The rarest car you have photographed/seen

[Harji]

Thiniking about my Matra and XJ220 sightings, I have also seen a Citreon SM, and also a DB5, on the same small stretch of road in my part of London, about 5 mins from my house.

[threespires]

Too good not to edit.

[Doofus]

threespires said:

A Daimler?

DN250. A Daimlerised Vauxhall Cresta

[threespires]

Doofus said:

DN250. A Daimlerised Vauxhall Cresta

Correct. I believe it's a replica of a prototype that was canned.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Not a replica, but the actual CCBB.

[anonymous-user]

Rarest car I have ever seen on the road is the Lister Storm. I lived in Leatherhead at the time (where the factory used to be) so maybe not that surprising but I only ever saw one.

[TonyTony]

Back when I was at school i did my work experience at a prestige dealer and at the time they had an F40, E-type, XJ220 and plenty more cars that I can't even remember.

Had a sit in the XJ220 but back then I didn't realise how rare the car was. I got to turn over the E-Type as well .

At CPOP a few years ago I got the AMG guy to let me have a sit in the Black series SLS, wasn't a good fit!

[Mr.Jimbo]

Just realised I too have seen an XJ220 on the road, massive things in real life - it was going into work but I was behind it on the road so I'm having it

Seen a few cool things at work too, was once testing next to a proper CX-75, with the williams powertrain, sounded mega.

[GravelBen]

Shared a trackday with an Iso Grifo once, beautiful thing and must be pretty rare, even rarer to be used on track.

[Evanivitch]

I've seen a Carrera GT in the wild, and the Ferrari F40 at the South Wales Breakfast meet.

But it was probably the Rover 75 V8 that was actually the rarest car I've seen at a PH breakfast meet and in general outside of a museum/collection.

[coppice]

I've been unlucky enough to have seen a few 220s on the road and remain baffled why some find them attractive . Huge overhangs, massive length and girth for an engine which , in broadly similar form ,fitted snugly into a 6R4 . And a steering wheel and dash from a Carlton , and engine sound not , unfortunately . like a 6R4 but some bolts in a bin lid ..

Still it'd never do if we all liked the same would it ? And 220s are deeply loved by some so ..keep up the good work I guess?

[E24man]

GravelBen said:

Shared a trackday with an Iso Grifo once, beautiful thing and must be pretty rare, even rarer to be used on track.

Iso Grifo - my dream car

One of my Alpina's is a one-off in rhd but the bodyshape is the same as thousands of others so won't seem rare.

[oldaudi]

I’ve got an actual photograph (as in one printed at Boots the chemist) of a prototype silver Zonda mule that was parked up with a couple of blokes discussing the design stood around it. I took the photo on a Sunday evening walk around after the Monaco F1 once the circuit was returned back to the public. Must’ve been May 98 ish

[Superleg48]

This lovely little thing. Crayford Corsair, I think. One of only 100 and the only one with this colour combo with uniquely upholstered interior. Had a V4 engine and sounded sublime.

[Hazmat1]

threespires said:

Too good not to edit.

Thank you!

The chap in the people carrier asked why I was taking a pic of an old car, tried to explain and he said, “so you think it’s worth a lot? Like 15k? it’s old innit”

I then prayed they didn’t open doors into it as they loaded their kids into their car

[threespires]

Hazmat1 said:

threespires said:

Too good not to edit.

Thank you!

The chap in the people carrier asked why I was taking a pic of an old car, tried to explain and he said, “so you think it’s worth a lot? Like 15k? it’s old innit”

I then prayed they didn’t open doors into it as they loaded their kids into their car

Welcome! ☺☺

I saw this today, it fooled me at first but upon looking closer, it's actually a Z3 in a party frock. It was beautifully done.

[Pericoloso]

Hazmat1 said:

threespires said:

Too good not to edit.

Thank you!

The chap in the people carrier asked why I was taking a pic of an old car, tried to explain and he said, “so you think it’s worth a lot? Like 15k? it’s old init

What a philistine ,add 3 more zeros to be closer on value.

[Mark8815]

Rarest car I think I’ve seen was a Zonda, it was on fire behind a car wash (no photo sadly as I was in my young teens at the time and didn’t have a camera phone) It was in Littleborough, I’d say 2004ish maybe.

[donkmeister]

Sticks. said:

And a Berkeley T60. They're probably not that rare, but I'd never seen one before.

My OH's grandfather and uncle worked for Berkeley building these (and caravans).
I'm reliably informed that the finished cars were tested by seeing what speed could be achieved on the road between the A1 (Langford water tower) and the humpback bridge before Langford. I've heard of 100mph being achieved, which would have been... exciting.

[HM-2]

1966 Ferrari 412P at Silverstone Classic 2011. I was working there so never managed to photograph it, but did get to see it.

One of four in the world I believe.