Have You Seen Any Interesting Cars On The Road Lately?

[Chrishazle]

Funnily enough a sadly passed friend had one of those, trembler ignition on the dashboard, I'd made a teak battery box for a Model T of his, he'd given me the wrong dimensions but what I made was perfect for the trembler ignition gear and looked "period" on the dashboard. IIRC the car's name was Chloe, and I made another box for the Model T (which I christened Hattie with a brass placque on the top of the box) as it was to be his wife's car and Hattie was our nickname for her (after matron Hattie Jacques).

 

[Darrell]

Up in Pall Mall

 

[Darrell]

 

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[Darrell]

Koeniggsege.

 

[Darrell]

Pagani.

 

[Darrell]

Probably my favourite car of all time even though I’ve never seen one in the flesh. Only in magazines, the internet and of course Top Trumps

 

[Darrell]

 

[TC350]

Koeniggsege.
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All the right letters, just not necessarily in the right order!

 

[Darrell]

All the right letters, just not necessarily in the right order!

I knew that as I was doing it but sometimes I really just can’t be bothered.

 

[TC350]

I knew that as I was doing it but sometimes I really just can’t be bothered.

I only knew because it was written on the car’s temporary plate.

 

[Darrell]

And finally… when the old meets the new. (I’m referring to the bikes)


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[MissyD]

This was at the garage when I was getting air for the old girl. Had the plate 9580 R

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Strictly speaking it wasn’t on the road but a rare sight and worth sharing. The Suktan of Brunei commissioned AMG to build ten 300 SL with M119 6.0 V8 and upgraded suspension, brakes, and some other changes. He took delivery of eight of them, of which this is one.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Another unusual car spotted today, the CLK DTM.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Always incredibly special but of the least loved Black Series modelsis now starting to get a little more appreciation. The SL 65 AMG Black Seeries.

 

[st13phil]

At my wife’s hotel today. Getting ready for Sunday.
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A long departed chap I knew had one of those.

An oddity was that they used an "atmospheric" inlet valve. What on earth's that? Well, it's similar to a regular poppet valve, but it isn't opened by a camshaft, it has a light spring to close it and relies on depression in the cylinder on the downstroke to cause atmospheric pressure to open it. The spring encourages it to close at the start of the compression stroke and then as cylinder pressure builds it stays closed allowing combustion.

 

[ChrisHGTV]

Strictly speaking it wasn’t on the road but a rare sight and worth sharing. The Suktan of Brunei commissioned AMG to build ten 300 SL with M119 6.0 V8 and upgraded suspension, brakes, and some other changes. He took delivery of eight of them, of which this is one.

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As lovely as it is (and it is a very lovely thing) I can’t believe you omitted mention of the glorious SZ next to it!

 

[ChrisHGTV]

Another unusual car spotted today, the CLK DTM.

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Yes, and an SZ!

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Yes, and an SZ!

I know, and I can’t believe that I didn’t actually take a photo