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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Jan 2, 2024 21:52:58 GMT
On Christmas day it was nice to see 3 classics out on the road in Bedford on the way to my brother's for dinner;
I passed an early single piece windscreen Morris Minor 2 door saloon with paintwork in "oily rag" condition but still had an original looking pre suffix reg number, and good to see it still being driven;
Then I passed a parked yellow VW Karmann Ghia coupe, with a H registration but the classic original style bodyshell, and on the way home in the dark, passed another Minor, a late model traveller.
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Post by The Saint on Jan 2, 2024 22:19:05 GMT
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Post by Cartman on Jan 2, 2024 22:48:47 GMT
Over the last three or four years I have seen one or two Austin Sevens, which suggests there are a few still going, which for a car made in the 1920s and 30s, this is good going. Yet, I can't remember when I last saw a Lada, which presumably means there are more Austin 7s than Ladas still on the road? Hopefully! Steed Out of curiosity I checked this out on the How many left website, and Austin 7s massively outnumber Ladas! The figures for the pre war Austin is hovering around the 2000 mark, whereas Ladas are down to less than 100
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Post by Sam Tyler on Jan 3, 2024 9:27:31 GMT
A selection of classics from yesterday’s New Year’s Day gathering at Brooklands Museum. The Saint A great selection of cars there ST, shame I couldn't make it this year. I do like the red Borgward, classic lines on that. Pet hate has to go to the Minor with the Minilites and whitewall tyres, the Minor itself is okay but many classic car owners will sling Minilites on anything and everything. The whitewalls are just a no-no for me and do not suit the car. Sam.
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Post by Cartman on Jan 3, 2024 11:03:48 GMT
Agree, I don't get this seeming compulsion to put non original wheels on classics
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Post by Villain on Jan 3, 2024 14:13:31 GMT
Agree, I don't get this seeming compulsion to put non original wheels on classics A lot of those wheel choices, particularly Minilites, were available in period and taken up by some owners, not vast numbers granted but you could have Minilites fitted to many BL cars at dealerships in those days. They don't suit all of them though, that I can definitely agree on! Whitewall tyres likewise, very few British cars look good with these fitted, except perhaps for certain Bentleys, Rolls Royces and Rover P5Bs but even then I'm not at all keen on them. My first P5B Coupe had them on when I bought it back in 2007 so I soon replaced them with some new standard tyres. Looking at period road tests though, whitewalls / band tyres were a dealer option on US market Rover P6 3500s (known as NADA / North American Dollar Area P6s). Great selection of cars there Saint as usual - the white Mk2 Austin Mini 'UWD 832G' immediately stood out for me as my first Mk2 Cooper was reg'd 'UWD 672G'. As a standard Mini 1000 it's actually rarer now than any of the sought after Cooper models. Nice to see proper number plates on that lovely looking Jag XJ12C, but the leaper needs to come off the bonnet, sharpish! I reckon the reg' number on the Stag 'RVC 438H' is one of the BL press fleet cars when the Stag was launched in 1970. I believe at least two others from this batch still survive, including the yellow one which appeared in 'Diamonds Are Forever'. Apart from a very tatty local 1972 VW Beetle I've not seen any classics round here much, probably as it's been p*ss*ing down almost every day for weeks Villain
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Post by Villain on Jan 3, 2024 14:28:52 GMT
In fact that blue Stag is one of the old press fleet cars - this is from an old TV series called 'Wheelbase'... Villain
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Post by Villain on Jan 3, 2024 15:06:10 GMT
Just watching this youtube clip of the day and noticed your friend's gorgeous almond yellow P6B 3500S which is for sale, parked on the banking... it appears albeit briefly at 12.35 in... Villain
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Post by The Saint on Jan 3, 2024 19:09:26 GMT
In fact that blue Stag is one of the old press fleet cars - this is from an old TV series called 'Wheelbase'... Villain Yes it’s one of the pre-production press cars, restored to concours condition a year or two ago. This was displayed inside the windscreen. The Saint http://instagram.com/p/C1pjbNaIpXv
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Jan 3, 2024 19:26:41 GMT
Great photos Saint and thank you! I've seen the documentary Triumph Stag, the Dream Car on Youtube as stated on the piece of paper in the windscreen of the pre production Stag; Quite recommended as a great period piece although this was before the reliabillity problems (at the time) the cars had, had reared their ugly head. The same car has also been made as a Vanguards model car.
Other press fleet Stags that have survived as well as the "Diamonds are Forever" Stag (which I believe went to a collector in the USA) include a Damson coloured car RVC431H and the white brochure picture car RRW97H, the original photos of which were used nearly every year in Stag brochures with just the pictures being carefully altered so the registration was annually updated with the current suffix letter and then gradually the new features like trim details and stripes etc added!
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