COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[GTRene]

CHLEMCBC said:

No picture as we were bowling along the Autobahn, but on my 9 country Euro jaunt in September I spent a very pleasant few kilometres leapfrogging a beautifully preserved, or possibly restored BMW 503

Very much like this one, although it was a darker, non-metallic blue, but with the same colour interior. Happily doing 130+kmh and looking fabulous!

a lovely machine indeed, almost Italian lines, its not really small.

I guess thats why I like the Fiat 1600S Osca even more for proportions, also look like the door lines, no straight cut/corner, and the little bulge behind the door, what a lovely design.

[CHLEMCBC]

GTRene said:

a lovely machine indeed, almost Italian lines, its not really small.

I had never seen one up close before and was a bit surprised at the size.

[Stick Legs]

Isimmo said:

Grenoble, last Tuesday evening- quietly sitting in the town centre car park. Looked lovely.

I love yellow lights.
They just make stuff look cooler, despite them not actually being period correct for an E36.

EU headlights were harmonised between 1992-1993, so that E36 M3 misses out.

If I had a French car of the period I’d have yellow bulbs.

[wjs1968]

GTRene said:

a lovely machine indeed, almost Italian lines, its not really small.

I guess thats why I like the Fiat 1600S Osca even more for proportions, also look like the door lines, no straight cut/corner, and the little bulge behind the door, what a lovely design.

I love the Fiat 1600S Osca - anything Pininfarina from that era in fact - currently lusting after 404 coupes....

[adamInca]

This was unexpected

[adamInca]

Few more from the States

[Doofus]

adamInca said:

This was unexpected

Manta Mirage. Chevvy small block.

Not a McLaren.

[adamInca]

Doofus said:

Manta Mirage. Chevvy small block.

Not a McLaren.

Thanks, I did wonder, still sounded pretty good. Looks like it was built back in 1975, so certainly not new.

Found this which gives a nice view of the interior https://www.instagram.com/p/DJzUp36A7iP/

[21st Century Man]

Yertis said:

Turbobanana said:

I lost half an hour this morning Googling the Leyland National.

Apparently the roof pod contained the heating and ventilation system. Except where it was absent, which occurred when the buses featured under seat heating.

There were also 3 wheelbases available, which I never knew. And Michelotti did design it, according to Wikipedia.

Leyland?

[GTRene]

wjs1968 said:

GTRene said:

a lovely machine indeed, almost Italian lines, its not really small.

I guess thats why I like the Fiat 1600S Osca even more for proportions, also look like the door lines, no straight cut/corner, and the little bulge behind the door, what a lovely design.

I love the Fiat 1600S Osca - anything Pininfarina from that era in fact - currently lusting after 404 coupes....

also lovely, same sort style Pininfarina he made some lovely designs

[Schmeeky]

All I know is that she's a '59 Alvis with a 3L engine. She sounded lovely driving past, and parked up just up the road so I was able to get some pictures. Didn't get a chance to talk with the owner sadly.

[Still Mulling]

That looks very classy.

[Master Bean]

A 3.3 930 911 Turbo. Posting in 2 threads to keep both the supercar and classic car fans happy.

[DickyC]

Schmeeky said:

All I know is that she's a '59 Alvis with a 3L engine. She sounded lovely driving past, and parked up just up the road so I was able to get some pictures. Didn't get a chance to talk with the owner sadly.

I found some lenses for those very rear lights in the shed earlier. Lucas L548. How's that for a coincidence?

Slightly off topic.

That's true.

[uk66fastback]

1954 Standard Ambulance in unrestored condition … lives just down the road from me, but I’ve seen it maybe only half a dozen times in the last decade …

[Dan Singh]

DickyC said:

Schmeeky said:

All I know is that she's a '59 Alvis with a 3L engine. She sounded lovely driving past, and parked up just up the road so I was able to get some pictures. Didn't get a chance to talk with the owner sadly.

I found some lenses for those very rear lights in the shed earlier. Lucas L548. How's that for a coincidence?

Slightly off topic.

That's true.

Those rear lamps were also fitted to early DB4s as well, were they not?

[markymarkthree]

uk66fastback said:

1954 Standard Ambulance in unrestored condition lives just down the road from me, but I ve seen it maybe only half a dozen times in the last decade

What an ugly brute.
Love it.

[DickyC]

Dan Singh said:

DickyC said:

Schmeeky said:

All I know is that she's a '59 Alvis with a 3L engine. She sounded lovely driving past, and parked up just up the road so I was able to get some pictures. Didn't get a chance to talk with the owner sadly.

I found some lenses for those very rear lights in the shed earlier. Lucas L548. How's that for a coincidence?

Slightly off topic.

That's true.

Those rear lamps were also fitted to early DB4s as well, were they not?

Aston Martin DB4 and DB 2/4 Mk III, Alvis TD21, and some special-bodied Rolls-Royce and Bentley models. I think the Warwick/Peerless had them, too. The mid-50s Humber Hawk had them but with different lens colours.

ETA and the DB4GT.

I'll probably be adding to the list all day.

Edited by DickyC on Saturday 18th October 08:19

[some bloke]

Master Bean said:

A 3.3 930 911 Turbo. Posting in 2 threads to keep both the supercar and classic car fans happy.

I was working in a 5-star hotel in Sydney 1991-93 when something very similar to that appeared on the driveway while its occupants had lunch. It was a stunning thing back then, and still is. It belonged to a stock broker who later did time for insider trading.

[Yertis]

uk66fastback said:

1954 Standard Ambulance in unrestored condition lives just down the road from me, but I ve seen it maybe only half a dozen times in the last decade

That, if I'm not mistaken, is Archie the Ambulance.

(Only Tootles fans will know what I'm on about)