COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[bigothunter]

uk66fastback said:

Here s a few from today

Austin A35 pick up - only 477 made according to Wiki. G reg though, which looks a bit strange - registered in March 1969 - so a VERY late one.

That's an Austin 1/2 ton pick-up based on the A55. Also they were marketed as Morris 1/2 ton pick-ups.

[Rumdoodle]

V12 Migaloo said:

Dapster said:

bolidemichael said:

Great spot - majestic car. Esp in V8 Vantage form. Also spotted here in Paris - would have been a nice drive down

loving the bug splattered front end.... he must've got all of 13MPG...

Is that the same car? The first post doesn't look like it has the big arches.

[Johnspex]

bigothunter said:

uk66fastback said:

Here s a few from today

Austin A35 pick up - only 477 made according to Wiki. G reg though, which looks a bit strange - registered in March 1969 - so a VERY late one.

That's an Austin 1/2 ton pick-up based on the A55. Also they were marketed as Morris 1/2 ton pick-ups.

One of those 1/2 tonners wrote off my first car on the Heathrow roundabout in 1971.
It was a B registration Minivan. No speedo, no fuel gauge and the battery was loose. It had a push button starter on the floor. He was behind me as we waited for a gap to pull onto the roundabout, he thought I’d gone when I hadn’t. When I got out the back doors were about halfway down the van. It was the first time I’d ever sworn at someone I didn’t know. Anyway, he gave me a phone number, address, and his name and went our separate ways. It was only when I got home that I realised the name he’d given was Albert Hall!
Of course my dad told me that was the last we’d hear about it but later that evening his boss rang and he sent a cheque for the full value the next day. £70!
A couple of days later i was driving around in a 1957 pink and cream pre-lowline Mk2 Consul.
I hate those 1/2 tonners.

[Stick Legs]

Rumdoodle said:

V12 Migaloo said:

Dapster said:

bolidemichael said:

Great spot - majestic car. Esp in V8 Vantage form. Also spotted here in Paris - would have been a nice drive down

loving the bug splattered front end.... he must've got all of 13MPG...

Is that the same car? The first post doesn't look like it has the big arches.

No it’s not.

The top picture is definitely not a Vantage Valonte with the body kit.
They were available as the (cringe) PoW ‘Prince of Wales’ Vantage Valonte without the body kit but all the other mods done.

Supposedly the plate could have been legitimately changed between pictures, and the concept of someone owning multiple Aston V8’s isn’t beyond comprehension.

There used to a be a couple of Aston Martins local to me that wore the same private plate.

I can’t think why you’d risk the hassle from the law to do such a thing, vanity works in strange ways though.

[Doofus]

Stick Legs said:

I can t think why you d risk the hassle from the law to do such a thing, vanity works in strange ways though.

I head in a podcast recently that, because the fine for wearing the wrong plates is so low, some wealthy people just get whatever plate they want made, and stick it on their car, even though they don't own the registration number.

[DickyC]

Stick Legs said:

No it s not.

The top picture is definitely not a Vantage Valonte with the body kit.
They were available as the (cringe) PoW Prince of Wales Vantage Volante without the body kit but all the other mods done.

Prince of Wales spec! Of course! I always thought Prisoner of War spec seemed odd.

[Jader1973]

I went to the Melbourne Motor Show today. It was mainly Chinese EV tat but there were some proper cars.

I ve never seen one of these in the flesh


Blown Holden


Minty F40 (sold for US$1.8 million in 2024)

Edited by Jader1973 on Friday 10th April 11:37

[Harry Flashman]

Martin350 said:

V12 Migaloo said:

loving the bug splattered front end.... he must've got all of 13MPG...

I once passengered in a 1968 Pontiac Firebird 400 H.O. (6.6 litre, high output) which had been tweaked a bit to roughly 500bhp.

When I asked the owner of that what mileage he got from it he casually replied "About 6 or 7 mpg".

My tweaked 1969 427 Camaro gets under 10. Worth it.

[generationx]

Dapster said:

bolidemichael said:

uk66fastback said:

Here s a few from today


Two more BMs

Wow, what a colour on that 6er. I feel as though I should know what that's called.

The period correct colour nearest to that would be Topas Braun I think. The car seems to have a strange E28 5 series bumper with the additional lights

Topasbraun

Edited by Dapster on Friday 10th April 00:39

Plus later (E39?} 5-Series wheels by the look of it?

