Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

junkyard wrote:

In Beaulieu today.......

Buy anything?

What was the calalogue description on lot 702 (897WPU)?

Old Renault in the yard of my local Renault dealers...

Now here is one I did see, I saw this in berlin recently, the wire wheels and over riders and bars on the bumper really made it stand out http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa212/Starrywalsh/100_0056.jpg

I didn't really see this, its my 1980 Austin Mini 998cc auto, I just wanted to show it here - http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...iAug07-016.jpg

.........looks tidy !

I wonder did the VW owner reserve that reg or just chance his/her luck ?

A pink Cadillac (Eldorado Biarritz?) spotted on the M50 this afternoon.



....with the taste police in hot pursuit!

galwaytt wrote:

lunchtime today, in Athenry........

Did you hear it as well ?

Ringg, dinnngg, dinng, ding

nipplenuts wrote:

Wonder what they use the funnel for

Bulk deliveries of coffee and doughnuts!

LHD Jaguar MkII spotted on the M50 this morning.



The wipers were the wrong way around for a LHD. Was that normal in older cars?

Caddyman wrote:

Thanks for naming one of the Rolls, does anyone else have any ideas for the rest of them!

Naming Rolls Royces and Bentley is not always easy because there are so many different coach styles, builders and specifcations. Most of the cars are bespoke and have been handbuilt to the various (wealthy!!) owner's specifications and spec.

1st step is to identify the chassis/platform which is the easy bit, because there were generally only two or three chassis variations in production alongside each other. You had for example the 20 hp (which was considered the Baby Rolls, and which could be identified by the horizontal slats along the Radiators, the 20/25 hp and the Phantom 1. These were then handed over to the coachbuilder that the client wished to use (Park Ward, Mulliner, Hooper, Gurney), and they would offer a different range of body styles: saloon, limousine, doctor's coupe, sports saloon, shooting brake, landaulette, sedanca de ville..... and that's usually the tricky bit because a lot of these models would be once off's or built in only a handfull of cases.

So to come back to your list of cars, you have identified the first correctly as a Silver Shadow S1, the next one I'm not 100% sure about, either 20/25 hp or 25/30 hp Saloon or Sports Saloon, or possibly a Phantom II. Then you have three 20 hp's, identifyable by the horizontal slats in the grille, the next two cars are the "40/50 hp" or better known as Silver Ghosts. The next one, the grey saloon, is a Silver Cloud I, The Green car is a 20/25 hp or 25/30 hp followed by another 20 hp (horizontal slats in the grille).
The silver over burgundy car is a Silver Cloud II, followed by a Silver Spur, and then a Silver Shadow S2. Then a Bentley R-type, and finally a Hooper bodied Wraith.