seth Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 As pennance for selling a modern car which ended up in the main part of this forum here's a few snaps from earlier this evening at the Ace. I had to leave before 7 so I'm sure I missed loads of other interesting things but the weather meant there was a reasonable turnot from early on. A nice EU medly. 3 wonderful old Lotuses. One closest to the camera is Climax powered. Al modern cars look the same. That's yer lot. Skizzer, saucedoctor, vulgalour and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 2 Dafs! Cool. Nice 55 Marathon Lots of other lovely cars too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Great stuff seth, feel free to post as much of this stuff up as you like. I was about to comment that the CX looked to be riding on a Volvo 340 steel wheel but on second thoughts, it appears to be a CX alloy I didn't know about before - seems there were quite a few styles. That photo of your Minx and a Maxi are causing a bit of optical confusion - the headlights and number plate give the game away that the Minx is lowered, yet there's very little difference in roof height between the two! Was the Minx a Rancho of its day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Some great cars there Seth, thanks for posting. This is always a good event, unfortunately I haven't been for quite a few years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I have to admit that my eye gravitated away from the Marathon to the 308 GT4 in the background. Gr30 stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 What GT4? The orange thingy? The Marathon doth appeal more RoadworkUK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 CX looked to be riding on a Volvo 340 steel wheel but on second thoughts, it appears to be a CX alloy I didn't know about before - seems there were quite a few styles. I was momentarily perplexed, too, but it's just one of these... ...with the light hitting it in a strange way. Sorry about the clumsy and aesthetically displeasing thread deviation, but these things are very important. wuvvum and Jon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 That photo of your Minx and a Maxi are causing a bit of optical confusion - the headlights and number plate give the game away that the Minx is lowered, yet there's very little difference in roof height between the two! Was the Minx a Rancho of its day? Maxi's probably just sagging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 That photo of your Minx and a Maxi are causing a bit of optical confusion - the headlights and number plate give the game away that the Minx is lowered, yet there's very little difference in roof height between the two! Was the Minx a Rancho of its day? Minx might well have started a bit higher than a Maxi. May be partly to do with the angle of the photo and the fact that the HIllman sits nose down a bit whereas the Maxi is level or squatting back a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Maxis always seem to have a lower roof line than their contemporaries. I think it's mostly down to the FWD layout where many cars of the period were RWD which tends to mean everything has to be a bit higher inside and the roof line goes up on the outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Maxis always seem to have a lower roof line than their contemporaries. No doubt if BMW dusted off the blueprints and started building them again they'd be marketed as utility-coupes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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