One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Deleted member 26715]

bought a Range Rover, and then had the caravan painted to match it.

So it is true that insanity does run in your family

 

[Drago]

Very much so!

I won't knock the old feller too much though. He wants to distribute some of his wealth well before he karks it (hes only 73). He adores Mrs D so he's ordered her a Volvo XC90 T8. A nice sensible hybrid...with 400BHP.

 

[cookiemonster]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-o--PnL7dg


For the original Fiat 500 fans.

 

[swee'pea99]

Is this a classic? Looks in pretty good nick given that it's over 50 years old...

 

[Drago]

^^^ There's one of those in the next village. The guy that owns it has an old Peugeot estate of similar vintage, possibly a 402

 

[Jenkins]

There's a bloke on a local building project that uses a Sunbeam Alpine Fastback similar to the picture below as daily transport. It is in far from concourse condition!
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The Alpine appears to be out of action at the moment - this week he's been using a very nice cream coloured Morris Minor panel van instead.

This may not apeal to many, but to me this is a modern classic - the Alfa SZ (from Brands Hatch on Sunday)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Is this a classic? Looks in pretty good nick given that it's over 50 years old...

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PV544, I believe

The saloons were excellent rally cars, in their day

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

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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A good evening, I didn't see everything

Bumped into an old friend, whose parents help to organise it
She's probably my oldest mate, barring infant/junior school people (probably known her for 40 years, since Secondary School)

And a member of Calder Clarion, who besides being a decent 'tester' used to MTB with us, in the 90's

Some pic from this evening, at random

I quite fancied the VW OverLand camper!!
And, the Camaro SS's
the White Cortina mk1 (4-door)
the Land Rover 101FC
the TVR Chimera
the '62 Corvette (C1)
the Vauxhall Firenze 'droop-snoot' (2 of them there!!!!)

 

[Ian H]

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...

This is in West London. Seems to be used regularly.

 

[simon the viking]

This is in West London. Seems to be used regularly.
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Next time I see the one I saw I'll grab a photo.. His son has a series 2 Esprit Turbo with less than 20 K on the clock

 

[presta]

The Europa is gorgeous, I've always said I would own a Lotus one day, but the older I get the further away from the dream it seems to get, this is likely to be the closest I get which is currently sat on my drive.

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Saw this on sale a few years back, every nut & bolt restored back to factory condition. Yours for just £60k.

 

[gbb]

During a work trip (2007 I think) to Uruguay i certainly saw some cars I never expected to, most appeared to be working cars.
Above, I remember looking at the badge but cant for the life of me remember now, I suspect circa 1915 to 1920 maybe.

Chevrolet pickup, circa 1920, 1921. Obviously a very proud Uruguayan.

1960s Mercedes ?

1970s Chevvy pickup.
Notice the Chevette in the background ?

 

[gbb]

Plenty of old tricks as well. This looks maybe very early 1920s..

This one drove past just as I was going into a cafe..

Apparently this was his pride and joy...it obviously wasnt giving him much at that time...

Apologies, shame about the bloomin photobucket inclusion.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

It's not so strange, say Vauxhall vs Ford. The Escort XR et al really did capture people's imagination, quite possibly via their rallying success while the SR and SRIs from Vauxhall were extremely good cars,

Thankfully, we didn't suffer the same as the Aussies, at race-tracks!
Fist-fights, & practically riots, between the Ford & Holden fans

Vauxhall has always suffered perhaps from a more 'it's a fleet car or an older man's car' mentality

Somewhat abated, by the success of the Vauxhall Chevette HSR, in rallying

 

[NorthernDave]

Talk of Ford Escort XR3's reminded me of this one that I saw last night - apologies for the dashcam captures:

It looks absolutely mint - not bad for nearly 38 years old given how they used to rust. I'm fairly certain it's the same one I've seen a few times on rides through one of the villages to the east of Leeds, it's heading in that direction anyway!