COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[spreadsheet monkey]

LotusOmega375D said:

Is it actually a S2 4.2 FHC with a V12 transplant and bodywork modifications? It's definitely got the shorter doors of the 2 seat 6 cylinder cars, rather than the LWB 2+2 only of the V12 FHC.

Edit: just done a DVLA check. Definitely a 4.2 6 cylinder S2, not a V12 at all.

Owned by U-Drive, a driving experience company. I drove it last year on their Heyford Park circuit

https://www.udrivecars.com/experiences/jaguar-e-ty...

[stuartmmcfc]

At a local pub meet last night there were a lot of very nice cars but in the “tent” these looked very, very nice

Don’t know if this was genuine butb even if not it made me drool

[aeropilot]

stuartmmcfc said:

Don’t know if this was genuine butb even if not it made me drool

I think that maybe the Taiga Green CSL that was sold by Star Classics a few years ago...........which if memory serves me right for up for sale at well over 100k......?

[Bob CD]

Not often that you see something mega-valuable, but in the Surrey Highlands there was - what - £7m worth of Ferrari California Spyder, maroon, left hand drive? I remember being a passenger in one driven by an American friend through Knightsbridge in the sixties. I don't think either of us were looking at the road. Big shout to the man who risked it on our roads, albeit on a very sunny day.

And then there was a thirties/twenties Bentley sports racer (sorry, I'm sure there is a better term but it was a sit-up-and-beg type, not a saloon) in the opposite lane of the M25, big number 8 painted on the radiator. The driver wearing ear defenders was a bit of a give-away. And to bring me down to earth, a Morris Minor on a low loader. Still looked nice.

[TR4man]

aeropilot said:

stuartmmcfc said:

Don’t know if this was genuine butb even if not it made me drool

I think that maybe the Taiga Green CSL that was sold by Star Classics a few years ago...........which if memory serves me right for up for sale at well over 100k......?

I wonder if it has been imported as Cazana is stating that it was only registered in 2014?

Only done 35,000 miles.

A lovely thing though.

[Pericoloso]

found a couple more pics from my Italy trip worth posting.

[MDL111]

gothatway said:

It's a long time since I saw a pair of these together ...

4 of those drove past me on the way to the Großglockner last weekend - was too slow and surprised to get a picture

[Johnny 89]

I didn't get a photo but spotted a Bristol 411 out on the road in Dublin this evening. A rare find, especially over here.

[Dapster]

Ami 8, Seat 850 (???) and a Bristol in North London this morning.

[Pothole]

Dapster said:

Ami 8, Seat 850 (???) and a Bristol in North London this morning.

Why (???) ?

Seat started out making FIAT copies, effectively.

[Dapster]

Pothole said:

Why (???) ?

Seat started out making FIAT copies, effectively.

(???) as I wasn't sure what it was!

[Cliftonite]

Pothole said:

Dapster said:

Ami 8, Seat 850 (???) and a Bristol in North London this morning.

Why (???) ?

Seat started out making FIAT copies, effectively.

The car pictured is a FIAT.

[tog]

Friday afternoon in Marlborough. I would guess the Jag was on its way to Shelsley for the XK70 weekend. That's an Alvis in the background too.



Beautiful Bristol 405 drophead.

[Jonny TVR]

[Nik da Greek]

Jonny TVR said:

I'd like to see an XJR220 go up that tiny strip of tarmac at Shelsley Walsh Talk about out of your natural environment

[Dapster]

330 GTC I think.

[TR4man]

Very nice Dapster.

[CAPP0]

Saw a very nice, bright yellow, Elan (not sure of model name, it was the larger of the 1960s versions?) driving through Shoreditch this morning, a "mature" couple in there enjoying the ride.

[Dapster]

Dapster said:

330 GTC I think.

I'm on a roll. My colleague snapped this on his way into the office. Wonder if it's a real SV? How much are these worth these days? £1.5m?

[LotusOmega375D]

Looks like the real deal to me. Age is correct. It's LHD and the DVLA says it was first registered here 2014, so clearly a recent import. Not currently taxed/SORN though! Although that may be just a clerical issue. Can't say on value but big money for sure.