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Still the Lancia Stratos in my humble opinion!
Rally ones maybe, the road going versions had all the appeal of clamydia.
600bhp. built by Vöcks of Koenigsegg
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That Vox Volvo is awesome!
But that's going down the custom, not classic, route...
how about some 240z loving..
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Based on a quick scroll through the photos posted...
...I reckon the E Type has it so far
It's Citroen and Bristol for me.
Citroen were the only car makers brave enough to design and manufacture cars that gave you the future today.
And a Bristol Six series is a wonderful, marvellous anachronism that I'd buy in a minute if I ever became seriously rich.
No trip to London is ever complete without visits to their showroon, Fred Warrs Harley dealership, Condor Cycles and Greys of Westmister Nikon emporium.
Could some kiind soul please post a nice pair of Bristols for me?
A 403 and a 6 series would be nice, ta.
I've got a soft spot for these little fellas too.
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911 2.8 RSR
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[url= http://www.performance-car-guide.co.uk/xkss.html ]Jaguar XKSS[/url]
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ijs445ra: [i]"The owner has disabled downloading of their photos"[/i]
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and my other choice would be the pontoon fender that Gachet just posted
Saw the thread title and was going to post a pic of an ss100 but klunk beat me (red one would be nicer tho!)
Don simon Mk3 Spit is the best (like mine 😉 ) Same fun MUCH nicer looking.
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Always wanted to trade up to a TR4. One day.....
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Don simon Mk3 Spit is the best (like mine ) Same fun MUCH nicer looking.
Did it have a 1500cc motor? NO!
Did it have o/drive? NO!
Best my arse...Nicer looking, OK, I might have to concede this one... Loads of fun though...
On the TR side my cousin and his brother in law both renovated TR6s, beautiful cars.
1500 motor was de-tuned for US legislation 1300 motor is actually more bhp in standard form (mine is far from standard but still 1300). Mine has had overdive though is currently running a marina box (better ratios)
TR6's are lovely TR4's are MUCH prettier 😉
Most beautiful? probably not, but I like these.
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Also a big fan of the Guilietta SZ and the original Fiat Arbarth.
billyboulders, my last classic was a Spitfire Four (not Mk1V)
that Vox Volvo is absolutely awesome.. i want!
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Don Simon - My dad has recently built up what he calls his 're-imagining' of a Frog-Eye Sprite.
He knew that the Frog-Eye and the Midget were essentially the same car under the skin so - armed with 30yrs of building,restoring and racing Midgets - he modified an old Midget into his fave incarnation of the Frog-Eye.
Haven't had a ride in it yet, but my mates kids (who live just down the road) are obsessed with the strange man who is seen obsessively polishing the little red racing car! 😆
TR6's are lovely TR4's are MUCH prettier
They're all beautiful. 😀
Don Simon - My dad has recently built up what he calls his 're-imagining' of a Frog-Eye Sprite.
Coolio, any pics yet?
billyboulders, my last classic was a Spitfire Four (not Mk1V)
I've had my spit 20 years and before its second rebuild (!) I had a 2 litre inline 6 motor from a gt6 in it for a while and had the bonnet off a mk1 gt6 to fit it under, same grille and low bumper mounting as the spitfire4. Very pretty. Spitfire4 did look like they threw a load of light lenses at the back tho! MK3 is much cleaner 😉
They're all beautiful.
In all the years of browsing STW probably never seen a truer word spoken (er...typed?)
But the winner is the early 911 or 912.
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I also think the sunbeam tiger was extremely pretty, especially the Shelby fettled version (can't find a working pic).
This for best supercar and best classic car. Ferrari don't always get it right but they hit the jackpot with the F40:
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Spitfire4 did look like they threw a load of light lenses at the back tho! MK3 is much cleaner
In all honesty I like them both, they were different and the Mk4 was ushering a new era (at least they didn't go for the MG Midget plastic trim, je, je!). The GT6 were nice but I preferred the rag top at the time and my insurance man agreed with me. To hear of a 2L shoehorned into a Spit is nice. I had previously tried to insure an MGB Roadster unsuccessfully. More or less at the same time we had a MGB GT V8 Costello knocking around the house, now there was a beast.
Classic cars are ace.
Don Simon - not yet, i'll take some pics on the phone next time i pop round. I may as well, it's my inheritance he's coughed away on all his little cars! 🙂
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I'll be waiting for the photos.
Spitfire4 is different to a MKIV (its like the mk1 the "4" stands for four cylinder)
I had a 1500 (MKIV shape) for a bit, a friend bought it off me and managed to turn it over and slide it upside down along the A30 he escaped without a scratch, god knows how even the steering wheel was bent over at the top! His passenger to this day has a scar on his forehead he says he scuffed his head momentarily because his hands were getting really hot against the vinyl of the roof sliding along the road and he let go!
Spitfire4 is different to a MKIV (its like the mk1 the "4" stands for four cylinder)
Got ya, that'll learn me for working and trying to play at the same time. Best leave the multi tasking to the girlies...
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/11/rare-citroen-ds-convertible-feches-440k-at-retromobile-auction/
Next?
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Not posting this as a contender, just showing you what I had. In this colour as well. Cosmetically the only difference between this and the MK3 was that the bumper was lower, and not legal in the US, IIRC.
Thats the one oldgit, my MK1 GT6 bonnet was like that but with a big-ass bulge instead of the stamped in stripe - very nice.
Cosmetically the only difference between this and the MK3 was that the bumper was lower
#Herald based Triumph pedant mode on# The MK3 grille was one piece and didn't have the spar up the middle, and the last MK3's had neater rear lights with a reversing light in the middle instead of the two seperate ones by the indicators 😉 #Herald based Triumph pedant mode off#
I've toyed with turning mine in to a works Macau copy like this
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JAG has it-just like the LP 400 there's purity about the unadorned Stratos that few other designs have achieved.
There are some beautiful cars on this thread. And a Toyota Celica!
For me the Citreon DS is hard to beat.
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Xk102 drop head coupe if I was being sensible or the Bug Atlantic if I won the Euromillions.
Is it ralph lauren that owns that Bug?
Not telling you what this is, may drive up the market price if you all want one, then I'll never afford it.
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(You'll probably be able to left click or something to find out. Anyhow, point is the most beautiful cars in this world are sometimes massed produced, but are more often one-off coachbuilt cars for the stinking rich. I'm calling most of the above cars common chod 😀 )
Surely [url= http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1657686_1657662,00.html ]Horsey Horseless[/url] wins anyhow?
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One-off coachbuilt you say?
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DB5 Estate (sorry...Shooting Brake 😉 )
Nice, like James Bond's car but room for bikes and kit in the back 😆
(OK there was more than one but it was coachbuilt and there wasn't many of them)
if you're talking coach built Astons
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#DROOL#
Beautiful, I am downloading that pic to my phone klunk to show every Orange5 owner I meet. Function before form...pah! 🙂
That GT40 in blue and orange. My dad's mate is an accomplished car sprayer and among the cars he has painted, he's done a GT40 in the same colour scheme. I need to get him to paint my bike 😀
Or buy a 456 in "that" (AKA Ford Monza) Blue and just get him to do an orange stripe on it 😉
I tend to choose the more 'affordable' and more practical classics:
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Still beautiful (to me, anyway!)
Genius billyboulders. Would be slightly more expensive though 🙁
Without a doubt it has to be the split screen vw camper!
I would post a pic but I can't copy/paste links from this generic tablet device :/
For Rusty Spanner - a 406 Zagato to go with the 95 GT I posted on page 1...
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