COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[dinkel]

Google [bot] said:

GTRene said:

dinkel said:

This 914-6 was attractive.

I like those GT-6 look 914 cars, some have powerfull engines.

Agreed, I love them. I know of a worked 3.2 Carrera example, perfect, and such a great looking car.

These babies go like stink even with a 90 ps four in.

[vpr]

Harry Flashman said:

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.

I usually find it’s people that have driven a dog of an E that dislike them and continue to paint them all with the same brush.

A Series 1 or 2 that’s properly maintained is an incredibly capable car even with todays modern stuff. I hoon about everywhere in mine and it makes me giggle. Particularly when you consider they’re effectively over 60 years old now. Must have been a total sensation in the day.

My young son isn’t a major fan until he borrowed mine recently and is now totally smitten, he gets the hype

[vpr]

swisstoni said:

Doofus said:

swisstoni said:

Harry Flashman said:

Beautiful in Brixton

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

I've never really been a fan. Their axles are too short, and the one I procured for a client wasn't very comfortable.

But, I appreciate that others find them beuatiful, although with each successive series I think they got a bit clunkier, and it's easy to muck one up with stuff like white walls...

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 old S3 Commemorative which still had the original Dunlop white walls. On an S3 particularly with chrome steels I think it doesn’t get any better

[randomeddy]

I don't know if it is cool or amazing, certainly eye catching. Even my wife was amazed by it.

Buick Limited, apparently only 7500 made then discontinued.

[TR4man]

A fortnight ago at Spa, I was smitten by this little MG Midget which was parked in the inner track by the old pits.

First and only car since 1993!

Hopefully you can read the comments on the information board.

I found it quite fascinating.

[nicanary]

I can't read it. When did it change from square wheel arch to RWA ?

[Doofus]

nicanary said:

I can't read it. When did it change from square wheel arch to RWA ?

He says it had a 'refit' in 1996

[ToneyCaroney]

vpr said:

My old S3 Commemorative which still had the original Dunlop white walls. On an S3 particularly with chrome steels I think it doesn’t get any better

Were white walls standard fitment for the commemoratives then?

[vpr]

ToneyCaroney said:

vpr said:

My old S3 Commemorative which still had the original Dunlop white walls. On an S3 particularly with chrome steels I think it doesn’t get any better

Were white walls standard fitment for the commemoratives then?

Not standard but could be optioned.

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nicanary said:

I can't read it. When did it change from square wheel arch to RWA ?

From late 71 to sometime in 74, when they reverted to "square arch".
Personally I think the round arch does look nicer but most sources reckon the square arch gives a stiffer chassis.
My Midget is a 78 (Triumph 1500 engine) so has square arches. Converting to round is doable but I don't think I'll bother.

[ToneyCaroney]

vpr said:

Not standard but could be optioned.

Thanks.

[Escort3500]

Lovely pair of Astons at a local show on Sunday

[lukeharding]

[A993LAD]

This must surely count as a cool classic

Never seen one before in fact I never even knew they existed.

It is a 1960s Datsun Fair Lady.

[Rumblestripe]

A993LAD said:

This must surely count as a cool classic

Never seen one before in fact I never even knew they existed.

It is a 1960s Datsun Fair Lady.

Any passing resemblance to a product from Abingdon is entirely coincidental.

Probably

[yellowjack]

A couple from my MTB ride today...


1972 Series 3 V12 E-Type. Looked outwardly rather well kept, but on looking closer some of the panels look like they need a repaint.



1968 Riley Elf at the other end of the same road.

I regret not including a Mk3 Escort (on a 'C' plate) now. It wasn't meant to be a car-spotting day, so I hadn't got a picture of that one. Looked in good nick too, possibly a Ghia in that rather nice metallic pale blue they did back then.

[swisstoni]

yellowjack said:

A couple from my MTB ride today...


1972 Series 3 V12 E-Type. Looked outwardly rather well kept, but on looking closer some of the panels look like they need a repaint.



1968 Riley Elf at the other end of the same road.

I regret not including a Mk3 Escort (on a 'C' plate) now. It wasn't meant to be a car-spotting day, so I hadn't got a picture of that one. Looked in good nick too, possibly a Ghia in that rather nice metallic pale blue they did back then.

This particular model is the Doh! moment for the E-Type. The 2+2.

[TCEvo]

Escort3500 said:

Lovely pair of Astons at a local show on Sunday

Was that show near Leeds - think I saw the same cabrio Aston at a PFS in South Milford on Sunday morning (red E-Type S3 cab filling up at the same time).

[Escort3500]

TCEvo said:

Escort3500 said:

Lovely pair of Astons at a local show on Sunday

Was that show near Leeds - think I saw the same cabrio Aston at a PFS in South Milford on Sunday morning (red E-Type S3 cab filling up at the same time).

It was at Thornton le Dale (of B&C fame), so I suppose the Aston might have been en route when you saw it

[bumskins]

swisstoni said:

yellowjack said:

A couple from my MTB ride today...


1972 Series 3 V12 E-Type. Looked outwardly rather well kept, but on looking closer some of the panels look like they need a repaint.



1968 Riley Elf at the other end of the same road.

I regret not including a Mk3 Escort (on a 'C' plate) now. It wasn't meant to be a car-spotting day, so I hadn't got a picture of that one. Looked in good nick too, possibly a Ghia in that rather nice metallic pale blue they did back then.

This particular model is the Doh! moment for the E-Type. The 2+2.

Was going to say, being A) a V12, B) a 2+2 and C) having a Webasto certainly ticks some boxes, done well to find people through the years that loved it enough to make sure it survived.