COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[Escort3500]

ivanhoew said:

Escort3500 said:

I’ve been following the build on RnS and it’s fantastically bonkers

Oh ,thank you Escort 3500 , much appreciated , er , ,i think

[droopsnoot]

aeropilot said:

That wasn't a road car, that was a full works Sport, reg number DMN 44,

Fair point, when I saw the video I figured it was probably something special but wasn't sure if it was a road car with a bigger spoiler. But colour changes weren't so uncommon back then - I recall seeing photos of a Nogaro blue car on the net somewhere.

[anonymous-user]

A few cars and vans to be seen in these piccies from 1960/70s East End of London...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-43141667

[gforceg]

had ham said:

A few cars and vans to be seen in these piccies from 1960/70s East End of London...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-43141667

I was looking at that earlier and it's fascinating for a number of reasons. Some of the places haven't changed much at all judging from Streetview.

[fourfoldroot]

Spotted by Fourfoldroot Junior this morning in London. I'm not the only person in the country guilty of 635 abuse!

[TR4man]

fourfoldroot said:

Spotted by Fourfoldroot Junior this morning in London. I'm not the only person in the country guilty of 635 abuse!

Great parking though.

[adamInca]

Local Rover out in the salty conditions

[droopsnoot]

A few from today, all quite close to each other

[Johnnybee]

aeropilot said:

droopsnoot said:

Also I think there's a video of Hannu Mikkola driving a silver road car up Shelsley Walsh some years ago. As for why anyone would repaint - well, it was a bit different when they were £35k.

ETA - Hannu at Shelsley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z91JEloD1D4

That wasn't a road car, that was a full works Sport, reg number DMN 44, that Hannu had used for the early rounds of the 1986 British Rally Championship, prior to Audi withdrawing after the Grp B accidents in '86.
In July '86 Audi went to Shelsley Walsh with the big Auto Unions to commerate the 50th Anniversary of them competing there in 1936. As such, that works SWB was painted Auto Union silver for the event for Hannu to attempt the closed car hill record, which he duly smashed with a time of 29 point something seconds.
That car is now owned by renowned Historic Rally competitor Steve Perez, and is restored its full Audi Sport works colours and FiA Historic Spec as per early '86.

This is the Audi owned by Steve Perez. The photo was taken years ago at a test day at Blyton.

Edited by Johnnybee on Saturday 3rd March 19:29

[LotusOmega375D]

droopsnoot said:

A few from today, all quite close to each other

Too one reminds me of Frank Cannon!

[Pericoloso]

LotusOmega375D said:

Too one reminds me of Frank Cannon!

Me too ,before scrolling down I thought he was in the USA ,except the background was all wrong.

[Dapster]

Very neat looking big bumper 16v on the streets of Swiss Cottage.





And a pair of Mercs nearby

Edited by Dapster on Sunday 4th March 13:30

[droopsnoot]

Another one today, 3.0 Capri

[TR4man]

droopsnoot said:

Another one today, 3.0 Capri

Dagfields?

[Dapster]

droopsnoot said:

Another one today, 3.0 Capri

Save for the modern Beemer in the background, the colours of that photo make it look entirely period!

[Doofus]

You have to love the Capri. Even standing still, it looks like it's oversteering.

[Blown2CV]

TR4man said:

droopsnoot said:

Another one today, 3.0 Capri

Dagfields?

the first thing i thought of when you said that was a kind of creamfields for 3.141 keys.

[droopsnoot]

TR4man said:

Dagfields?

Indeed.

[CR6ZZ]

A gaggle of TRs in the hotel carpark in Whangarei last week. Must have been a meet on as I saw about a dozen others (TR 2s, 3s, 4s, 4As etc. and an MGA) cruising around the town later in the day

[ess]

Really, how has it come to this ?
The concept of understated elegance in automotive design lost to ostentation.
(I'm willing to forgive the black number plates in this instance).

S