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

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I'd like some news Puxa
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And a few more, tell me to stop it's boring you.
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moizeau wrote: 01 Sep 2018, 21:23 And a few more, tell me to stop it's boring you.


Not at all, a few links to other threads with your latest...

Peugeot 404
Few pages back here

Renault 10...this one was unsold at Brightwells Leominster Classic Auction in July
Classics Under £10K What would be nice?

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I had one of those and it was diesel 8-) A 404 that was.

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Back in the day the boss of a neighbouring battery business came in and told us he'd bought, for a ridiculously low price a brand new Renault Dauphine, he later brought it round to show it off.

One of my mechanics said "I've seen that car before." Couldn't have, it's straight from the London showroom." said the guy.

My mechanic got out his copy of a motor magazine and there on the front page was this exact car, far from being brand new it was the one handed to the trade press and beaten to death in all their reporting and testing. :(
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Turning a bit Autumnal here, bit of a chill in evening air, but the open-topage die hards still at it.

Spotted a black Jaguar XK140 tonight. Northumberland car as well although, originally delivered to Santa Monica California if the XKdata.com records are up to date.

http://www.xkdata.com/cars/detail/?car= ... istory=yes

Nice colours gallery too :-D

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Passed rather too quickly for details but something very Austin ten-ish in black with a large bonnet ornament that could have been a Mercedes star.
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myglaren wrote: 04 Sep 2018, 20:22 Passed rather too quickly for details but something very Austin ten-ish in black with a large bonnet ornament that could have been a Mercedes star.
Durham road, Barley Mow.


classiccarcatalogue.com is an excellent site for the classic car spotter. So from 1934 we have the Mercedes 170 which I imagine is prettty rare on the roads of Birtley!

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£26,000 buys this one from Hamburg

https://www.classic-trader.com/uk/cars/ ... 36/139125
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It was rather more rectangular than that Neil.
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Bit of an off the wall sort of day today.

A pre 1962 Thames pickup, Austin Somerset and a Bedford VAL "Chinese Six." Not seen one of the Bedfords for many a long year!!
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Xantianut wrote: 07 Sep 2018, 23:13 and a Bedford VAL "Chinese Six." Not seen one of the Bedfords for many a long year!!


Quite the movie star the Bedford VAL....

https://www.imcdb.org/i006521.jpg

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Told you the Bedford VAL was quite a movie star...here's another one from the 60's with an Austin Westminster getting in the scene.

https://www.imcdb.org/i087076.jpg

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The closest I have come to owning a VW so far has been a salvaged roadside chromium hub cap, like the ones on this absolutely gorgeous Beetle.
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How much do you know about "Commer Imp Vans"

You could start here

http://www.imps4ever.info/family/van.html

or better still have a look at this beauty in the perfect setting, captured today by one of our own Eifion!

https://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/ ... 24#p586324

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Between Tournai and Namur earlier I saw 2 x DS together, and half an hour later another one.

I was a bit disappointed they seemed to be doing only about 45 mph. OK the weather was pretty rough, but it seems a bit overprotective and underusing it to me, passing by at 75 in a Xantia, towing.

A couple of weeks ago, also abroad, I looked in the mirror and was starting to think that's the only other Xantia I've seen. As it got closer then hurtled past at about 85 (that's more like using it) it turned out to be an XM.