COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[TR4man]

LotusOmega375D said:

^^^^^^

location and marque look familiar...

It is a good spotting ground for Jags,

Close to Newcastle under Lyme is an independent Jaguar specialist down a side street who seems to use this spare ground as a parking area for his premises on the other side of a dual carriageway.

Whenever I'm close by, I'll always take a slight detour to see what is there. The red E Type above was there today.

Edited by TR4man on Thursday 3rd November 17:31

[P5BNij]

Spotted in stationary southbound traffic on the A34 near Hinksey this morning, a pair of orange pre-impact bumper 911s, both bejewelled with Fuchs alloys and brightening up an otherwise very dull day, one was a 69 / 70 H plater, the other a 71 / 72 K plater. Splendid stuff.

[johnzo]

P5BNij said:

Spotted in stationary southbound traffic on the A34 near Hinksey this morning, a pair of orange pre-impact bumper 911s, both bejewelled with Fuchs alloys and brightening up an otherwise very dull day, one was a 69 / 70 H plater, the other a 71 / 72 K plater. Splendid stuff.

Can't be coincidence that the Rally of the Tests was starting that evening in Bournemouth, and the southbound A34 heads that way ...

[P5BNij]

johnzo said:

P5BNij said:

Spotted in stationary southbound traffic on the A34 near Hinksey this morning, a pair of orange pre-impact bumper 911s, both bejewelled with Fuchs alloys and brightening up an otherwise very dull day, one was a 69 / 70 H plater, the other a 71 / 72 K plater. Splendid stuff.

Can't be coincidence that the Rally of the Tests was starting that evening in Bournemouth, and the southbound A34 heads that way ...

Ahh, that'll be why then... two things struck me as I passed them going the other way up the A34, how small they were and how much they stood out from the crowd. Like jewels in a sea of grey porridge.

[Dapster]

Here's a little French oddity I saw this morning. '81 so qualifies under the "Love Old Classics" clause, though spotted in Hampstead, not Battle...

[TR4man]

Dapster said:

Here's a little French oddity I saw this morning. '81 so qualifies under the "Love Old Classics" clause, though spotted in Hampstead, not Battle...

Looks in very nice condition for a French car of the early 80s. I assume it's been restored.

[finlo]

TR4man said:

Looks in very nice condition for a French car of the early 80s. I assume it's been restored.

I'm fairly sure they are plastic so no rot except for chassis maybe.

[CanAm]

BlueHave said:

TR4man said:

Lovely Rochdale Olympic filling up near Crewe this afternoon

Thats definitely a Menage a Trois of the E-Type, 911 and Renault Alpine

But pre - dates them all I think?

[yellowjack]

Dapster said:

Here's a little French oddity I saw this morning. '81 so qualifies under the "Love Old Classics" clause, though spotted in Hampstead, not Battle...

A rarity indeed. (Talbot) Matra Murena.

It's registered as a 1982 car with DVLA, but it's "date of first registration" is September 2016. It must, therefore, be a recent import?

Glass fibre epoxy body panels over a galvanised steel space frame chassis, with a (fold down) third front seat. Production ended in 1983, and the Matra factory at Romorantin then built the Renault Espace I.

Matra were responsible for some real innovations and were in some ways way ahead of their time. The Rancho, though roundly derided as being rubbish now, would probably sell by the bucketload as a 'soft roader' SUV these days. And they had a huge hand in developing the Espace, which is kind of the template for the modern large MPV.

Great spot!

ETA: I found this while trawling for images... http://www.beaterblog.com/2013/09/market-place-fea... ...which seems to be a 4x4 Rally Car version of the Murena. A 2013 ad for a pile of parts, really, but an interesting basis for a project that would probably end up as entirely unique by the time it was finished.

Edited by yellowjack on Tuesday 8th November 10:13

[LotusOmega375D]

Room for your wife and mistress too!

[yellowjack]

LotusOmega375D said:

Room for your wife and mistress too!

Sadly it lacks the central driving position of the McLaren F1, so they'd be sat next to one another, probably plotting your downfall!

[tog]

yellowjack said:

And they had a huge hand in developing the Espace, which is kind of the template for the modern large MPV.

It was entirely their work I think. They then punted it around various companies to find one who would pay them to produce it for them. It was going to be a Talbot originally, hence the Talbot corporate face on the earliest ones. When Talbot folded Renault took over, but it was too late to redesign the front, beyond nailing a diamond badge on.

[Dr Interceptor]

They also did the Avantime

[mikey77]

I still see the occasional Avantime here in deepest rural France. Back along there was what looked like a dumped one in the local Lidl car park.
For my life, I've never figured out what they were for...

[LotusOmega375D]

There's an Avantime I see many times each year around here: but only ever at the same garage being repaired! I have never seen it on the road, but I guess it must get there and back somehow...

[droopsnoot]

Late (K-plate) Minor Traveller, sorry for appalling pic but the traffic queue I was in started moving just as the camera powered up.



And a black Monza 3.0E. Was on the drive when I passed, by the time I got back to take a photo the chap had put it in the garage.

[S47]

Seen earlier today
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[Dapster]

S47 said:

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On a "K" plate but looks like a post '81 facelift....

[Doofus]

Dapster said:

On a "K" plate but looks like a post '81 facelift....

I'm also not sure the 280 was available in 1972/73.

[TR4man]

Doofus said:

Dapster said:

On a "K" plate but looks like a post '81 facelift....

I'm also not sure the 280 was available in 1972/73.

The MOT website states that the registration number is on a white 1972 350SL with a rather interesting mileage history....

Edited by TR4man on Thursday 10th November 06:58