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And another from an earlier era, this time we have a Bedford SB with Duple Vega bodywork, seen here in the grey and black livery for Seagull Coaches. This is a resin bodyshell with parts from a diecast model
AC Cobra Mk.IV CRS (Carbon Road Series) (2000-on) Engine 5000cc V8
Registration Number V 99 COB
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Based on the same platform as the Superblower, but featuring a lighweight carbon fibre bodyshell. The car is powered by a 5.0 litre V8 producibg 225bhp.
The CRS is offered at a lower price than the Superblower with the same standards, the car offers an entry level to AC ownership.
Shot at Donington Historic Festival, 6th May 2012 Ref: 84-239
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione (2007-09) Engine 4691cc V8
Registration Number THE 8 C
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First shown as a prototype at the 2003 Frankfurt Motorshow. In 2006 Alfa Romeo announced production a limited series of 500 8C Copetizione production Coupes. To be produced in four colours, Alfa Red, Competition Red, black or yellow with custom paint jobs available to customer specification at an additional charge.
The bodyshell is made of carbon fibre, produced by ATR Group, and fitted to a steel chassis, made by Italian company ITCA Produzione. The final assembly takes place at the Maserati factory in Modena, Italy.
Powered by a modified Maserati engine of 4.7 litres featuring a Ferrari/Maserati derived 90-degree cross-plane, with wet sump lubrication of 400PS and manufactured by Ferrari.
The 500 cars will be distributed: USA 90, Italy 80, Germany 80, Japan 70, France 40, United kingdom 40, Switzerland 35, Others 65.
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Haldane 3000HD (1988-94) Engine 1993cc S4 OHC Ford Pinto
Registration Number Q 25 TDS (Undefined age registration, issued from Glasgow)
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John Haldane launched Haldane Developements Ltd. in Glasgow in 1988 to produce automobiles and kits. In 1993 Brian Harrison and Alisdair Scott took over production until 1994. From 1994 Pilgrim cars took over production, retaining the Haldane name but moved the facilities from Glasgow to Henfield in West Sussex. Production finally ended in 2008 after around 136 vehicles had been produced.
The first model was the HD100 a model based on the Austin Healey 100, with a fibreglass body mounted on a chassis developed in house. The four cylinder engine came from the Vauxhall Chevette. From 1993 a revised chassis was released to accommodate Ford engines. Around 100 examples were built between 1988-1994.
In 1991 a second model, the HD3000 complemented the range, modeled on the Austin Healey 3000 it otherwise corresponded with the HD100 around 36 were built by 2008
This Austin Healey replica was built by Haldane before the Scottish company ceased trading. The rights are now with Pilgrim who are planning to return the car to production.
Styled on similar lines as the classic Austin Healey the car has a composite (GRP) monocoque bodyshell, powered by a modern engine with Ford Sierra suspension and a robust backbone chassis and Geoscan designed suspension. It will be supplied either as a kit priced between £13,900 to £16,900 dependant upon specification or factory built for £18,000 for one with used components to £ 27,000 for a top specification factory built car with new components.
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Shot 10.10.2021 at Bicester Scramble, Bicester, Oxon. Ref. 122-174
Porsche 993 (911) Carrera (1993-98) Engine 3600cc Flat 6 268bhp
Registration Number E 8 HUN (Cherished number, first allocated from Exeter for Barnstable)
Production 68,029
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The 993 designation is the companies internal name for this generation 911. The external design of the Porsche 993, penned by Englishman Toni Hatter, used the basic bodyshell architecture of the 964, but with changed external panels, with much more flared wheelarches and a smoother front and rear bumper design, an enlarged retractable rear wing, teardrop mirrors, but keeping the doors and roof panels.
The Carrera represented the "base model" of the 993, and was available in rear and all-wheel drive versions. It was equipped with the naturally aspirated 3.6 liter M64 engine, further developed from the 964 and combined with a new dual-flow exhaust system now incorporating two catalytic converters. In contrast to the 964 were the numbers Carrera 2 or 4 were used to differentiate between two and four wheel the numbers have been dropped and the models are simply referred to as C2 and C4.the cars can be distinguished by the Carrera 4 having clear front turn signals and rear red lenses instead of orange on the 2W
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Shot 30-07-2017 exiting the 2017 Silverstone Classic REF 129-582
47295 in Ipswich lower yard 25/01/2003 awaiting onward transit to Brush Traction Loughborough for stripping. The 47 worked to the lower Yard under its own power 3 days previous.The 47 was sold for preservation February 2003.The bodyshell was held at MOD Ashchurch.
Continuing the build of this model using a 3D printed bodyshell.
Here is the body primed and with the platform parts (also 3D printed) in place. I have opened up one of the doorways to show the tram as it was in service condition - passengers boarded at the rear.
Liveried bodyshell. Adding colour to the interior part certainly makes a difference. The brown / orange stripe on the seats will be added using a decal.
The V12 Coupé is probably the rarest XJ40 model ever built.
Designed and manufactured by Jaguar's Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) department, this is a strict one-off.
