COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[Yertis]

Doofus said:

Concours grr.

A concourse is a large open area in or in front of a building.

Concours events usually take place on a concourse, of course.

[Doofus]

Yertis said:

Doofus said:

Concours grr.

A concourse is a large open area in or in front of a building.

Concours events usually take place on a concourse, of course.

Or in a field

[generationx]

Doofus said:

Yertis said:

Doofus said:

Concours grr.

A concourse is a large open area in or in front of a building.

Concours events usually take place on a concourse, of course.

Or in a field

Sorry Doof', should know better!

[Doofus]

generationx said:

Sorry Doof', should know better!

Yes, you should.

[Shezbo]

dinkel said:

An August 2019 spot:

You gotta love this immaculate Jensen C-V8.


The interior... OMG, all new and a true palace. This car has won its prices.


Chrysler Hemi power is super smooth and no match for any other period Yank V8.

Classy car, a proper gentleman's express, with reliable V8 power.
How good must these have been, when introduced, compared to the other cars of the period?

I think a better choice of car (now and back then) than over hyped Aston Martin's and Jags of the same year?

[ivanhoew]

that may not be a hemi , seems to lack the broad rocker covers.

[uk66fastback]

I've seen a few CV8s down the years, ranging from concours examples at the NEC (that come and go on a trailer) to a few beaten up ones in the 80s - one I knew sat under a tree for years and eventually sold for hardly anything - a few hundred quid.

I've always liked the slightly 'odd' look of them. And of course The Baron drove one ...

[Rumblestripe]

Micro car 3 wheeler on B6275 (Roman Dere Street) near Darlington. Rotten photograph, Bond?

[52classic]

Yes, Indeed. A Bond Minicar. Oh how we used to travel! Single cylinder Villiers engine which turned with the steering, mounted via motor cycle front forks under the bonnet. Experts will correct but just 197cc AIRC.

[DickyC]

Rumblestripe said:

Micro car 3 wheeler on B6275 (Roman Dere Street) near Darlington. Rotten photograph, Bond?

We're now even, Moneypenny. You were a rotten shot in Skyfall.

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52classic said:

Yes, Indeed. A Bond Minicar. Oh how we used to travel! Single cylinder Villiers engine which turned with the steering, mounted via motor cycle front forks under the bonnet. Experts will correct but just 197cc AIRC.

An aunt of mine had one. Yup - 197cc Villiers twostroke. No reverse gear so could be driven on a bike license and since it was under 250cc a provisional license was okay apparently.
Its neat trick was that the engine would happily start and run backwards. ISTR it had two sets of points to facilitate this.
So no reverse gear but could still go astern, so within the letter of the rules if not the spirit.

[Dan Singh]

uk66fastback said:

I've seen a few CV8s down the years, ranging from concours examples at the NEC (that come and go on a trailer) to a few beaten up ones in the 80s - one I knew sat under a tree for years and eventually sold for hardly anything - a few hundred quid.

I've always liked the slightly 'odd' look of them. And of course The Baron drove one ...

This set looks familiar, maybe used in an episode of the Saint....

[uk66fastback]

Dan Singh said:

This set looks familiar, maybe used in an episode of the Saint....

All filmed at the studios at Elstree ... like a lot of the series back then, so no wonder it looks familiar!

[P5BNij]

uk66fastback said:

Dan Singh said:

This set looks familiar, maybe used in an episode of the Saint....

All filmed at the studios at Elstree ... like a lot of the series back then, so no wonder it looks familiar!

The backlot was used in The Saint, The Baron, The Champions, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) and Departmant S amongst others, one week it was a posh London street the next it was a grubby part of East Berlin...

[john2443]

Taken from the Trent and Mersey Canal

[anonymous-user]

Lovely fintail

[Hugo a Gogo]

ivanhoew said:

that may not be a hemi , seems to lack the broad rocker covers.

hemis have plug leads going into the middle of the rocker cover

[psi310398]

john2443 said:

Taken from the Trent and Mersey Canal

Well, I hope they put them back!

[ivanhoew]

Hugo a Gogo said:

hemis have plug leads going into the middle of the rocker cover

yup , i think that the chrysler 383 maybe.

[TR4man]

psi310398 said:

john2443 said:

Taken from the Trent and Mersey Canal

Well, I hope they put them back!

Ha ha, very good!