The Cars Spotted Appreciation Thread

[cat171]

Talking if pillarless, I've always liked the W124 coupe's, so a C124 I think they're ace!

 

[CrippsCorner]

 

[CrippsCorner]

 

[Matt Cup]

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W T F 😳

 

[E30kev]

W T F 😳

That’s Hammond’s Capri from The Grand Tour

I think the other cars behind it are from the show too (one might be from the Top Gear days)

 

[Matt Cup]

That’s Hammond’s Capri from The Grand Tour

Oooh, so it is. Completely forgot about that episode.

 

[Short Norman]

Saw this on the M1 near Sheffield earlier

Looked and smelled genuine (albeit it was rhd), a quick google shows it to be a replica

Looked good though and had just the right amount of patina on it

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

If I remember rightly, the genuine cars were predominately RHD weren't they?

 

[Short Norman]

If I remember rightly, the genuine cars were predominately RHD weren't they?

so they were.

Apparently it was done to place the driver on the inside of the corner at Le Mans (which had predominantly right hand corners back then).

Learn something new everyday. I thought they'd mostly be LHD.

 

[Yarp]

Saw this on the M1 near Sheffield earlier

Looked and smelled genuine (albeit it was rhd), a quick google shows it to be a replica

Looked good though and had just the right amount of patina on it
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There used to be a place on the Team Valley in Gateshead that built replicas, not sure if it’s still there. I’d often see one plonked on 2 shopping trolleys to dry after a hose down on my walk to the sandwich hut 🤣

Edit: now long gone. There’s one outside on google maps in 2008. Shows how long it’s been since I last went past that way!

 

[Short Norman]

There used to be a place on the Team Valley in Gateshead that made replica shells, not sure if it’s still there. I’d often see one plonked on 2 shopping trolleys to dry after a hose down on my walk to the sandwich hut 🤣

the one I saw was a MDA version. I'm sure they were from Devon.

I remember really being into kit cars when I was about 14/15. So glad I grew out of it, I'd probably be a 50 year old virgin with a collection of s**t half built cars if I hadn't.

 

[Yarp]

the one I saw was a MDA version. I'm sure they were from Devon.

I remember really being into kit cars when I was about 14/15. So glad I grew out of it, I'd probably be a 50 year old virgin with a collection of s**t half built cars if I hadn't.

Yeah, I don’t think they manufactured them but they did build a good few.

I’d still like to do a kit car but would definitely end up like that 🤣. I quite fancy building a Ultimate RS which would no doubt be a total disaster 😂

 

[vtec-e]

If I remember rightly, the genuine cars were predominately RHD weren't they?

The cars were designed and built here in the south of England. I remember reading back in the day that the M1 was used for overnight 'long run' testing !

 

[Willo40]

The cars were designed and built here in the south of England. I remember reading back in the day that the M1 was used for overnight 'long run' testing !

Pretty sure Jaguar used to do the same with the D type.

 

[Scrooge]

59-65 there were no speed limits on the M1

 

[Scrooge]

In Amsterdam at the weekend, the only interesting car I saw the entire time.

 

[Matt Cup]

Saw this on the M1 near Sheffield earlier

Looked and smelled genuine (albeit it was rhd), a quick google shows it to be a replica

Looked good though and had just the right amount of patina on it
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It’s funny how these and cobras are really the only acceptable replicas. Anything else is utter shite.

 

[Scrooge]

 

[cat171]

With the after market 18's on it, they're nice but massive!

 

[Speedo Gonzales]

s**t picture.but when was the last time you saw a MK2 Espace!