COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[TCEvo]

1984 Fiat 131 Mirafiori that a friend spotted in traffic approaching the Dartford Tunnel yesterday:

[bumskins]

Very rare spot, nice to see still being used

[ZedLeg]

GTRene said:

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Seeing an SEL next to the Lincoln really highlights how gargantuan those cars are

[GTRene]

ZedLeg said:

GTRene said:

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Seeing an SEL next to the Lincoln really highlights how gargantuan those cars are

big they are, there were even 2 bigger American ones before I went back home, big burble sounds and I smelled gas/LPG but they somehow hided that installation very well, under the hood it also was all as new and hard to see it runnend on LPG, if you had not smelled it in the air when that car arrived, you would not have guessed it looking at the engine.

not a fan of those american cars, but funny to look at how big some are and waggle in uneven terrain :-) their owners mostly spending lots of money on them by the looks of it.

In the Netherlands most of those are (lucky for the owners) road tax free if older then 1983 otherwise big extra bills for those monsters, in the Netherlands, road tax is levied according to the weight of a car.

[generationx]

TCEvo said:

1984 Fiat 131 Mirafiori that a friend spotted in traffic approaching the Dartford Tunnel yesterday:

Can’t remember, outside of rlly cars, the last time I saw any flavour of 131. Fantastic spot.

[TCEvo]

generationx said:

TCEvo said:

1984 Fiat 131 Mirafiori that a friend spotted in traffic approaching the Dartford Tunnel yesterday:

Can’t remember, outside of rlly cars, the last time I saw any flavour of 131. Fantastic spot.

My mate, who spotted the Fiat, seems to have some luck with rare Italian kit - he also took the pic of an Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS Zagato that I posted on here a little while back.

[GTRene]

I did not recognized those sort rear lights, are those the difference (among a few) between the 131 mirafiori and a supermirafiori?



with a Fiat 131 I always only think of those rear light shape>


btw, I think the front grill of a Fiat 131 racing is one of the best sporty front grills around, so cool retro sporty.

[TCEvo]

The right side badge on the one I posted says Supermirafiori - I just took the name in my post from the DVLA MOT site.

How Many Left only lists seven Supermirafiori's in the UK (and 23 Sport's) - the blue one looks the same as the brown one that you posted, so assume it's an SM.

[Doofus]

Supermirafiori has a twink engine. Mirafiori is a single.

The blue car is a series 3, which is why it has different rear lights.

[TCEvo]

Doofus said:

Supermirafiori has a twink engine. Mirafiori is a single.

The blue car is a series 3, which is why it has different rear lights.

[finlo]

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[MDMA .]

Forgot. 700bhp YB Cosworth engine in it too .

[Penny Whistle]

finlo said:

[GTRene]

Penny Whistle said:

finlo said:

is that a Gilbern Invader?

[RDMcG]

GTRene said:

is that a Gilbern Invader?

Bristol..maybe a 406?

[MDMA .]

RDMcG said:

GTRene said:

is that a Gilbern Invader?

Bristol..maybe a 406?

Looks more like a 411 with the Chrysler V8.

[GTRene]

MDMA . said:

RDMcG said:

GTRene said:

is that a Gilbern Invader?

Bristol..maybe a 406?

Looks more like a 411 with the Chrysler V8.

ah, looks indeed like a Bristol 411 series 2, see other example.

[MDMA .]

Facelift Mitsubishi FTO in the background too. Don’t see those knocking about much now.

[finlo]

GTRene said:

MDMA . said:

RDMcG said:

GTRene said:

is that a Gilbern Invader?

Bristol..maybe a 406?

Looks more like a 411 with the Chrysler V8.

ah, looks indeed like a Bristol 411 series 2, see other example.

Those side trims are a bloody mess!