Classics you saw today.

Li'ldude · Classics you saw today.

What you think is a classic, lets leave the other thread for 'What makes a classic'

Citroen DS,
Lanica Delta HF

Grampa

A Morris Minor - just opened the garage door.

If I had the keys to my neighbour's garage I could also see a MkII RS2000, and until recently I could see a MkI Golf GTi across the road.

E36 320i

Stuntman

The Golf GTI wouldn't have been out when Sam Tyler went back...
Yesterday - a pale metallic green BMW M635 CSi. Very nice.

kraftwerk

A Renault Avantime, outside my door. On my ride to work I regularly see a barely-held-together Citroen DS and a Rover SD1 being devoured by shrubbery.

E36 320i

DaveGibson

Matt, the original Golf appeared in 1974 but the GTi didn't come out until it was shown at the Frankfurt show in late 1975. It didn't reach the UK until 1979 though.

E36 320i

Ah, thanks.

Star69

Immaculate 'B' plate Granada 2.8i Ghia X - good thing it has a wide bootlid to fit all that badging in!

Also a not too scruffy Mercury Grey XR2 on a 'C' plate on steel wheels which still had their original trims.

Li'ldude

Forgot one, I too saw a BMW M635 CSi on Monday, very nice motor too.

BeN

Original Mini Cooper. Very nice.

And a Morris Minor Convertible.

LittleSwill

An A reg Austin Ambassador out in the slush and salt.

Li'ldude

BMW 3000 Coupé (It said)

Dr. Hfuhruhurr

Ferrari 456

Spyder

Fiat X1/9. I'd love to see the Italians do a new one of these.

Rodge

Triumph 2500, orange and shiny.

D.

Fiat 126 - maybe not a classic, but an unusual sight all the same.

Blarno

Would you consider a mint Renault 5 GT Turbo Raider a classic?

Roadrunner

Black XK140 FHC.

D.

I saw a white MGB GT V8 the other day. Sounded fantastic.

BeN

An old Beetle.

I forgot what else I saw.

Li'ldude

Citroen DS
Peugeot 304 Cabrio
Merc SL340
Merc CL230

Roadrunner

A few moments ago someone had the decency to pull up right infront of my office in a pristine Bentley S3. After a few moments he burbled off. I then gave my office staff chapter and verse on why we need to sell more houses so that I can go out and buy a similar Bentley for myself.

Colin

Mark 2 Ford Cortina, in the dreaded Silver Fox, trundling along the M27 this morning........

Also one of those funny Scimitar sports cars from the 1980s.

Colin

Volvo P1800 in light blue, progressing west along the M4 this morning.

Not sure that the pink Nissan Figaro counts as a "classic"?!! but I saw one of those, too.

Li'ldude

Renault 4CV

PR

Porsche 356 cabriolet. It looked absolutely spotless in silver, and was very striking in the bright morning sunshine.

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I saw something yesterday, and have no idea what it was. It had no visable badges on the back, the the badge in the grill was too small to see.

And we all know how good I am at describing things but here is goes!

It had a similar front end to an MGB, but not quite as sculptered, i.e. the front wings were quite as prounced. Chrome grill, quite bluff, chromed bumpers I think. It was about the length of the Focus, maybe a tad shorter. The back was more like a Jag E-type FHC. That was the weird bit. It was 2 door, seats set towards the rear more than the front. The back was fairly flat horizintally, i.e. no curved rear. I can't remember the age, but it was post 1960's I think vaguely. Headlights were sat in the end of the wings.

I have no idea what it is, does anyone else have a vague idea what it could be from what I am wittering on about?

Li'ldude

Nope.
That white DS again.
In pics, I always thought the DS looked a bit ugly, but in real life it's amazing.

Colin

Been in France for the past few days, so several different sightings.

Today it was a slightly tatty Peugeot 604 parked up in a car park near to where my colleague had left his (rented) 207.... guess which car I preferred?

Yesterday, an immaculate Peugeot 304 Berline on one side of the street and a 403 Pickup on the other.

On Sun, at the "auto brocante", along with the museum cars, there was a Matra Murena and a particularly immaculate Simca Ariane, which had a gloriously rumbling V8 engine.....

