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Mar 21, 2015 20:32:51 GMT
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Two DeLoreans in a small Irish village (Carrigallen, if any of our Irish members know it). An Aston Martin Lagonda, the big 70s wedgey one, in New Bond Street a few months back.
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Mar 21, 2015 21:04:39 GMT
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I was once overtaken (in my TR7) by a convoy (at least 10) DeLoreans in the Snowdon area, North Wales, I guess on their way over to N.Ireland ....
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awoo
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saw 2 Datsun skylines - one of them a gtr, in a driveway a month ago - got pics but they're parked in a guys driveway, probably wouldnt be cool to post them.
never slammed the brakes so hard! first emergency stop since passing my test!
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saw 2 Datsun skylines - one of them a gtr, in a driveway a month ago - got pics but they're parked in a guys driveway, probably wouldnt be cool to post them. never slammed the brakes so hard! first emergency stop since passing my test! East Sussex perchance? Anyway, was the Dino a proper one or the lame ass 308 GT4 that came later?
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EmDee
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Mar 22, 2015 10:18:38 GMT
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Neither, it was a beetle.
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awoo
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Mar 22, 2015 13:53:07 GMT
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saw 2 Datsun skylines - one of them a gtr, in a driveway a month ago - got pics but they're parked in a guys driveway, probably wouldnt be cool to post them. never slammed the brakes so hard! first emergency stop since passing my test! East Sussex perchance? Anyway, was the Dino a proper one or the lame ass 308 GT4 that came later? on the east sussex west sussex border as it happens. i suspect the guy is a known bloke. have seen an ae86 i think in the same drive a few years back and street view shows 2 modern skylines in his drive. do you have a link to any builds or anything?
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EmDee
Club Retro Rides Member
Committer of Autrocities.
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Club RR Member Number: 108
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Mar 22, 2015 14:04:14 GMT
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East Sussex perchance? Anyway, was the Dino a proper one or the lame ass 308 GT4 that came later? on the east sussex west sussex border as it happens. i suspect the guy is a known bloke. have seen an ae86 i think in the same drive a few years back and street view shows 2 modern skylines in his drive. do you have a link to any builds or anything? This them then?
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Mar 22, 2015 14:06:26 GMT
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gordon keeble. or a bit more down to earth, mint condish vauxhal ventora which i did a genuine slow down double take (easily pleased )
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Mar 22, 2015 14:18:42 GMT
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This was quite possibly the first time I knowingly saw a 250SWB. It was a Christmas Day heading up the Mall towards Buckingham Palace. I later learnt it's not just 'any' 250SWB but a very significant one too, with Moss racing history. Yeah famous one that saw it at the festival of speed years back He does a matching bag..lol
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Mar 22, 2015 14:29:49 GMT
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Seen a Ferrari Daytona on the outside lane of the M1 years ago (i was driving a car transporter on the inside lane at the time), was rush hour, it looked quite grubby, pretty surreal as it burbled past. I Saw an f40 Last summer, must have been a ferrari day at silverstone or something, bit weird to see it coming out of my estate though. One of my customers has a black diablo i see quite often on the back of an AA wagon! Haha Also years ago (late 90's i think), had just turned into a back road which had a long straight, was driving a 3.5T flatbed with a car on the back, caught sight of an F40 in the mirror just turning into the road behind me (about 1/2 mile behind), "he'll be passing in a second" i though and just as i though that (infact during that though) he blasted past on overrun, popping and banging, spitting flames out the exhaust Have yet to see a Lamborghini Miura in the flesh, would love to some day, understand they are absolutely tiny (compared to other Lambo's).
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72 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400. 95 BMW E34 525i Manual. 80 Lotus Elite, sold 86 Mk4 Escort RWD V8, sold
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Mar 22, 2015 17:07:01 GMT
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On one of our house shopping trips to Somerset from London I saw an Aston Martin DB4 Zagato going the other way on the A303... I nearly crashed.
At Christmas we were heading to Wales, and doing the usual "who is winning the Christmas motorway journey" game* ... the real winner was again an Aston Martin going the opposite direction, this time an Aston Martin DB6,...... in full race spec, roundels on the door, roll cage, the works, luggage and presents up to the roof in the back of the car, in the outside lane making an amazing noise.
*The Christmas Motorway Journey game is played by spotting the car with the most luggage, presents and people combo, ideally with a turkey baking tray on the rear parcel shelf. The maximum points are scored if it has a nana in the back seat, and the other seat is full of stuff.
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Mar 22, 2015 18:49:24 GMT
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Saw an XJ220 on the A420 late last year, in a matt black finish with a spoiler, cant be many of those about! Sounded glorious plodding along at 45-50! Possibly owned by Maximillion Cooper of Gumball Rally fame. I work in a fairly grim area of Leicester and there's always Ferarri's and Maserati's, not to mention big AMG stuff tearing around like they're on track. None of them seem to have jobs...
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'03 Porsche 996 C2 3.6 - Sort of Retro '84 Porsche 924 - Definitely Retro!
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Mar 22, 2015 19:21:02 GMT
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Anglia68
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Mar 22, 2015 20:05:22 GMT
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A couple of stand out ones for me was first of all seeing the Gunson E12 not far from Kinver one Sunday in the early eighties, no one believed me when I told them but I knew what it was after reading a Hot Car featurette on it. The best one though was seeing a BMW M1 actually heading north on the M1 back in the nineties, quite a sight.
Oh! I once almost caused a DeTomaso Pantera to hit a lamp post when I swerved to avoid an arctic taking a very wide line around a corner and the Pantera driver had to take avoiding action by mounting the pavement, thank goodness no harm was done as I think my insurance premiums would still be sky high even now a couple of decades later.
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awoo
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Mar 22, 2015 21:04:07 GMT
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on the east sussex west sussex border as it happens. i suspect the guy is a known bloke. have seen an ae86 i think in the same drive a few years back and street view shows 2 modern skylines in his drive. do you have a link to any builds or anything? This them then? it is! the one on the left is a 4dr, the other one looked more like it was used on a track etc. are there any links? i was really pleased to see those things, really made my day
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