Did You See Anything Good Today? [Read First Post]

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at market today

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3 that got away, no definite ID's though the last looked 80's and the others modern


and a GT-R


had to run away from chit-chatting with a regular customer there towards the end of market when I saw the three Ferraris go by behind her. Best I could do was that long distance shot as they quickly went around a corner and I had to move about 100 yards to get a line of sight. Then I had to go back and explain to my customer what the heck I was doing! :lol:


and on the way home, I believe I may have spotted a few interesting classics. ID's would be greatly appreciated.

unknown 1, jag?:


unknowns 2 and 3, both MG's?


unknown 4, Ferrari:


356 and unknown 5, Maserati?



just going to market and straight home...
 
Look what's next to it! I love Hyper Blue R53s!:drool:

Yeah, it's my mom's car. :dopey:

Sweet spot, did you get to hear the BiTurbo V12 roar? :sly:

No, unfortunately. Never had the privilege of hearing one in real life. :grumpy:

unknown 4, Ferrari:
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That's an Austin Healey. Good spot!
 
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'Unknown 1 Jag?' is indeed a Jag MkII

'2' i think is a early MG Midget and '3' is an MG TA.

Unknown 5 looks like a Ferrari 250 Lusso.
 
thanks for the ID's!

oops, knew I'd seen a prancing pony, but attached it to the wrong car in my memory, apparently. 250 Lusso would be nice to pin down. I'll ask some local spotters if there's one around!

Edit: confirmed, it's a Lusso, one of 351 made!
 
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I was going to confirm with my own pic, but turns out mine was a 250GT, and less rare than the Lusso. Awesome spot indeed!

...plus mine was at a show =/
 
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I looked in the Internet and the boss 302 that was in the picture was actually a 2013 boss 302.that's why it look different
 
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What car might go with a key like this? :sly:

I'll give you a clue; its Italian, its bright red, it turns heads and I swear I have never seen another car quite like it.
It also happens to be my first car.
Here's some clues...



Yeah. You see those very serious air vents and the over the top racing stripes. You saw the sporty exhaust pipe and if you guessed, I think you probably guessed wrong! :-P

It was, in fact, my ludicrous Fiat Seicento!
 
Nice Fiat Siecento Sporting, but I think this thread is for cars you have seen not what you own (I'm not sure if that's your own car; as its posted here, but you have stated its your first car and it's yours) which means that it belongs in a different thread. 👍 :)
 
It was, in fact, my ludicrous Fiat Seicento!
Nice Fiat Siecento Sporting, but I think this thread is for cars you have seen not what you own (I'm not sure if that's your own car; as its posted here, but you have stated its your first car and it's yours) which means that it belongs in a different thread. 👍 :)
Which is in this sub-forum.
 
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Nice Fiat Siecento Sporting, but I think this thread is for cars you have seen not what you own (I'm not sure if that's your own car; as its posted here, but you have stated its your first car and it's yours) which means that it belongs in a different thread. 👍 :)

Okay... so my car doesn't count. Sorry guys.
So, here's two of the six more interesting cars I see about regularly. This is the most rural of rural Scotland, so don't knock it.


A charming example of a Suzuki Cappuccino, imported legally into Britain from Japan which honestly looks so tiny next to all normal cars in this country (including mine)
And a very largely spoilered R34 skyline that, according to its badging, is GT86 not a GT-R.

Also nearby, but no photos *Yet*
A Purple late model Lotus Esprit
A beautiful AC 427
A Nissan Fairlady Z33 with (I think) the Gran Turismo designed body kit.
A dark red Aston DB9
Finally, an ALPINA version of the BMW 8 series coupe. Can't remember the name, and I think its been sold. It would sometimes be outside the high school I went to, but during my final year (this year) I didn't see it even once :-(
 
Yeah the R34 definitely isn't a GTR, it's probably a GT-T. GT-86 badging is Toyota so I don't know what the owner was thinking then.. :lol:
 
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Yeah the R34 definitely isn't a GTR, it's probably a GT-T. GT-86 badging is Toyota so I don't know what the owner was thinking then.. :lol:

The weird thing is that they've had the 86 badges on the car since long before the Toyota 86 came about at all...
 
From the looks of the badge (and Wikipedia :p), it is the Nissan Skyline 25 GT.
 
Abarth Seiciento=awesome
Capcino=awesome
Skyline=awesome

welcome to the thread! even if the Fiat wasn't quite thread appropriate, I enjoyed seeing it here, and I'm not subscribed to the owners thread so I wouldn't have seen it otherwise (I mean, nobody wants to see my old F150, though it does occasionally make guest appearances in the background of my pics here:))

and pics of the rest of those would be even more awesome!
 
