Non-Volvo car chat megathread

Post by **volvolugnut** » 15 Mar 2022, 16:43

You can still smell the damp rot.
volvolugnut

Post by **BlackBart** » 15 Mar 2022, 18:29

foggydogg wrote: ↑15 Mar 2022, 11:01 Hey, watch yourself, I got a Rattle-Can car...

Haha - you're lucky not painted by me!

Post by **BlackBart** » 15 Mar 2022, 18:31

volvolugnut wrote: ↑15 Mar 2022, 16:43 You can still smell the damp rot.
volvolugnut

I'll say. Looks like the roof weeps and it just drips down constantly.

It was under Liverpool I read. A train caught fire, closed it down. At one point it was a rope maker, then the auto repair shop.

Post by **Sveedy** » 05 Apr 2022, 19:53

Wandered into a local car show ( Copperstate 1000 ) and took way too many pics, but here are a couple:

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Post by **abscate** » 06 Apr 2022, 03:17

Fun car get together onLong Island….loved the 75 yo lady rocking the XKE….THat might beJune in 40 years!

Post by **BlackBart** » 06 Apr 2022, 17:04

Sveedy wrote: ↑05 Apr 2022, 19:53 Wandered into a local car show ( Copperstate 1000 ) and took way too many pics, but here are a couple:

Wow, Sveedy, that's a treasure trove of interesting stuff!

On this side of the street - an Allard Cadillac, and what I assume is a real 911 RS2.7. Way beyond that is a Ferrari 365 GTC4 (I looked that up) from the early 70s. I remember that car on the cover of Road & Track.

On the opposite side of the street, I think it's a Jaguar XK-140 or -150, a Mercedes 300SL Roadster (which I almost like better than the gullwing), maybe a Cunningham (?), a Lamborghini Islero, an Alfa Romeo "GTZ" (Giulia Tubolare Zagato!), blue one I don't know, and a Graham Hollywood, which was a revival of the Cord 810 sedan.

Then a VW bus, then another 300SL Roadster, then they get too small for me. But on the end is an orange 911 RS2.7 again (but there are a lot of replica / tribute / fake RS's out there).

The French Blue Matra Djet is a rare bird, the first mid-engine production car. 1100cc, all fiberglass, 1400 lbs. Matra was known for Formula 1 and Le Mans prototype racecars with screaming V12s.

There's an MG-TC across the street, and a BMW 3.0CS coupe, another 300SL, and two 911s. Looks like a Camaro convertible next to it. And a Mustang.

The last one, the grey-blue coupe, could be a pre-Cobra AC Ace (??), but I don't think the taillights / fins are right. (Nope - looked it up, it is an AC Ace "Aceca" coupe - pretty car)

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There's a custom bodied Zagato version of that, mmmm...

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Abscate, I'm liking the bumperless grey XKE!

And a genuine (or replica?) long-nose Jaguar D-Type? Wow. Not something you see on the street - ever. It has nose stripes similar to the famous Ecurie Ecosse team cars. Is it a new tribute car, or is it this priceless original at the Goodwood Revival?

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Post by **matthew1** » 06 Apr 2022, 17:40

Oh my goodness. Wow.

Post by **matthew1** » 06 Apr 2022, 17:42

BB I saw a ratty Alpha 4-door from the 80s or 90s with quad headlights and thought you'd like it. I should have taken a photo of it. One set of the headlights was yellow fogs. Super cool looking.