Pete in Lincs Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 This morning in Market Rasen (Lincs) an Austin 7. Red body & black mudguards. Way back when I was a kid a chap on our street had one! Also, same location, a new(ish) Camaro. The plonker had coloured the inner headlights orange so they looked like American running lights/indicators. Also they were fixed up so they were on all the time. Illegal? In this country, Yes. A few miles away I saw a Motorbike & Sidecar combo. The Sidecar was late 50's early 60' style. The bike was black so probably vintage too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 My eyes are almost bleeding after today. The Aston DBX I did see, but I still think doesn't look too bad. However I saw 4 of the five ugliest cars on the UK's roads (OK, I know there's at least one Pontiac Aztec around because I've seen it, but I'm ignoring that today), all I was missing was a Rolls Cullinan. But I did see: Benley Bentayga Lamborghini Urus Ssongyang Rodius (old school ugly there) and lastly and possibly most ugly (between this and the Urus), a BMW Parrotfish (iX). I must really have offended someone today... 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Ssongyang Rodius And to think that it was designed by a Brit! BMW Parrotfish. TBH I'd include any of the Bangle designed Beemers. Though, I did see a Mercedes pick up last week. That's just silly. It's a Nissan! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 A couple of modern job with rarity for these parts, 2012 Dodge Challenger in yellow jacket colour, one of the better looking modern iterations of classic muscle cars to my mind, then a BMW 435i, first I'd seen & not a bad looker for a modern beamer either, again, to my mind, then later, a couple of true classics, a 1956 Chev Bel-Air & early 1965-66 Mustang Convertible. Steve. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 A 1920s Trojan! I've seen a few before, at shows and VSCC events but not on the road. This one was chugging along on the other side of the road when I was driving home from work this afternoon. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Out cycling in the New Forest, lots of nice cars out amongst the hideous bloat-mobile SUVs; Dodge Hellcat, Modern Mustang were modern highlights, a TR6 and a pre-war Morgan trike, the highlight though was an immaculate blue Mini 95 pick-up. It was X- reg so presumably one of the last. It looked and sounded very original on steels and hub-caps. It looked so tiny; a standard classic (proper) Mini would look more substantial! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyas Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Last weekend on Saturday I went to Jakarta to review the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut. But being Jakarta, I decided to went for some carspotting first. Turns out the local Ferrari club is having a breakfast event so I went there first. 2 Ferrari 355s, a GTS and a Berlinetta. Properly cool to see them being used as intended. But my favourite from the lot is this 488 Pista Spider. Really cool spec with silver wheels and Nero Stellato racing stripe. Then went out for random spotting, saw this gorgeous unmodified McLaren 650S Spider in Tarocco Orange... ... And this achingly beautiful Porsche 356A Speedster. Oh, and the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut. It's just so stunning in flesh. As expected from a GBP2.8 million, 1600hp, 310+mph hypercar. Before VAT. And options. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR2Don Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 6 hours ago, Tyas said: And this achingly beautiful Porsche 356A Speedster. Oh, yes, very much so! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Around midday, at the top of the M11 heading north, a red DAF 33! Looked very tidy. Trevor 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 31 minutes ago, klubman01 said: Around midday, at the top of the M11 heading north, a red DAF 33! Looked very tidy. Trevor My dad had a yellow one of those way back when i was a nipper in the early 70's 👍 Regards, Steve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 (edited) On 3/16/2022 at 3:39 PM, Andreas.R said: Here a few cars that disappeared into museums/collectors rooms! In the late 80` you could see them on the streets in munich! I had the chance to drive this Stratos Stradale! I will never forget! It's been bugging me the last photo of the Stratos,is that a Granada Coupe sticking out from behind the wall... Edited March 21, 2022 by Vince1159 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas.R Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Vince1159 said: It's been bugging me the last photo of the Stratos,is that a Granada Coupe sticking out from behind the wall... Hello Vince, the yellow one? Yes it is a Ford Granada Coupe. Thanks Andreas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 This rather lovely VW Beetle 1500 was in the local supermarket car park yesterday. Today I saw but was unable to photograph a white Jaguar E-type Series 1 2+2 and what was either a Triumph TR4 or TR5. