One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Smokin Joe]

A very tidy Sunbeam Rapier at Brands Hatch this afternoon, plus a couple of future piles of rust
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I had the Airfix model of that. I can't remember whether it was eventually torched or used for air gun practice.

 

[Ian H]

A TR3A with a roll-bar added. [edited after correction from Profpointy]

 

[Ian H]

Now here's a rare Rover! P6 estate, must have been designed down the pub after six pints
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Those were saloons modified by a coach-builder as I recall. Not many made.

 

[Profpointy]

A TR2 with a roll-bar added.

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Ahem, TR3 isn't it ?

A TR3 or 3a is very much on my vintage car shopping list to have in my retirement. Never driven, nor been in one, but I think they are well regarded, very pretty and not daft money.

Probably more worthy to spend the money on an astrophysics degree, but not sure I've still got the brainpower to do that any more, whilst I couldnstill potter about maintaining an old sports car

 

[Ian H]

Ahem, TR3 isn't it ?

Er... yes. My brain is obviously going.

 

[Profpointy]

Er... yes. My brain is obviously going.

Lovely looking car regardless

 

[stephec]

Around 2004 one of the salesmen at our place had a Rover 75, he reckoned it was the best company car that he'd ever had, he even offered to buy it when he retired a year later.

I don't personally like the look of them, but have thought about a Z version every now and then.

 

[gbb]

Rovers are funny things. They generally got a right old bashing but I always noticed one thing...there are and always were, plentry of old Rover around. 75s are still a modestly regular sight 15 plus years on in the same way the 600s from the 90s and noughties seemed to be a regular sight long after their contemporaries ( better regarded at the time) have disappeared for the most part.

 

[Colin Grigson]

My ‘56 Beetle

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I absolutely don't feel the love for Beetles, but that's a lovely original car, iyswim. If I had my way all cars and cycles would be that colour, or similar

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The father of one of the Stock Control girls at work has a (is it?) '75 V8'
The one that had the 4.6 (?) Mustang engine

 

[Drago]

Rovers are funny things. They generally got a right old bashing but I always noticed one thing...there are and always were, plentry of old Rover around. 75s are still a modestly regular sight 15 plus years on in the same way the 600s from the 90s and noughties seemed to be a regular sight long after their contemporaries ( better regarded at the time) have disappeared for the most part.

Indeed, the press slated them yet in JD Power the Rover 45 and 75 each scored higher than every single Mercedes and Audi model, and all but one BMW. Clearly the few people that did buy them had a lot of love, but our stupid media put anyone else off from buying one.

 

[Reynard]

Likewise, not a big fan of beetles @Colin Grigson but that's lovely.

 

[screenman]

Some of the thousands of cars I should not have sold.

E93A with full Aquaplane engine including dry sump.
3.8 E type convertible.
308 GT4
308 GTS
RR Cloud 1
Escort Mexico
Strada 130
P reg Range Rover ( pre power steering)
Lot of VW Campers, mini buses etc.
Sierra Cosworths
and the list goes on and on.

We worked out I bought and sold well over 4000 cars in my time as a car dealer, if only my crystal ball had worked better.

 

[Drago]

The list of cars I should not have sold:

1971 Rover P6 V8.