COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[droopsnoot]

nicanary said:

Presumably the roll bar is for stiffness. I don't remember anyone offering that conversion in period - maybe Crayford?

(About the Viva HC convertible) - It's not a Crayford. I'm not sure of the proper term to use without it coming across as derogatory, and given how long that car has been around in that form I don't want to do that. But "home made" is what I'm trying to find a polite way of saying. Has been done probably 15 years, maybe more.

It was on the way to the VBOA show which now runs at a showground in Market Harborough, as Billing Aquadrome don't (or didn't, there are rumours they regret the decision) do car shows any more.

[Dazed and Confused]

Doofus said:

Dazed and Confused said:

News to me but Crayford did do a Viva conversion.

Although that's an HB rather than an HC. If they did one, I suspect they did the other, but the roll bar in the red on doesn't look as 'finished' as a Crayford one would

I found quite a few pics online of vert HCs.

[Plinth]

lucido grigio said:

LotusOmega375D said:

Nice cars. A few quids worth there.

By the way the "500 Superfast" is actually a more humble 365 GT 2+2.

Dammit ,you're right ,labelled the wrong pic ,in fact not even sure the 500 listed in programme was present..

will check phone for pics.

The GTO "bread van" - is that the one I used to see on the track at classic car race meetings back in the 1970's?
(I assume they only ever made one....or have I got it completely wrong?)

[lucido grigio]

Plinth said:

The GTO "bread van" - is that the one I used to see on the track at classic car race meetings back in the 1970's?
(I assume they only ever made one....or have I got it completely wrong?)

Yes,it's unique.
Part of the story of its creation were with the car yesterday but I've forgotten already.
I'm sure it's available with a Google.

On the subject of the 500, I'm fairly sure it wasn't there,I should've checked the cars in the programme against what was on display.

In my defence,the 365 and 500 do look similar from the front,the 500 sleaker at the rear.

[CanAm]

lucido grigio said:

Yes,it's unique.
Part of the story of its creation were with the car yesterday but I've forgotten already.

The Breadvan was a rebodied 250SWB, which was specifically allowable under the GT regulations at the time (see Cobra Daytona). However, this did not stop Ferrari protesting it from time to time, forcing it to run in the Prototype class, leaving their own rather more dubiously homologated GTOs to clean up in the GT Class.

[Fane]

droopsnoot said:

Sandiway filling station is a magnet for Classic Cars

[Doofus]

Dazed and Confused said:

I found quite a few pics online of vert HCs.

Really? I found 2, and one of them was the car posted above.

[droopsnoot]

Fane said:

Sandiway filling station is a magnet for Classic Cars

You're the second person to have recognised that filling station from the photo.

[S47]

This Viva has been around for awhile - I saw it earlier this year [see pic] I believe it may have been resprayed - there use to be a light metallic blue Viva HC convertible a few years ago. So possibly it's this original blue car - however the blue car did not have the roll bar
If/when I get time I'll try to find a pic of the original blue car
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[Dazed and Confused]

Doofus said:

Dazed and Confused said:

I found quite a few pics online of vert HCs.

Really? I found 2, and one of them was the car posted above.

That's odd, could have sworn there were pics of 4 different ones but I can't find them now.

[droopsnoot]

There's a thread elsewhere where someone who built one of the HCs goes into some detail about how it was built, but it's not this car. There was also a red Magnum which was converted, which doesn't have a roll-over hoop. That was apparently sold on eBay fairly recently.

[2172cc]

[Cledus Snow]

Possibly cheating as it was an AMOC race meeting. But these were in amongst the moderns in the car park.

387 by jack chevelle, on Flickr
It's fake.

1817 by jack chevelle, on Flickr

715 by jack chevelle, on Flickr

692 by jack chevelle, on Flickr

686 by jack chevelle, on Flickr

[Cledus Snow]

Stanley Steam cars.

Untitled by jack chevelle, on Flickr

Untitled by jack chevelle, on Flickr

Untitled by jack chevelle, on Flickr

[DickyC]

What appears to be a vintage rally is passing the garage even as we speak.





More Bentleys and Lagondas than you can shake a stick at. Plus a 2 litre Aston and a similarly old Alfa.

All on the B4009 in Hermitage.

[Doofus]

DickyC said:

What appears to be a vintage rally is passing the garage even as we speak.

More Bentleys and Lagondas than you can shake a stick at. Plus a 2 litre Aston and a similarly old Alfa.

All on the B4009 in Hermitage.

En route to the Thames Trad?

[DickyC]

Doofus said:

En route to the Thames Trad?

Of course, not only vintage boats but also vintage cars. Marvellous.

In amongst all the vintage exotica was a serious looking chap in flying helmet and goggles driving a 2CV-based three wheeler. I doubt many onlookers would be taken in.

[mattman]

Couple from recent travels....

Ford Bronco being used for advertising local brewery in Toronto


An old Caddy(?) looking very unloved outside the now closed and abandoned Planet Hollywood at Niagara Falls


Finally, a rather stunning R5 GT Turbo hiding in the pits at Silverstone on a Radical race day

[Bob CD]

The rally is the 1000 mile trial; yesterday was day four. I'm not sure but I think it finishes tomorrow. Sorry, not sure of more details...

[LotusOmega375D]

^
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The Renault is a Renault 5 Turbo 2, as per the rear hatch badge. Real snobs like me cringe at the thought of them being referred to as GT Turbos. That's like someone telling the owner of a 6R4 that he's got a nice MG Metro.

By the way this Renault has been spoilt somewhat (in my opinion of course) by the addition of the Maxi 5 rally car bodykit and aftermarket wheels. A real Maxi 5 has a wider bonnet vent.