The details on the car are great: the non-functional Perspex side windows, the hand-painted badge (Coupè instead of Coupé, by the way), the 'stretched' door veneers and sill strips all indicate this is not a production car.
The interior and bodyshell do look the bit: convincing enough to pass as a production car!
This rare masterpiece is owned by JDHT and was driven out of its shelter for the annual meeting of the XJ40 owners' forum, XJ40.com.
From 1974 to 1982, Lotus produced the considerably larger four-seat Type 75 and later Type 83 Elite. With this design Lotus sought to position itself upmarket and move away from its kit-car past. The Elite was announced in May 1974 It replaced the ageing Lotus Elan Plus 2.
The Elite was configured as a small shooting brake with a glass rear hatch opening into the luggage compartment. It was front-engined with rear wheel drive. The Elite's fibreglass bodyshell was mounted on a steel backbone chassis evolved from the Elan and Europa. It had 4-wheel independent suspension using coil springs. The Elite was Lotus' first car to use the 907 aluminium-block 4-valve, DOHC, four-cylinder engine that displaced 1,973 cc (120.4 cu in) and developed 115.6 kW (155 hp). (The 907 engine had previously been used in Jensen-Healeys.) The 907 engine ultimately became the foundation for the 2.0 L and 2.2 L Lotus Esprit power-plants, the naturally aspirated 912 and the turbocharged 910. The Elite was fitted with a 4 or 5-speed gearbox. Beginning in January 1976 an automatic transmission was optional.
The Elite had a claimed drag co-efficient of 0.30 and at the time of launch it was the world's most expensive four-cylinder car. The Elite's striking shape was designed by Oliver Winterbottom. He is quoted as saying that the basic chassis and suspension layout were designed by Colin Chapman, making the Elite and its sister design the Eclat the last Lotus road cars to have significant design input from Chapman himself.
Two Hillman Avenger Tigers at the Wheelnuts 2015 Classic Car Rally, Stroud Glos.
Named to evoke memories of the Sunbeam Tiger, the Avenger Tiger concept began as a publicity exercise. Avenger Super (four-door) cars were modified by the Chrysler Competitions Centre under Des O' Dell and the Tiger model was launched in March 1972. Modifications included the 1500 GT engine with an improved cylinder head with enlarged valves, twin Weber carburetors and a compression ratio of 9.4:1. The engine now developed 92.5 bhp (69 kW) at 6,100 rpm. The suspension was also uprated, whilst brakes, rear axle, and gearbox are directly from the GT.
A distinctive yellow colour scheme ("Sundance") with a bonnet bulge, rear spoiler and side stripes was standard, set off with "Avenger Tiger" lettering on the rear quarters.
Road test figures demonstrated a 0–60 mph time of 8.9 seconds and a top speed of 108 mph (174 km/h). These figures beat the rival Ford Escort Mexico, but fuel consumption was heavy. Even in 1972, the Tiger developed a reputation for its thirst.
All Avenger Tigers were assembled by the Chrysler Competitions Centre and production figures are vague but around 200 of the initial Mark 1 seems likely.
In October 1972, Chrysler unveiled the more "productionised" Mark 2 Tiger. The Avenger GL bodyshell with four round headlights was used. Mechanically identical to the earlier cars, the bonnet bulge was lost although the bonnet turned matt black, and there were changes to wheels and seats. These cars went on sale at £1,350. Production was around 400. Red ("Wardance") was now available as well as yellow ("Sundance"), both with black detailing.
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This track assessment unit was built in 1987 using the same bodyshell as the Class 150/1 "Sprinter" units that were built from 1985-1986. The unit is formed of two driving motor vehicles with individual carriages numbered in the Departmental series; 999600-999601. It normally works on lines also used by Sprinters and Pacers where the track quality is not good enough for larger and heavier track assessment stock.
Mercury Cougar is a nameplate applied to a diverse series of automobiles sold by the Mercury division of Ford from 1967 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2002. While the nameplate is most commonly associated with two-door coupes, at various times during its production, the Cougar was also marketed as a convertible, four-door sedan, station wagon, and hatchback.
With 2,972,784 examples produced, the Cougar is the highest-selling nameplate ever produced by the Mercury brand; its 34-year production is second only to the Grand Marquis in the Mercury model line (produced for 36 years). During the 1970s and 1980s, the Cougar was closely tied to the marketing of the Mercury division; Mercury advertised its dealers as "The Sign of the Cat" with big cats atop Lincoln-Mercury dealer signs. In line with the Cougar, several animal-related nameplates were adopted by the division, including the Bobcat, Lynx, and Sable.
The Mercury Cougar was introduced by the Lincoln-Mercury division of Ford on September 30, 1966. Far exceeding initial sales projections, the Cougar accounted for nearly 40% of 1967 Lincoln-Mercury sales. The Cougar received the 1967 Motor Trend Car of the Year award (the first Lincoln-Mercury vehicle to do so).
