COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[Earthdweller]

XOcette said:

Dapster said:

Lovely '65 1200cc Fulvia in the spring sunshine today

That's lovely, and the colour really suits it.

Bugger bugger bugger … Every time I see one I want to cry … a mate of mine offered me one for £400 back in around 1989 and I was living in a flat in the east end at the time and had nowhere to keep it. It was a red one though not as lovely as this one mind

I’d have that in a flash what are they now £25k ?

[BananaFama]

XOcette said:

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FIAT 132 ,haven't seen one of these for a long time , although I see the pic was posted by a resident of New Zealand so maybe the climate or lack of salty ? roads helps down there ?

[Turbobanana]

85Carrera said:

Turbobanana said:

lukeharding said:

The last thing I'd do with a three-wheeler (apart from get in it) is raise the CoG.

I think you’re being harsh. Who was it said every car looks better with minilites? They would have been right but for the roof box

I wonder if the front one is a Minilite...

[P5BNij]

nicanary said:

Wasn't there a BMC colour like that called Limeflower?

Yes but it was darker than the Fiesta Yellow with more green in it...

[Maxdecel]

P5BNij said:

nicanary said:

Wasn't there a BMC colour like that called Limeflower?

Yes but it was darker than the Fiesta Yellow with more green in it...

That looks like Harvest Gold to me

[Yertis]

Dapster said:

Lovely '65 1200cc Fulvia in the spring sunshine today

Also lovely that it’s not restomodded to like like a ralky car - I particularly like the wheels.

[nicanary]

This is the google image picture of limeflower.

[Maxdecel]

nicanary said:

This is the google image picture of limeflower.

That's what I had in mind.

[P5BNij]

Maxdecel said:

nicanary said:

This is the google image picture of limeflower.

That's what I had in mind.

A mate of mine had a Limeflower 1275GT and I'm sure it was darker than that. Old age / mind playing tricks maybe...

[Maxdecel]

P5BNij said:

A mate of mine had a Limeflower 1275GT and I'm sure it was darker than that. Old age / mind playing tricks maybe...

Not alone there, I was sure it was called Lime ????? gave up on my memory and sure enough I was wrong !

[TR4man]

M6 Toll today.

[bongtom]

De-badged?
Looks like a Vitesse.

I had a 2300. Terrible engine great big comfortable car, although probably not that big compared to moderns.

[Doofus]

bongtom said:

De-badged?
Looks like a Vitesse.

No rear spoiler.
Doesn't look like a Vitesse.

[XOcette]

BananaFama said:

FIAT 132 ,haven't seen one of these for a long time , although I see the pic was posted by a resident of New Zealand so maybe the climate or lack of salty ? roads helps down there ?

Yep, much friendlier climate (unless you live right next to the beach) & no salt on the roads.

[bongtom]

Doofus said:

bongtom said:

De-badged?
Looks like a Vitesse.

No rear spoiler.
Doesn't look like a Vitesse.

Vanden Plas then.

Whatever. The shape has really grown on me, not that I disliked them originally. They look really very cool now.

[Dapster]

TR4man said:

M6 Toll today.

I think the black badge strip and those alloys mean it's an "S" trim level - either a 2300 or 2600. The SEs had a silver badge strip and I thought the VDP had cross spokes. The hanging exhaust always used to bother me - WHY COULDN'T THEY FIND A NEATER SOLOUTION!!!!




EDIT:

I'm talking twaddle. Side rubbing strips mean it probably is a VDP which I do remember also came with those flat alloys (in a shade of grey I seem to recall)? 70/80s BL isn't my thing I'm afraid

Edited by Dapster on Wednesday 1st March 09:06

[Escort3500]

Have to agree about the exhaust - so clumsy and shouldn’t have been difficult for BL to resolve. Lovely design otherwise, and has dated well

[rolando]

Escort3500 said:

Have to agree about the exhaust - so clumsy and shouldn’t have been difficult for BL to resolve. Lovely design otherwise, and has dated well

I owned a 2600 for a while. Horrid.
Edited to add: especially when it replaced a P6 2200TC which I wish I still had.

[P5BNij]

bongtom said:

De-badged?
Looks like a Vitesse.

I had a 2300. Terrible engine great big comfortable car, although probably not that big compared to moderns.

My mate's 2600, it still looks a big car in traffic...

[Turbobanana]

Escort3500 said:

Have to agree about the exhaust - so clumsy and shouldn’t have been difficult for BL to resolve. Lovely design otherwise, and has dated well

While I agree, it's good to remember that exhausts were just exhausts on most cars back then. Nobody really considered them as a styling feature in the way we do now.