One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Smokin Joe]

And a perfect condition Rover 3500 View attachment 581490 Then there were further cars being driven around that I couldn't get pictures of - a Ford Popular 100e, Morris Minor convertible (with picnic basket on boot carrier obviously), and an Aston Martin DB5 being driven up the A140.

A lovely timeless design that would still cut it if it were released today.

 

[Jenkins]

Another classic in the wild today - Morris Minor convertible outside the church in Westhorpe. Naff horse mascot on the bonnet probably wasn't a factory option.

 

[srj10]

 

[raleighnut]

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Love the Imp, seen a few with the BMW K1000 bike engine fitted on Youtube, there are a few other engines used in 'hot' Imps but the Beemer engine is designed to lay flat in the bike so it's a perfect match

View: https://youtu.be/2dGvjgBclCk

 

[Mark Grant]

I came across some photos today of my Ford Cortina Crayford Convertible. 1600 GT.
I owned it in the late '80's, early '90's.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Not a car obs, but a classic motorbike, still in regular use according to the owner (not Bert Munro). Photo'd last summer.

 

[Drago]

Thats a great read! £20k doesn't even get you the base Focus these days, I'd take the Rover.

Other than the colour, its identical to my olde P6.

 

[randynewmanscat]

Fleur De Lys Classic Vehicle Gathering
Thornes Park
Wakefield

July 2008

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Is that a Haflinger?

 

[randynewmanscat]

Seeing that the thread has just been corrupted by motorcycles here's one from back in old blighty.
I won't name the owner, I cut his head off to post this picture
It's a TZ750, it's part of his pension fund along with TZ350's and a works RG500.
2 strokes with tuned length expansion chambers, better than birdsong.

 

[Drago]

Ye Gods, all that power and no fork brace! Bet thats a handful by todays standards.

 

[Badger_Boom]

Is that a Haflinger?

I was going to say Pinzgauer but I looked the registration up on the DVLA checker and it came back as a grey Fergie.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Is that a Haflinger?

Yes it is
Not a Halfing though!!!

@Badger_Boom
PInzgauers are bigger & also available as a 6x6

 

[randynewmanscat]

Ye Gods, all that power and no fork brace! Bet thats a handful by todays standards.

I'm pretty certain the fork stanchions are 36mm, I have a motocross bike with stanchions 6mm fatter, there's mountain bikes with more sturdy forks
The front calipers are AP I think but the rear may as well be straight off an RD400. Its not a tame ride on the bends.

 

[Ian H]

Another classic in the wild today - Morris Minor convertible outside the church in Westhorpe. Naff horse mascot on the bonnet probably wasn't a factory option.
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Someone has added front & rear indicators. I wonder if that was a standard upgrade. You can see the original semaphore indicator on the rear side panel.

 

[randynewmanscat]

I want this, I can lose the funny looking vertical cylinder, the rest is pure gold.