COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[Doofus]

Yertis said:

I quite like the scabbiness.

I think, generally with SD1s, that scabbiness is a harbinger of worse beneath the skin. I love SD1s, but they frighten me a bit...

[Dapster]

JeremyH5 said:

Boobonman said:

Nice old V8 Rover at Waitrose

I don’t think that’s a V8. Wrong wheels. And the 2300 badge really gives it away.

It's got the right badge. Also you can see that it has both a speedo and rev counter - the 2300 had a speedo only.



It also has the correct wheel trims. The 2300 had povvo spec all grey hub caps.

[Yertis]

Doofus said:

I think, generally with SD1s, that scabbiness is a harbinger of worse beneath the skin. I love SD1s, but they frighten me a bit...

A good point.

[mehere]

Doofus said:

I think, generally with SD1s, that scabbiness is a harbinger of worse beneath the skin. I love SD1s, but they frighten me a bit...

true, but some can be kind of cool ..



[mind you, it frightens me loads.... but probably not in the way you mean]

[Hugh Jarse]

Dapster said:

It's got the right badge. Also you can see that it has both a speedo and rev counter - the 2300 had a speedo only.
It also has the correct wheel trims. The 2300 had povvo spec all grey hub caps.

Santagradebearding.
Crikey that looks good in yellow. Phwooarr.

[Gompo]

Just managed to catch this one.

[JeremyH5]

Dapster said:

It's got the right badge. Also you can see that it has both a speedo and rev counter - the 2300 had a speedo only.

I'm prepared to take the correction and I agree your reasoning is sound. But when I zoom in on the picture I see 2300 on both my PC and phone.

[Doofus]

JeremyH5 said:

Dapster said:

It's got the right badge. Also you can see that it has both a speedo and rev counter - the 2300 had a speedo only.

I'm prepared to take the correction and I agree your reasoning is sound. But when I zoom in on the picture I see 2300 on both my PC and phone.

And I'm not convinced that anyone can see which instruments it has in the dash.

[Dr Interceptor]

According to the DVLA, the Blue SD1 is 3528cc.

It's obviously had some welding in the past - it failed it's MOT in Jan 2017 on corrosion in the arches.

[Jonny TVR]

Dr Interceptor said:

According to the DVLA, the Blue SD1 is 3528cc.

It's obviously had some welding in the past - it failed it's MOT in Jan 2017 on corrosion in the arches.

How the heck has this survived this long. My Dads TVR787S sdi died in 1991 at 14 years old. It started to rust the first year he had it when new.

[gforceg]

JeremyH5 said:

I'm prepared to take the correction and I agree your reasoning is sound. But when I zoom in on the picture I see 2300 on both my PC and phone.

Do you not see this when it's expanded to full size?

https://thumbsnap.com/f/uUAWaRBZ

The dials do also look like two large ones with one needle each resting at about 8 o'clock. I guess that means speed and revs to an expert.

[Dapster]

Doofus said:

JeremyH5 said:

Dapster said:

It's got the right badge. Also you can see that it has both a speedo and rev counter - the 2300 had a speedo only.

I'm prepared to take the correction and I agree your reasoning is sound. But when I zoom in on the picture I see 2300 on both my PC and phone.

And I'm not convinced that anyone can see which instruments it has in the dash.

You can! You can see both the speedo and revvy and both needles at rest.



2600 and 3500 had the rev counter



2300 had no rev counter

Edited by Dapster on Wednesday 31st January 15:20

[JeremyH5]

gforceg said:

Do you not see this when it's expanded to full size?

https://thumbsnap.com/f/uUAWaRBZ

I hadn't. But that is very clear, thanks. And the MOT check above confirms. My error on the wheels and poor quality zoom on my PC of the original post photo.

[Doofus]

Dapster said:

You can! You can see both the speedo and revvy and both needles at rest.

Fair enough You massive anorak.

I was zooming the page, not clicking on the image.

[Dapster]

Doofus said:

You massive anorak.

Ha ha! The greatest compliment on this forum! Pity the laydeez in the office can not appreciate this gift....

[RONV]

On our way into Davos in October in our MK1 Cortina Crayford

Edited by RONV on Friday 2nd February 15:59

[gforceg]

I was surprised to see an original Renault 5 today. I was even more surprised when I got closer and saw it was a Gordini Turbo.
This was in Exmouth, if anyone knows of the car.

[Evangelion]

mehere said:

true, but some can be kind of cool ..



[mind you, it frightens me loads.... but probably not in the way you mean]

Was that photo taken at Prescott, just after the nasty hairpin?

[RESSE]

Evangelion said:

Was that photo taken at Prescott, just after the nasty hairpin?

Prescott - exiting Pardon hairpin heading towards Halfway.

[Evangelion]

Have fond memories of that hairpin! The MX-5 owners club held an event there a few years back and two runs up the hill were included in the entry fee. One of my mates locked up just before the hairpin leaving a very neat no. 11 on the approach, and had to be dug out of the gravel trap.

About a year afterwards, a mate gave me a phone. On it was a video he'd taken of my run up the hill; you could hear all my friends' groans of disappointment when I failed to go flying off at the hairpin!