I-Spy Classic Cars/Bikes-What have you spotted?
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For a memory refresh this is a Vauxhall Belmont, based on the Astra/Opel Kadett E
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The Belmont was to the Astra as the Orion was to the Escort! Mine looked like this:
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I spotted a lovely Rover P4 on the A329M coming into Reading this afternoon.
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Hell Razor5543 wrote: ↑05 Jun 2023, 18:00 I spotted a lovely Rover P4 on the A329M coming into Reading this afternoon.
Wasn't Zel was it?
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Erm, no. The bodywork was too tidy (although I did, for a few moments, wonder).CitroJim wrote: ↑05 Jun 2023, 18:01Hell Razor5543 wrote: ↑05 Jun 2023, 18:00 I spotted a lovely Rover P4 on the A329M coming into Reading this afternoon.
Wasn't Zel was it?
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Zel popped round to pay me a visit the other day in his P4... It certainly has a very nice patina about it, well befitting a 60 year old car...Hell Razor5543 wrote: ↑05 Jun 2023, 18:02Erm, no. The bodywork was too tidy (although I did, for a few moments, wonder).CitroJim wrote: ↑05 Jun 2023, 18:01Hell Razor5543 wrote: ↑05 Jun 2023, 18:00 I spotted a lovely Rover P4 on the A329M coming into Reading this afternoon.
Wasn't Zel was it?
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One for sale
https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/cc ... n=1&pp=100
One spotted in the Sunshine Neil
https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/cc ... n=1&pp=100
One spotted in the Sunshine Neil
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Colour works for me!
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I saw a Morris Minor yesterday - in 2 tone 2CV Dolly 'Rhubarb & Custard' colours (well actually Custard and Rhubarb, since the body was red and the wings cream!). Very striking!
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Very tasty I love rhubarb and custard...
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Ford Prefect May 1956, you can just about see the defining differential feature between an Anglia and a Prefect of that period down the right-hand side.
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My recollection of the early 100E was the three speed gearbox which had a huge gap between second and third ratios, you had to scream the engine in second then move up to third when there was hardly enough torque for it.
I suspect Ford were just looking to get a better top speed.
I suspect Ford were just looking to get a better top speed.
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I was working near Reigate this afternoon when this VW Beetle stopped to fill up. It is a 1962 model, and has not had any work done (other than the usual maintenance).
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Anyone for Four Fords all in a row?
and a Mark II round the side Neil
and a Mark II round the side Neil
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I'm drooling
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