The Lincoln-Mercury counterpart of the Ford Mustang, the Cougar was initially introduced as a two-door hardtop. The base price of a Cougar was US$2,854 ($22,765 in 2020 dollars) ($284 ($2,265 in 2020 dollars) more than a Mustang hardtop); a fully-optioned XR-7 cost US$4,500 ($35,894 in 2020 dollars) (essentially matching the base price of a Thunderbird).
For 1971, Lincoln-Mercury released the second-generation Mercury Cougar. Seeking more direct competition for the model line, the division largely benchmarked the Cougar against the numerous GM A-body coupes, placing the Cougar in competition with the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. While again sharing much of its bodyshell with the Ford Mustang, the Cougar began to transition away from its role as a "plush pony car", deriving aspects from both sports cars and luxury cars.
Similar in size and performance, the Cougar overshadowed the Mercury Cyclone intermediate coupe, leading Mercury to phase out the latter model line during 1972. Slightly smaller than the 1964 Mustang, the imported Capri (not officially badged as a Mercury) began to succeed the Cougar within Lincoln-Mercury as a sporty car.
The second-generation Cougar is the final version derived from the Ford Mustang and the final version offered as a convertible. A light blue/white 1973 Cougar XR-7 convertible was the "last" convertible assembled by Ford Motor Company as American manufacturers ended assembly of convertibles during the 1970s in anticipation of increased rollover safety standards.
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A few minutes before this shot I'd left just the bodyshell on the table, I came back to find the wind had blown it onto the grass - luckily no damage done...
LBRT painted bodyshell bought on eBay… I’ve added the wheels, registration plates and dms fleet plates. All I need now is a donor DMS bus for the glazing and seats .
Peugeot 104 (1972-88)
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Peugeot's first super-mini sharing the same bodyshell as the Citroen LNA. Engines range 954 cc, 1124 cc 1219 cc and a 1360 cc. Shot at Cars in the Park, Lichfield 04.07.09 ref 40-92
Lovely Morris Mini Cooper S, dating from 1966, is seen attending the 2025 Kop Hill Climb at Princes Risborough.
This particular vehicle had a complete rebuild using the body of a Mk.III Mini.
The CL Series Valiant was introduced in November 1976. Although it used the same bodyshell as the previous VK range, the front and rear ends were restyled. The front end used horizontally arrayed quad round headlamps flanking a central grille. The front guards and bonnet were also reworked accordingly. The new bootlid's curved leading edge flowed down to new taillights that sandwiched a simple centre garnish panel. The bumpers, however, were the same units as had been used on the 1969 VF series Valiants.
The 3.5 L (215 cu in) Hemi-6 and 5.9 L (360 cu in) V8 were dropped, and the only engine options were low- and high-compression versions of the 4.0 L (245 cu in) Hemi-6 and the 5.2 L (318 cu in) V8. The CL's introduction had closely coincided with that of the strict exhaust emission regulations contained in ADR 27A. With the 318 engine, a new emissions control system was introduced: Electronic Lean Burn.
Valiant and Regal sedans also benefited from the 1978 introduction of Radial Tuned Suspension in response to Holden's having marketed their suspension as particularly suited to radial tyres.
36,672 CL Valiants — including the last-ever Chargers — were built.
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The Peugeot 404 is a large family car produced by French automobile manufacturer Peugeot from 1960 to 1975. A truck body style variant was marketed until 1988. The 404 was manufactured under licence in various African countries until 1991 (in Kenya) and was manufactured in Argentina by Safrar/Sevel in El Palomar, in Québec, Canada at the St-Bruno-de-Montarville SOMA Ltd. plant and in Chile by Automotores Franco Chilena S.A. in Los Andes.
Styled by Pininfarina, the 404 was offered initially as a saloon, estate, and pickup. A convertible was added in 1962, and a coupé in 1963. The 404 was fitted with a 1.6 litre petrol engine, with either a Solex carburetor or Kugelfischer mechanical fuel injection or a 1.9 litre diesel engine available as options. Introduced at the Paris Motor Show as an option was the inclusion of a 3-speed ZF automatic transmission, similar to the unit already offered on certain BMW models, as an alternative to the standard column-mounted manual unit.
Popular as a taxicab, the 404 enjoyed a reputation for durability and value. Peugeot's French production run of 1,847,568 404s ended in 1975. A total of 2,885,374 units had been produced worldwide at the end of production.
Saloon introduced with 72 hp petrol engine and column-shift four-speed gearbox with gate "reversed" (first down, up for second and towards the wheel for third down and fourth up) – identical to the 203 and 403 (except that fourth gear is direct drive). The grand touring model has square air vents on the dashboard and body-coloured wheels.
Introduction of the Super Luxe model: Superstructure painted silver, chrome headlight rims, large diameter hubcaps, tan leather interior trim, front armrest. The grand touring model has body colour wheels replaced with metallic silver ones.
1962
New suspension with increased travel and flexibility. Dashboard is modified and square air vents are replaced by circular directional vents New reinforced drum brake linings Anti-reflective paint used for the dashboard.
