My eclectic collection

[beach bum]

1962 Lotus Seven S2



1973 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce



1974 Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior



1979 Mini (mk1 Cooper S lookalike)



1990 Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9



2001 Peugeot Partner 1.4i on LPG

no picture

and I am restoring the 1961 Austin Beach Car prototype

Edited by beach bum on Tuesday 2nd August 15:32

[nickg123]

Love the 205 picture, looks great with the mud down the sides :-)

[beach bum]

Rainy trackday+ worn tyres+ legendary lift off oversteer= field ploughing!!

[James Dean]

beach bum said:

1973 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce

Fantastic picture.

Nice collection as well.

[Chunkychucky]

beach bum said:

1962 Lotus Seven S2



1973 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce



and I am restoring the 1961 Austin Beach Car prototype

Edited by beach bum on Tuesday 2nd August 15:32

Very nice collection, love the 7 and the Spider! Plus would love to see pics of that prototype when it's done, bet you'll get into some prestigious events with that!

[soad]

nickg123 said:

Love the 205 picture, looks great with the mud down the sides :-)

I'll second this too

[beach bum]

I hope to enter some high end concours next year.





The car is being assembled as we speak.

[Pothole]

is it the camera angles or is the beach car missing a chunk of roof at the rear end?

[beach bum]

The roof is complete. It is actually a couple of inches longer than a normal Mini roof.

[Pothole]

ok, I just can't see that in either of the photos...just the camera angle then.

[MikeyT]

Was that a proper Mini prototype from the factory?

Edit:

Decent story ... http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/2010/12/16/classic...

What's the latest though on the lack of a VIN?

Edited by MikeyT on Tuesday 9th August 09:59

[55allgold]

Now that's a collection.

The beach car is the sort of thing you could drive to Monaco and be sure to turn more heads than anything else on 4 wheels.

[Pothole]

55allgold said:

Now that's a collection.

The beach car is the sort of thing you could drive to Monaco and be sure to turn more heads than anything else on 4 wheels.

Drive to Monaco from a mile outside Monaco perhaps. Otherwise it'd just be your barnet and windburn which would turn heads!

[jimmyjam]

Brilliant collection, well done. Especially like the tail-out Alfa shot

[velocemitch]

Superb little collection there

[beach bum]

55allgold said:

Now that's a collection.

The beach car is the sort of thing you could drive to Monaco and be sure to turn more heads than anything else on 4 wheels.

Funny thing you mention this. One of the 14 production cars has ended up in Monaco. It even has an old-style telephone in front of the passenger seat.