COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[Zener]

Mr Tidy said:

I can relate to that, but it obviously needed major work and it does seem a bit pointless to only half restore it once it is in bits!

That's my dream model E-Type, but ideally in Red (like the Corgi model my mate had when I was in primary school).

Its been saved and that means a lot, and unlikely to reach poor condition like the 1st pics anytime soon I like what they have done with it

[LotusOmega375D]

P5BNij said:

Odd, it looks distinctly like a taller 2+2 in side profile when it goes past my house...!

The 2+2 has a thick strip of chrome trim running below the side window line, which I think was a design trick to try and disguise the additional height of roof line and door glass. The doors on the 2+2 are obviously much longer as well. I am sure that’s a 2 seater FHC.

[Gompo]

For some reason this one doesn't check out on any 'Registration Check' type websites, I believe it's a 2.5, one of 118 according to Wikipedia

[droopsnoot]

Gompo said:

For some reason this one doesn't check out on any 'Registration Check' type websites, I believe it's a 2.5, one of 118 according to Wikipedia

Seems OK to me:

[Gompo]

droopsnoot said:

Seems OK to me:

That will be because despite studying the number plate, I was convinced it started with an 'O'. Thanks!

[DickyC]

Gompo said:

droopsnoot said:

Seems OK to me:

That will be because despite studying the number plate, I was convinced it started with an 'O'. Thanks!

Oh, you!

[dandarez]

Not seen a 60s car on the road locally for a while, then two come along.
Spotted last Friday (Corsair) and today at traff. lights (Plymouth)

[dandarez]

Gompo said:

For some reason this one doesn't check out on any 'Registration Check' type websites, I believe it's a 2.5, one of 118 according to Wikipedia

Like the colour - anyone guess what it is? No, I don't know.

Brings back memories of mine.

[A993LAD]

A couple of my favourites from the Black Swan meet in Surrey yesterday...............

[lukeharding]

Spotted this little '02 over the weekend, along with a broken down GT6 and an XR4x4

[P5BNij]

dandarez said:

Gompo said:

For some reason this one doesn't check out on any 'Registration Check' type websites, I believe it's a 2.5, one of 118 according to Wikipedia

Like the colour - anyone guess what it is? No, I don't know.

Brings back memories of mine.

The colour looks very similar to BMC's Sandy Beige as used on Mk2 Mini saloons and Coopers (1967-69) or Antelope as used on Mk3 Cooper Ss (1970-71)

[generationx]

P5BNij said:

The colour looks very similar to BMC's Sandy Beige as used on Mk2 Mini saloons and Coopers (1967-69) or Antelope as used on Mk3 Cooper Ss (1970-71)

Or Ford's Sahara Beige which I was priviledged enough to have on a Mk1 Fiesta of '82(?) vintage.

[Dapster]

A993LAD said:

A couple of my favourites from the Black Swan meet in Surrey yesterday...............

Coune MGB just ahead

[Dapster]

Now I loved this - subtly lowered as well



Nice car 'n plate combo

[tog]

Lovely two-tone Silver Shadow in the Stonehenge car park last week. It looked surprisingly dainty among the 4x4s and MPVs.

[bolidemichael]

Dapster said:

Nice car 'n plate combo

That's a nice selection - the SAAB looks great and the area strangely familiar...

However, I can't stop revisiting the colour on that 928... it's lovely.

[Dapster]

bolidemichael said:

That's a nice selection - the SAAB looks great and the area strangely familiar...

However, I can't stop revisiting the colour on that 928... it's lovely.

Saab spotted on the Finchley Road. Had a nice rasp and a small "Abbott Racing" badge.

I think the 928 is Cobalt Blue?

[tog]

The Saab is great, and the 928 is the only Porsche I've ever really wanted. Formative years watching Risky Business probably. There was a someone at school whose parents would sometimes turn up in a Porsche with an appropriate plate - I remember seeing THE 944S and I think THE 911S also. I don't know if they were his or if they were press cars.

[aeropilot]

generationx said:

P5BNij said:

The colour looks very similar to BMC's Sandy Beige as used on Mk2 Mini saloons and Coopers (1967-69) or Antelope as used on Mk3 Cooper Ss (1970-71)

Or Ford's Sahara Beige which I was priviledged enough to have on a Mk1 Fiesta of '82(?) vintage.

My 1975 Mk3 Cortina 2.0GT was Sahara Beige (in between the rust patches ) and it had a brown vinyl roof......

[Zener]

aeropilot said:

My 1975 Mk3 Cortina 2.0GT was Sahara Beige (in between the rust patches ) and it had a brown vinyl roof......

Awful bloody colour my mate had a 79 Capri 1.6 in this shade he had it repainted red and it transformed it