Great idea for a thread, Bond....will be keeping an eye out from now on. :thumbsup:

 

I had one similar to that - a 1966 3.8 S-Type. Blue with blue leather interior. Paid £125 for it in 1979 and sold it 6 months later for £75 with a rattling timing chain. Oh, and the previous owner had dyed the cracked rear leather seat with blue leather dye or something as me and the girlfriend, now the wife, found out to our embarrassment. I won't say any more........ :whistling:

 

I should have taken a pic of the interior which was in keeping with the bodywork, gorgeous unmarked red leather and the wood trim looked pristine.

Obviously had a few quid spent on it at some point.

 

My local carpark alway has some interesting stuff

3.8 MK2 Jag tonight

I'm almost tempted to use the much misused phrase "mint"

:laugh: :laugh:

What have you seen in your local carpark

Hi Bond.

Sitting outside my mates place earlier this evening. The chap who owns the land drove past in his light blue Aston Martin DB4. A very good example.

Regards, Paul.

p.s. Do you know if that was an original colour.

 

Another Jag today

Can't be many of these still going.

 

How about looking through this lot for something interesting? :laugh:

This pic is from simoncamilleri.com, and the title of the piece in which it appears is, "Should we pray for a car park?" in "Simon Says - the random ramblings of Simon Calilleri. Also in the text - a religious item relating to the use of prayer - we find the following gem :laugh: (pic from simoncamilleri.com):

 

He's long gone luv. :laughing2dw:

 

Tonight's offering in my carpark.

Not pristine but tidy looked more like a daily driver

 

Tonight's offering in my carpark.

Not pristine but tidy looked more like a daily driver

I had an MG midget in British Racing Green, knock on wires, and both hard and soft tops. I sold it to a friend for the princely sum of £400 in 1977. I wonder how much a good restored one would fetch today.

 

Spotted in Menorca this morning...old Mini Moke.

 

Saw this Citroen 'thing' outside the beach bar. The colour scheme looks a bit urgent, but I'll bet it's fun to drive...

 

Saw this Citroen 'thing' outside the beach bar. The colour scheme looks a bit urgent, but I'll bet it's fun to drive...

You didn't say you were holidaying with the, Sultan ?

:tongue:

 

Not sure Bonhams qualifies as a carpark but the car was parked when I snapped it, a BMW of sorts obviously quite valuable but no idea what it is

And this rather nice E-TYpe in Mayfair

 

Not sure Bonhams qualifies as a carpark but the car was parked when I snapped it, a BMW of sorts obviously quite valuable but no idea what it is

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It is a BMW 507. They only made 252, and there are two in the UK. This one is expected to make £2m, as it is a one owner car and that owner was John Surtees. He was gifted half of it (he had to pay for the other half) by count Agusta, of MV-Agusta, after he had won the world championship. It has done just 40,000 miles, and has had the engine breathed on and has disc brakes (it was used as a development car for Dunlop.)

The other one in the UK belongs to BMW GB, and I used to work on it as an apprentice - the BMW technicians didn't have much interest in the classic fleet, so I got to play with this, a 328, an E9 CSL, an Isetta bubble car, a pair of M1's and others.

EDIT - it sold yesterday for £3.8m, along with an Aston Martin that fetched over £10m - results here http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24876/#/aa0=3&MR0_length=100&w0=list&aj0=lot_number_asc&m0=0

 

I was snapped getting into my Lambo when I parked it in Casino Square in Monaco.

 

I was snapped getting into my Lambo when I parked it in Casino Square in Monaco.

Had you been to see Alan? @Karrusel :laughing2dw:

 

Mike and Edd restored an Isetta Bubble car in Wheeler Dealers. It eventually went to the BMW museum in Bracknell, Berkshire. The clip below is them taking it there.

 

Mike and Edd restored an Isetta Bubble car in Wheeler Dealers. It eventually went to the BMW museum in Bracknell, Berkshire. The clip below is them taking it there.

One of those would tempt me to get behind the wheel again. :yes:

Or a Messerschmitt Tiger.

 

Spotted this round the corner.

 

I live in a suburb on the edge of a town that is on a "street" that leads to quiet a large estate away from a "B" road.

My house has large 1970's windows and the front bedroom overlooks the road.

