COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

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DickyC

49,547 posts

197 months

Sunday 19th August 2018
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RJG46 said:
Not seen one before, looks great.
I want you to go to your room and think about what you said.

Pothole

34,367 posts

281 months

Sunday 19th August 2018
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TR4man said:
This morning near Stoke On Trnet.
Offered for sale by Bonhams in 2004 only estimated at £25-35000 with this interesting blurb:

Daimler maintained its long-established position as royalty’s favourite in the immediate post-WW2 years while grabbing headlines in the popular press thanks to a succession of often-outrageous ‘Docker Specials’ featuring bodies by in-house coachbuilder Hooper & Co, usually on the DE36 straight-eight chassis. The driving force behind these sensational styling exercises - all the more remarkable for their appearance at a time of great austerity - was Lady Docker (née Norah Turner), wife of the parent BSA Group’s millionaire chairman, Sir Bernard Docker; though by the time this car - believed to be the last of the Docker-inspired Daimlers - appeared on Hooper’s stand at the 1956 Earls Court Motor Show, Sir Bernard had been ousted in a boardroom coupe.
Intended as a less expensive competitor to the Bentley Continental, Daimler’s version was one of the casualties of the management shake-up that followed the Dockers’ departure, and this prototype remains the sole example made. The car is built on a lengthened One-O-Four (DF310) chassis and powered by the latter’s 3.5-litre overhead-valve six-cylinder engine producing 137bhp. The brakes are Girling servo assisted and the car has the optional Borg-Warner three-speed automatic transmission. Its chassis extended front and rear for a total length of 17’ 3”, the Continental boasts lowered bonnet, radiator and roof lines and measures 5’ 1” in height. By the mid-1950s Hooper had moved away from traditional wood-framed coachwork and the Continental features aluminium panelling supported by a subframe and cast ‘A’ and ‘B’ posts of the same material. The overall weight is 35cwt.
Other special features include the elegantly hooded front and rear lights, the former housing individual fresh-air ducts; Triplex Sundym glass for front and rear screens; and electrically operated side windows. The eucalyptus dashboard is leather padded and the headlining is made of pale green woollen cloth.
A year after its Earls Court debut the car was repainted dark green/black and first registered for the road. It was to be seen in the Knutsford area from 1961 to 1973, during which time it was finished in white and bronze, and from 1973 to 1985 stood unused. The present owner acquired the car in 1985, undertaking a complete body-off restoration, completed in 1994, of which there is a full photographic record. Great care was taken not to lose any of the prototype’s unique design features, and its original Earls Court livery of green/beige was restored.
Of the special-bodied Daimlers of the 1950s, this car is - arguably - the most useable and has covered some 20,000-or-so miles, both in this country and abroad, since being put back on the road. Presented in very good condition, it has been featured in The Automobile and Classic & Sports Car magazines and is very well known in Daimler circles.
Wonderfully redolent of the 1950s, an age when excess still had the capacity to shock, this uniquely stylish piece of Daimler history is offered with old-style logbook, restoration invoices, current road fund licence, MoT to March 2005 and Swansea V5 registration document.

ETA looks like it didn't sell that time






Edited by Pothole on Sunday 19th August 18:33

gothatway

5,783 posts

169 months

Sunday 19th August 2018
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Pothole said:
TR4man said:
This morning near Stoke On Trnet.
Offered for sale by Bonhams in 2004 only estimated at £25-35000 with this interesting blurb:
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Very interesting - any photos of the front anywhere ? I can see elements of the SP250's styling in the rear wings and crease lines, and though I'm loathe to criticise the design I do find the positioning of the number plate rather awkward.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Sunday 19th August 2018
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gothatway said:
Very interesting - any photos of the front anywhere ?
Yes. Google it.

Escort3500

11,829 posts

144 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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gothatway said:
Pothole said:
TR4man said:
This morning near Stoke On Trnet.
Offered for sale by Bonhams in 2004 only estimated at £25-35000 with this interesting blurb:
...
Very interesting - any photos of the front anywhere ? I can see elements of the SP250's styling in the rear wings and crease lines, and though I'm loathe to criticise the design I do find the positioning of the number plate rather awkward.
Never heard of the Docker Daimlers before, and this one is lovely; such a refined style. Agree that the position of the plate looks a bit of an afterthought though. Looks to be space to have placed it lower with the light unit above.

Vocht

1,630 posts

163 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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Cr@p photos of a lovely Fiat 130 coupe outside my hotel a few weeks back. They're not very pretty or even all that special but I for some reason I really really liked it!



XOcette

129 posts

119 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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I quite like the 130 coupe - it has a certain presence, and some of the interiors are "interesting" by today's standards.

RJG46

980 posts

67 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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DickyC said:
RJG46 said:
Not seen one before, looks great.
I want you to go to your room and think about what you said.
The Daimler, not the Aston.