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 Lovely Bug! And you could nearly park two of them in that space...!! Keith 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 On the way home from Tesco click and collect this morning, an absolutely stunning, completely immaculate in gleaming black, Xreg Mk1 Mondeo - looked clean enough to eat off ! Keith 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I could say about the matte metallic olive wrapped Ferrari Portafino I saw in Tesco today. Or I could say about the fact that I saw my first of the new shape Toyota FJ Cruisers on the road. But I'm sure you'll all be much more interested in two cars from defunct (in the UK at least) manufacturers which were out enjoying the sunny weather, namely a very nice Saab 95 and a solid Lancia Fulvia (albeit one suffering some paint crazing and microblistering across most of it). But that Fulvia is still a nice looking car, even in 1970s brown... 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR2Don Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 14 hours ago, Spiny said: But I'm sure you'll all be much more interested in two cars from defunct (in the UK at least) manufacturers which were out enjoying the sunny weather, namely a very nice Saab 95 and a solid Lancia Fulvia (albeit one suffering some paint crazing and microblistering across most of it). But that Fulvia is still a nice looking car, even in 1970s brown... Wind your clock back 50 years and you could see those two chasing each other through forests on the RAC Rally!!! I'd love to own a Fulvia HF!!!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 My friend’s mum had a silver Fulvia with red interior in the early 70s, a really lovely and exotic car at the time in the UK. Later I house shared with a keen Lancia fan, neither of his two Fulvia restorations progressed much in that time, though I do recall lifting the V4 off the bench was easy compared to just the head off my triumph lump! Sacrilegiously, I sort of prefer the raised outer headlights of the UK models… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 This week so far I are bin mostly seeing American pick ups. At least half a dozen. But I suppose that's what you get for travelling around East of Spalding. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Not as rare as the Saab or the Lancia from Tuesday, but this looked a very agreeable way to commute for someone this morning. Just a shame the traffic was barely moving Got to say that it looked immaculate, could easily have been a recent restoration from the condition. There was also a Ferrari 458 in red with Italian flag stripes, but I'd rather have the E-type. The less said about the matt grey Urus or black Bentayga the better (there are far too many of both of those things in these parts so I won't mention them again...) 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Yesterday, heading south on the M11, a two-tone blue Wolseley 1500. Only caught a brief glimpse as I was heading north, but it looked quite tidy. Trevor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Spotted quite a few exotica on the way from Lincolnshire to Kent this afternoon. On the A1, a dark blue Jaguar XK120 and a white Austin Healey (100/6, I think). On the M11, a pale yellow Jaguar E Type and a very large American car - lots and chrome and grilles - mid-sixties? On the M25, a black Lamborghini (Aventador, I think) being close followed by a yellow Lotus Elise. Plus, near Grantham, an old, red, Renault 5. Not bad for one journey. Trevor 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Whilst driving through Coventry I spotted a green Jaguar Mk.II on wire wheels, looking slightly scruffy. Then later there was a Ford Capri Mk.III that seemed to have received the "Carlos Fandango" treatment and was driven with appropriate boy-racer verve. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 There's a tatty Mk 2 Capri parked at the Officers mess at RAF Waddington. I've seen a couple of E types this week, and today on Lincoln bypass a TR6 in an odd faded red and a white TR4A. I've also been noticing old and small cars here and there. W reg Peugeot or Micra for example. These all seem in decent condition. But not 'classics' at all. I have to presume this sort of thing is the result of an estate sale and they've been in the garage for years. I recently bought a 2010 Ford Fusion. Just 40,000 on the clock. Looks & drives like a two year old car. The previous owner is 90! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Any chance of a couple of photo's of your Fusion Pete... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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