I-Spy Classic Cars/Bikes-What have you spotted?

[NewcastleFalcon]

It was midget day the other day on the classics spotting front, but no camera, and today grabbed the reg number of a classic passing by. EOX 99.

Now stuff that into autotrader vehicle check and up it comes with "Unknown, Unknown 1939"

DVLA Vehicle Check bit better you get "EOX99, Bentley 1939, Blue, 4257cc"

Stuff "EOX99 Bentley 1939" into google and out comes this image list

bingo!

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Not so warm today....not surprised the top was up on this today

l falcon 28/04/2018

Regards Neil

[CitroJim]

Saw a whole collection of very vintage cars, Model Ts and the like, pottering through parts of North Milton Keynes this afternoon while out on my bike...

Yesterday I saw, in the poring rain, a whole line of vintage open-top sports cars likely out on a rally. They were proceeding from Newport Pagnell towards Northampton. I think it was something like the 'Flying Scotsman' rally if I correctly read the green plates they were all carrying....

I did feel sorry for them.. They all had their canvas hoods up but it was unlikely they were keeping their occupants warm and dry

[NewcastleFalcon]

Yesterday I saw, in the poring rain, a whole line of vintage open-top sports cars likely out on a rally. They were proceeding from Newport Pagnell towards Northampton. I think it was something like the 'Flying Scotsman' rally if I correctly read the green plates they were all carrying....

I did feel sorry for them.. They all had their canvas hoods up but it was unlikely they were keeping their occupants warm and dry

You are right with the rally Jim they eventually make their way up here tomorrow by the looks of it All staying at the Gosforth Park Marriot tonight in Town! Lots of old Bentleys and the like, Think I even photographed a few up at Paxton Hall in the Borders.

http://www.endurorally.com/pages/flying ... tor-points


Regards Neil

PS Dug it out April 2016

[CitroJim]

Excellent! Well found Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

The Flying Scotsman Endurance Rally hit Northumberland today. Armed with compact camera chose one of the picturesque spots on the route. I thought I took more pictures/videos than I did. Thats part of the attraction of modern photography, you dont have to worry about wasting pictures. If you take 100, chances are at least one of them will be a half decent shot. Take 100 in the old days and you would have used up 5 rolls of valuable film, and had to have a visit to the Chemist and wait a few days to receive your blurry shots.


So hot off the presses and without the intervention of Timothy White's here's one from today..its alrightish!

N Falcon own work 29/04/2018

Here's one of the rejects

Regards Neil

[Stickyfinger]

my little collection the other day

[CitroJim]

Out on my bike ride today I saw a very early Ford Transit van done up in what is usually H Van territory - a mobile food wagon. It was on a D plate (1966). I thought the earliest ones were on E plates but it was definitely a genuine early MK1. I could tell by the lights - Front indicators on the very early ones had both orange indicator and clear sidelight areas...

[Hell Razor5543]

I saw an A reg VW Golf Mk1 in silver (but I couldn't see if it was a GTi or not) on the M25 (between 17 and 16).

[NewcastleFalcon]

Found a C-reg one with sidelight/indicator units as per Jim’s description


https://www.vanchamp.co.uk/site_images/1965transit.jpg

Regards Neil

[CitroJim]

Great find Neil So when were they first released then?

October 1965 according to Wikipedia...

Which, as plates up to E went from December to December is good for a C-plate one

E ran from December to August 1967 only to bring the change of registration in like with, at the time, peak car sales...

[NewcastleFalcon]

GYH 194 C

Oldclassiccar.co.uk has a table of registration prefixes and when they were first used.

GYH with a C suffix was first used in October 1965, so the sequential 194 would be an early one.

..and YH In those days signified a London registration.

Regards Neil

[CitroJim]

GYH 194 C

Oldclassiccar.co.uk has a table of registration prefixes and when they were first used.

GYH with a C suffix was first used in October 1965, so the sequential 194 would be an early one.

..and YH In those days signified a London registration.

Regards Neil

Gosh! That is an early one Neil!

[Hell Razor5543]

Spotted a nice MG in Amersham this lunchtime;

[CitroJim]

Nice Bet it had not gone through the car wash though