COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[finlo]

At the local B&Q.

[Austinofengland]

Also in the customer parking was this Austin A35(?)


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Austin A70 Hereford

[Mr Tidy]

Austinofengland said:

Also in the customer parking was this Austin A35(?)


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Austin A70 Hereford

Yes, I'd go with A70 Hereford - an A40 Somerset on steroids!

The badges on the front wings were different IIRC, and it was a bit bigger all round.

I came home from the Maternity Ward in my Dad's A40 Somerset that he sold in 1967 so it's the first car I was ever in!

[uk66fastback]

Stamford Car Show last Sunday … the usual classic suspects, but a few I thought I should show. 1985 E30 323i with 15k from new on the clock. MINT.



1956 Austin A35 pickup. Had a nice half-hour chat with the owner. One of 477 made. Interesting purchase tax story hastened its demise. This was unrestored.



Unrestored 1966 Vitesse. And the 1500HL Dolly behind it had under 20k on it from new. Was that Russet Brown?

[RATATTAK]

This caught my eye at Thoresby Park yesterday

[uk66fastback]

There was also an S4 at Stamford. First year of the S4 I think, 1987. This one is for sale. I thought it was original paint but it’s been wrapped … fantastic job too.

[theadman]

LotusOmega375D said:

Probably this one and this one.

Bicester a few years ago.



Broadway 2 weeks ago.

Thanks LotusOmega375D. The only Series 2 I have seen in the UK until now was the gold one above. The one yesterday was dark red and registered 1 GRO or GFO.

Yesterday, I thought the second car was probably the one you photographed at Broadway, which I have seen before, but it was actually the one in my post.

This leads me to wonder how many Grifos are up and running in the UK?

[fourfoldroot]

GSP said:

Some kind of Ferrari recreation in Rothbury last week

I wonder if it is this one currently up for sale.

[Castrol for a knave]

moffspeed said:

Bexhill yesterday, all the usual classic car show suspects - however quietly sitting in a corner of the display field the undoubted star of the show :

1959 Osca Fiat 1500, delectable.

Time for a bid....

https://themarket.co.uk/en/listings/fiat/osca-1500...

[Doofus]

fourfoldroot said:

GSP said:

Some kind of Ferrari recreation in Rothbury last week

I wonder if it is this one currently up for sale.

One's got red wings and one's got black wings, so probably not.

[fourfoldroot]

Doofus said:

One's got red wings and one's got black wings, so probably not.

Ah yes. Number roundel is blank and in a different place too. At least we know its value.

[Doofus]

fourfoldroot said:

Ah yes. Number roundel is blank and in a different place too. At least we know its value.

All we know is what the current owner thinks it's worth.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Castrol for a knave said:

moffspeed said:

Bexhill yesterday, all the usual classic car show suspects - however quietly sitting in a corner of the display field the undoubted star of the show :

1959 Osca Fiat 1500, delectable.

Time for a bid....

https://themarket.co.uk/en/listings/fiat/osca-1500...

Seems a reasonable price to me, at £22,500. Charming little things.

I missed out on one a couple of years back. I was in Afghanistan and bidding blind on a car in Italy. I bottled it at 12 grand and it went to a dealer in NL. A couple of weeks later he had it up at €40,000.

[Harry Flashman]

That spider is pretty. But an MGB roadster is genuinely prettier and cheaper. Shows how much familiarity really can breed contempt.

[Tyre Smoke]

Those Grifos especially the series 2, are achingly beautiful. I had a Matchbox one in green.

[Dapster]

Beautiful VW T3 I spotted in Menorca a few weeks ago



928S in Golders Green




Cadillac Brougham. I thought this was mid 70s but it transpires it was 1990!!

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Dapster said:

928S in Golders Green

Wrong. Crystal Green Metallic.

[Dapster]

Google [bot] said:

Wrong. Crystal Green Metallic.

[Tyre Smoke]

Surely it's Jewish Racing Green?

[Rumblestripe]

Dapster said:

928S in Golders Green

This is view is why they were sometimes called "The Land Shark"

It's good to see that the 928 has now been rehabilitated in the minds of petrol heads, for too long derided as "not a 911". Perhaps the advent of such monstrosities as the Cayenne and Panamera has helped? Also, I do prefer the S2 to the S4 the rear light clusters just fitted the shape better.