COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[theadman]

Don't worry, you're not alone Yertis.

At first glance I'd decided it was probably some sort of Challenger variant. The centre console below the dash is very similar.

[CanAm]

Yertis said:

85Carrera said:

Prefer a proper E type - these just scream more money than taste

Agree. Honestly, I'd assumed it was some sort of kit car replica.

My phone photo obviously didn't do it justice. In the flesh the car just oozes quality.

[aeropilot]

85Carrera said:

Doofus said:

It's an Eagle Speedster isn't it? What are they, £700k?

Prefer a proper E type - these just scream more money than taste

Yep, same here.

While the hot rodder in me can appreciate the workmanship in the upgrades......the old car nut in me would rather have an original spec E, with much patina and distinctly lacking in 'gloss'

[psi310398]

aeropilot said:

Yep, same here.

While the hot rodder in me can appreciate the workmanship in the upgrades......the old car nut in me would rather have an original spec E, with much patina and distinctly lacking in 'gloss'

Hang on, this is PistonHeads.

Surely the only right answer is I want to have both, but neither is, of course, as good as the MX5?!

[droopsnoot]

DickyC said:

Too soon?

Probably want to be here as well, if not instead: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[RicksAlfas]

Some from the Swiss Museum of Transport:

[RicksAlfas]

Some pretty Italians:

[aeropilot]

That Monterverdi Hai 450 - brings back memories of playing Top Trumps at school in the 70's

[RicksAlfas]

aeropilot said:

That Monterverdi Hai 450 - brings back memories of playing Top Trumps at school in the 70's

That's what I said when I saw it! It was a good card to have.
Engine size and top speed were unbeatable from memory.

[aeropilot]

RicksAlfas said:

aeropilot said:

That Monterverdi Hai 450 - brings back memories of playing Top Trumps at school in the 70's

That's what I said when I saw it! It was a good card to have.
Engine size and top speed were unbeatable from memory.

HP too, that's where the 450 came from.

It did have Chrysler 426 Hemi in it which explains why it trumped most things back then when it came to engine stats (other than number of cylinders)

[Plinth]

aeropilot said:

RicksAlfas said:

aeropilot said:

That Monterverdi Hai 450 - brings back memories of playing Top Trumps at school in the 70's

That's what I said when I saw it! It was a good card to have.
Engine size and top speed were unbeatable from memory.

HP too, that's where the 450 came from.

It did have Chrysler 426 Hemi in it which explains why it trumped most things back then when it came to engine stats (other than number of cylinders)

[DickyC]

droopsnoot said:

Probably want to be here as well, if not instead: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Done. Thanks.

[aeropilot]

Plinth said:

aeropilot said:

RicksAlfas said:

aeropilot said:

That Monterverdi Hai 450 - brings back memories of playing Top Trumps at school in the 70's

That's what I said when I saw it! It was a good card to have.
Engine size and top speed were unbeatable from memory.

HP too, that's where the 450 came from.

It did have Chrysler 426 Hemi in it which explains why it trumped most things back then when it came to engine stats (other than number of cylinders)

[RicksAlfas]

[psi310398]

RicksAlfas said:

Some pretty Italians:

That's Stresa is it not?

[lucido grigio]

Loving the early X1\9.

[RicksAlfas]

psi310398 said:

That's Stresa is it not?

Indeed it is.

[RicksAlfas]

lucido grigio said:

Loving the early X1\9.

They look great with the thin bumpers don't they?

[dinkel]

BlueHave said:

CanAm said:

Coming up as a 1966 4.2 first registered in 2009. How much of it is original.

Epic - but an Eagle Low Drag gets my vote.

[lucido grigio]

RicksAlfas said:

lucido grigio said:

Loving the early X1\9.

They look great with the thin bumpers don't they?

Yes ,much better than the 1500 with the federalised bumpers.

When I was at college ,most of us had old bangers for transport.

One bloke ,a Jack Barclays apprentice and son of a very well known sportsman ,had a new X1/9 1500.