Matt

Blue series-3 E-type. Vile.

Li'ldude

Never liked E-Types, Series II and III less so.

Matt

Tatty, white DS that I've seen a few times now. Even in that condition, it knocks spots off the E Type from yesterday.

Racing

Aston Martin V8 Vantage (see "Impossibly Cool" thread) and Aston Martin DB7 Zagato AR-1 roadster. Both in Paris.

Stuntman

This morning in Cheltenham, an Aston Martin DB6 coupe.

Matt

Brown Porsche 914.

GonnaBreakABuggy

Pair of triumph gt6's ;)

Li'ldude

Ooooh, GT6s...

DaveGibson

Last night - a Triumph TR6. (OK, I was at a TR Register meeting.)

Spyder

Saw one of my faves today

Pete

MK1 Golf GTi

just opened the garage door :D

(shame its not quite road legal:()

Homo erectus

LHD K-reg black Citroen DS in Russell Square driven by an attractive blond - impossibly cool and erotic combination.

Stuntman

Blond or blonde?

A Morris Traveller, and then an old Lotus Elite in metallic ice blue.

Li'ldude

Roadrunner

Yesterday - a pale blue XK140 dhc in well-used, but not too scruffy condition.

Li'ldude

A Plymouth Baracuda AND a BMW 3.0CS. I liked that day.

GonnaBreakABuggy

That pair of GT6's again ;)

And a rather tasty Peugeot 504 turbo.

kraftwerk

Well, actually last weekend in Paris. Saw one of these in mint nick. Gorgeously simple...

Li'ldude

Ouch. Now that's how a car should look.
Next Vectra coupé should be called Vector.
Caliber - Calibra
Vectra - Vector

Li'ldude

Another 3.0CS, but not the sky-blue one, a red one. Nice...

canadian bacon

a volvo amazon, pootling through downtown Toronto.

Li'ldude

A White Lancia Stratos, god that thing looks great.
A Yellow Escort Mk. I

BeN

This:

Have a guess at what it is, for I have no idea...

Mad Max

Looks Japanese - 99% sure that's not European.

Early Mitsu? Toyota? Has to be really.

EDIT: 100% sure it's a Mitsubishi - can't be bothered to Google further though.

BeN

Wrong.

The badge said Morris. But I have no idea what model it is.

BeN

A couple more.

This 2CV was in excellent nick. Looked really well taken care of.

And this very colourful Morris Minor.

Matt

That 2CV is a Charleston isn't it?

BeN

Er, I forgot.

I think it was a Special.

Li'ldude

A Brown DS with a Black roof (Looked great).
A Green w/ White-stripes Shelby Cobra.

Li'ldude

The same Shelby Cobra (With a very happy bloke at the wheel)
Jag XJSV12 Cabrio
Jag E-Type (My first)
Mk. 1 Alfa Spider
MGB

The E-Type is red and (To my eyes) Not an especially attractive car. Not at all.

Nice Guy Eddie

I think the white car is Chinese registered but no idea what it is.

Saw a Lovely Alvis being driven by Stephen Fry in Kingdom on ITV. looked fantastic

BeN

Chinese registered? No, it's from here!

Nice Guy Eddie

Oh is it. When the folks drove through China last year I'm sure they had to stick Chinese reg plates on their car that were the same as in the picture. Shows what I know

BeN

'Tis not. Red and yellow plates denotes classic car status here. It's the same on the Morris Minor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_licence_plates

canadian bacon

the Deux Cheveux is indeed a Charleston, all Bauhaus curves , shame its still the same old bag of nails underneath....

Li'ldude

BMW 2002
Audi Quattro
The Mustang came back!
And so did the Lotus Eleven!

Good day...

Colin

A Delorean........... on the 101 this morning between Universal City and Hollywood.

An unusual sighting, even in the US.

Also, a slightly forlorn looking 61 Thunderbird parked at the front of a garage forecourt in Hollywood.

BeN

An MGB. Nice. Not many of those around anymore.

Roadrunner

It went past too quickly for me to get a proper look, but some sort of vintage racing Bentley / Lagonda type thing in bright red, making the most delicious noise I shall hear for a long time.

