COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[Harry Flashman]

Alvis, which was very cool and patinated (and Ferrari FF, which I have to say I love and is my "if I have money to burn" family fun car).

IMG_20201011_200630 by baconrashers, on Flickr

And not really a spot as this belongs to a friend. Austin Champ.

IMG_20201011_200740 by baconrashers, on Flickr

[Doofus]

Harry Flashman said:

Alvis, which was very cool and patinated (and Ferrari FF, which I have to say I love and is my "if I have money to burn" family fun car).

IMG_20201011_200630 by baconrashers, on Flickr

I'm amused by the sign on the front wall which, whilst it says "Car Park thataway", presumably means "Car park is round the back, unless you're a showoff."

[Rumblestripe]

Tesco Car Park Bishop Auckland, love the sun strip, less love for the number plate, but hey it's not my car!

Lovely nick didn't check the badges but it's a 2.0.

[Harry Flashman]

Doofus said:

I'm amused by the sign on the front wall which, whilst it says "Car Park thataway", presumably means "Car park is round the back, unless you're a showoff."

Car park was actually better for posing as in full view of the garden, where everyone was sitting today.

But it was also chock full.

[Dapster]

Couple of Pugs spotted over the weekend


Immaculate lhd 305 which has only done a couple of hundred kms in the last 3 years according to the MOT history.





And a very shabby 205 which is still MOTd but surely can't be long for this world. Another one behind but I couldn't get anything on that.

[LotusOmega375D]

That reminds me of a gentleman enthusiast we knew, who had a serious collection of classic exotics back around the time of the 1989 classic car market boom. He offered to take my brother and I to Silverstone for the Norwich Union Classic event. We were so excited! Whch car would he pick us up in? Surely it had to be the Ferrari 365GTC/4? Or what about his Maserati Kyalami? Both ideal for transporting 2 passengers. The worst case would have been his new Jaguar XJ6. So you can imagine our disappointment when he turned up in his wife’s tatty old white Peugeot 205 diesel....

[Blown2CV]

4rephill said:

lukeharding said:

One from yesterday

Hopefully the driver got a parking ticket for failing to pay for the second space it was using - Absolutely sh!t: "oh my car is soooo precious!" parking!

to be fair, that space has a weird kerb encroaching on at at the front that means the car doesn't look like it would fit properly. He could have just parked in another one of the million empty spots though.

[lukeharding]

Blown2CV said:

4rephill said:

lukeharding said:

One from yesterday

Hopefully the driver got a parking ticket for failing to pay for the second space it was using - Absolutely sh!t: "oh my car is soooo precious!" parking!

to be fair, that space has a weird kerb encroaching on at at the front that means the car doesn't look like it would fit properly. He could have just parked in another one of the million empty spots though.

It is also a 'free' car park used solely for the gym that the owner would have been in, and the car park wasn't very full, which is probably enough leave for him to park how he liked.

Saw a Fiat 131 and a mint Morris Marina yesterday.

[lear]

Harry Flashman said:

Alvis, which was very cool and patinated (and Ferrari FF, which I have to say I love and is my "if I have money to burn" family fun car).

IMG_20201011_200630 by baconrashers, on Flickr

That Alvis is currently for sale on C&C at £40k. Looks to be mechanically well maintained with bodywork kept original - much nicer than some of the over-restored beetlebacks.

[anonymous-user]

Mustang in the same spot as last week

[gforceg]

Just back from a few days in Cornwall and took these this morning.

[Escort3500]

Gotta love a coupe

[Yertis]

gforceg said:

Just back from a few days in Cornwall and took these this morning.

I fear the rust...

(Not the Merc particularly, just in general that place seems to be one of the worst to be for tin worms crawling off the beach.)

[Blown2CV]

gforceg said:

Just back from a few days in Cornwall and took these this morning.

egyptian taxi beige mind

[Dapster]

Blown2CV said:

gforceg said:

Just back from a few days in Cornwall and took these this morning.

egyptian taxi beige mind

Exactly! Manilla Beige actually ... which I didn't think you could get on the facelift W123 but I could be wrong. It looks like it's had a lick of paint anyway - the front valance should be body colour like this one.

[GTRene]

Escort3500 said:

Gotta love a coupe

from the side it looks a bit like a SLC

[CharlesdeGaulle]

GTRene said:

Escort3500 said:

Gotta love a coupe

from the side it looks a bit like a SLC

I've got an SLC and I confess that I thought the same thing.

[gforceg]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

GTRene said:

Escort3500 said:

Gotta love a coupe

from the side it looks a bit like a SLC

I've got an SLC and I confess that I thought the same thing.

I hadn't noticed it before or when I was taking the pictures but when I looked at them before posting I thought the same thing too.

Ref. the comment about rust above, hopefully it isn't a local car and doesn't have to endure those conditions all the time. It looked solid and the paint looked newish but not brand new.

[lukeharding]

This beauty was at IWM Duxford yesterday, most probably for the H&H viewing.

[Dapster]

lukeharding said:

This beauty was at IWM Duxford yesterday, most probably for the H&H viewing.

Common as muck, the Mondeo in the background is rarer!

Spotted this myself recently