Introduction of Commerciale, Break and seven-seat Family estate versions, with tandem coil spring rear suspension in the place of the sedan's single spring arrangement. These versions have a balanced spring system to assist in opening the tailgate, different rear light clusters, rear bumper arrangement and the fuel filler cap is no longer hidden behind the rear number plate, but behind a flap in the rear wing. These variants are also longer (4,590 mm (181 in) compared to 4,445 mm (175 in)) and heavier (1,190 kg (2,624 lb) compared to 1,100 kg (2,425 lb)) than their saloon equivalents.
Convertible launch
The Peugeot 404 cabriolet/convertible made its first appearance at the Paris Motor Show in October 1961 and the accompanying coupé version was launched six months later. The convertible and coupé bodyshells were made by the Pinin Farina workshops in Turin and only the floorpan and mechanical elements were shared with the saloon. These models were initially powered by the same single carburetter engine as the saloon and the option of a fuel injected engine (XCKF1) with a Kugelfischer injection system was added to the range at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1962. The US$3,899 price in 1965 put the convertible in the same price bracket as the Jaguar E-Type in the American market.
1963
The 404 Super Luxe sedan has the 85 hp fuel injection engine (XCKF) and has door cappings trimmed with leather The 404 grand touring sedan adopts painted side window trims instead of chrome The steering wheel and horn ring change. The Family estate gains a split middle row of seats to improve access to the rear row. The 404 coupé is introduced with the same body as the cabriolet but with a fixed roof (Wikipedia).
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The Audi TT is a 2-door sports car marketed by Volkswagen Group subsidiary Audi since 1998, and now in its third generation. The first two generations were assembled by the Audi subsidiary Audi Hungaria Motor Kft. in Győr, Hungary, using bodyshells manufactured and painted at Audi's Ingolstadt plant and parts made entirely by the Hungarian factory for the third generation.
Mercedes SL60 AMG (1996-98) Engine 5956cc V8 *Production 49 (RHD production)
Using the R129 bodyshell, suitably modified for the increased performance the SL60 was sold in very limited numbers in RHD form.
This cars paint work and interior were specifically ordered when new, being Diamond Blue metallic paint and Blue Alcantara Nappa Leather interior.
At the time output was quoted at 381bhp as not to overshadow the flagship SL600 but has since been officially recognised as being 414bhp, top speed is electronically limited at 155mph.
A full restoration to the original specification was under taken in 2009 after which the car took 1st prize in the Concours of Elegance competition of Mercedes Benz of Great Britain.
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I don't like the box art or how they've represented the kit, but it looks to be a decent kit and the main chassis, interior tub and bodyshell seem to fit together well. Hopefully I'll still be saying that when everything else is in place.
Class 47/0 No.47295 at Norwich at the rear of the 11:58 to Lowestoft on 19th May 2001.47295 was new as D1997 on 3rd June 1966 at 50A York and withdrawn in March 2002 and moved to Brush Traction,Loughborough for partial stripping on 27th January 2003.Whilst at Brush she was sold to the Brush Type 4 Fund in February 2003 and the bodyshell moved to MOD Ashchurch for secure storage,then on to Long Marston.Preservation did not happen and she was cut up at EMR Kingsbury in July 2011.
On the left, the interior of the UVG with 3+2 seats. The seatbelts were painted in for added effect. The backseat is fitted into the bodyshell.
On the right, the Paramount interior. Since last night the toilet has been topped with a drinks dispenser (made of a bit of rubber and a length of white pencil lead) and the entrance has been given grabrails and modesty panels. The woodgrain effect is easily recreated by painting the brown thinly over the white plastic without undercoat.
When first operated by Rennies, the Paramount cab simply had the pespex screen from its express coach days removed. Later the pole and the modesty panel would disappear after the Tigers ceased to be used by Rennies on school trips to Europe. The cab shells were initially retained to meet the needs of the Tempo 100 certification, whereby to be granted the ability to travel at 100kmh (60mph) on European motorways there has to be, amongst other things, no possibility of objects rolling from the saloon into the cab and jamming under the pedals. Once they were relegated to 'about the doors' work that condition was no longer applicable, and the 'executive' features would disappear one by one into newer vehicles.
The 1956 Chevrolet was the middle year of what has come to be known as the 'tri-fives', as such, it was the first refresh of the 1955 bodyshell. Notably the radiator grille was now leaned forward at the top, producing a longer hood (bonnet) profile.
Models were again arranged 150, 210 and Bel Air. The 210 Sport Coupe shown here matched the sportiest bodystyle with mid-range trim. The car now wore a long arc chrome strip which drooped at the tail ans split the body in models with two-tone paint. The roof was paired to the lower bodysides, while the trunk and hood matched the upper bodyside.
A range of six and vee-eight engines were available, the V8 was a 265 CID (4.3 L) rated at 170 bhp (127 kW), 210 bhp (157 kW) or 225 bhp (168 kW) depending on the carburetor configuration. Power was to jump considerable the following year with the introduction of the 283 CID (4.6 L ) small block.
Other GM divisions, picked up new bodies for 1957, with the exception of Chevrolet and Pontiac. The 1957 was a hasty refresh of the 1955/56, the top Bel Air trim becoming one of the most famous and sought after Chevrolet models.
