COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[DickyC]

In Shadycombe car park in Salcombe. A very jovial chap at the helm.

[Ardennes92]

Last pride and joy meet of 2018 at High Ercall last night (unless you include Boxing Day!)

[Ardennes92]

And more

[Escort3500]

Like that Kadett.

[aeropilot]

Ardennes92 said:

AEC Matador

Built about 2 miles from where I grew up, and also the vehicle my Dad first learnt to drive on when in the Army.

[S47]

Spotted being used on my recent travels:>
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Yank Tanks

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Cortinas - Love the Lotus Steels on the mk1 GT - the mk2 Lotus has krappy replica alloys which totally spoil it IMO
What do you lot reckon?

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These 2 Must have had a discount on the paint


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Two nice red 'uns

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Finally

[aeropilot]

S47 said:

the mk2 Lotus has krappy replica alloys which totally spoil it IMO
What do you lot reckon?

Agree, and given the value of these things, the small extra cost of a pukka set of Minilites (even a pukka set of new made alloy versions) over a set of bad repro's is a small price to pay to put the finishing touch to a lovely car.

[V8s ONLY]

xtreme ant said:

Spotted in Newcastle u Lyme last week

That’s a friend of mine driving the XK150, he doesn’t own it but has been lent it by the owner for a couple of weeks, and took me for a blast in it to Wales a couple of weeks ago. It is a very nice car and has been local all of it’s life (Stoke-on-Trent)

[Elderly]

V8s ONLY said:

xtreme ant said:

Spotted in Newcastle u Lyme last week

That’s a friend of mine driving the XK150, he doesn’t own it but has been lent it by the owner for a couple of weeks, and took me for a blast in it to Wales a couple of weeks ago. It is a very nice car and has been local all of it’s life (Stoke-on-Trent)

Tell him that his OSR (brake?) light is not working.

[Dapster]

Ardennes92 said:

And more

Sunbeam Lotus!!!

Far right of frame next to the fella kneeling down. I'm sure it is!

[droopsnoot]

Dapster said:

Sunbeam Lotus!!!

Far right of frame next to the fella kneeling down. I'm sure it is!

There is one in the first image from the set, next to a red Mk1 Escort, so you're probably correct. Look in the top left of the first photo, there's a black modern 4x4 / SUV, then the Sunbeam, then the Escort.

[2172cc]

droopsnoot said:

Dapster said:

Sunbeam Lotus!!!

Far right of frame next to the fella kneeling down. I'm sure it is!

There is one in the first image from the set, next to a red Mk1 Escort, so you're probably correct. Look in the top left of the first photo, there's a black modern 4x4 / SUV, then the Sunbeam, then the Escort.

Blimey, you've got good eyes to have spotted that. Unfortunately it wasn't my car .

[Ardennes92]

aeropilot said:

Ardennes92 said:

AEC Matador

Built about 2 miles from where I grew up, and also the vehicle my Dad first learnt to drive on when in the Army.

It lives near montford bridge, bought as a chassis/cab in 06 I think he said and found the body in 14, just finished refurb with his son and a mate; still trying to trace its history so wasn't sure if it had seen any action

[Ardennes92]

aeropilot said:

S47 said:

the mk2 Lotus has krappy replica alloys which totally spoil it IMO
What do you lot reckon?

Agree, and given the value of these things, the small extra cost of a pukka set of Minilites (even a pukka set of new made alloy versions) over a set of bad repro's is a small price to pay to put the finishing touch to a lovely car.

Thought pukka minilites were made in magnesium, would fancy using any that old; company still about though so you can still get genuine minilites alloys, maybe even pukka new if you ask nicely

[aeropilot]

Ardennes92 said:

Thought pukka minilites were made in magnesium, would fancy using any that old; company still about though so you can still get genuine minilites alloys, maybe even pukka new if you ask nicely

Err, that's what I wrote, pukka new made alloy ones. They still do make new magnesium ones as well in small batches, but they are a tad expensive

The new made in alloy are not that much than a set of 'lookalike' alloys, so I just don't see the point in buying lookalike, when you can the real thing.
I ran a set of 1970's era made magnesium Minilites on my Sunbeam-Lotus through the late 80's and all through the 90's and they were fine after a careful refurb, and they hardly lost any air, so had not gone porous.

[Yertis]

S47 said:

Utter pedant mode - that Quattro should onlu have the black ‘Audi’ and ‘quattro’ badges. Not the rings.

I always wanted a Tornado Red Quattro, I think it’s their best colour.

[Dapster]

Yertis said:

S47 said:

Utter pedant mode - that Quattro should onlu have the black ‘Audi’ and ‘quattro’ badges. Not the rings.

I always wanted a Tornado Red Quattro, I think it’s their best colour.

Quite right. An '85 quattro should look like this



If you want rings, you need a 20v version with no script and only rings (though they should be chrome not black)!!

[Bustedmattress]

Elderly said:

V8s ONLY said:

xtreme ant said:

Spotted in Newcastle u Lyme last week

That’s a friend of mine driving the XK150, he doesn’t own it but has been lent it by the owner for a couple of weeks, and took me for a blast in it to Wales a couple of weeks ago. It is a very nice car and has been local all of it’s life (Stoke-on-Trent)

Tell him that his OSR (brake?) light is not working.

I had assumed that he was indicating left. That would be how my Healey would present from behind assuming foot was off the brake and the shot was taken mid flash anyway. I can’t believe I am getting into this debate. Lovely car by the way and in my homeland. Double win.

[S47]

Yertis & Dapster
Sorry about the Red Audi lads - No need to get so pedantic over it - after all its only an old tintop - and I'm not into my tintops = to me they're just old shopping trolleys
BUT your point is noted I won't be posting any more pics of old AUDI's herein
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Here's 2 more old shopping trolleys
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Wonder whether the Ford pedants can find any faults with the XR3

[Yertis]

But we like being pedantic

For the benefit of Daps, the MB-series Quattro had Audi / OOOO / quattro