Picture(s) of the day....

[NewcastleFalcon]

I'm not feeling too good today but when I first saw that picture Chris I thought it was an Alpine Fastback:



was there any connection do you know?

and quite similar to this Matra Bagheera Prototype

screenshot

regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Well, I'm not an engineer

nf own work

but according to you tube...its an easy fix....

regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Well, I'm not an engineer



but according to you tube...its an easy fix....

regards Neil

Maybe I am an engineer after all One laptop kept going, fixed power jack with a bit of soldering and the broken hinge with araldite.....marginally chuffed with myself

NF Own Work

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Well done that man!!

[cpt-craig]

I'm not feeling too good today but when I first saw that picture Chris I thought it was an Alpine Fastback:



was there any connection do you know?

and quite similar to this Matra Bagheera Prototype



regards Neil

What a car!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

What a Car!!

Welcome to Picture of the day Craig, feel free to lob a picture or two up yourself.

If the "What a Car!" was for the Bagheera you will enjoy this

from here https://petrolblog.com/2015/06/talbot-m ... ports-car/

Regards Neil

[white exec]

A great read, Neil.
One more for the lookalikes?
There's something to be said for a nicely-sculpted, slippery and unfussed side profile.

[Hell Razor5543]

I thought it might be a Fiat Dino Coupé;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Dino

[mickthemaverick]

I have just learned that I have unknowingly owned a Matra built car, thanks Neil!! My Renault Espace TXE falls into the category described in that article so I can add another maker to my list. Meanwhile, while we are on the 2 door fastback coupe road, let's not forget our own Ford Capri which I would suggest was probably the biggest selling car, of this type, of all? What do you think?

Borrowed from Web

[NewcastleFalcon]

From the achive Mick....I would agree the Capri is in the perfect place for the nostalgia market. They were so accessable, and so many people had them, and plenty crop up at auctions fetching decent prices.

Quite a few "in the wild" spots on the Scottish Leg of our holidays this week,

The biggest "stir" from the live spottings was on a very sunny Sunday afternoon in Callender when three Ford Capris roared into the carpark by the river. The general public love a Capri!

Regards Neil

....the aforementioned trio of Capri's in the wild...although even such a rare site as this fails to remove the mobile phone from examples of Homo sapiens in the background You may just catch sight of what may be Homo neanderthalensis, behind the wheel of the orange Capri ( where is the tongue in cheek emoticon )

nf own work

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

This Capri 3000 GXL, vinyl roof and all is for sale at H&H Auctions right now.

They are expecting £20,000 toi £25,000



Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

..take a look inside if you like...


Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Such a shame that someone thought of brown!!!

[white exec]

Did I read somewhere that Matra offered the Espace design to PSA, who decided there was no market for such a thing?! So they offered it to Renault . . .

[mickthemaverick]

Did I read somewhere that Matra offered the Espace design to PSA, who decided there was no market for such a thing?! So they offered it to Renault . . .

Thanks Chris that has cheered me up after my miserable morning with the lexia!!