Spot of the day, Part 5

[rob Lyttle]

Touring in style...... 😎

 

[MR2Don]

On 8/4/2022 at 3:35 PM, Tyas said:

That Niki Lauda tribute livery is a one-off, if I remember correctly. A full-on Tailor Made car.

Well, the one I saw had UK personalised registration, but, I've checked it out and the Niki Lauda is an extremely expensive limited edition, so ne in Essex is not impossible. It was heading round to the John Lewis car park, if that means anything!!

[Vince1159]

Probably on hol's from Chelsea or this time of the year could be JL's new xmas ad....

[MR2Don]

Well, what a strange day. Went to Bradwell in order to see the barge race.

On the way there, I spotted:

A series 4 Alpine (shorter rear fins)

4 Porsches in a row (modern, either 911 derivatives or Boxers)

Shortly afterwards, another three Porsches - where were they all going?

Heading into Bradwell:

A Ford classic Capri

A Corvette Sting Ray

A Ginetta G15 - these going in convoy

Shortly behind them, A Scammel of huge size, painted in United Dairies colours???

Then, round by the power station car park, this:

Absolutely immaculate.

Them, later on, we visited the local flower show, which had, out the back

Also immaculate

I presume somebody on here has some history of this.

A venerable beast. My pal at the time's mum had the Riley version and my pal has the dubious honour of being the first person to pile one into the Forth Road Bridge (ice, he said!!)

 

A remarkable day!

[bigbadbadge]

1 hour ago, MR2Don said:

Then, round by the power station car park, this:

That Karmann Ghia is a real beauty and in stunning condition.  The Consul Capri is lovely too.

Chris

[Alan R]

Gotta love the Wolseley.

I had one briefly in 1972. Pale blue.

Never got to drive it though.

replaced it with a 1963 Mini 850.

 

Cheers,

Alan.

[Spiny]

Been on holiday and there's been too many to remember, let alone mention. But, having built a Russet Brown MGB on here I feel it's only fair to mention the not one, but two, Russet Brown Reliants seen on my travels. The second one isn't that much of a rarity these days  - Scimitar GTE, but I think I'm the second one in as many pages of this thread to report a sighting of a Reliant Kitten, although on this the brown was somewhat faded.

 

As for the obligatory photo, here's a motorised Cosy Coupe

 

[MR2Don]

Two today, both in British Racing Green. Reliant Scimitar and an early MGB roadster.

[bentwaters81tfw]

68-9 plate Bedford CA Dormobile being used as nature intended.

[johnlambert]

Here are a few photos from the VSCC Prescott hillclimb meeting on Sunday.

 

Lots of Austin 7s, given that it's the model's centenary, these ones appear to be enjoying the view.  And who can blame them?

 

There was lots to see in the classic car park, including plenty of MGs.

 

If you prefer larger machinery, there were plenty of vintage Vauxhalls.

 

Quite a few Bentleys like this 3 litre...

 

...and this Blower.

 

I don't know much about this Sunbeam except that I love its well-used look.

 

There was foreign stuff too, such as this glorious Alfa Romeo.

 

I don't think I've ever seen so many Lancia Lambdas in the same place before.

 

I don't think I've ever seen a Lancia Flavia convertible, which looks a lot like a mini-Maserati.

 

To end, here are a couple of Bristols, this 403...

 

...and this 411 Series 3.

 

I've got a few more photos if people are interested and I might try sharing some videos in the motorsport thread.

[Zephyr]

MG TD. The weather was vile but the MG driver was enjoying the ambience with the top down.

Also saw a Ferrari 308 GTB and a Mercedes 280E, participants in a fundraising rally that was passing through.

All the other rally cars I saw were 1980s Fords and Holdens. Meh.

[Fnick]

You will all be glad to know there is finally something far better to drive in the water these days! 😄

 

 

And no I'm not talking about the speedboat...

 

Nick

[psdavidson]

Don't normally see much that's exciting or unusual, but I drove for a couple of miles behind a rather nice Jowett Jupiter yesterday.

Had no idea what it was until i got home and serached on the reg number

[bigbadbadge]

Hi all

Had an awesome morning at Headcorn with the Running Retros, lots of Amazing cars and one of the Spitfires in action, a Jackaroo and the Stearmans flying around as well,  brilliant stuff.

 

Here are just a few awesome motors

 

 

 

 

This was up there as second favourite car of the day, would love a Ledsled Mercury 

 

Car of the Day was this NSU Prinz TT  it was a beastie with 76 BHP 4 cylinder motor, in a car that ways as much as a loaf of bread !!! Awesome fun 

 

Great day

Chris

[keefr22]

11 hours ago, bigbadbadge said:

Car of the Day was this NSU Prinz TT 

 

Yep, I'd fight you for that one...!!   🤣

 

Although the pick up in the first pic is way cool too!!

