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On 07/11/2022 at 19:58, klubman01 said:

Spotted today at Cambridge Services.

 

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A 1952 Singer tractor.

Trevor

 

 

 

 

Don't touch a thing! That is awesome - never seen one of those. It looks utilitarian and Soviet, not made in Coventry.

 

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NEC Classic car show set up day yesterday, my favourite was seeing Jones' Van:-

Up two three, out two three, bang two three!

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Gilbern GT
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Maserati Sebring
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No prizes for getting this one.......
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Malc.

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50 minutes ago, keefr22 said:

There's two green ones - if you two want that unreliable Italian thing, I'll have the lovely Welsh Gilbern....!! :)

 

Keith


Keith, you don‘t have to say unreliable Italian, italian will do 😉 

 

BUT, when the time comes when only rich people can afford driving petrol cars on sustainable fuel, and the rest of us will be demoted to electric city cars 🙄, the italian green will look better in my garden pavillion 😎

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Just managed to deploy my phone camera on a SUPERB original MGB with the hood down, before the lights changed. 

Afraid the focus function was asleep or confused.... or just plain inadequate 

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Everything about it is just right, sounded sweet as a nut. 

My Dad had one for some years, I got to drive it a few times. Love it...... 

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A few of my highlights from the Classic Motor Show at the NEC this weekend.

 

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This Maserati 4CS had an interesting history including competing in the Mille Miglia and being exported to Singapore just before the Japanese invaded.

 

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If you prefer your classics wedge-shaped, there's the Lancia Stratos Zero concept car.

 

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The Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint coupé is more to my taste, especially in this colour.

 

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Patena lovers would appreciate this Jaguar XK120.

 

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Finally, I got to drive this 1990 Lancia Delta Integrale, a lovely car.

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Lovely cars. So jealous of you driving the Delta Integrale!  One of my all-time favourites.

On my way to Kent today I saw what appeared to be an Edsel on a trailer heading north on the A1 near Water Newton.

Trevor

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15 hours ago, rob Lyttle said:

a SUPERB original MGB

 

Was it by any chance a light beige colour? Last time we visited daughter and family in Hampshire there was a beige one on a D plate parked in Alresford that was absolutely immaculate and had the shiniest chrome wire wheels I'd ever seen! It was gorgeous!

 

Keith

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28 minutes ago, klubman01 said:

Lovely cars. So jealous of you driving the Delta Integrale!  One of my all-time favourites.

Trevor

I was a bit nervous that it wouldn't live up to expectations, thankfully it did.  I just wish I could have taken it home (much as I love the Martini scheme that would have to go too).

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2 hours ago, keefr22 said:

Was it by any chance a light beige colour?

Hard one to call, Keefr, being dark already and under street lights. Looked white or cream/white but street lights play wierd games. Seemed to match the passenger's woollen hat though! 

I'll keep a lookout for it again in daylight 

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Did a big one last weekend. Porsche Indonesia held a launch event for destination charging point in my hometown as the first ever destination charging point in Indonesia, and Lamborghini Club Indonesia held a touring to my town. All happened from Friday to Sunday.
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IMG-6635.jpgI am a luddite but I got to admit if I have the money to buy an EV it would be the Taycan. All the cars Porsche Indonesia brought are customer cars barring one, as a proof of concept that you can do a 250-mile round trip in a Taycan without having to worry about topping it up again. Also, Gentian Blue Metallic is one of the best modern colour in Porsche line-up.

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Saturday is a Lamborghini kind of day, so I went up the mountain with my friend on a moped to capture the Lamborghini convoy on their way to a mountain restaurant. I had a personal experience with this Huracan Performante Spyder, since I once reviewed it for my channel.

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First time seeing a Huracan EVO AWD in this bright shade of Arancio Xanto. It's an eye-popping colour, to say the least.
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Then, being a mountain weather, the heaven's opened and I hastily donned my raincoat so as not to miss the Grigio Telesto Aventador SVJ Roadster. Probably one of the more often-used Aventador SVJ in Indonesia.

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Yes, this is just a normal Arancio Atlas Aventador with DMC rear wing, but the owner decided it would be a good idea to stick an actual, gigantic teddy bear on the wing. No I am not joking, this Aventador got teddy bear on it. And no I don't get it either.

 

After all of this I basically collapsed on Sunday night and couldn't make it to the office yesterday. Felt better today but still need a bit more rest.

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On 11/14/2022 at 7:03 AM, johnlambert said:

The Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint coupé is more to my taste, especially in this colour.

Not so sure about the colour. Mine (bought in 1979) was Rosso Alfa and I much preferred that. It always struck me as strange that the used 2600 Sprints were cheap at the time (I think mine cost me less than ₤1,500) while 2000 Sprints were two or three times as expensive.

 

Maurice

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Saw this yesterday, while on my way to update my forklift ticket, maybe some work during the hop harvest in Feb/March. I've long been a LR fan & this 1984 110 V8 was as tidy a one I've ever seen for its age. Another notable spotted recently was a very tidy, in an original sense, Hillman Avenger estate, the early series ones with the smaller rectangular head lights. Metallic Grey/Blue.

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Steve.

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Was at the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, Brackley, a couple of weeks or so back, here's a few detail pics of the car in the foyer to the manufacturing dept. 

 

 

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