The Jensen Interceptor was a sporting GT-class car hand-built in the United Kingdom by Jensen Motors between 1966 and 1976. The Interceptor name had been used previously by Jensen for an earlier car made between 1950 and 1957. The car broke with Jensen tradition by having a steel bodyshell instead of glass-reinforced plastic and by having the body designed by an outside firm, Carrozzeria Touring of Italy, rather than the in-house staff. The early bodies were Italian-built, by Vignale, before production by Jensen themselves began – with subtle body modifications – in West Bromwich.
(Wikipedia)
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Der Jensen Interceptor war ein Sportwagen der GT-Klasse, den die britische Automobilmanufaktur Jensen zwischen 1966 und 1976 baute. Die Bezeichnung Interceptor hatte Jensen bereits 1950 für einen Vorgänger verwendet, der heute meist als Early Interceptor bezeichnet wird.
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Alfa Romeo Junior Z
The Junior Z was created by Zagato using the short-wheelbase Type 105 chassis from the Spider, and the five-speed gearbox from the Giulietta. It was an arresting-looking coupé that added real variety to the Alfa Romeo line-up, but unlike earlier Alfa-Zagatos, it was not conceived for racing, nor was it particularly lightweight - it featured a steel bodyshell with an aluminium bonnet and aluminium door-skins (on the earlier 1300 JZs).
The sloping front and Kamm tail were certainly a world apart from the well-crafted classicism of the rest of the Giulia-derived cars, but no less appealing for it. The Junior Zagato was a little lighter and more aerodynamic than the standard cars so it was a bit quicker too. Considering its coachbuilt status, values are surprisingly low.
Taken 29/01/20: I only noticed when I was back home that I failed to take any snaps of the station buildings at Oxford. The background to this snap may give you a clue as to how this ovesight came about.
According to Wikipedia the Classs 800s are "... a type of electro-diesel train used in the United Kingdom, based on the Hitachi A-train design. They have been built by Hitachi since 2015. The first units entered service on the Great Western Main Line (GWML) in October 2017, and will enter service on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) from December 2018.
These trains are being assembled at the Hitachi Newton Aycliffe facility, alongside the related Class 801 electric multiple unit, from bodyshells shipped from the Kasado plant in Japan; no body construction takes place in the UK.
The Class 800 units are known as IETs (Intercity Express Trains), as part of the Intercity Express Programme (IEP). They have been named Azuma, meaning East in Japanese, by future operator Virgin Trains East Coast."
First Greater Western Limited, trading as Great Western Railway (GWR), is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the Greater Western railway franchise
Clas 442. 2412. 'Wessex Electric'. Electric Multiple Unit. In Express livery. Seen stored at the rear of Eastleigh Works.
Beneath its coupe bodyshell, twin headlamps and alloy wheels, the Singer Chamois is still really a Hillman Imp, complete with that overheat-after-30-miles dysfunctional all-alloy engine, one of which drove my dad to distraction – and the car to an early scrapyard grave – when he had an estate version (the Husky) back in the 1970s…
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione (2007-09) Engine 4691cc V8
Registration Number THE 8 C
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First shown as a prototype at the 2003 Frankfurt Motorshow. In 2006 Alfa Romeo announced production a limited series of 500 8C Copetizione production Coupes. To be produced in four colours, Alfa Red, Competition Red, black or yellow with custom paint jobs available to customer specification at an additional charge.
The bodyshell is made of carbon fibre, produced by ATR Group, and fitted to a steel chassis, made by Italian company ITCA Produzione. The final assembly takes place at the Maserati factory in Modena, Italy.
Powered by a modified Maserati engine of 4.7 litres featuring a Ferrari/Maserati derived 90-degree cross-plane, with wet sump lubrication of 400PS and manufactured by Ferrari.
The 500 cars will be distributed: USA 90, Italy 80, Germany 80, Japan 70, France 40, United kingdom 40, Switzerland 35, Others 65.
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Wolseley 16/60 (1961-71) Engine 1622cc S4 OHV Production 63,082
Registration Number CAN 984 H
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The 15/60 was replaced by the Wolseley 16/60 in September 1961 powered by a 1622cc S4 version of the BMC B Series engine with an output of 61bhp, driving through a four speed manual gearbox, with the option of a f Borg Warner 35 automatic transmission. The Wolseley shared the mechanics and bodyshell of the less luxurious BMC stablemates the Austin A60 and Morris Oxford, though without the performance of the more lively MG Magnette Mk.IV and Riley 4-72. Viewed from the outside, the Wolseley 16/60 was differentiated from the 15/60 by the overriders on the bumpers which protruded more than on the earlier car, lower more rounded rear fins and rear lights.
Where as the majority of the BMC Farina models were replaced in 1968 the Wolseley continued remained on sale until early 1971.
The Wolseley 16-60 had an Australian built sibling the Wolseley 24-80 produced by British Motor Corporation (Australia) from May 1962 through to October 1965. It was externally identical to the Wolseley 15/60 but powered by a six cylinder 2433cc version of the BMC B Series engine known as the Blue Streak with an output of 80bhp. The MarkII version of July 1964 was identical to the 16-60 The 24/80 Mark II became the last Wolseley model to be assembled in Australia.
