Chilli's classic car thread.

chillidoggy

Just thought I'd start the ball rolling with a couple of piccys taken from either Goodwood Festival of Speed, or Brands Hatch Historic Masters, and then you fine fellows can wow us all with your astonishing knowledge in identifying them.

 

First off:

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee189/chillidoggy/Cars/GoodwoodFestivalofSpeed2007187_zps51d6af42.jpg

bertie

does/has anyone actually owned a classic car ?

me ?  my first ever car was a 1968 Cooper.  Then a 1275GT (is that classic ?)  Ive not actually owned any others since 1985

GuitarMonkey

I've owned a few old Triumphs (TR6, Dolly Sprints) although they weren't much older then than my current car is now.

Stumped by the pic though - is it a British marque?

Van_Hayden

I think it's a Bizzarrini - cant quite tell because its behind a fence.....

Travisthedog

Had a few lancias and Alfas - not more than that.

GuitarMonkey

Travisthedog said:

Had a few lancias and Alfas - not more than that.

I had an Alfa in the 80s. Luckily someone wrote it off for me and the insurance paid out handsomely before I had to scrap it. 

chillidoggy

Van_Hayden said:

I think it's a Bizzarrini - cant quite tell because its behind a fence.....

Yup, well done that man! Bizarrini Strada.

Spider

Had a 32 year old Alfa Spider S2 until a couple of months ago.

Van_Hayden

Can I have a bonus point for saying his most famous design was the Ferrari 250GTO?

chillidoggy

Hmmmm. Ok, half a point, because the GTO was a Scaglietti design, Bizarrini was the engineer.

OilCityPickups

I have had a few classic cars ... last one was a 1969 Morris 1300 (1100 shape) that was one of the most practical classic runabouts I've ever had. I had a 62 Austin Healey Sprite for some years ... sliding side windows and hood that took a week to assemble! Mk1, 2.5 V6 Consul Granada ... P6 Rover V8 ... Lancia Delta HPE ... Ford Capri 2.8i.
I owned half shares in a DeTomaso Pantera once ... closest I've been to a supercar. An old mate and I hoped to restore it ... it was a shell with all the greasy bits in boxes ... but it was going to cost too much, so we flogged it for more than we paid for it - and I built a kit car with the money
Cos of having horses I only do 4x4s now

chillidoggy

And the next one, and frankly I'll be amazed if you get it:-

 

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee189/chillidoggy/Cars/GoodwoodFestivalofSpeed2007227_zps695ec5c6.jpg

 

 

Sporky

Chapparal 2J. Mmm. Ground effect.

Bucket

Yep - Bizzarrini (sp?) and Chaparral.

I'm a bit of a car geek.

holnrew

I'll get my Ferrari and Lambo out of the garage to photograph.

Sporky

holnrew said:

I'll get my Ferrari and Lambo out of the garage to photograph.

I really hope that's not a euphemism.

chillidoggy

Well done Sporks!

Sporky

It would have been a lot harder without the bit of paper next to the umbrella.

axisus

Only had minis (7). Lifelong desire for a TR6.

chillidoggy

Ah, I can see I need to do some photo editing to make things harder in future!

TTony

TheGuitarWeasel said:

... P6 Rover V8 ...

I had this one for a few years - 3500 rather than 3500s