COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[Doofus]

swisstoni said:

I also think there’s a massive sniffiness (if that’s a word) about whitewalls.
They often appeared on UK manufacturer’s display stands at car shows of the day so it’s not like they are the blasphemy that the concours rivet counters think they are.

I agree. But I think they make the E Type look Federal.

[21st Century Man]

There's a time and a place for white walls, and that's on a Deusenburg or an old scruffy Shadow, for the latter it has to be on one wheel only and missing a wheel trim. Bonus points for missing a bumper and torn Everflex too

[Yertis]

21st Century Man said:

There's a time and a place for white walls, and that's on a Deusenburg or an old scruffy Shadow, for the latter it has to be on one wheel only and missing a wheel trim. Bonus points for missing a bumper and torn Everflex too

Pure class.

[DickyC]

swisstoni said:

Harry Flashman said:

Beautiful in Brixton

It now seems fashionable on PH to say you don’t like E-Types.

Early two seat coupe, yes.

Everything else, no.

For myself, I am accustomed. For my friends, I cannot speak.

[Rob 131 Sport]

Dapster said:

generationx said:

Spotted while touring Bavaria this week:

What a spot! A very late model C2 Audi 100. It's the facelift with the white indicators and bigger lights, but for the last year of production it got the flatter wheel design and the "CL" badge for the lower spec model - so this is an 82 car the year before it was replaced by the aerodynamic C3.

However what makes this so rare is that it's a 2 door - very few were made and they were only sold in Germany.

My dad had a 4 door 1980 in silver.back in the day "YAA 256V"

My Dad had one of the last ones an October 1982 Audi 100 CS 5E (FMJ20Y). He bought it when it was a year old and it was a sort of sports model with a deeper front spoiler and alloy wheels. I actually saw it on the road about 10 years ago. I’ve always had a soft spot for Audi’s.

[Dan Singh]

[Dan Singh]

swisstoni said:

I also think there’s a massive sniffiness (if that’s a word) about whitewalls.
They often appeared on UK manufacturer’s display stands at car shows of the day so it’s not like they are the blasphemy that the concours rivet counters think they are.

My first MGB had whitewalls when I bought it. I thought it looked good, especially as virtually no other B on the road was thus equipped.
It all went wrong when the rears wore out and were replaced with standard black tyres.

[Dapster]

Yertis said:

21st Century Man said:

There's a time and a place for white walls, and that's on a Deusenburg or an old scruffy Shadow, for the latter it has to be on one wheel only and missing a wheel trim. Bonus points for missing a bumper and torn Everflex too

Pure class.

Absolutely - must also have an 80's Cellnet car phone between the front seats and be parked outside a flat roofed pub, bookie or scrap yard.

[droopsnoot]

[Rumblestripe]

droopsnoot said:

Funeral bouquet on the roof!

[Still Mulling]

droopsnoot said:

Oooh, is that a proper Turbo 2L Quadra? I always thought that they looked smart.

[TR4man]

A goddess in the local garden centre today.

[fourfoldroot]

This was at our local garden centre today. Looked very smart.

[droopsnoot]

[dandarez]

Not 'really old' cool classic, but both P prefix so over a quarter of a century. Where does the time go?

Spider and the Chim spotted within 200 yds of each other on consecutive days as I walk into town to grab my 'free' coffee in Waitrose.

[Doofus]

dandarez said:

God I hate those. One of the most ungainly designs ever, IMO.

Until they came up with the 4c.

[Harry Flashman]

swisstoni said:

Harry Flashman said:

Beautiful in Brixton

It now seems fashionable on PH to say you don’t like E-Types.

Well, I think they are beautiful.

If fawning over clapped out old Mercs whilst dissing the E-type (or getting sniffy about the latter wearing whitewalls) is the club norm, I'm very happy to not be a member.

[droopsnoot]

Somewhere in the distance...

[bumskins]

Doofus said:

dandarez said:

God I hate those. One of the most ungainly designs ever, IMO.

Until they came up with the 4c.

I always quite liked them, looked different to anything else on the road.

Was amazed when I drove one how much better it actually was than I expected it to be; nice quick steering, a 'close ratio' box with a nice long first and that twin spark lump which spun freely around to 7k rpm. Could carry good speed through the bends too with that wide track, though granted you could feel some wobble/flex if you really tried hustling it along a bumpy road.

[Doofus]

Not really 'spotted' but highly noteworthy.

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/pn23/high-speed...