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Ford Focus (2nd Gen) RS WRC (2002) Engine 1988cc S4 Turbo
Livery Ford Works Livery - Colin Mcrae, Nicky Grist
Race Number 149 Graeme Sherry (Glasgow)
Registration Number X 4 FMC (Ford Works Team number - FMC Ford Motor Compan)
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The Ford Focus RS WRC is a car built for the Ford World Rally Team by Ford and M-Sport and based on the Ford Focus. The Focus RS WRC was in competition from 1999 to 2010, winning 44 world rallies and two manufacturers' world titles. It was replaced by the Ford Fiesta RS WRC.Like all contemporary World Rally Cars, the car is heavily modified from the production version, with which it shares only the basic shape and some parts of the bodyshell. The car features four-wheel drive, rather than the front-wheel drive of the road car.
The first version of the car was built in 1999 to replace the Ford Escort WRC. It debuted in the Monte Carlo Rally with Colin McRae and Simon Jean-Joseph behind the wheels of the two cars. It was immediately on the pace, setting many fastest stage times, but the use of an illegal water pump meant that the two cars were excluded from the event. McRae gave the Focus its first win two events later on the Safari Rally Kenya finishing over 15 minutes ahead of the second placed Toyota of Didier Auriol.
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Shot 17.07.2021 at Shelsey Walsh (Classic Nostalgia), Worcestershire 147-083
My boss never lets me photograph him. I guess since I was up high on a fork lift, he was at a safe distance. I think he photographs well, but what do I know? The shot of him by our show truck was originally used for an ARMO campaign letter. I thought it would work well as an ad. They will be on the September 2009 back cover of Muscle Car Enthusiast and inside of Hemming's Muscle Machines September 2009 magazines.
GWR service 1C22 16.30 London Paddington to Taunton running on time at Yatton at 18.38.
The rear 5-car unit , in this case 800015 runs empty after Bristol Temple Meads due to the short platforms at Backwell , Yatton and Worle. The leading unit is 800029.
GWR have 36 5-car Class 800/0 units , which are generally made up into 18 10-car units. These Hitachi Intercity Express Trains were assembled at the Hitachi Newton Aycliffe facility, from bodyshells shipped from the Kasado plant in Japan.
The 16.30 , 17.30 and 18.30 departures from Paddington to Taunton / Weston are regularly operated with IETs.
In 1970 a new Taunus, the Taunus Cortina (TC), was introduced. Ford offered a two- or four-door sedan or a five-door station wagon/estate (identified like previous Taunus estates as the Turnier). Between 1970 and 1975, for the first Taunus TC, a fashionable fast-back coupé was also included in the Taunus range.
This model also formed the basis of the Cortina Mk.III, but with different door skins and rear wing pressings from the "coke-bottle" styling of the Cortina. In addition, there was never a Cortina III equivalent to the fast-back bodied Taunus TC coupé. The Taunus TC and Cortina Mk.III were both developed under the auspices of Ford of Europe, and most major components including key parts of the bodyshell were identical.
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Postwar Bentleys became increasingly difficult to differentiate from their Rolls-Royce equivalents through having to share design and engineering expertise, components and production facilities. The Bentley MkVI hit a WW2 performance and luxury starved UK market in 1946. Initially, the MkVI shared the same 4257cc six-cylinder engine with the Silver Wraith, though at least Bentley motors had high lift cams and twin carbs.
Unlike the Rolls, however, which was produced in separate chassis form for bespoke coachbuilt bodywork, most Bentleys had standard four-door bodyshells made for them by Pressed Steel of Oxford, whilst the MkVI cars were put together in R-R quality conditions at their Crewe works. The same bodies were also used for R-R Silver Dawns from 1949. A larger capacity 4566cc six was fitted under the bonnets of both R-R and Bentley bonnets from mid-1951.
Offered here from a discerning Cotswolds-based collector is a truly exceptional MkVI, which first left the factory in 1950 with saloon car bodywork, though has been skilfully converted in recent years to a four-door estate car in Harold Radford style with superbly executed and very period-looking traditional shooting brake coachwork hand-crafted by leading coachbuilder Rod Jolley from Lymington, Hampshire, with input from Milford On Sea restorer Paul Kitcher. The well stocked documents file contains most comprehensively descriptive invoices which detail the extraordinary amount of work carried out by these specialists to Bentley chassis number 8384 EY which is presented in Balmoral Green with light green leather interior and much nostalgic woodwork.
The paperwork confirms that the transformation commenced in April 2000 with the dismantling of all useable parts from the rear of the vehicle and cutting off the unwanted roof and tail panels and the templating and developing of the required shooting brake shape. In May 2000 alone, £8607 46p was spent on achieving the first steel sections of the estate bodywork so that wooden doors and rear timberwork could be accommodated later on. Further bills are on file for £9415 36p spent in June, £6333 39p July, £4452 73p August, £5064 30p September, £6440 87p October, £8667 November, £4551 19p December and another £9117 01p during January 2001 completed the main exterior work.
