CLASSIC and important CARS - open thread:

[justpix]

Hi, a RILEY ... :

 

[wibbly]

Another Riley... on Tri-X 400 as a bonus too!

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

A "proper" Mini on HP5 ( do I get triple points? )

 

[justpix]

A "proper" Mini on HP5 ( do I get triple points? )

Hi, I can serve you a virtual beer :

 

[Nod]

( do I get triple points? )

Only if you can identify all the signatures on the Elf!

 

[justpix]

Hi, I like the RILEY-Mini very much. All those lamps ... How many could the Lucas generator keep glowing? But the look - and the Mini of course - are very popular:

 

[Nod]

How many could the Lucas generator keep glowing?

Not many - at least, not for long! That's why they're usually covered. (Not unusual to see a rack of lamps like that with no wires attached - possibly no bowls behind the covers, either...)

 

[justpix]

Hi, an XK140 :

 

[justpix]

Hi, TR3 hc for Vintage Racer, whose story on imageweaver I read. Now I know, why his TR3 is almost better than new ... --- :

 

[justpix]

Hi, - innovation: steps towards panoramic windows :

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... :

 

[CraigFitz17]

Late to this thread...but this is one of my cars with a story. It’s an Alfa Romeo 146. Not particularly exciting on the face of it, but my eldest daughter was born on the front seat of mine. 2 & 1/2 hour labour for our first and she made appearance. She’s now 12.

 

[justpix]

Late to this thread...but this is one of my cars with a story. It’s an Alfa Romeo 146. Not particularly exciting on the face of it, but my eldest daughter was born on the front seat of mine. 2 & 1/2 hour labour for our first and she made appearance. She’s now 12.

Welcome! What a nice, moving story!!!

 

[justpix]

Buongiorno!

 

[justpix]

Buongiorno!

 

[justpix]

Hi, a 300 SL in Düsseldorf/D :

 

[justpix]

Hi, an Aston Martin Le Mans 1933, the second one is a FORD :

 

[Nod]

And I bet the Ford occupants wish it had its mudguards fitted!

 

[justpix]

And I bet the Ford occupants wish it had its mudguards fitted!

Hi, I suppose they are tough, coming from Switzerland, they are used to this kind of weather ... ---

 

[justpix]

Hi, another yellow car ... --- :

 

[justpix]

Hi, an ALVIS :

 

[justpix]

Hi, a rare FIAT :

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... :

 

[Jelster]

Hi, a rare FIAT :

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Very... One built before the millennium and it hasn't rusted away!

 

[justpix]

Very... One built before the millennium and it hasn't rusted away!

A miracle!!!

 

[justpix]

Hi, close resemblance to the BRISTOL, and vice versa ... :

 

[Willid1]

Not sure if this is in the spirit of the thread, seen at the last Bicester Sunday Scramble, I think it's called Medusa, there are lots of videos on YouTube of the owner testing it on a rolling road in his garage!! Here yo u go save you searching for it https://www.youtube.com/user/legrandphromage/videos

It has 2 jaguar straight 6 engines running on LPG, proper "man in a garage" amazeballs

D

 

[Nod]

Possibly closer than you know. IIRC the 2 litre Bristol engine was based on a BMW lump, modified by Bristol.

 

[justpix]

Possibly closer than you know. IIRC the 2 litre Bristol engine was based on a BMW lump, modified by Bristol.

Oh, I see ... I did not look into the history ---

 

[justpix]

Not sure if this is in the spirit of the thread, seen at the last Bicester Sunday Scramble, I think it's called Medusa, there are lots of videos on YouTube of the owner testing it on a rolling road in his garage!!

It has 2 jaguar straight 6 engines running on LPG, proper "man in a garage" amazeballs

D

Sure! Anything goes, especially wild ones like this one !

 

[justpix]

Hi, a few BRISTOL details :

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... :

 

[goldtop]

Talking of derivations and BMWs, here's a cute little van:



Based on the Austin Seven.

And from the same museum, my favourite BMW of all time:



(apologies for cheating slightly!)

 

[justpix]

Hi, @goldtop I found the BMW (503) with the dashboard above:

 

[goldtop]

@justpix - close, but not quite. I think the 503/507 lent its dashboard layout to this one (remember, I said, I was cheating - it's not a car):

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIKmydA3WhY

 

[justpix]

@justpix - close, but not quite. I think the 503/507 lent its dashboard layout to this one (remember, I said, I was cheating - it's not a car):

Hi, I saw that, after close scrutiny. - However, I wanted to find (and show) a BMW with a similar dashboard... ---

 

[justpix]

Hi, an XK 140 :

 

[justpix]

Hi, a G-Klasse in Mainz/D. I had a few words with the happy owner. - In German pc- and eco-circles SUVs are frowned upon.

Funnily, the G-Klasse is exempt ... --- :

 

[goldtop]

Hi, an XK 140 :

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Lovely car with engine tolerances built to 1950s British standards (see cardboard accessory from the Jaguar catalogue)

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... :