I've seen a Ford Consul Classic (Canary Yellow with a White roof), a Ford Zephyr MkII also in Canary Yellow.

There's also a Black "sit up an beg" something that I can't identify, it's a bit rough, but clearly running. :thumbsup:

The problem is that they are going at 20mph over the "traffic calming measures" and I rarely have a camera on me.

Nice to see some local classics though. :yes:

 

The Germans are in town

:laugh: :laugh:

@scottswatches

Saw this tonight, clean as a whistle, can't be many left as tidy as this one.

 

The Germans are in town

:laugh: :laugh:

@scottswatches

Saw this tonight, clean as a whistle, can't be many left as tidy as this one.

Fetching strong money now these, especially the convertible. One of the last really well built Mercedes

 

Happened upon these gems whilst wandering around Puerto Banus the other week , the nice thing about the Bentley was he clearly used it as it was dusty and the boot was covered in historic rally plaques spanning a few years

 

Happened upon these gems whilst wandering around Puerto Banus the other week , the nice thing about the Bentley was he clearly used it as it was dusty and the boot was covered in historic rally plaques spanning a few years

Even by my standards that mirror green wrap is hideous.

:laugh: :laugh:

 

Just the thing

for your holidays!

 

Talking of hideous, one of my neighbours bought this Range Rover a few weeks ago.

But we do live in a council flat with a red door so I suppose it's only to be expected

:laugh: :laugh:

 

Tonights catch

At one time back in the day despite its lack of snob value I would have been all over the Stang. It's the one Yank muscle car I've never had.

BUT

This was parked a few spaces along

On seeing them almost side by side it's a no brainer. Why would you waste your hard earned on the Mustang. The Jag will just go better and be a nicer thing to be in.

I could easily add one of these Jags to my growing collection of motors that don't go.

:biggrin:

 

On seeing them almost side by side it's a no brainer. Why would you waste your hard earned on the Mustang. The Jag will just go better and be a nicer thing to be in.

I could easily add one of these Jags to my growing collection of motors that don't go.

Ditto. Saw one locally (if that's the same model) and stopped in my tracks like a meerkat. Very nicely executed body design.

 

Decent motors in my carpark have been a bit thin on the ground recently but this tidy MGB was parked up today.

Old "G" plate........ 1969 ???

 

Decent motors in my carpark have been a bit thin on the ground recently but this tidy MGB was parked up today.

Old "G" plate........ 1969 ???

 

Ford Orion 1.6 Ghia in Portugal..

 

Ford Orion 1.6 Ghia in Portugal..

Wow! That's pristine :laugh:

Shame it's not the 1.8i. Did they do a Cosworth Orion?

 

My local carpark alway has some interesting stuff



3.8 MK2 Jag tonight



I'm almost tempted to use the much misused phrase "mint"

:laugh: :laugh:

What have you seen in your local carpark

Apart from the colour that car is a thing of beauty. If fan of classic jags, they always look as if they are doing 100mph when they are standing still. Car design has had its peak, now the designers all seem to make little clones of each other's stuff. Oh well, grumpy old man mode

Noj

 

Snapped these two within a couple of weeks of each other. Not sure about the plate on the yellow one.

 

@Nigelp Hey, Nige...nice to see you back! Well I'm no expert on cars...I just saw the Ford parked there and thought it looked pretty cool. I couldn't begin to think what extras it should have had to be pukka.

 

Thanks Rog old pal nice to be back, guess the export ones could have been to poverty spec, i'm surprised @BondandBigMdidn't pick up on it. Guess its not posh enough to be on his radar artytime:

 

I was trying to remember where I'd seen a set of those rims recently, then I remembered...They put a set on the Ford Escort RS Cosworth that Ant Anstead did up on his first episode of Wheeler Dealers in the States. After talking to the original designer who told him that the car should have had 3 tail spoilers, but Ford were too tight to do it, Ant made one and fitted it.

 

I was trying to remember where I'd seen a set of those rims recently, then I remembered...They put a set on the Ford Escort RS Cosworth that Ant Anstead did up on his first episode of Wheeler Dealers in the States. After talking to the original designer who told him that the car should have had 3 tail spoilers, but Ford were too tight to do it, Ant made one and fitted it.

Don't do pay for view telly, I'll just wait ten years for the endless re runs on Dave.

:laughing2dw: :laughing2dw: