stuny Posted September 25, 2014 Share #6841 Posted September 25, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Not a Jag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 25, 2014 Posted September 25, 2014 Hi stuny, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
a.j.z Posted September 25, 2014 Share #6842 Posted September 25, 2014 A car from the US? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 25, 2014 Share #6843 Posted September 25, 2014 Yes, from the US, which should narrow it down considerably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalHeMan Posted September 25, 2014 Share #6844 Posted September 25, 2014 Ford Mustang? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 25, 2014 Share #6845 Posted September 25, 2014 No, not a Mustang. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 25, 2014 Share #6846 Posted September 25, 2014 2013 Dodge Viper Coupé Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 25, 2014 Share #6847 Posted September 25, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Correct. Over to you, Wilson. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2678421'>More sharing options...
Photoskeptic Posted September 26, 2014 Share #6848 Posted September 26, 2014 Thank you, Stuart, for posting the Viper images. It is an awesome machine in so many ways. BTW, the 250 Ferrari was very similar to the one I owned. I had one of three made with a factory hood scoop and the only one with Jaeger instrumentation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 26, 2014 Share #6849 Posted September 26, 2014 Thank you, Stuart, for posting the Viper images. It is an awesome machine in so many ways. BTW, the 250 Ferrari was very similar to the one I owned. I had one of three made with a factory hood scoop and the only one with Jaeger instrumentation. John, Jaeger instruments are I think so much nicer than anyone else’s. Smiths and Veglia always look very nice in comparison. The only company than seemed to get nice looking Smiths instruments, was Jaguar, which was odd as they paid very little for them. The DB4GT Zagato has a mixture of Veglia/Smiths and very pedestrian, almost after-market they look, as you can see below. Given that it cost three times as much as the contemporary Jaguar XK150 with a much more attractive dashboard, as a buyer of the Aston, I would not have been too impressed. Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2678538'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 26, 2014 Share #6850 Posted September 26, 2014 Here is your next mystery car. Do not be misled by the spidery look, this is a full on race car and here is actually running on Blockley Vintage Race Tyres. Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2678540'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 26, 2014 Share #6851 Posted September 26, 2014 Wilson - Not string-backed driving gloves? John - I'd love to see photos of your 250. I've found virtually all 250 models to be very attractive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 26, 2014 Share #6852 Posted September 26, 2014 Wilson - Not string-backed driving gloves? John - I'd love to see photos of your 250. I've found virtually all 250 models to be very attractive. Stuart, That was my brother driving. My driving mitts ARE string backed (OMP ones). With sweaty hands on a hard thin wooden wheel and the high geared, unpowered steering, you really do need leather palm mitts. When I got mine out preparatory to going on this rally, I found them rock hard and shrunk about 4 sizes. I had to wash them in saddle soap and water then soak them for a week in BMW hide food, before I could even begin to get them on. My arthritic knuckles have swollen quite a bit since I last used them and it was a five minute struggle to get them off after use. There were very attractive Boano and Drogo bodied 250GT’s on this rally. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 26, 2014 Share #6853 Posted September 26, 2014 Correction of error on my post on Jaeger instruments. I meant to say that Smiths and Veglia look very ordinary in comparison. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalHeMan Posted September 26, 2014 Share #6854 Posted September 26, 2014 Maybe a Frazer Nash Super Sport, around 1929/30? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 26, 2014 Share #6855 Posted September 26, 2014 Simon, Near enough as makes no difference, since the appearance is always the same. This is actually a 1933 TT Replica with the 1.5L Gough engine, although why on earth Archie F-N chose this odd engine is anyone’s guess. Not only were they less powerful than the Anzani they replaced but notoriously fragile. Cheap I would guess - plus ça change - etc. I have driven the big engined version of this model with the 6cyl 2.7L Meadows engine and they are great fun, as long as someone else is paying for the back tyres, which with no differential, wear out in very short order, when you are enjoying yourself. I asked the owner of this car how many spring and spare links he carries around. His reply was that the Gough engine produced so little power, that modern O ring sealed chains last almost indefinitely. I know about modern chains, as I am only on the second chain in 22,000km + on my 700cc/55BHP Yamaha Raptor 700R quad bike/ATV and the original chain is still around, as a spare. I remember wearing out chains in the 1960’s on my 1200 cc Norvin (Vincent engine in Norton frame) in around 1000 miles and always having to carry a spare or at least spare and spring links with me. Your turn Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2678961'>More sharing options...
DigitalHeMan Posted September 27, 2014 Share #6856 Posted September 27, 2014 Great. Will post the next shot tomorrow once I have had a chance to import my current sd card Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalHeMan Posted September 28, 2014 Share #6857 Posted September 28, 2014 OK, here's the next one. Bonus points if you can tell me which building it is parked outside of Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2679881'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 29, 2014 Share #6858 Posted September 29, 2014 1952 Mercedes 220? Washington Mall/Monument Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalHeMan Posted September 29, 2014 Share #6859 Posted September 29, 2014 1952 Mercedes 220? Washington Mall/Monument Wilson Correct, make, wrong model, wrong location. I can see why you might have thought the reflection was the Washington Monument, but it's just a German flagpole Next clue should help Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2680149'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 29, 2014 Share #6860 Posted September 29, 2014 Simon, Mercedes saloon cars changed so little (understandably) from around 1937 to 1954 and all the smaller models look pretty much the same, I am struggling to date and model this car. By the absence of bonnet louvres, I would guess post war, so as a stab in the dark, lets go for a 1949 170S Cabriolet. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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