Abarth Seiciento=awesome
Capcino=awesome
Skyline=awesome

welcome to the thread! even if the Fiat wasn't quite thread appropriate, I enjoyed seeing it here, and I'm not subscribed to the owners thread so I wouldn't have seen it otherwise (I mean, nobody wants to see my old F150, though it does occasionally make guest appearances in the background of my pics here:))

and pics of the rest of those would be even more awesome!

I will work on the rest in the next few weeks. Well, months, as I'm going to france for three weeks on friday...
Thanks, it's good knowing that someone here would've posted a photo of my car even if it wasn't theirs! :)
 
I love those Seicentos, and the Cinquecento though a friend of mine used to give me a lift to work in one and it was terrifying, it was like a hairdryer, went up to a bazillion revs and felt like if anything nudged it, it would collapse like a deck of cards.

Seicento sporting though, i've often thought about that as potentially being my own first car too (despite being a car nut I don't actually drive, go figure)
 
I love those Seicentos, and the Cinquecento though a friend of mine used to give me a lift to work in one and it was terrifying, it was like a hairdryer, went up to a bazillion revs and felt like if anything nudged it, it would collapse like a deck of cards.

Seicento sporting though, i've often thought about that as potentially being my own first car too (despite being a car nut I don't actually drive, go figure)

There's plenty going about in Britain at the moment and at reasonable prices. I paid £950 for mine, which was advertised as "Fiat Seicento Sporting Abarth Micheal Schumacher Edition"
I didn't know before I saw mine that there was an Abarth, let alone a Schumacher! Turns out my car is not the Schumacher edition (They're SUPER rare) but it IS a great wee car. Just be prepared for the culture shock of the pedal layout if you do buy one, they're VERY offset to the left (In RHD) because on the wheelarch.

Back on-topic, I've found photos of several things I took AGES ago on my old phone (Before I joined GTplanet) that I'd love to share.

So, this is some very not exciting Saab something, but LOOK AT THE STICKER!

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Also, as promised, the DB9 that lives near me. I've only ever driven past it at home, so spotting it in IKEA's car park an hour and a half from home was... interesting!

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Okay, so I was in London last June fencing, and spotted these six beauties! There's a Maserati Quattroporte (Obscured by pillar) an unmolested Supra and RX-7 which is something you just DON'T see. Also a GORGEOUS Blue Aston Martin V8 Vantage droptop! The owner offered me a lift. He was genuinely creepy though, and as I was 15/16 at the time I declined... Part of me actually died. The Black car is Either a DBS or another V8 Vantage, I can't remember. And there's also the rear of a Camaro poking out, sorry, my phone was slow getting the camera going.

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This next trio of photos is possibly the most amazing thing I HAVE EVER SEEN! I was in a random motorway service station when I spot this INSANE art car across the car park. I go to it, and realise I have never seen anything that shape, and I really know my cars. So I start snapping a few photos. But the drivers came along and, very politely, asked me not to. They were taking it "Somewhere" for crash testing and were definitely NOT supposed to have stopped for anything, so if my shots leaked out they'd be in BIG trouble. So when they drove off, I just took more pictures! This will be the first time they've been posted on the web. It's one of the later Land Rover Evoque prototypes. :drool::sly::drool::crazy:

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Another fencing competition find, this was parked outside the Travelodge we were staying in near Sheffield. A travelodge is Not exactly the Ritz...

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Then there was a trip to the lake district last summer... That place is LITTERED with Audi R8's! The white one is a V8, while the blue is a V10... the side intakes are different shapes. I also have some photos of an Alfa Romeo 8C AND an 8C spider in a dealership... I was in heaven!!! :):):)

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Finally, some silver screen superstars!!! Lol superstars is the wrong word... Okay, so this was me, behind the scenes, of the movie "World War Z" in Grangemouth, Scotland. My dad works with the roads with the council, so the movie makers had to talk to him about road closures. I only happened to be in the car because I wanted a run to the shops, so when he got called upon to talk to some managerial person for the movie IN PERSON on the set about the roads I was amazed! So I got out and had a wee poke around, and found the early 00's/late 90's Camero, a GMC truck that looked quite epic and the Mustang! It looked like some form of special with its louvred rear 3/4 windows, but American cars aren't exactly my forte. They also had a very filthy example of the new Challenger! Apparently, all these cars were just going to be destroyed after they'd finished filming, not exported back to the USA. :crazy::crazy::crazy: I honestly attempted to buy them, really I did! They wouldn't budge, and they were PAYING $500 PER CAR to crush them. They were paying the scrap yard!!! :yuck:

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Gumpert Apollo

Spotted today driving up Portobello Road, inching past between the fruit and veg stalls. Took these as I saw it parked up a bit further up the road.

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Off topic but I like your avatar, sausages, was racking my brain for ages before I remembered it's Karlheinz Stockhausen :)

I wonder if he would've approved of the Apollo...

EDIT: Added a "Guess the car" pic in error, moved now, oops!
 
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