COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2
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DickyC said:
In Hungerford this morning; an Armstrong Siddeley. The driver said there had been a meeting and there had been about thirty of them. Gone by the time I got there.
Blimey. That petrol station takes me back! I have an unpleasant memory of probably the last time I ever used it...
A few seen on my morning drives yesterday and today.
I saw a couple of old Rolls Royces when I was out today. One was probably a Silver Ghost and the other maybe a Wraith. It was the sort where the driver's section was open but the rear cabin enclosed. The Spirit would have been at about chest height.
I also saw a very nice Sunbeam Alpine in dark blue, a silver Mk1 Capri and yesterday a gold TR7 convertible.
I saw a couple of old Rolls Royces when I was out today. One was probably a Silver Ghost and the other maybe a Wraith. It was the sort where the driver's section was open but the rear cabin enclosed. The Spirit would have been at about chest height.
I also saw a very nice Sunbeam Alpine in dark blue, a silver Mk1 Capri and yesterday a gold TR7 convertible.
nicanary said:
Doesn't anyone remember the Dinky model of a later Commer?
I've got the Commer OB van somewhere, anyone's guess where the camera has gone though.Rostfritt said:
To be fair they just put some random large spinning antenna on the roof of a detector van, they were made up to scare people into paying for their licence.
Opinions seem to vary. There's a Commer (by coincidence) TV detector van that does the rounds of the shows up here and has some detailed information on display, none of which suggests that all the equipment is bogus. And a chap I used to work with used to describe in some detail how a TV detector would work, even down to how they could detect which channel was being watched. (This is pre-digital, of course). I have no knowledge one way or another, certainly there's a lot of talk that the detector vans are just smoke and mirrors.
Doofus said:
DickyC said:
In Hungerford this morning; an Armstrong Siddeley. The driver said there had been a meeting and there had been about thirty of them. Gone by the time I got there.
Blimey. That petrol station takes me back! I have an unpleasant memory of probably the last time I ever used it...lovely though the Armstrong-Siddeley is (Sphinx mascot chosen after a journalist described the early sleeve-valve engines as "Silent and inscrutable as the Sphinx".... and where are journalistic talents like that nowadays?), more are required of this
110S Cosmos are super-rare even in Japan. There are only about three in the UK. Please expand, Mr C
DickyC said:
These 2 cats have been sat outside a garage in Camden for ages. I'm giving the benefit of the doubt that they'll run again and that I hope I don't have to transfer them over to the "left to die" thread.... The black double six has sat there since the MOT expired 8 months ago - not sure about the red one, can't read the plate.
Nik da Greek said:
110S Cosmos are super-rare even in Japan. There are only about three in the UK. Please expand, Mr C
It was a lovely dealer organised do at Mazda Dartford. They have themed get togethers. The last one apparently was for the MX-5, his was for rotary engined cars. I'd never seen a Cosmo in the flesh and they had two! One in the showroom and thus one brought by a chap who bought it 18 years ago from Spain with no engine and a broken screen. Trouble free he claims. There was also a later one...
...not sold over here as I understand it. Gorgeous.
I was employed to take an RX-3 race car there. A smashing day.
Oh yeah. I consistently manage to miss these things 
Still, nice to see Mazda do sporadically remember they used to make rotary cars 
Some more pics of the RX-3 would be nice, if you get a chance. My favourite of all the rotaries, especially in Super Deluxe flavour with all the badgery and trim
Still, nice to see Mazda do sporadically remember they used to make rotary cars Some more pics of the RX-3 would be nice, if you get a chance. My favourite of all the rotaries, especially in Super Deluxe flavour with all the badgery and trim
That Dolomite is pretty nasty - and seems to do 1000 miles a year (or has done for 11 years - presumably when the restoration was complete) - and hasn't had ONE advisory on the MOT since (or failed one) so was probably done well with all new components (pity they missed the chance to change out that sunroof though)!
DickyC said:
Raced by Mark Hales. The guy I was working for on Saturdat has owned it for 25 years and has been in touch with Hales recently.
Bet he has fun starting it on cold days with those open trumpets
*only clearly much, much tidier and all-round betterer. Maybe it's the lack of braking system that does it
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