Lazy spotters thread

[Austat]

Here are some of my interesting spots from the RACV British & European Motoring Show 2022.

To start things off, it was my first time seeing a GS Birotor in the flesh. LHD, imported from Denmark:

It was in good company with a Peugeot 504 and a Lancia Flavia Berlina:

There was not one but two Borgwards on display, one of them being this very pretty Isabella Coupe:

Stag in AS colours, phwwoooaarrgghh...

I was pleased to see this Ami again, I saw it a few years ago at an opening of a Citroën dealership in the western suburbs and was very eye catching due to its rarity. I got chatting with the owner, this Ami 8 has a particularly interesting story. It was bought in Paris in 1970 and shortly afterwards converted to RHD by Citroën, then imported to Australia in around 1971/1972 where it is one of two (maybe even three) Ami 8s in Australia. The current owner of this car has had it since 1983!

I also saw this Triumph Mayflower Ute, I'm not sure if the ute was genuinely offered for the Australia market instead of a custom one off, but rather interesting regardless:

There was a beige Marina, what more could you want (nice brown leather interior too):

There was even a Vauxhall Cresta Friary Estate on display!

A Wolseley-flavoured Landcrab was an interesting sight to see at the show, most likely a private import as only the plain Morris/Austin ADO17s were sold here.

Another rare sight to see, a two-stroke Saab:

And there was this delicious stock standard Esc-rot 1300 on display with the Fords:

Finally, on my way leaving the show there was this lovely 240Z at the carpark in a very 70's shade of Wasabi green, complete with period correct original plates:

[Austat]

I took over 200 photos of the cars there, let me know if you want to see any brands that might of been there and I'll post them here.

[Inca-mpetent]

It's not every day you see one of these(Honda jazz?)

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[AnnoyingPentium]

2 minutes ago, Inca-mpetent said:

It's not every day you see one of these(Honda jazz?)

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Honda Logo, I think.

[Inca-mpetent]

Honda Logo, I think.

Ah yes, that's the one.

Still getting rare around here

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[myglaren]

[DVee8]

The S-type Jag on the previous page,  Is it the one that belongs to @HMC, @500tops

[LessThanEqual]

What's left of a TVR. Was in good company with a completely rotten Kubelwagen next to it on Chevy trimmies. Didn't get a pic of that one.

[GR8 PL8 M8]

6 minutes ago, LessThanEqual said:

Was in good company with a completely rotten Kubelwagen next to it on Chevy trimmies. Didn't get a pic of that one.

Will this do instead?

[LessThanEqual]

Just now, GR8 PL8 M8 said:

Will this do instead?

Hah, I've seen a YouTube video about that very car. But it was on a different reg which is odd. And the video is in Polish.

 

[mitsisigma01]

9 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

I’ll stand corrected if it’s had a re spray ( I am colour blind), but pretty sure that wasn’t on the colour chart. I had one just like that one.

B36 turquoise blue if it helps

[Metal Guru]

13 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

B36 turquoise blue if it helps

Never seen one in that colour or perhaps I have and it just looked grey to me. Mine was definitely grey.

[GR8 PL8 M8]

1 minute ago, LessThanEqual said:

Hah, I've seen a YouTube video about that very car. But it was on a different reg which is odd. And the video is in Polish.

 

Wow, I did search for it online when I spotted it and was surprised that I couldn't find anything.

Being that the plates come back as two separate cars, and there are several visual differences between them (not just small details that could be additions/changes, the paint is different in places too), I think they may actually be two different cars! I wonder what the backstory is...

Anyone here understand Polish?

[LessThanEqual]

42 minutes ago, GR8 PL8 M8 said:

Wow, I did search for it online when I spotted it and was surprised that I couldn't find anything.

Being that the plates come back as two separate cars, and there are several visual differences between them (not just small details that could be additions/changes, the paint is different in places too), I think they may actually be two different cars! I wonder what the backstory is...

Anyone here understand Polish?

Yes, basically the guy with the hat is a nutter and makes all sorts of crazy stuff. He made some sort of mental powered bike (?) powered Fiat 126p years ago that was popular on YouTube and now lives over here. It's been a while since I've seen the video though.

[mitsisigma01]

[500tops]

[500tops]

[leafsprung]

 

Immaculate gen-u-wine 6500 mile Maestro.  Edit- It's just occurred to me that as an X reg in flat black/dark blue it's a 'Ledbury'. Some hero saving it for the nation. 

[mitsisigma01]

not as blurry as previous shot or I might need a new wiper on the Micra

[Quintus]

Is this what Quentin Willson would call a 'nice patina'?

 

[Metal Guru]

20 minutes ago, Quintus said:

Is this what Quentin Willson would call a 'nice patina'?

 

Isn’t it a Corolla? Wasn’t the Patina just for JDM?

[500tops]

[mitsisigma01]

[500tops]

[EML]

On 2/20/2022 at 12:50 PM, LessThanEqual said:

What's left of a TVR. Was in good company with a completely rotten Kubelwagen next to it on Chevy trimmies. Didn't get a pic of that one.

This one?

Great scrapyard windleys

 

 

 

[LessThanEqual]

8 minutes ago, EML said:

This one?

Great scrapyard windleys

 

 

 

That's the one. It's far more tidy than it was 2ish years ago. Windleys that is.

[Asimo]

Best spot outside a supermarket for ages. 

Had me searching eBay for one as soon as I got home.

[Asimo]

2 hours ago, EML said:

This one?

I think that is a DKW Munga, not a VW Kubelwagen.

[Quintus]

Got my car MOTd today and look what was at the garage!

 

[500tops]