wlaidlaw Posted July 11, 2017 Share #10021  Posted July 11, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Didn't think that would take long.  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=3313622'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 11, 2017 Posted July 11, 2017 Hi wlaidlaw, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
mikemgb Posted July 11, 2017 Share #10022 Â Posted July 11, 2017 Always wanted one of them, they're not that common over here though! Â I'll post this evening, I've been collecting suitable photos recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 11, 2017 Share #10023  Posted July 11, 2017 The good news for me is that the final turbo versions of the Alpine, the A610, use 255/45 x 15" tyres. These would fit on the 15" diam x 10" wide back wheels of my 1977 Porsche 911 RSR rally car. However, to date they have only been made in 84H loading, which Michelin said was not suitable for the Porsche. Michelin have just upped the loading of the MXW tyres, with a reinforced carcass, to 92H, suitable for the back of a 911 RSR. This means I can buy road tyres again, instead of road legal Michelin TB15 race tyres with virtually no tread on them and which wear out in about 1500 miles or less. They are about the same price as the TB15's at £430 each but should last 5 times as long. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted July 13, 2017 Share #10024  Posted July 13, 2017 This Alpine is a limited edition (100 cars) called "Mille Miles" from 1989.   Alpines ... Went to a Renault dealer years ago and he couldn´t believe I was interested in the 610. He had no car in the showroom (only a clients car for service), so he gave me 10 full sets of brochures including price list, color list etc. Was a good exchange object later. He didn´t expect selling one in the end because the end of production had been announced and the 610 wasn´t a car for his old Alpine clients. It was the "best" Alpine, now back on par with other GT-sportscars in it´s class, price-wise and power-wise. And a bit heavy too like most of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted July 14, 2017 Share #10025  Posted July 14, 2017 I wondered why there were no responses to this thread, I must have clicked away too soon while posting the other night! Here is the photo I thought I posted, make, model and approximate year please.  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=3315340'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 14, 2017 Share #10026  Posted July 14, 2017 In the late 1960's these tail light units were not available from the light manufacturer or the car maker. They tended to suffer from corrosion pitting and chrome flaking. Any ones from a scrap yard were in the same condition. Therefore you had to spend tedious hours working on them with a small and large belt sander to get the pits out, then a power buff and buffing compound, to get all the sander marks off, before sending them to be re-plated. Nowadays there are various companies who can supply them brand new. I have nothing to post so will leave it to others to guess this car.  Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 14, 2017 Share #10027  Posted July 14, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) I don't know why I'm thinking this, but is it French? It also seems to have a toll road transponder on the bumper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted July 14, 2017 Share #10028 Â Posted July 14, 2017 Not French. Â I believe that is a supplemental LED light, there is a matching one on the other side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted July 16, 2017 Share #10029 Â Posted July 16, 2017 It makes me remember some American design of the '50s... but haven't idea about the brand... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 16, 2017 Share #10030 Â Posted July 16, 2017 Not OTT but........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted July 16, 2017 Share #10031  Posted July 16, 2017 Not American either. I'm actually very surprised, I thought this would be easy. Here's another angle.  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=3317243'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 17, 2017 Share #10032 Â Posted July 17, 2017 The piping between body panels makes me think of my '58 MGA coupe, which this is not, but it might suggest U.K. of the same era. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted July 17, 2017 Share #10033 Â Posted July 17, 2017 Stuart, right on all counts, give or take a few years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 17, 2017 Share #10034  Posted July 17, 2017 I have got to put them out of their misery. It is a Jaguar XK 120 roadster (known in the USA as the OTS = Open Two Seater). It might just be an XK140 roadster but I could not tell without seeing the windscreen. I restored one of these in the late 1960's and swapped it for an XK140 with a C Type engine, which was an even nicer car with better handling and steering (rack and pinion on the 140) and had a front disc brake conversion. I then made the mistake of swapping that for an XK150 3.8S Coupé with a D type spec factory wide-angle, big-valve head, steel crank and rods engine and three 45 DCOE Webers (300 BHP). It was very quick in a straight line but had horrible handling on radial tyres, only slightly improved by changing to Avon Turbospeed cross ply. It also drank petrol getting around 7 or 8 miles to the UK gallon. In heavy traffic, the early Lucas solid state ignition pack would overheat and stop. Now that would be a valuable car today, with the engine alone worth over £20,000 but in 1972, the best offer I got for the car in part exchange for an Alfa Romeo 2000 Berlina was £800.   Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted July 18, 2017 Share #10035  Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) Wilson has it, I happened to catch this largely unrestored one on the way to have a bath having just returned from running the Mille Miglia. My buddy Matt was happy to pose while I took photos.  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! Edited July 18, 2017 by mikemgb 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=3318002'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 18, 2017 Share #10036  Posted July 18, 2017 Mike,  That must have lived in the middle of a desert. They make 1970's Alfa Romeos and Fiats look rust proof. I will look for another car later today.  Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted July 18, 2017 Share #10037  Posted July 18, 2017 Mike,  That must have lived in the middle of a desert. They make 1970's Alfa Romeos and Fiats look rust proof. I will look for another car later today.  Wilson  Not in a desert but very well cared for. The current owner is the son of the original owner. The body is 100% original, the paint is not, the first owner had it painted this colour in the 1950's. It has been retrimmed at some time and the engine was recently rebuilt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 18, 2017 Share #10038  Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) Mike,  That is a nicer colour than the Old English White that my 120 was in. Before I had a bare metal repair and respray, every time it rained you got these long brown streaks of rusty water down the white paint - not a pretty sight. The person who got my 120 was very lucky, as I had at that time a fantastic body man, working for the racing car repair and turn key business I was a part owner of. He had trained at Mulliners in the 1920's, which was a five year apprenticeship. He could hand paint cars with a brush, so that they looked expertly sprayed, which was how coachbuilt cars were painted in the early 1920's. The final coat was almost pure thinners and if you did not know exactly what you were doing, all the previous coats could slump off onto the floor. Watching him leading in a seam or repair with plumbers solder, a blowlamp and a sheepskin was a joy. Sadly he had to stop from even working part time, because of increasing arthritis, just as I sold the business in 1971.  Here is your next one. (The nearer dark blue one)  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! Edited July 18, 2017 by wlaidlaw 1 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=3318363'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 18, 2017 Share #10039 Â Posted July 18, 2017 European, late pre-war, would be where I started Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 18, 2017 Share #10040  Posted July 18, 2017 Stuart,  Correct on both.  Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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