[V12 Migaloo]

Harry Flashman said:

Martin350 said:

V12 Migaloo said:

loving the bug splattered front end.... he must've got all of 13MPG...

I once passengered in a 1968 Pontiac Firebird 400 H.O. (6.6 litre, high output) which had been tweaked a bit to roughly 500bhp.

When I asked the owner of that what mileage he got from it he casually replied "About 6 or 7 mpg".

My tweaked 1969 427 Camaro gets under 10. Worth it.

Yes it is, I did both tanks in a little over 17 minutes once... I've dined out on that a few times....

[some bloke]

bigothunter said:

That's an Austin 1/2 ton pick-up based on the A55. Also they were marketed as Morris 1/2 ton pick-ups.

I had a van like that in NZ in the mid 90s. I think it was a 73 model, and came with a crank handle that I used to start it sometimes for a laugh.

[uk66fastback]

Johnspex said:

bigothunter said:

uk66fastback said:

Here s a few from today

Austin A35 pick up - only 477 made according to Wiki. G reg though, which looks a bit strange - registered in March 1969 - so a VERY late one.

That's an Austin 1/2 ton pick-up based on the A55. Also they were marketed as Morris 1/2 ton pick-ups.

One of those 1/2 tonners wrote off my first car on the Heathrow roundabout in 1971.
It was a B registration Minivan. No speedo, no fuel gauge and the battery was loose. It had a push button starter on the floor. He was behind me as we waited for a gap to pull onto the roundabout, he thought I d gone when I hadn t. When I got out the back doors were about halfway down the van. It was the first time I d ever sworn at someone I didn t know. Anyway, he gave me a phone number, address, and his name and went our separate ways. It was only when I got home that I realised the name he d given was Albert Hall!
Of course my dad told me that was the last we d hear about it but later that evening his boss rang and he sent a cheque for the full value the next day. £70!
A couple of days later i was driving around in a 1957 pink and cream pre-lowline Mk2 Consul.
I hate those 1/2 tonners.

Lazy by me that was - A35 indeed. I thought at the time it looked 'big' for one of the small Austins. My grandad had one in the 1960s for driving round his farm in - a mushroom colour from memory. He used to sit us kids on the tailgate and off we would chug.

[Dapster]

Jader1973 said:

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Minty F40 (sold for US$1.8 million in 2024)

Sale details here including interesting blurb on how it came to be "minty"

https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo24/lots/r0157-19...

[GTRene]

what a difference a color makes, I do like the color, but the magic aggressive is gone so it looks, very strange to my eyes, I see the same car but it gives the Barby vibes as in sweet, not tough?

Red look aggressive and sporty but a bit boring Red, black one looks fantastic.

yes this blue-ish also, but so difference in looks, I did not expect to be honest.

[Stick Legs]

If I ever get to go F40 shopping this is the colour for me!

Edited by Stick Legs on Friday 10th April 20:53

[GTRene]

wow, nice example indeed.

[Martin350]

V12 Migaloo said:

Harry Flashman said:

Martin350 said:

V12 Migaloo said:

loving the bug splattered front end.... he must've got all of 13MPG...

I once passengered in a 1968 Pontiac Firebird 400 H.O. (6.6 litre, high output) which had been tweaked a bit to roughly 500bhp.

When I asked the owner of that what mileage he got from it he casually replied "About 6 or 7 mpg".

My tweaked 1969 427 Camaro gets under 10. Worth it.

Yes it is, I did both tanks in a little over 17 minutes once... I've dined out on that a few times....

[Doofus]

Just seen this lovely Lynx.

Not my photo, obvs.

[Sardonicus]

Harry Flashman said:

Martin350 said:

V12 Migaloo said:

loving the bug splattered front end.... he must've got all of 13MPG...

I once passengered in a 1968 Pontiac Firebird 400 H.O. (6.6 litre, high output) which had been tweaked a bit to roughly 500bhp.

When I asked the owner of that what mileage he got from it he casually replied "About 6 or 7 mpg".

My tweaked 1969 427 Camaro gets under 10. Worth it.

Big Block rule book single digit like you say worth it

[Venisonpie]

These two were casually street parked about 100yds from one another in North Acton.