Spiny Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Bit of a variety over this weekend - far too many hours of dashcam footage to go through but these two were fairly easy to find: My impressions as I passed it by was that the Sherpa/Freight Rover van was on an 80's Y plate, but t looks newer than that so I think I misread it as I went past. The Merc looked very nice, and I say this as someone who doesn't get wowed by SLs. Other things seen included a pair of Alfas, a 146 (when did you last see one of those?) and a GTV coming the other way on the dual carriageway. I also saw three MGBs out and about, two in standard red with chrome bumpers and one which (in view of my last completion) was the highlight being a rubber bumper version in Russet Brown Unfortunately this one was a GT rather than a convertible, but it still looked very nice - model related highlight of the weekend. Puzzle of the weekend was a MacLaren. Stupidly I forgot my phone, but it was dark metallic red, very long compared to every other MacLaren I've seen on the road, the front looked sharper and it had a dark scallop on the side and carbon fibre rear spoiler. The nearest thing I could see when I looked it up just now was a P1, but I can't imagine anyone taking their P1 out for a trip to M&S. Any MacLaren afficionados have any ideas? And finally, embarassing spot of the day. Today I found that the armrests for the back seats in my car open up to give some more storage. I've had the car just short of 12 years... 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 On 7/10/2022 at 9:05 PM, Anteater said: That VW SP2 is far too low. Unless it's on air suspension it surely must be awful to drive. @keefr22 surely you now know the HB Viva Brabham was a terribly damp squib and a Mk1 Escort was a much better bet?! Saying that, one rolled up to the club parking for Donington Historic a few months ago and it was good see. The accompanying HC Firenza was more my style though. The front end on the VW SP2 had the original Beetle front axle fitted as it was built in the VW plant in Mexico. As it was a torsion bar suspension it's easy to wind them down as long as shorter stiffer shock absorbers were fitted. We used to lower our Beetles the same way front and back, for the Cal-Look craze and yes they were sometimes uncomfortable if lowered too far! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I was walking to the supermarket this morning and saw this: I hope they do something about that flat back tyre. This afternoon I happened to look out of my window just in time to see a 1960s Aston Martin DBS drive past. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 9 hours ago, johnlambert said: I was walking to the supermarket this morning and saw this: I hope they do something about that flat back tyre. This afternoon I happened to look out of my window just in time to see a 1960s Aston Martin DBS drive past. Ah the Maserati.. my favourite saloon, family car! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR2Don Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 A curiosity. First spotted on a BBC News bit about the heat in Spain and they panned across a square and, in one corner, was.... hold on, that looks like a A110, and it was. https://all-andorra.com/monument-renault-alpine-a110/ The link takes you to a site about it with numerous photos and I must say it's pretty good Why is it there, who paid for it? No idea. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) I noticed that as well and wondered what on earth it was.... Edited July 18, 2022 by Vince1159 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Hi all Whether to the first Appledore (Kent) car show after Covid and it was massive, two fields of all types, lots of Ferraris , American cars, Porsches etc etc A lovely Genuine Blower and behind it a Peterson Replica This was a beastie A rare sight a 1980s Alfa, looked gorgeous This is the best Carry I have seen Wonderful Dodge Monaco, I would love this I know someone on here will like this.... Keith What a beast, the lovely Scammel Pioneer This cracking pony reminded me of a Hotwheels car Lovely looking Alvis TD21, I think, would love one of these but in metallic grey or blue Volvo Amaxon Variant Not seen a 240Z convertible before, looked good. Our cars sorry A cracking day Chris 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 All nice, but I especially like the 1275GT! Trevor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy37 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 @bigbadbadge as with all the car show pictures I like zooming in to see what's around the feature car ! The yellow Alfa 8C next to the gorgeous GTV complete with umbrella ! Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Windy37 said: @bigbadbadge as with all the car show pictures I like zooming in to see what's around the feature car ! The yellow Alfa 8C next to the gorgeous GTV complete with umbrella ! Gary Hi Gary, yes that was lovely too, just a bit too modern for me so didn't snap it, nor all the Ferraris either, they don't get my motor running, I know I will probably be taken out and shot now 😄😉 Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy37 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, bigbadbadge said: Hi Gary, yes that was lovely too, just a bit too modern for me so didn't snap it, nor all the Ferraris either, they don't get my motor running, I know I will probably be taken out and shot now 😄😉 Chris I know where your coming from , so I'll not be loading my gun ! Gary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 30 minutes ago, Windy37 said: I know where your coming from , so I'll not be loading my gun ! Gary Thanks Gary, phew!!! Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 6 hours ago, klubman01 said: All nice, but I especially like the 1275GT! Trevor Me too! That's the colour I'd like to respray ours! K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 18 hours ago, MR2Don said: Why is it there, who paid for it? No idea. https://second.wiki/wiki/estanislao_reverter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR2Don Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 8 hours ago, keefr22 said: On 7/18/2022 at 8:21 AM, MR2Don said: Why is it there, who paid for it? No idea. https://second.wiki/wiki/estanislao_reverter wow, that's some article and some car! BTW, in Chelmsford today, a green Lambo, type "unknown" on MoT history. Soft top with roof down, was sat next to me at a roundabout, so no piccie. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 You don't see a car park filled like this very often. This Austin A40 line up took place at the Helicopter Museum, Weston Super Mare, last Sunday. Evidently it was the AGM for the A40 owners club and they had booked an area of the museum for their meeting. I volunteer at the museum and, while there on Sunday, I took the opportunity to take some photos. I met one gent who was attending and he told me that he had travelled down from Chester. There were nine cars and I took a front and back photo of each. If anyone wants copies of the photos then send me a pm with your email addy and I'll send them off. cheers, Mike 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 23, 2022 Author Share Posted July 23, 2022 Couple of days ago when filling up at Tesco a lovely little bottle green Saab 96 pulled up at the pump alongside. K 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Getting off the park and ride bus on Thursday, an AC428 Convertible passed on a trailer. I kind of recognised it but had to look up the model name. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 You know, the A40 was so "meh" when I was a kid, but I look at them now and think "They are so cool". Bit like the ADO16... best, M. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 11 hours ago, cmatthewbacon said: You know, the A40 was so "meh" when I was a kid, but I look at them now and think "They are so cool". Bit like the ADO16... The A40's also look great fun in historic touring car racing! Always loved ADO16's as my first car was an Austin 1100. I'd love to see one or more of those in historic racing, but as they're really just a big Mini there'd probably be no point! Keith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Missed a trick, didn’t they? The ADO16 should really have been the “Midi”… 😜 M. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 On the A618, coming down the hill into Whiston, a REALLY lurid orange Scimitar GTE… looked v cool! best, M. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 A bright yellow Reliant Kitten! Not sure if it was the saloon or the estate version, either way it was tiny. Not seen one for a very long time. Regards, Steve 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Hi guys, I've been vacationing for the past couple of weeks, went to France, then crossed the border to Germany. I don't know how it came about but I visited no less than 3 car museums. In France, I went to the National Automobile Museum in Mulhouse which holds the Schlumpf private collection of about 500 cars. It was awesome, and highly recommended when you're in the neighbourhood 🙂 Link to their website here. Then, in Germany, because @desert falcon recommended it to me, I went to the Porsche museum in Stuttgart. While I was there, I went to the Mercedes-Benz museum as well because it's just a couple of km's from there! I must say, I liked the Porsche museum, but I liked the Mercedes museum even more because of the variety of cars (and trucks, yay!) they have there. I went to Stuttgart with my family last week on the hottest day which was best spent indoors anyway, so what better place to be 😎 Here are some pics I shot, they're just snaps on my phone so not very well taken. From Mulhouse: They have a lot of Bugatti's there! The brand originates from the region. These 2 are amazing... Those wheels are 91 centimeter in diameter. Some other brands as well... This is an Aston Martin, apparently the most expensive car in the world back then ('80's), because of the technology used. Then, after we moved our base to Germany, the Porsches. Johnny has shown a lot of them already here, these are some of my favourites. A drive through Stuttgart later, and there's the Mercedes museum, which is rather nice as a building as well. There are loads of historic cars. This one has been built beautifully a couple of times on this site. Some absolute classics, also well represented on this site. Just as nice as @CrazyCrank's recent rendition 🙂 And this one, which is my favourite SL. Afterwards, it appeared to me that we'd been looking at a 143 mln dollar car... A friend of mine sent me the article. https://www.motor1.com/news/586960/mercedes-benz-300-slr-uhlenhaut-coupe-143-million/ There are loads more beautiful cars. A staff member just finished a quick polish before I took the picture. And trucks as well! This one, I was especially interested in because I'll be building a SWB 1628s tanker for Revell GB. Also, buses, specialist vehicles, too much to show here. Highly recommended, definitely worth a trip. I took 100's of pictures. If you would like to see more, just PM me and I'll send you a link to the files. 14 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Wonder if there's been a Reliant meet somewhere in God's Own County? best, M. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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