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Indeed!

Some pics from the latest Speed event, a hill climb. Nice selection of cars from a very tuned mini to a nearly new Subaru STi, big V8 Commodore, Mazda RX7, Westfields, a BMW 2002 with a Toyota engine, several MR2s (one turbo, one supercharged), and several Ford Escorts Mk1 and Mk2. Plus my little Lotus.

 

Edit: Sorry, tried using OneDrive for photos but it won't give me the correct url. Will find an alternative. Thanks to Photobucket for screwing up the internet.

 

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I was up in North East Yorkshire today and saw the following....

In Malton at Malton Coachworks, A Studebaker Commander,

a fabulous looking low slung coupe in lemon with a black roof.

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In the same yard were an E type FHC, An Anglia and I think, a Triumph Roadster.

In Pickering I saw an Austin Champ 'jeep' in dark military green.

Along the A170 is Thornton le Clay where there is a motor museum/salesroom.

I only had time for a glimpse as I drove past but it looks well worth a visit.

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On my cycle round the New Forest this morning, I saw a whole gaggle of Austin 7s near North Gorley (near Fordingbridge).  And cycling across the old runway at Stoney Cross a WW2 Jeep  overtook me!

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Spotted a Ferrari in the early morning traffic near Newark yesterday.

A fairly modern one, a 4something perhaps?

 

Today I saw a lovely Rover 2000, probably a V8 on a J reg plate,

in dark red with a vinyl roof just outside Scarborough, around midday.

An hour or so later a Jaguar XK120 or 140 FHC just South of the Humber bridge.

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42 minutes ago, CurrantBunbury said:

Maybe it's my age, but that's what I call a proper Ferrari. :heart:

I drive a supermini (super....hah! that’s a misnomer - to our North American brethren  I suppose it’s a sub compact?) and I towered over it. What’s more I was more than keeping up with it with my 1.0 litre normally aspirated engine.

 

Trevor

 

(then again we were in a traffic jam, so all those Italian ponies under his lid were no better than the French donkies under mine!)

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8 hours ago, mbdesignart said:

I assume they only dare come out at night

Assuming they can get the lights to work.

 

I saw a lovely silver Maserati in Newark today.

From around 1962.

Something like this...

Maserati_3500_GT_front.jpg

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On 11/14/2017 at 2:24 AM, Max Headroom said:

A red Ferrari 328 GTO on a D plate. It looks rather small next to modern cars!

 

Trevor

 

That was the first real Ferrari I ever worked on. I was so excited.  Went to pick it up and found out the car had a Roadmaster stereo installed. It was like going to a 5 star restaurant and being served cheese whiz on toast. Outside of that it was a fantastically great car.

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On the way home from our daughter's in Hampshire this morning, around 7.30am on a wet Tuesday on the A272, a British Racing Green1920/30s Bentley (?) open tourer, driver well wrapped up in Irvin jacket, flying helmet & goggles! Closely followed by a pale blue Porsche 356! Then on the A34 a bright yellow Scimitar GTE, and a short while later on the M4 a pale yellow/beige Triumph 2000 (or 2.5) with dayglo stripes, police badges on the door & blue roof light!!

 

Keith

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On ‎14‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 7:38 PM, Pete in Lincs said:

Today I saw a lovely Rover 2000, probably a V8 on a J reg plate

I suspect you mean a Rover P6 3500 if it genuinely had a V8 engine.  (As the past owner of an SD1 V8 VdP these things matter to me.)

 

Talking of which, on my way home from Telford I was passed by an immaculate SD1 2600S that must have been 32 years old.  By the look of the driver he'd owned it from new.  Not quite a V8 but still, lucky man.

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53 minutes ago, pigsty said:

I suspect you mean a Rover P6 3500 if it genuinely had a V8 engine. 

 

My dad used to have one of those in red. I can still remember the smell of the interior even today! 😊 

 

Regards

 

Steve 

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