A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[21st Century Man]

That Mercedes is lovely and I don't think I've ever seen an image of a Camargue looking so nice either, it doesn't look so arse heavy in that pic.

[moffspeed]

Dapster said:

5 years before the Camargue was launched, a Dutch businessman bought a Mercedes 300SEL 6.3 and commissioned Sergio Pininfarina to clothe it in bespoke 2 door body. Workers from both Pininfarina and Rolls Royce interviewed at the time all deny any accusation of rehashing the design but you have to wonder....





https://drive-my.com/mercedes-benz-300-sel-6-3-pin...

Wow - the wonder of PH. Never seen that before.

The evidence for the prosecution is overwhelming.

[Touring442]

What a stunning car these are. One of my all time favourites.

[P5BNij]

Turbobanana said:

moffspeed said:

Fiat 130 Coupe, one of the finest looking cars of all time. It had a younger sister who was posher but, regrettably, fatter and uglier - the RR Camargue.

It’s a shame that your lads on the production line only built one of these (and we’re talking about the car here..)

Agnelli looked different at the weekend, didn't he? Must have been the joy of driving that Maremma

This made me chuckle out loud like a silly school boy, as did your earlier reply to the factory pic

I'm often guilty of finishing off some of my posts with the phrase ''I've currently got my eye on one of these...'' and it just as often goes nowhere, but I am actively perusing a 130 Coupe right now, a RHD one no less, which has popped up for sale in deepest, darkest South Wales. I received some additional photos from the seller yesterday and it looks encouraging. What could possibly go wrong...?

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

but I am actively perusing a 130 Coupe right now, a RHD one no less, which has popped up for sale in deepest, darkest South Wales. I received some additional photos from the seller yesterday and it looks encouraging. What could possibly go wrong...?

Brave man.......that one they did on the Drew Pritchard/Paul Cowland classic cars series should be enough to make you run away

[Turbobanana]

aeropilot said:

P5BNij said:

but I am actively perusing a 130 Coupe right now, a RHD one no less, which has popped up for sale in deepest, darkest South Wales. I received some additional photos from the seller yesterday and it looks encouraging. What could possibly go wrong...?

Brave man.......that one they did on the Drew Pritchard/Paul Cowland classic cars series should be enough to make you run away

No, do it Nij! We need to know the trials and tribulations of this in a thread. If I can get my arse into gear and actually sell the Saab I've owned for 20 years, I'll be in the market for something different. Trouble is, my garage is not particularly big so 15ft of Saab fills its length, albeit with a narrow shell. Anything else I look at seems to be wider and almost as long. At this rate I'll end up with a Spitfire / Austin 7.

[Turbobanana]

P5BNij said:

This made me chuckle out loud like a silly school boy, as did your earlier reply to the factory pic

"The noblest art is that of making others happy" - P T Barnum

Too many people take themselves too seriously, so trying to spread a little joy in weird times feels natural.

[P5BNij]

Turbobanana said:

aeropilot said:

P5BNij said:

but I am actively perusing a 130 Coupe right now, a RHD one no less, which has popped up for sale in deepest, darkest South Wales. I received some additional photos from the seller yesterday and it looks encouraging. What could possibly go wrong...?

Brave man.......that one they did on the Drew Pritchard/Paul Cowland classic cars series should be enough to make you run away

No, do it Nij! We need to know the trials and tribulations of this in a thread. If I can get my arse into gear and actually sell the Saab I've owned for 20 years, I'll be in the market for something different. Trouble is, my garage is not particularly big so 15ft of Saab fills its length, albeit with a narrow shell. Anything else I look at seems to be wider and almost as long. At this rate I'll end up with a Spitfire / Austin 7.

Well I'm trying anyway, going round in circles as usual but that's part of the fun too. No more bloody Minis though, unless one of the Beatle's Radford Coopers comes up for sale at a knock down price of £10k, a boy can dream and all that.

Whatever I plump for I'm going in with both eyes wide open, gawd knows I've done enough 'research' these last few years! Also got my eye on an '80s Maser Biturbo amongst others, I must be mad.

Edit : I shall raise a proverbial glass to P T Barnum

Another bloody edit : ace FIAT 130 Berlina / Coupe clip.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RPiMunAWkQ&t=...

