COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[Deefor62]

Deefor62 said:

Well it’s not every day you see one of these going past your bedroom window. Apologies for the poor quality photos, but I was trying to hang my phone out of the window. It sounded very nice as well

Slightly better view

[Doofus]

Presumably the lack of quarterlight and the sliding windows make it a replica.

[Deefor62]

Doofus said:

Presumably the lack of quarterlight and the sliding windows make it a replica.

Certainly sounded like a genuine one though, spitting and snarling as it pulled away, and the front window looks like a genuine one rather than a Z3 kit.

[LotusOmega375D]

I think Series 1 cars didn’t have the quarter light windows, so it could well be the real deal. Can you make out the registration?

[Deefor62]

LotusOmega375D said:

I think Series 1 cars didn’t have the quarter light windows, so it could well be the real deal. Can you make out the registration?

Looked like SWB 822.

[Doofus]

I'm just playing the odds, really...

[Deefor62]

Doofus said:

I'm just playing the odds, really...

I guess it’s difficult to tell from such a poor photo. I know 330’s and others were “reclothed” into 250’s of various guises so it could well be.

Still absolutely gorgeous though.

[Dapster]

A RHD 250GT SWB is INCREDIBLY rare - apparently only 10 of the 14 made were imported into the UK. The wipers don't look right and the door mirrors seem to be attached to the A pillar rather than the door itself - and I'm note sure the originals had a passenger door mirror.

If it is genuine then it's worth a lot of money - the one below sold for £7.4m in 2010.

[Roy C]

Dapster said:

the door mirrors seem to be attached to the A pillar rather than the door itself - and I'm note sure the originals had a passenger door mirror.

The cars originally came with door mounted mirrors or frame mounted mirrors or neither. They are all bespoke, all slightly different and have been restored/altered since built.

[WJNB]

Couldn't care a toss if it's a replica or not, just grateful for the impromptu snap of a lovely looking machine. ta.

[TR4man]

Can't compete with that I'm afraid, but I did see a well used R129 not a million miles from that possible 250 SWB.

[psi310398]

TR4man said:

Can't compete with that I'm afraid, but I did see a well used R129 not a million miles from that possible 250 SWB.

I used to have one, did galactic miles in it for very little cost - ca £500 year in year out servicing, plus a new set of tyres every couple of years- and I still miss it.

The hardtop in particular is a well-engineered dream compared to the POS on my Alfa Spider S4 (for which I chopped it in), although the Spider is a much nicer car to chuck around the twisty bits.

Don't care for the wheels on this one, though...

[4rephill]

Deefor62 said:

Deefor62 said:

Well it’s not every day you see one of these going past your bedroom window. Apologies for the poor quality photos, but I was trying to hang my phone out of the window. It sounded very nice as well

Slightly better view

The thickness of the A post, and the angle of the windscreen look correct to me (Z3 based replicas tend to have thicker A posts, and the windscreen is raked at a steeper angle) - I think it's genuine.

[Need For Tweed]

4rephill said:

The thickness of the A post, and the angle of the windscreen look correct to me (Z3 based replicas tend to have thicker A posts, and the windscreen is raked at a steeper angle) - I think it's genuine.

Yes, it’s real. Reg is SWB 622 and it belongs to John Goodwin. He lives near Newcastle and has quite a few Ferrari’s, many of which he competes in.

[Steff1965]

There can’t be many of these left.

[Deefor62]

Need For Tweed said:

4rephill said:

The thickness of the A post, and the angle of the windscreen look correct to me (Z3 based replicas tend to have thicker A posts, and the windscreen is raked at a steeper angle) - I think it's genuine.

Yes, it’s real. Reg is SWB 622 and it belongs to John Goodwin. He lives near Newcastle and has quite a few Ferrari’s, many of which he competes in.

Makes sense. He often parks his 275 GTS outside a local pub

[T-195]

That Sherpa.

What did happen to Breadvan 72?

[Doofus]

T-195 said:

That Sherpa.

What did happen to Breadvan 72?

He buggered off to the Caribbean, and is presumably on a beautiful sandy beach at the bottom of a cliff, trapped beneath a wrecked Series II Land Rover.

[5.0ltr]

M5 Tuesday Nr Bristol, never seen one before. Datsun Sports? LHD.

[TR4man]

At the local garden centre today