Have You Seen Any Interesting Cars On The Road Lately?

[BTB 500]

Former forum member Charles Morgan had a very nice Citroen SM which he sold 5 years ago:

My Citroen SM | Mercedes Cars for Sale

All info here but it is a fabulous car I shall really miss, but I have too many classics. Mileage shown is wrong - it's 76000km not miles! Citroen SM 1972

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[Scooby_Doo]

Driving home today on the coast road in mid Wales came past The Moody Cow farm shop/caravan site and noticed that there was an unusually large number of cars in the car park . As I got nearer I realised that they were nearly all Morris 1000's and the first half dozen or so were all in that light violet colour which was a stock colour back then. Nearly did a "U eee" but too much traffic behind me.
Just had a look - do a google search for "The Moody Cow Welsh Kitchen and farm shop" there's a facebook video with the cars on it.

 

[Darrell]

Matey bottled out of buying the Citroen and picked this up today. He owns a flooring firm so no doubt the fact that it’s an estate will be handy for his samples etc.

 

[jamesfuller]

Just an F40 LM, closely followed by an Enzo on the A14 this evening. There where a few modern Ferraris too but I didn't recognize them.

 

[G7Wagen]

My friend's hand-built (by him) G wagen pickup in Somerset.

 

[SpikyMikey]

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[JefferiesFarnol]

I know someone who's converted an old Land Rover fruit picker into a sort of pickup with collapsible sides. He still uses the arm winch that was originally for lifting the fruit baskets on.

 

[swannymere]

Alfa Romeo 6C (similar but not the exact car in the photo) on the A32 Droxford to Hambledon road crossroads (mid hampshire) with 2 mechanic's with smiles on their faces. Bit of a hotspot for fancy cars as there's a few storage and restoration shops in the area.

 

[JamRocky]

I'm not sure it this has been done before - but I thought it may be fun to do again, even if it's a resurrect.

Similar to Scott's scrapyard thread, but with the cars/bikes not quite so dead.

The only rule being that it must be something that you've seen on the road or out and about, and not from car shows/events, or photos from the internet.

Anything goes, as long as it floats your boat.

Here's my starter to ten, seen just down the road the other night.

1973 MGB GT, a proper chrome bumper model:

I saw an MG Maestro out on the road today very much like this one in the photo only tattier! Interesting, I thought, considering I have no idea when I last saw one driving or when I will see one again …

 

[Darrell]

This is the Citroen.
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The car has been bought by the Wheeler Dealer team.

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

Driving home today on the coast road in mid Wales came past The Moody Cow farm shop/caravan site and noticed that there was an unusually large number of cars in the car park . As I got nearer I realised that they were nearly all Morris 1000's and the first half dozen or so were all in that light violet colour which was a stock colour back then. Nearly did a "U eee" but too much traffic behind me.
Just had a look - do a google search for "The Moody Cow Welsh Kitchen and farm shop" there's a facebook video with the cars on it.

That'll be a collection of Morris Minor Millions from 1960.

They made 350. All in lilac. Broadly worth about £30k a pop now. Bargain.

 

[Scooby_Doo]

That'll be a collection of Morris Minor Millions from 1960.

They made 350. All in lilac. Broadly worth about £30k a pop now. Bargain.



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That's a coincidence , 264 KJO was the last car in the line in the car park .

 

[A.J.]

In Cambridge yesterday

 

[MissyD]

Not a car, but certainly an impressive bit of kit

 

[Swotty]

Not a car, but certainly an impressive bit of kit

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Perhaps Charles knows something his mum doesn't?

 

[Darrell]

Not a car, but certainly an impressive bit of kit

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We use King Lifting on some of our jobs to get rolls of lead up when the tower cranes have been removed.

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[SW18]

We use King Lifting on some of our jobs to get rolls of lead up when the tower cranes have been removed.

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I used to use King lifting a lot in the late '90s. At that time it was a good rule of thumb that crane hire cost roughly £1 per tonne of crane capacity per hour. Thus a 25t crane was about £25 per hour, a 150t was about £150 per hour, etc. I wonder what the going rate is now?

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

It's nice, for sure, but seriously, who leaves a million quid's worth of car on the street in Kensington?

And who does comfortably less than one thousand miles in the thing over its four year life?

 

[Darrell]

It's nice, for sure, but seriously, who leaves a million quid's worth of car on the street in Kensington?

And who does comfortably less than one thousand miles in the thing over its four year life?

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Sounds like the actions of an everyday multi millionaire tbh.

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

Sounds like the actions of an everyday multi millionaire tbh.

Chauffeur's day off, maybe?