Edited by P5BNij on Friday 14th May 15:17

[manorcom]

P5BNij said:

Whatever I plump for I'm going in with both eyes wide open, gawd knows I've done enough 'research' these last few years! Also got my eye on an '80s Maser Biturbo amongst others, I must be mad.

Edited by P5BNij on Friday 14th May 15:17

I know of a nice coming for sale soon from a Maser expert

[moffspeed]

As it happens Historics Auctioneers have a very straight looking 130 Coupe up at their Ascot sale today. Silver with red leather so ticking all the aesthetic boxes. The oily bits seem to have been addressed in a £12k re-commission a few years back. Always reassuring when all the expensive work is in the rear view mirror of a classic rather than on the road ahead.

£14-18K estimate seems very modest but I sat, paddle in hand, and watched them sell a similar one back in 2018 for just over £8,600. So tempting.

An Italian supercar for less than a basket case barn-dwelling Mk1 Escort...within funny times do we live.

Edited by moffspeed on Saturday 15th May 09:23

[ClaphamGT3]

The Camargue was also substantially based on a one off Bentley T1 coupe that Pininfarina designed for the industrialist James Hanson

[Huntsman]

ClaphamGT3 said:

The Camargue was also substantially based on a one off Bentley T1 coupe that Pininfarina designed for the industrialist James Hanson

I've seen that car, its absolutely fabulous. I sold the Keeble to buy an early Corniche, but failed and bought my Shadow, missed an opportunity there, should have waited for a Corniche.

[moffspeed]

All a bit sluggish at Historics. Plenty of cars unsold but the Fiat managed this.



£4K less than a non - AVO Mk1 Escort dressed up awkwardly on low profile tyres as a “Twin Cam tribute”. Hmmm...

[P5BNij]

manorcom said:

P5BNij said:

Whatever I plump for I'm going in with both eyes wide open, gawd knows I've done enough 'research' these last few years! Also got my eye on an '80s Maser Biturbo amongst others, I must be mad.

Edited by P5BNij on Friday 14th May 15:17

I know of a nice coming for sale soon from a Maser expert

Any info on this please manorcom... which variant, year, left or right hooker, condition etc? Ta

[RichB]

P5BNij said:

manorcom said:

P5BNij said:

Whatever I plump for I'm going in with both eyes wide open, gawd knows I've done enough 'research' these last few years! Also got my eye on an '80s Maser Biturbo amongst others, I must be mad.

I know of a nice coming for sale soon from a Maser expert

Any info on this please manorcom... which variant, year, left or right hooker, condition etc? Ta

I always rather fancied a Maserati Biturbo Spyder. I remember viewing one at Meridian in Lyndhurst back in the early '90s. I went for a TVR instead

[P5BNij]

I think there's one doing the rounds now Rich, up for c.£20k, it is or was on carandclassic.

A while back I posted a couple of period shots of old man Enzo with his Fiat 130 Coupe, just found this one with bonus Gianni Agnelli content....



Probably the same car we catch a glimpse of in this shot....

[OptionalExtra]

A few more miscellaneous colour pics from the mid 80s.

[soxboy]

OptionalExtra said:

A few more miscellaneous colour pics from the mid 80s.

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I remember my auntie bought a brand new Metro from the Armstrong Massey garage on the right in 1983. I think it became a restaurant which was empty in 1994 on my placement year in York. It’s now a Travelodge.

[Turbobanana]

OptionalExtra said:

A few more miscellaneous colour pics from the mid 80s.

Lovely contrast between the Fiat Uno and Ford Anglia Estate just exiting stage right: the old and the new.

Reminds me of a story my old dealer principal told me once. He had Fiat and Peugeot franchises at the time (and Toyota), and was invited somewhere swish for the launch of the Fiat Uno. Peugeot got wind of this, and strategically parked a pre-production 205 across the street much like Colin Chapman had done a few years earlier with the Lotus Esprit to woo the Bond film producers. Needless to say all eyes were on the 205 and the poor Uno never got a look in.

[Dapster]

I too learned to drive in a Polo like this one the bottom left - my mum's red (faded to pink) V reg Polo L - 895cc but obviously driven everywhere absolutely flat to the floor.



Some serious hardware in that pic - 2 SD1 Vitesses, a CX and is that a Silver Shadow on the left in the distance? Silver Mk 1 Escort turning right. Who in their right mind back then would have predicted that 30 years later the Escort would be worth more than the Shadow!!!