COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[Mellow Yellow]

RicksAlfas said:

aeropilot said:

P5BNij said:

It was featured in 'Car' mag when it was new...

Not when it was new, I think that was very early 80's from memory?

I remember buying the mag just fro the Muira feature

Have you read the first couple of paragraphs?

Ouch! I wonder how long it sat around before values reached a point where it was economical to repair? £1.5m+ buys a lot of Isopon

[Yertis]

Bernie_78 said:

Didn't make the right life choices by Phil Brussee

Considering the impeccable styling credentials and the impact they made at the time, I think those Golfs can still be had for reasonable money.

That one would look better with the original wheels IMO.

[singlecoil]

Yertis said:

Considering the impeccable styling credentials and the impact they made at the time, I think those Golfs can still be had for reasonable money.

That one would look better with the original wheels IMO.

[CAPP0]

This really might not be the correct thread for this one, but I don't know, so Ill give it a try! Spotted this along the road from where we're staycationing this week. That's a Merc star on the top of the radiator, but I don't know whether this is real, a kit, or what.

I couldn't get any more of a picture without wandering into the drive and the house is quite close to the road. The car is accompanied by an ageing S80 and a Mk4 Golf on the drive, not that that determines anything much.

Edited by CAPP0 on Monday 17th September 18:13

[Jayzee]

MarkwG said:

Dapster said:

Mystery green car?

I reckon VW Jetta -
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1GCEB_enGB81...

Renault 18?

[Roy C]

CAPP0 said:

This really might not be the correct thread for this one, but I don't know, so Ill give it a try! Spotted this along the road from where we're staycationing this week. That's a Mere star on the top of the radiator, but I don't know whether this is real, a kit, or what.

I couldn't get any more of a picture without wandering into the drive and the house is quite close to the road. The car is accompanied by an ageing S80 and a Mk4 Golf on the drive, not that that determines anything much.

That's an Excalibur: loosely based on the styling of a Mercedes Benz SSK from the late 1920s.
They were made in the USA from the early 1970s until 1990, using GM running gear.
The mascot is a sword in a circle.

[Bodo]

CAPP0 said:

This really might not be the correct thread for this one, but I don't know, so Ill give it a try! Spotted this along the road from where we're

CAPP0 said:

CAPP0 said:

CAPP0 said:

CAPP0 said:

staycationing

this week. That's a Mere star on the top of the radiator, but I don't know whether this is real, a kit, or what.

I couldn't get any more of a picture without wandering into the drive and the house is quite close to the road. The car is accompanied by an ageing S80 and a Mk4 Golf on the drive, not that that determines anything much.

The car is likely an excalibur, probably from the 80ies.
Please can you elaborate what exactly you're doing this week? Even the quotation function couldn't parse this one correctly.

[CAPP0]

Of course I meant a “Merc” star although autocorrect knew better!

We’re holidaying quite close to home. I don’t honestly know whether that’s staycationing, or whether that term means you actually stay at your own home!

Private estate in W Sussex fwiw.

[Dapster]

Jayzee said:

MarkwG said:

Dapster said:

Mystery green car?

I reckon VW Jetta -
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1GCEB_enGB81...

Renault 18?

Don't think so. The blue car in the foreground is an 18. The green car can't be, not least because the bumper of the green car meets the rear arch which isn't the case for the 18.

[Jayzee]

Dapster said:

Jayzee said:

MarkwG said:

Dapster said:

Mystery green car?

I reckon VW Jetta -
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1GCEB_enGB81...

Renault 18?

Don't think so. The blue car in the foreground is an 18. The green car can't be, not least because the bumper of the green car meets the rear arch which isn't the case for the 18.

Ah, sorry. Was looking at the wrong car.

How about a B2 Audi 80?

[Jader1973]

Jayzee said:

MarkwG said:

Dapster said:

Mystery green car?

I reckon VW Jetta -
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1GCEB_enGB81...

Renault 18?

Talbot Solara?

[Blown2CV]

Jayzee said:

MarkwG said:

Dapster said:

Mystery green car?

I reckon VW Jetta -
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1GCEB_enGB81...

Renault 18?

think so yes

[Dapster]

Blown2CV said:

think so yes

The blue car in the foreground is an 18. We're talking about the green saloon tucked in next to the white Cortina. It does look like a Solara, although the Cortina seems gigantic next to it....

[Yertis]

I'm still going for a B2 80.

[Dapster]

Saw this in Dartmouth Park - early model CX Pallas in very good nick looking like a daily runner.



This is a familiar site to anyone in the Muswell Hill area - always out and about. Immaculate.

[RJG46]

Yertis said:

Bernie_78 said:

Didn't make the right life choices by Phil Brussee

Considering the impeccable styling credentials and the impact they made at the time, I think those Golfs can still be had for reasonable money.

That one would look better with the original wheels IMO.

Just spotted a bright yellow Testarossa in Fawkham. No pic sadly.

[Pothole]

js68 said:

A few from the Kop Hill Climb today

Another cracking event. One of my favourites.

My wife remarked that the little Innocenti was "so cute" and I'd forgotten how cool they were. Used to see loads in daily use when my parents lived in Rome in the early 80s. Rarely in as good nick as that example.

[Doofus]

Pothole said:

Another cracking event. One of my favourites.

My wife remarked that the little Innocenti was "so cute" and I'd forgotten how cool they were. Used to see loads in daily use when my parents lived in Rome in the early 80s. Rarely in as good nick as that example.

Unless I'm mistaken, that one will have said 'De Tomaso' on the back.

[RJG46]

Doofus said:

Pothole said:

Another cracking event. One of my favourites.

My wife remarked that the little Innocenti was "so cute" and I'd forgotten how cool they were. Used to see loads in daily use when my parents lived in Rome in the early 80s. Rarely in as good nick as that example.

Unless I'm mistaken, that one will have said 'De Tomaso' on the back.

Weren’t they also sold as the AutoBianchi A112, or was that a different car? Did an Arbarth version too.

The black car is an Innocenti, just done a reg check.

Edited by RJG46 on Wednesday 19th September 15:06

[Elderly]

I don't like it, but I suppose it's 'cool' .