RJG46

980 posts

67 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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XOcette said:
I quite like the 130 coupe - it has a certain presence, and some of the interiors are "interesting" by today's standards.
Yes. That colour isn't great.

gforceg

3,524 posts

178 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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Pothole said:
Offered for sale by Bonhams in 2004 only estimated at £25-35000 with this interesting blurb:

Daimler maintained its long-established position as royalty’s favourite in the immediate post-WW2 years while grabbing headlines in the popular press thanks to a succession of often-outrageous ‘Docker Specials’ featuring bodies by in-house coachbuilder Hooper & Co, usually on the DE36 straight-eight chassis. The driving force behind these sensational styling exercises - all the more remarkable for their appearance at a time of great austerity - was Lady Docker (née Norah Turner), wife of the parent BSA Group’s millionaire chairman, Sir Bernard Docker; though by the time this car - believed to be the last of the Docker-inspired Daimlers - appeared on Hooper’s stand at the 1956 Earls Court Motor Show, Sir Bernard had been ousted in a boardroom coupe.
Intended as a less expensive competitor to the Bentley Continental, Daimler’s version was one of the casualties of the management shake-up that followed the Dockers’ departure, and this prototype remains the sole example made. The car is built on a lengthened One-O-Four (DF310) chassis and powered by the latter’s 3.5-litre overhead-valve six-cylinder engine producing 137bhp. The brakes are Girling servo assisted and the car has the optional Borg-Warner three-speed automatic transmission. Its chassis extended front and rear for a total length of 17’ 3”, the Continental boasts lowered bonnet, radiator and roof lines and measures 5’ 1” in height. By the mid-1950s Hooper had moved away from traditional wood-framed coachwork and the Continental features aluminium panelling supported by a subframe and cast ‘A’ and ‘B’ posts of the same material. The overall weight is 35cwt.
Other special features include the elegantly hooded front and rear lights, the former housing individual fresh-air ducts; Triplex Sundym glass for front and rear screens; and electrically operated side windows. The eucalyptus dashboard is leather padded and the headlining is made of pale green woollen cloth.
A year after its Earls Court debut the car was repainted dark green/black and first registered for the road. It was to be seen in the Knutsford area from 1961 to 1973, during which time it was finished in white and bronze, and from 1973 to 1985 stood unused. The present owner acquired the car in 1985, undertaking a complete body-off restoration, completed in 1994, of which there is a full photographic record. Great care was taken not to lose any of the prototype’s unique design features, and its original Earls Court livery of green/beige was restored.
Of the special-bodied Daimlers of the 1950s, this car is - arguably - the most useable and has covered some 20,000-or-so miles, both in this country and abroad, since being put back on the road. Presented in very good condition, it has been featured in The Automobile and Classic & Sports Car magazines and is very well known in Daimler circles.
Wonderfully redolent of the 1950s, an age when excess still had the capacity to shock, this uniquely stylish piece of Daimler history is offered with old-style logbook, restoration invoices, current road fund licence, MoT to March 2005 and Swansea V5 registration document.

ETA looks like it didn't sell that time

Edited by Pothole on Sunday 19th August 18:33
Well, it certainly fits the bill.

DickyC

49,547 posts

197 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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RJG46 said:
The Daimler, not the Aston.
Thanks for taking it so well and not calling me a smartarse. Which has been known.

gforceg

3,524 posts

178 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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A friend sent me this link today. A real period piece and as he said, a car spotter's dream.

https://flashbak.com/splendid-postcards-of-british...

52classic

2,445 posts

209 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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gforceg said:
A friend sent me this link today. A real period piece and as he said, a car spotter's dream.

https://flashbak.com/splendid-postcards-of-british...
Plenty of PH anorak potential there!

My best spot is on the card from 'Sea Palling' I pitch the white car as being an Alfa Romeo 2600 Tipo 106).

But what about Oddicombe Beach Babbacombe? Looks like an early photoshop. What appears to be an Avenger Estate dropped into the pic has a front end that is 'Opelesque.'

gforceg

3,524 posts

178 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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52classic said:
Plenty of PH anorak potential there!

My best spot is on the card from 'Sea Palling' I pitch the white car as being an Alfa Romeo 2600 Tipo 106).

But what about Oddicombe Beach Babbacombe? Looks like an early photoshop. What appears to be an Avenger Estate dropped into the pic has a front end that is 'Opelesque.'
Yes, the 2600 was the first car that really stood out for me. Amazingly few foreign or sporty cars.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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52classic said:
Plenty of PH anorak potential there!

My best spot is on the card from 'Sea Palling' I pitch the white car as being an Alfa Romeo 2600 Tipo 106).

But what about Oddicombe Beach Babbacombe? Looks like an early photoshop. What appears to be an Avenger Estate dropped into the pic has a front end that is 'Opelesque.'
It's an Opel Rekord Kombi.

SydneyBridge

8,500 posts

157 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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They deserve a thread on their own

Love the jag mk 2


nicanary

9,751 posts

145 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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The postcard of Sea Palling is interesting. The whole scene we view would have been underwater in 1953 following the massive and tragic floods. No surprise that most of the buildings are almost new. What does surprise me is the building to the right which looks Victorian and I would have thought would have been destroyed by the inundation.

Don't these postcard images belong in the "period" photo thread?

dandare

957 posts

253 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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A few more spotted last year.
Citroen CX


NSU TT


Citroen Traction Avant, of some sort? Unknown chicken.


DickyC

49,547 posts

197 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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dandare said:
Unknown chicken.
Rhode Island Red.

LiamB

7,922 posts

142 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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Apologies for the terrible picture
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