One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Richard A Thackeray]

Is there a For Sale section? @Richard A Thackeray

There's always a few around, with 'For Sale' signs in them

Although, this Volvo showed up in my 'social-media' feed a couple of days ago
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183836869771?ul_noapp=true

 

[Profpointy]

One for (mainly?) the West, & South, Yorkshire members


Friday 5th July
From, maybe(?) 17:00 - (circa) 21:00

Free entry to pedestrians, some charity donation buckets may be present

https://fleurdelyscvs.org/

There's always some damned fine motors there; from American 'Muscle', 'Exotica, 'bread & butter', m/bikes, trucks. tractors

It's located just out of the city centre, on the A642; which is the Wakefield - Huddersfield road
There is a map on the site
The best approach is from Horbury Road, no vehicular access through, from 'Stork Lodge Gates', on Thornes Road (B6475)
The best postcode for any 'Sat-Nag' users is; WF2 8TY
(that's for the Sports Centre/running track, that's in the Park)

Just a few random images, from the past few years
NB; obviously, I have no idea on how many will attend, or what marques/models

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"Like" for the Scammell.
An ex military 6x6 or 6x4 scammell would be really appealing; totally daft, but hey ..

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

"Like" for the Scammell.
An ex military 6x6 or 6x4 scammell would be really appealing; totally daft, but hey ..

A friend of mine, who had rebuilt an Atkinson Borderer, & had several vintage tractors (Fordson E27N, & a Field Marshall s1) seriously considered a Thorneycroft Antar
Until, he did the measuring, for a turning radius
He had space in his yard, & the height in his workshops

BUT.... would have had to knock one of his garages down (at side of house), ask BT to move a telephone pole (next to his drive), and... beg his opposite neighbours to let him buy 6 foot of their garden to have the space to get it in the drive
So, he sadly gave up the idea

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

'RedBeck Running Day'
(on A638, Wakefield - Doncaster Road)

Something a bit bigger, there today!!
http://www.dewsburybusmuseum.org/events-meetings/4525958790

My wife knows the owner of 'BHL 682', due to her companies work, & he was good enough to let it be used as a 'Prom Transport', for my daughters year (June 2017)

 

[albal]

This just pulled up in my local. Jensen

 

[simon the viking]

I saw one of these today. Owner of a local garage took 14 years to restore in between jobs. Citreon SM maserati. Citreon looks and suspension. Maserati engine and running gear. When new they were dearer than an a new Aston Martin. Now they are stupidly rare and worth about 75k (a mint one owned by Bill Whyman from new sold for 100k+) stock photo off Tinternet.. Same colour though...

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Only the engine, not the running gear. It's fwd. Underneath it's pure Citroen. The only significant hybrid of the two marques would be the Khamsin, which powered steering and brakes using the Citroen tech.

 

[Cavalol]

Saw my absolute favourite/dream car ever last week in Great Yarmouth...

 

[simon the viking]

Only the engine, not the running gear. It's fwd. Underneath it's pure Citroen. The only significant hybrid of the two marques would be the Khamsin, which powered steering and brakes using the Citroen tech.

I was quoting what i thought he said.. He might have said just engine.. Strange looking beast though

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Strange looking beast though

You say strange I say beautiful

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I was quoting what i thought he said.. He might have said just engine.. Strange looking beast though

This and the Maserati Khamsin are my favourite cars, bar none so I'm ever so slightly geeky about them I'm afraid.

Dull fact I have just learned when fact checking myself is that the engine was fitted to the SM before it was put into the Merak,so the pedant might claim Citroen was there first! Truth is, it was designed to fit both, and besides the Citroen Maserati moniker didn't do it any harm

As I indicated, there was more cross-fertilisation from Citroen to its Maserati brethren - in engineering terms they were light years ahead of the rather agricultural Maseratis, much as it pains me to say it!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

This just pulled up in my local. Jensen

There's one in a village (now, just a suburb of Leeds), that I see every so often

I also saw this Dolomite the same day, but that was on Pontefract Road, at Stourton
It's an 1850, not a Sprint

 

[ozboz]

Saw this today in Richmond , it looks antiquated but is actually a 1990 Pemberton with a Moto Guzzi engine ,

 

[Freds Dad]

Someone brought this to the Bentley Drivers club meeting last night as their non Bentley car. A 1962 Ferrari 250GT.

 

[Drago]

There's one in a village (now, just a suburb of Leeds), that I see every so often
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My Dad had the SP, rare as rocking horse doo dah now. As a young lad I loved it - the noise, the lovely styling, and - when it worked properly - the performance. Dad hated it, and to this day slags it off if I raise the subject.

My Grandpappy was works manager for Lancia at the time, so Dad the sensible thing and replaced then Jensen with a Stratos. Eventually he saw a modicum of sense and bought a Range Rover, and then had the caravan painted to match it.