Much detailed attention to both the outside as well as the inside of the car, including the stripping of the front passenger seat and the re-engineering the seat frame to accept the reclining mechanism from a DB6, cost a further £12,391 62 in February 2001, and the floors were painted, B-posts leaded and rear sliding window handles fabricated in March.
A laminated and heated windscreen cost £300 74p in April 2002, a pair of R-R Type exhaust manifolds £424 21p and a clutch friction plate £260.49p in October, and a brake master cylinder £264 27p in January 2003, by when £5581 25p had been spent on repainting. Also on file are further invoices for £5167 85p for re-assembly and £2265 for plating and anodising and a new bumper in March 2003. A complete retrim and new tailor-made carpets cost £6392 in August, and transporting the car to/from the trimmers, removing the rear springs, re-setting them with extra leaves to better handle the new rear end and refitting same involved further expenditure of £545 07p and £590 43p in September of last year.
Whilst most recently, in March of this year, £3877 26p was invested in finishing off, sorting minor mechanical and electrical niggles following a test drive and completing the detailing to the highest standards of such items as fabricating door cappings in walnut, and varnishing the fold-out tables and the fishing rod holders!
From the simply vast amount of work done-not forgetting the huge sums of money spent-this has to be the ultimate Bentley MkVI and, in this shooting brake form, truly unique and unrepeatable, too, and it could be yours today for considerably less that it has cost to create.
The Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car which was produced in the United Kingdom from 1958 to 1971. The Sprite was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, just before that year's Monaco Grand Prix. It was intended to be a low-cost model that "a chap could keep in his bike shed", yet be the successor to the sporting versions of the pre-war Austin Seven. The Sprite was designed by the Donald Healey Motor Company, with production being undertaken at the MG factory at Abingdon. It first went on sale at a price of £669, using a tuned version of the Austin A-Series engine and as many other components from existing cars as possible to keep costs down.
In 1961 the Sprite was joined by a badge-engineered MG version, the Midget, reviving a model name used by MG from the late 1920s through to the mid 1950s. Enthusiasts often refer to Sprites and the later Midgets collectively as "Spridgets."
The little Sprite quickly became affectionately known as the Frogeye in the UK and the Bugeye in the US, because its headlights were prominently mounted on top of the bonnet, inboard of the front wings. The car's designers had intended that the headlights could be retracted, with the lenses facing skyward when not in use; a similar arrangement was used many years later on the Porsche 928. But cost cutting by BMC led to the flip-up mechanism being deleted, therefore the headlights were simply fixed in a permanently upright position, giving the car its most distinctive feature. The body was styled by Gerry Coker, with subsequent alterations by Les Ireland following Coker's emigration to the US in 1957. The car's distinctive frontal styling bore a strong resemblance to the defunct American 1951 Crosley Super Sport. 48,987 "Frogeye" Spriters were made.
The problem of providing a rigid structure to an open-topped sports car was resolved by Barry Bilbie, Healey's chassis designer, who adapted the idea provided by the Jaguar D-type, with rear suspension forces routed through the bodyshell's floor pan. The Sprite's chassis design was the world's first volume-production sports car to use unitary construction, where the sheet metal body panels (apart from the bonnet) take many of the structural stresses. The original metal gauge (thickness of steel) of the rear structure specified by Bilbie was reduced by the Austin Design Office during prototype build, however during testing at M.I.R.A. (Motor Industry Research Association) distortion and deformation of the rear structure occurred and the original specification was reinstated. The two front chassis legs projecting forward from the passenger compartment mean the shell is not a full monocoque. The front sheet-metal assembly, including the bonnet (hood) and wings, was a one-piece unit, hinged from the back, that swung up to allow access to the engine compartment.
The 43 bhp, 948 cc OHV engine (coded 9CC) was derived from the Austin A35 & Morris Minor 1000 models, also BMC products, but upgraded with twin 11⁄8" inch SU carburettors. The rack and pinion steering was derived from the Morris Minor 1000 and the front suspension from the Austin A35. The front suspension was a coil spring and wishbone arrangement, with the arm of the Armstrong lever shock absorber serving as the top suspension link. The rear axle was both located and sprung by quarter-elliptic leaf springs, again with lever-arm shock absorbers and top links. There were no exterior door handles; the driver and passenger were required to reach inside to open the door. There was also no boot lid, owing to the need to retain as much structural integrity as possible, and access to the spare wheel and luggage compartment was achieved by tilting the seat-backs forward and reaching under the rear deck, a process likened to potholing by many owners, but which resulted in a large space available to store soft baggage.
'Slim Jim' Hastings Line Class 33, 33207 stands at Reading with an empty van train bound for Old Oak Common on May 9th 1979. There were twelve of these narrow-bodied locomotives built with their bodyshells seven inches narrower than a standard class 33, so that they could operate through the tunnels between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings that had been constructed with restricted clearances.
