Have You Seen Any Interesting Cars On The Road Lately?

[lisa110rry]

If no blue badge on showing, I would be obliged to do something (like parking him/her in). I'd be okay paying the fine.

 

[gaz_l]

Didn't manage to grab a photo, but saw a Reliant Scimitar yesterday. Long time since I've seen one of those on the road.

Cheers,

Gaz

 

[grober]

RELAINT Scimitar GTE [ two door estate] as owned by Princess Anne at one time.

Evidently someone still makes em to order!
The Reliant Scimitar: The Forgotten Classic

 

[Williamwoo]

Ah Scimitars - I saw one today too, heading for a classic car thing in Martock, Somerset.

Some years ago (must be about 30), we did a lightning tour of Europe in my old GTE SE5a. We did 4900 miles in three weeks and she never missed a beat (unlike my mate with whom we drove in tandem's brand new Audi 80!).

 

[Lennox]

See I was never a big fan of these because of the original shooting break coupe, I used to see one every day at university..

The Jensen Interceptor

Looks good pimped in Fast & Furious

Or the one crossed with a Viper

 

[Tim203]

RELAINT Scimitar GTE [ two door estate] Evidently someone still makes em to order! The Reliant Scimitar: The Forgotten Classic

When I was working for Falcon exhausts ( now Milltek) in the 80's we made the OE system for Middlebridge Scimitar who were building them at the time.

 

[mat8n]

1932 Lagonda 2ltr supercharged.
Brought back from Singapore in 1985 in a derelict state and restored over 10 years.

First time out this year.

Great guy who owns it, had a nice chat.

 

[Lennox]

 

[Scott_F]

1947 Austin 10

 

[Scott_F]

Austin A30:

 

[mattk1]

Saw this today at MTC employee day

 

[Mactech]

Stumbled across this on my drive a few weeks ago
It's one of my old development prototype cars from 1991. I can confirm it still feels a bit 'prototype' and still feels ridiculously quick.
I was the first person to do over 200mph in this very car 25 years ago out in Fort Stockton in Texas
Didn't get to that speed this time around...but I have no doubt it would if it were let off the lead
Good to catch up with an old friend

 

[brucemillar]

It's one of my old development prototype cars from 1991.

This is got my attention. Are you able to share anymore with us?

 

[Wheelsnuts]

Sorry, no photographs: the car itself was not all that interesting to me anyway. It was a Lamborghini Huracan in a shocking shade of orange parked in a Hexham car park. The interesting thing was the reaction of 5 young lads, I would guess 10 to 12 year olds who happened by on their bikes. One of them fell off his bike with excitement and they all whipped out smartphones and began photographing the thing from every angle. But there again, I suppose it was the nearest thing to a full size Matchbox Superfast toy they had ever seen.

 

[Mactech]

This is got my attention. Are you able to share anymore with us?

After spending the 1980's engineering the Jaguar Silk Cut Le Mans cars I was given the role of Chief Development Engineer for this car as Ross Brawn moved in to the motorsport department to oversee the build of the Jaguar XJR14.
This is car 004, the 2nd 'fully engineered' prototype which I started testing in March 1991. It has been fully restored by Don Law, who I did some work for last year.
https://youtu.be/jRaGLoR3wSM

 

[Lennox]

Mactech very interesting to see this car, I sold one once and curious, were there ever any built with the originally proposed V12?

 

[Mactech]

Yes, the original XJ220A show car had a V12. But it never actually ran to my knowledge. It was almost a foot longer, weighed 400kgs more with 4WD and never had any chance of getting through the emission tests with the power we needed to exceed 200mph.
That's why the production car got a version of the Gp C Jaguar's V6 turbo engine.

However, in the past few years one has actually been built in a 'production' shell with a V12
The front of the engine is buried in the central fuel cell and the driveshafts are swept forward to have the same wheelbase.
I'm sure it will surface in the near future, it's the culmination of about 7 years work and has a range of about 50 miles....

 

[renault12ts]

After spending the 1980's engineering the Jaguar Silk Cut Le Mans cars I was given the role of Chief Development Engineer for this car as Ross Brawn moved in to the motorsport department to oversee the build of the Jaguar XJR14.
This is car 004, the 2nd 'fully engineered' prototype which I started testing in March 1991. It has been fully restored by Don Law, who I did some work for last year.
https://youtu.be/jRaGLoR3wSM

You are Andy Wallace.

 

[Stu-e350coupe]

At the garage when I purchased my merc.

Had 2x F40s as well but they were under covers. They had lots of nice cars, I should have taken a few more pics but I was too keen to pick up my car lol.

 

[Mactech]

You are Andy Wallace.

Err...no! But this is part of my notes on the car aerodynamics:

Following the XJ120 Jaguar which had a top speed of 120mph, the implication of the XJ220 name was clear to the public, but apparently never meant by Jaguar. The car had also been sold on its dramatic looks, so little could be done to change those.
There was a limit of about 550bhp that could be produced within the emission regulations so the aerodynamic drag would dictate the top speed of the car. Although the basic shape remained true to the prototype show car, much effort went in to the detail to encourage the car to produce some real downforce and to aid stability. Two large venturi tunnels beneath the rear of the car and considerable wind tunnel testing allowed us to hit the stability target with acceptable drag.
I have a very personal reason for being thankful for the downforce and therefore stability of over 600lbs at 200mph. I was the first person ever to drive the car at this speed! After nearly two days of engine and aero mapping at speeds of up to 160mph at Bridgestone’s 8mile test oval in Fort Stockton in Texas (yes, everything really is bigger there!), we were eager to see if our calculations of top speed were correct. Entering the second turn on the first lap, the accurate speedometer was already reading 208mph just as a bird hit the top of the screen. I ducked and chickened out (!), but the car tracked absolutely true as I headed straight back to the workshop. Andy Wallace arrived the following day for performance testing, and was absolutely flat through both turns on the very first lap on his way to 217mph. I’m not sure if that says more about the cars inherent stability of the lack of imagination shown by racing drivers, but aerodynamics had moved, once again, to the top of priority list.

But Andy is a good friend and a Le Mans winning driver