferrari Testarossa.

[Jderh]

Saw a Bright Orange LAmborghini Urraco on the way home from school today, very nice. Went to a classic car show (local thing in a field) on sunday and it was wonderful , full of brilliant cars most notably an ex-works fully restored triumph tr4 decked out in all the rally stuff. Wonderful!!

[Jderh]

Saw a gorgeous red Triuph TR6 Roadster on the way home today.

[Jderh]

Saw a gorgeous red Triumph TR6 Roadster on the way home today.

[Jderh]

Forthright MC said:

saw a couple of very nice classics out today,
an interesting looking almost raspberry colour Triumph TR6 near the Merc dealer in Bedford, an original MGB roadster in MK and perhaps the best, certainly the most coolest classic i saw today, a deep blue Ferrari Daytona approaching Bicester earlier this evening!

I think ive seen that Daytona in Aylesbury before, last time i saw it was a couple of weeks ago though.

[Jderh]

v15ben said:

Spotted a stunning Bentley Mark VI on the M1 today in classic and elegant two tone dark and light blue....


... pulling a caravan

Think of the fuel bill

[Jderh]

Saw a dark red Jensen Interceptor Convertible at Ascot on friday. along with Various classic Bentleys and Rollers.

[Jderh]

Saw a Morgan Plus 8 and a Ford Capri 280 Brooklands yesterday.

[Jderh]

tog said:

Gretchen said:

tog said:

Isn't that an Eclat?

It confused me too

Now you point it out, that rings a vague bell in the back of my mind. I seem to remember reading a feaure about this car. M-reg is very early for an Eclat or and Elite anyway, isn't it?, and IIRC it's a prototype Eclat. I'll dig through some back issues and see what I can find.

I remember the article a bit, when the owners bought it, it had no badges on it and they thought it was an incredibly early Eclat but read up on it and somethign about a dip in the boot lid and a few lotus experts led them to find that it was indeed a IIRC one of a kind car built by lotus in the mid seventies.

[Jderh]

Been down in St. Mawes in cornwall for the week, seen a few interesting classics.

5 MGB's (3 GT's and 2 Roadsters)
A Cobra ?replica?
3 different Morgans, all of the 4 cylinder variety.
an Alvis saloon of some description
a white Morris Minor Traveller
A funky but rotten MIni 850.
A Rover P5B
A very clean MG Midget
A Rolls Royce Silver Ghost
A '71 Porsche 911 (my favorite spot)
A green Aston Martin DB6
A nice old XJS V12.

And not a classic but a loverly Aston V8 Vantage Roadster. Oh the noise!!

[Jderh]

A lovely Series 2 E-type Roadster in red, a (freshly restored by the looks of it) primrose yellow MGB Roadster, a red Stag, an 80's 911 Convertible, Austin Farina on Roystyles, Morgan, a lovely little Elan Sprint roadster in red and white in Taunton, a TR6, a Triumph Herald and a Capri 'free lita' in gold. And a few others I cannot remember off the top of my head.

[Jderh]

A very nice Lamborghini Urraco spotted in town today.

[Jderh]

Saw a nice Audi Quattro on the way home from school, and saw a very clean MGB Roadster too.

[Jderh]

Some sort of classic rally going on in the country lanes around my area today, as driving through them for noly about 2 miles, i saw, among others,:

Aston Martin DB5 in race spec.
2 race spec origional AC Cobra's
A Humber Snipe
A 1924 Bentley 3.0 litre
Mercedes 190SL
Mercedes Pagoda
1966 Corvette Stingray convertible.
2 MGA's
A Porsche 356 Speedster.
An Austin Healey 3000
A Jaguar E-Type series 1 coupe.

They were all in beautiful condition, and the Aston DB5 was a proper racer, it was light blue and gorgeous!! It made my day seeing that lot. And hearing the Vette

ETA: Also drove past teh most tragic front garden I know of. In a small detached house in the country side, there is a man that has on his front lawn, languishing under his trees and left to rot,:

An oringional Torpedo style Tatra
A Works Sunbeam Tiger
A Sunbeam Alpine
An MGA
And a Rover P5B
An old caravan

It breaks my heart to drive past it.

Edited by Jderh on Sunday 14th October 22:16