Morrinsville Motorama at the Polo Grounds in New Zealand
Canadian made twins
A number were assembled from CKD kits by GM Holden in Australia and more - SKD (Semi Knock Down) assembly this time - in neighbouring New Zealand.
These RHD cars had the same dashboards whether Chevrolet (Impalas and Bel Airs also made it to Australia; NZ took just Impalas) or Pontiac and only one dash design per bodyshell run so the 61-64 models had the one dash (a RHD version of the 1961 Pontiac layout) even though it changed annually in Canada
Lovely Morris Mini Cooper S, dating from 1966, is seen attending the 2025 Kop Hill Climb at Princes Risborough.
This particular vehicle had a complete rebuild using the body of a Mk.III Mini.
1971 Morris Mini Cooper S.
Has a current MoT test but last taxed in December 2014. Anglian Car Auctions -
"Recently benefitting from a full professional restoration to bare metal bodyshell with paintwork finished in the works competition colours. The engine has been fully reconditioned including glasflowed fast road-spec cylinder head, SW5 billet camshaft, balanced crank and rods, Vernier duplex timing gear, etc., to uprate to 93bhp output (rolling road printout and all receipts available), with minimal use since rebuild. In addition, the gearbox has been rebuilt, it is fitted with servo and brake lines, reconditioned carbs, all suspension refurbished, as new Mk II seats and four point safety harnesses, minilite style alloys, Spax shock absorbers and hi-lo suspension conversion.
"A superb example of the original and iconic 1970's Mini Cooper S. Comes with V5, MoT to May 2015, a small file of old MoT's, tax discs and invoices. 5 registered owners on the V5 and mileage recorded at 01658."
Sold for £12,600 on an estimate of £12,000 to £15,000.
Porsche Carrera RSR (1973) Engine 2993cc H6 Production 49
# 33 Mark Bates
PORSCHE SET
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RS stands for Rennsport in German meaning Racing Sport and the Carrera name was reintroduced from versions of the 356 model that were victorious in the Carrera Panamerica road races of the 1950's. The RS was built so that Porsche could enter racing formulae that demanded that a certain minimum number of production cars were made. Compared with a standard 911S, the Carrera 2.7 RS had a larger engine (2687 cc) developing 210 PS (150 kW; 210 hp) with MFI, revised and stiffened suspension, a "ducktail" rear spoiler, larger brakes, wider rear wheels and rear wings. In RS Touring form it weighed 1075 kg (2370 lb), in Sport Lightweight form it was about 100 kg (220 lb) lighter, the saving coming from the thin-gauge steel used for parts of the bodyshell and also the use of thinner glass. In total, 1580 were made, comfortably exceeding the 500 that had to be made to qualify for the vital FIA Group 4 class.
49 Carrera RSR cars were built with 2808 cc engines producing 300 PS (221 kW). The Carrera RSR 3.0ltr and Carrera RSR Turbo 2.1ltr. were built in small numbers as racing cars highly tuned and stripped of all noon essential weight, with racing suspension and enhanced brakes.
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Porsche 996 Mk.II GT3 Cup (2001-05) 3600cc H6
# 40 David fissenden (Essex)
Racing in Class 2 of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge
PORSCHE SET
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The Porsche 996 was introduced in 1998, an all new design made by Harm Lagaay; with an all new body work, interior and drive-train including the first water-cooled engine in a 911.
The 996 platform was also used as the basis for two lightweight GT variants, the GT2 and GT3. The GT3 was based on the standard 996 Carrera, but was stripped to reduce weight. It also featured stiffer, adjustable suspension and upgraded brakes, and used the bodyshell of the four-wheel-drive version, which incorporated additional front-end stiffening. and was produced in two series, The Mk.1 was introduced in 1999 featuring a naturally aspirated version 3.6L flat six making 360 bhp, The Mk.II GT3 variant was based on the second generation of the 996, and featured updated aerodynamics, and a more powerful version of the 3.6L engine from the MK.I, now producing 380 bhp mated to a six-speed manual transmission. The engine has a Aluminum crankcase of the air-cooled 911 with its true dry sump oiling system. The six separate individual Nikasil lined cylinders in this engine are covered with two separately installed water jackets each covering a bank of 3 cylinders on each side of the engine, thus adding water cooling to a crankcase originally designed for air-cooled cylinders
Shot 01:10:2011 at the Britcar 24 hour meeting, Silverstone REF: 80-198
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Austin Mini 1000 Mk.III (ADO20) (1969-76) Engine 998cc S4 Tr BMC A Series
Registration Number JHA 13 L (Smethwick)
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The Mark III Mini had a modified bodyshell with enough alterations to see the factory code change from ADO15 to ADO20 (which it shared with the Clubman). The most obvious changes were larger doors with concealed hinges. Customer demand led to the sliding windows being replaced with winding windows. The suspension reverted from Hydrolastic to rubber cones as a cost saving exercise Production at the Cowley plant was ended, and the simple name Mini completely replaced the separate Austin and Morris brands In April 1974 a heater became standard equipment on the entry level Mini 850 having already been included in other models.
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Shot at the Black Country Car Show, Himley Hall 06.09.2015 Ref 106-902