The rarest car I've seen in a while...
The rarest car I've seen in a while...
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johnpeat

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5,329 posts

294 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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Spotted in a shopping centre carpark in North Tyneside earlier tonight - a car I've not seen the like of in a LONG time and which the HowManyLeft site suggests is down to just a couple per variant

Looking something like this



A Mazda 929 from 85/86ish (this one on a C plate)

Looking quite tidy too with all the Chrome in-place - it was raining so I couldn't really nose around it too much and it was far too dark for pics but it's not often you see a 25/6-year-old car in-use on a wet and windy evening - warms the cockles of your petrolhead heart!

Gratz to the owner I reckon - so what have you seen which is that rare then? I mean a Veyron or Enzo would be less rare! smile

swifthobo

869 posts

199 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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thats the latest model in north tyneside isn't it?

hornetrider

63,161 posts

234 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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I overtook an old car from the 20s/30s the other day. Memorised the reg as I didn't have a clue what it was - turns out it was an AJS 9HP.




johnpeat

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5,329 posts

294 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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swifthobo said:
thats the latest model in north tyneside isn't it?
OI - I parked my 'merely' 16-year-old 405 next to it for some uplift/to feel posh for a change smile

BDR529

3,560 posts

203 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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I didn't even know that car existed!

omgus

7,305 posts

204 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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A regular in an office car park near me, a mint looking XR3. Always parked in the same space if it is there.

ETA, and I mean XR3 not XR3i, but I don't see many of them about anymore either.

loudlashadjuster

6,420 posts

213 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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I pass a gold Morris Ital in what appears to be very good nick on the way to Wycombe. Think it is owned by a young-ish chap as well and used as regular transport as I've seen it out and about.

Not quite a "Wow, I'd love to own that!", more "Wow, that takes dedication!".

JAM35F

1,268 posts

281 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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Alfa 164 Cloverleaf in Sainsburys car park on friday, looked mint.


Chicane-UK

3,861 posts

214 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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Saw a dude go steaming past me the other day, round a roundabout, in what looked like an original Jaguar D-Type! First time I've ever seen one on the road. God knows what that must be worth...

JohneeBoy

518 posts

204 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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Saw an absolutely mint 1.6L Ford Orion not long ago. Fairly rare these days but plenty of 'why bother' points.

Whitean3

2,197 posts

227 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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ever so slightly cheating, but this is the rarest car I have seen recently:


Ferrari 312P. I think only 2 exist. After boycotting sports car racing in 1968 to protest a rule change that also banned their 4-litre 330 P4, Ferrari built a 3000cc prototype in 1969, the 312P. It was hardly more than a 3-litre F1 Ferrari 312 with open Barchetta, and later the closed top Berlinetta.
This is way rarer than the 250 GTO, 250 LM and 39 other Ferrari rarities parked up by it...

And on a more realistic, "on the road", yesterday evening I saw a mint, bright yellow, Mitsubishi Colt, like this:


Edited by Whitean3 on Wednesday 4th January 09:01

GTIR

24,741 posts

295 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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Toyota Tercel, looks like a B reg so 1985? (that pic is not the one I saw just a google image)
Only noticeable point of interest is that it had a selectable 4x4 system.

jdw1234

6,021 posts

244 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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I got overtaken on the motorway by a Facel Vega on the weekend.

Awesome car.


oO Trouble Oo

170 posts

178 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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I love seeing retro rides being used instead of 'kept'. More pics, please!

Uriel

3,244 posts

280 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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johnpeat said:
A Mazda 929 from 85/86ish (this one on a C plate)
Only 16 left as of Q3 2011 according to DVLA.

D1bram

1,518 posts

200 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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Love stuff like this.

Have a craving for a really nice MkV Cortina or a Cortina 80 as I believe it is more properly known.


durbster

12,095 posts

251 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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Oooooh, I know the Mazda 929 very well. Some friends and I bought one for £62 from Ebay and drove it on the Staples2Naples banger rally a few years ago.



Here it is in action.

We were really sad to leave it in the scrapyard at the end, despite the fact it was pretty much finished. It managed to hang on valiantly for the entire journey including crossing the Alps and I still like to imagine it's still driving round Naples, paintjob intact biggrin

redtwin

7,518 posts

211 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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I never knew the 929 was available as an estate. All the ones I have ever seen (not in this country) have been saloons that looked like this.



Can't say I have noticed anything particularly rare recently.

Harry Flashman

21,796 posts

271 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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Mk1 Astra GTE on a trackday, in perfect condition. Haven't seen one since I was a child.

Chris71

21,549 posts

271 months

Wednesday 4th January 2012
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I saw an interesting looking Vauxhall/Opel the other day. It was a large-ish 1980s fast back, but quite sporting in appearance. Must do a spot of Googling to determine what it was...