 

Cracking pics Chris!

 

Keith

[bigbadbadge]

34 minutes ago, keefr22 said:

 

Yep, I'd fight you for that one...!!   🤣

 

Although the pick up in the first pic is way cool too!!

 

Cracking oics Chris!

 

Keith

😄 oh mate, that was a beauty of a car, the engine was so clean, had a good chat with the owner and he said it is much fun, I can imagine,  would be great for some traffic light racing against a hot hatch,  not that I recommend that sort of thing obviously 

There were some cracking pickups there too, but loved the Chevy Pickup in the photo too.

Chris

 

[stevehnz]

A bit overdue on this, so more spots of the last few weeks rather than the day. A couple of weeks ago we visits my Bro in Law & family at their West Coast Sth Island home. "The Coast" as it is known is a different part of the world, the BiL has about a 1/4 acre back yard, I don't think they've even gone metric down there.   & the whole place tends to the rustic, however, the welcomes are the warmest ever & the locals are a great bunch. Their early twenties son who still roosts at home as he saves his money, I think.  had recently bought a 2006 Nissan 350Z for what seemed to me a pittance, ok, he had to spend some money on it, new brake rotors & other stuff but modest enough & at the end, he had a honey of a motor, I'm a great fan of anything with a Nisan VQ series power plant in it & this ones 3.5 litre one was very nice. He took his uncle, moi, for a drive in it & then invited him to drive it. Nooiiice.  What a lovely car to drive, we didn't go very fast but on some winding roads, I was hugely impressed at how it drove, the sweet 6 speed manual & great handling. Quite a treat.

The Mini is my BiL's, a basic 1000 which he has done a lovely job on. The rest of the trip showed up more nice motors than I can remember, but since coming back, one trip out brought forth a 1974 VW Beetle, very tidy, a 1967 ID19 Citroen, a real rare beast this days, a 2008 Porsche Boxster, very smart in black & a ??? (didn't get the rego) Morris 1000 Countryman, in cream. looking much more authentic than the modern day ersatz specimen I posted recently.

Steve.

[klubman01]

Had to go to Bristol today, and saw plenty of nice vehicles in the Cotswolds.  Most notable were a couple of Morgans (in British Racing Green), a Morgan 3-wheeler (!), and a dark blue Jaguar XK120.  Sadly, no pictures - sorry.

Trevor

[Max Headroom]

A Ford Ranchero in Hereford. Looking for all the world like an American Ute, goggle fu-ing leads me to believe it’s late 50’s or so.Round rear lights and ‘mini wings’ if that helps tie it down.

 

Trevor

[cmatthewbacon]

No pictures, sadly, but out with the dog in Whiston just seen a little convoy of a Bugatti Chiron, the biggest Rolls Royce  that’s not an SUV, and a 6 wheel G-Wagen pickup, all in black…Sheikh’s in town…

best,

M.

[MR2Don]

On 8/11/2022 at 8:01 PM, bigbadbadge said:

Car of the Day was this NSU Prinz TT  it was a beastie with 76 BHP 4 cylinder motor, in a car that ways as much as a loaf of bread !!! Awesome fun 

Well, yes...but I'd be quite happy with the Lotus Cortina next to it - Aeroflow, so post 65, but nice!!!

[Farmer matt]

Hi guys, I hope you dont mind me joining in this. Around here, the neighbouring areas are very affluent so modern exotica is quite everyday. What I find more interesting are the 1991 Polos and the like which really should have been scrappaged or just died naturally, with quite a few regular spots. There is

also a US specialist so todays maroon 59 Cadillac hardtop is kind of cheating a bit. 

However two standouts this morning, a blue X- plate Rover 45, why would you?. And a 1977 ? R- plated  Ford Capri convertible in black with gold lining. I think they were done by Crayford but some people used to make their own if I recall.

Not something you see everyday though.

 

Matt

[Windy37]

No photos , but a black Toyota Celica ST165 Convertible passing throughthe village . Full drop top , not a T bar . Maybe an import as it had a stick on rear fog light . 

Gary . 

[MR2Don]

There's something about this one that just doesn't look right.

Daimler 4l, with big rectangular lights. I've seen other photos of one that doesn't look so brutal. I think it's the black painted grill.

 

[klubman01]

36 minutes ago, MR2Don said:

There's something about this one that just doesn't look right.

Daimler 4l, with big rectangular lights. I've seen other photos of one that doesn't look so brutal. I think it's the black painted grill.

 

I think the "brutal" look suits it.  Makes it less sedate, more street racer!

Trevor