COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[Mark A S]

Master Bean said:

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

Lovely My Dad had this 4sp 3.3 turbo back in the early 80's, it was other worldly back then. A series of 4 rushes, wonderful fun to drive.
I used to "borrow" it when M & D went on Hols

[MDMA .]

Master Bean said:

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

Mate had a couple of Supersports in for repair a bit ago (Turbo body).


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[4rephill]

MDMA . said:

Great to see these Ferrari's out and about being driven! - Far too many just sit in storage as investments

Great to see a 250 GTE especially - Over the years they have been getting rarer and rarer as people lift the body's off, to use them as the basis of 250 GTO "recreations"

I suspect the drivetrain from this 250 GTE: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/136470066369?_skw=ferra... , ended up in a 250 GTO "recreation"

[uk66fastback]

some bloke said:

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.

Back in the late 70s there was a shop called MAYS CARPETS in Abingdon, up near where Tescos is now, but a few years before it was built. The owner had a metallic blue Turbo - P reg, so 76ish. As s spotty yoof, boy did I lust after that car! You hardly saw cars like that back then … especially outside that London …

[loughran]

Out for a drive in the Lot, there was a TR7 a 2CV, A DS, an early Jag and this sweet thing, having a day out.



A1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale ?

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loughran said:

Out for a drive in the Lot, there was a TR7 a 2CV, A DS, an early Jag and this sweet thing, having a day out.



A1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale ?

Lovely.
My grandmother had one when I was a wee boy. It must have been virtually new at the time.
Cool granny or what? She was a proper petrolhead.
When she passed away at 89 she still owned a Lancia Beta coupé. I had the sad task of clearing it out and driving it to the garage to be sold.
I have owned two Betas myself and they were the only front drive cars I ever really gelled with.
But the Alfa is

[Turbobanana]

loughran said:

Out for a drive in the Lot, there was a TR7 a 2CV, A DS, an early Jag and this sweet thing, having a day out.



A1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale ?

Is that the one with leaf spring suspension?

[TCEvo]

MDMA said:

Great colour on that Daytona.

[DickyC]

In Severn View Services just now. The owner couldn't agree it was his daily as he doesn't drive every day now he's retired They explained that their other car, a 1974 Mini Clubman Estate with 'fake wood sides', is used more frequently but still not every day and is the most modern car they have.



Marvellous.

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[Isimmo]

DickyC said:

In Severn View Services just now. The owner couldn't agree it was his daily as he doesn't drive every day now he's retired They explained that their other car, a 1974 Mini Clubman Estate with 'fake wood sides', is used more frequently but still not every day and is the most modern car they have.



Marvellous.

We passed that on the A40 near Abergavenny, it was westbound. A splendid sight with the trailer. The headlights were all lit with auxiliary LED bulbs which was slightly incongruous.

[RicksAlfas]

Turbobanana said:

loughran said:

Out for a drive in the Lot, there was a TR7 a 2CV, A DS, an early Jag and this sweet thing, having a day out.



A1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale ?

Is that the one with leaf spring suspension?

No. Based on the 750/101 series. Pictures of rear suspension here:
https://classicalfa.com/750-101-spider-parts/rear-...

Great spot!

[Yertis]

Isimmo said:

DickyC said:

In Severn View Services just now. The owner couldn't agree it was his daily as he doesn't drive every day now he's retired They explained that their other car, a 1974 Mini Clubman Estate with 'fake wood sides', is used more frequently but still not every day and is the most modern car they have.



Marvellous.

We passed that on the A40 near Abergavenny, it was westbound. A splendid sight with the trailer. The headlights were all lit with auxiliary LED bulbs which was slightly incongruous.

I need to put LEDs in my Triumph too. The originals are pathetic, can hardly see beyond the bonnet. Thinking about putting them in the Quattro too - they’re not much better. Not sure whether its a. compared to modern LED headlights, b. drop-off in performance of old lamps and wiring, c. my aging eyes, or d. all of the foregoing.

[Turbobanana]

RicksAlfas said:

No. Based on the 750/101 series. Pictures of rear suspension here:
https://classicalfa.com/750-101-spider-parts/rear-...

Great spot!

I was referring to the autumnal fallout on the rear of the car. Sorry, assumed others would spot it.

[don logan]

Master Bean said:

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

My Dad had one of these in 1980 before he pinballed it across the armco of a sliproad of the M1

In my mind it was faster than any car I ve ever owned including a mapped R35 GTR but in reality they must be Civic Type R straight line performance?

I still think they look extraordinarily right (unlike the Civic)

Edited by don logan on Saturday 18th October 19:06

[RicksAlfas]

Turbobanana said:

RicksAlfas said:

No. Based on the 750/101 series. Pictures of rear suspension here:
https://classicalfa.com/750-101-spider-parts/rear-...

Great spot!

I was referring to the autumnal fallout on the rear of the car. Sorry, assumed others would spot it.

Sorry!! Dodgy eyes squinting at a phone. Didn’t spot it at all!

[Turbobanana]

RicksAlfas said:

Turbobanana said:

RicksAlfas said:

No. Based on the 750/101 series. Pictures of rear suspension here:
https://classicalfa.com/750-101-spider-parts/rear-...

Great spot!

I was referring to the autumnal fallout on the rear of the car. Sorry, assumed others would spot it.

Sorry!! Dodgy eyes squinting at a phone. Didn t spot it at all!

No worries

I think opinion is divided on the SS. Some feel it's a bit over-bodied, but I love it for its swoopy curves and because it's just so different. There was one at Auto Italia at Brands a while back, in black with red leather. Looked fantastic, IMO.

[moffspeed]

A good friend of mine is aware of my weakness for unreliable grp cars with pyrotechnic aspirations.

Hence he sent me a photo from his local pub meet.

So what is the unusual white 2 seater parked next to the Scimitar ?

Plate obscured so as to confound. Oh and the mystery car is aluminium-bodied, not grp.

Edited by moffspeed on Sunday 19th October 10:05

[DickyC]

MGA Mercante.

Rarer than a very rare thing.