Matt

Tuesday, we passed a silver DB5 parked in a Dartmoor layby. Very smart but also very dainty.

Roadrunner

A Sunbeam Tiger (making all the right noises) and a Lancia Stratos in Alitalia colours.

Roadrunner

What looked, in the fleeting moment I was able to see it, like an Hispano-Suiza.

Roadrunner

This morning, on the way into work, a Daimler Dart.

canadian bacon

several morgans, a triumph TR4 , a spitfire, an Austin Healey 3000, all in Vancouver

Li'ldude

Morgan 4/4. Very nice.

winja

Austin Healey 3000 in white and dark blue.

Sweeeeet.

Li'ldude

Jag XJS V12
Opel Reaktor or something Vectra sized beginning with an 'R' and with a 'K' in it.

gonnabuildabuggy

DaveGibson

I don't normally go to the supermarket on a Sunday (although not a religious person, I'm of an age where it still seems wrong) but on the way there this morning a Peerless passed in the opposite direction. Not that surprising since I know the owner, who lives a couple of miles from me but on my return, what I think was an Allard, went the other way.

D.

Colin

In the mystery place (see thread on "General"), lots of classics out to enjoy the sunshine.

Best was a Lancia Aurelia Coupe............. such an elegant car.

Was overtaken by a couple of early 1970s Posrche 911Ts and a glorious silver Jag E Type Series 3.

Also saw an Alfa SZ, an original Fiat 500 (I did manage to take a picture of that one), an immaculate Peugeot 404 Estate, a couple of Alfa 164s, a Fiat Coupe Turbo and Mercedes 280SE 3.5 (the late 1960s model, W114/5?)

kraftwerk

This morning on De Beauvoir Road, a black Ferrari 365 GTB/4 'Daytona' Spyder.

LittleSwill

Dropped the car into my usual specialists yesterday and they had a Facel Vega in the workshop.

A Flavia in the weeds round the back slowly returning to nature. It's also a bit of a Grale graveyard with 3 or 4 being broken. Depressing. :-(

Roadrunner

A 1920's Bentley has just rumbled past.

PR

Earlier on I saw a mint - mint - Citroen DS in silver. In amongst normal town traffic, it looked serene and magnificent.

I felt a bit sorry for it, though, as its owner was driving it, probably unknowingly, towards the sort of downpour in which you start to wonder if you should be building an ark (I'd just been through it).

Matt

A red 8-series with a ruined front-end on the back of a tow truck. I let out an audible "oooh what a waste"

D.

An original 928S, got to be one of the originals. It was in gold with the Porsche telephone dial style wheels.

Roadrunner

A convoy of three 1920s vintage Bentleys has just rumbled past.

Roadrunner

Oh, and yesterday, several vintage and classic Royce, on their way home form the RREC national rally weekend. Unfortunately I missed the show due to other commitments.

Roadrunner

Someone was parking a Bristol 406 in Woodstock High street today; a good, original unrestored example. He said that he doesn't do much with it other than drive it, to which I replied that it was good to see it being used for its intended purpose.

Nice Guy Eddie

I saw a Jaguar XK120 being given a good thrashing near goodwood house. Looked lovely and he was obviously enjoying himself.

Roadrunner

Four vintage Bentleys, making a delicious sound, as they sped through Woodstock in the pouring rain. What a sight!

Li'ldude

A P180 a while back.

canadian bacon

Erm, whats a P180 ? When I google it I get:

or this...

or this:

Roadrunner

Perhaps he means a P1800?

Li'ldude

Sorry, I always do that, miss a number...

The Lotus 240R will always be known to me as the Lotus Two-Forty-Oh-Arrr.

canadian bacon

thats it Roadrunner, spoil it for the rest of us......!

I thought he meant that, but....well, it was too tempting.

DaveGibson

Roadrunner

Yesterday a gorgeous Bentley 41/4 litre outside The Bear Hotel in Woodstock. Then another vintage green Bentley in Chipping Norton.

Roadrunner

I have just found out why there are so many Bentleys around here at the moment. The Bentley Drivers' Club are holding their annual Concours at Rousham House tomorrow. I might just have to go along for look.