The Kent & Essex Spotted Thread!

[Andy 308GTB]

Ferrari Testarossa
A12 Harold Park heading towards Gallows Corner lunchtime today. Wasn't expecting that!

[Captain Smerc]

Red Ferrari Testarossa in Abridge & a very wide arch orange Adventadore Spyder maybe a Liberty Walk? Hainault this afternoon. Wonderful!

[urquattroGus]

Dukes of Hazard spotted in Langford!

[Dalto]

Spotted in Sainsbury's West Wickham. Typical of me to see another TVR when I'm not in the Chimaera

[Andy 308GTB]

White Mk1 Escort, Mountnessing Road Billericay lunchtime today.

[irocfan]

Busy day today...

Newish Vantage (Noak Hill Road), also R8 (c.15:45)
Blue Camaro drag car Rayleigh underpass - sounded lovely
Silver (Chevy Apache?) Pick-up truck by Toomey Southend - sounded lovely
Ferarri Stradale (?) Leigh
Vauxhall Viva on A127 just past Kent Elms

Loads more but I can't remember them

Edited by irocfan on Sunday 21st February 23:36

[Martin350]

Sadly I didn't get a photo as it looked like the car might have ceased to proceed and I thought it might not have gone down too well but I saw a single seater, sort of Formula 3000 looking, at the exit of Linton petrol station in Maidstone this afternoon.
I remembered the registration so looked it up later on the MOT history thing and it's down as a 1987 Van Diemen RF981ST.

I didn't know they made any road going cars and there is very little info online.

Edit to add, I also posted about it on the Supercars / Rarities thread and someone found images of the very car I spotted...

Edited by Martin350 on Sunday 21st February 23:42

[TCEvo]

irocfan said:

Busy day today...

Newish Vantage (Noak Hill Road), also R8 (c.15:45)
Blue Camaro drag car Rayleigh underpass - sounded lovely
Silver (Chevy Apache?) Pick-up truck by Toomey Southend - sounded lovely
Ferarri Stradale (?) Leigh
Vauxhall Viva on A127 just past Kent Elms

Loads more but I can't remember them

Edited by irocfan on Sunday 21st February 23:36

There's usually a Silver Shadow in period brown/beige parked up with that Vauxhall.

[kiethton]

Jenson interceptor in Silver yesterday in Bromley/Hayes (I think it was)

Was also a black Scimitar last weekend in Westgate Road, Beckenham

[lukeharding]

A '60s Mustang near North Fambridge yesterday, along with a couple of Caterhams and other similar stuff. A few others but I can't remember them.

[irocfan]

Just remembered another...

VW T5 done like 'The Mystery Machine' (Scooby Doo) - A127 baz, noonish

[Andy 308GTB]

Martin350 said:

Sadly I didn't get a photo as it looked like the car might have ceased to proceed and I thought it might not have gone down too well but I saw a single seater, sort of Formula 3000 looking, at the exit of Linton petrol station in Maidstone this afternoon.
I remembered the registration so looked it up later on the MOT history thing and it's down as a 1987 Van Diemen RF981ST.

I didn't know they made any road going cars and there is very little info online.

Edit to add, I also posted about it on the Supercars / Rarities thread and someone found images of the very car I spotted...

Edited by Martin350 on Sunday 21st February 23:42

Was it this guy?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-242842...

He used to fetch his car to the Essex Meetings at 'The Lodge' Rettendon.
A pair of motorbike engines IIRC

[Martin350]

To be honest, I have no idea, I was too busy gawping at the car!

[TCEvo]

Two today on the A12 near Witham - red Fourth Gen Camaro & a very early blue Triumph Spitfire on a low-loader.

Much more interesting & back in Chelmsford a very low-flying Apache AH1 visiting Teledyne E2V's factory on Waterhouse Lane.

[lukeharding]

A couple for me this morning. A cortina estate in Danbury, and a bright yellow Urus on a truck heading up the A12

[Andy 308GTB]

TCEvo said:

...a very low-flying Apache AH1 visiting Teledyne E2V's factory on Waterhouse Lane.

Interesting, they actually land there and have work done?

[TCEvo]

Andy 308GTB said:

TCEvo said:

...a very low-flying Apache AH1 visiting Teledyne E2V's factory on Waterhouse Lane.

Interesting, they actually land there and have work done?

Possibly - I only saw it hovering & flying-off today. They have landed there several times in the past (as has the odd Lynx & even a Chinook), assume that some of the avionics or weaponry systems are provided or designed there.

Back to cars & a black C4 Vette (maybe a ZR1) in Braintree this pm.

[Animal]

Saw my first GR Yaris in the metal this afternoon on Epping High St. Lovely, mean-looking little thing! About 30 seconds later I saw a Unimog going the other way down the road. Not sure which I'd want more tbh.

[lukeharding]

Animal said:

Saw my first GR Yaris in the metal this afternoon on Epping High St. Lovely, mean-looking little thing! About 30 seconds later I saw a Unimog going the other way down the road. Not sure which I'd want more tbh.

I saw one in the Chelmsford dealer (the only reason I went there), and its more compact than I thought it would be. Really nice sales guy had a chat about it, and said he'd ordered one to replace an M4. Very tempted to have a test drive.

[irocfan]

TCEvo said:

Andy 308GTB said:

TCEvo said:

...a very low-flying Apache AH1 visiting Teledyne E2V's factory on Waterhouse Lane.

Interesting, they actually land there and have work done?

Possibly - I only saw it hovering & flying-off today. They have landed there several times in the past (as has the odd Lynx & even a Chinook), assume that some of the avionics or weaponry systems are provided or designed there.

Interesting - we regularly have them going over our house (quite low too)