Avon
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Somebody has a sense of humour or more money than me.
Burnt-out shell of 1954 Ferrari fetches $2m at auction
Burnt-out shell of 1954 Ferrari fetches $2m at auction
Classic cars from our generation
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hawkdon
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- Liberty MO
someone with more money than common sense.....
squatting dog
We don't have as far to go, as we've already been
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- Arkansas, and also Florida
Triumph 1800?
hollydolly
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Correct !!...
hollydolly
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A photo I took at the vintage air and motor museum.. a mock up of the Mechanics office as it would have looked 80 years ago...
bobcat
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- Northern Calif
It was me. I plan on fixing it up and using it as an Uber vehicle. I figure at an average fee of $25, all I need to do is 80,000 rides, and that baby is paid for. Besides, who doesn't want to get picked up in a Ferrari. Btw, if you need me to do any financial planning for you, just hit me up.
hollydolly
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2 vintage items holding their own still, in the village, altho' the phone box now has a defribillator in instead of the Payphone
JBR
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Not my photo, but I had one of these. As a young guy, in 1968 my first car was this practical bit of transportation. A "classic" in its own very humble right. I was a student and it was a reliable 10-year-old (1958) model, costing me less than $500 (as I remember).
OldEngineer
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- San Diego, CA
That's
That's a beauty! We had a '74 blue for about 20 years. Also had a 1960 TR3 back in college. It had a canvas fold-down roof with plastic covered side panels made of thick cardboard and sliding plastic panes. I drove it for 3 years through some cold Illinois winters. Cold air leaked in everywhere. You car buffs will know the frustration of tuning twin SU carbs on this performance engine. Most of the time I had to drive it 45 miles to a shop run by a German VW mechanic that tuned it to perfection (by ear). Picture isn't my specific car, just the same model and year
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horseless carriage
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The prototype MG "Y" Type was constructed in 1939 with an intended launch at the Earls Court Motor show, the following year. However, as a result of WW2 it would be eight years before production commenced. .When the car was launched the UK price was: ÂŁ525.0.0 ex works plus purchase tax of ÂŁ146.11.8d. That's close to ÂŁ40K in today's currency.
We seem to get photographed as much as the car when we are out and about, dressing the part is somewhat novel, but you can't have a period car and not look the period. Tomorrow we shall go along to this meeting. In order to get there at a reasonable time we will have to use the car when we go to church. That will get the cameras clicking. Here's our MG Y-Type out and about.
You might have seen some, or all, of these photos previously. Old age and amnesia, common bed fellows!
We seem to get photographed as much as the car when we are out and about, dressing the part is somewhat novel, but you can't have a period car and not look the period. Tomorrow we shall go along to this meeting. In order to get there at a reasonable time we will have to use the car when we go to church. That will get the cameras clicking. Here's our MG Y-Type out and about.
You might have seen some, or all, of these photos previously. Old age and amnesia, common bed fellows!
Pappy
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Don’t remember the year but my wife’s beautiful Buick Rivera. Always loved Buicks until recently.
horseless carriage
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Is there something phallic about red sports cars? MGA MGB Jaguar XK120 Triumph TR2 Austin Healey 3000.
Sports cars I left to others, I was far more preoccupied with more interesting things. But when the Jaguar E-Type came on the scene in 1961, that I could love.
hollydolly
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- London England
my husband had a Red ferrari.. he also has a red vintage camper van
JBR
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Those are great, stylish cars... and I bet each of them handled beautifully and held the road well. I always enjoy seeing one in a British film or TV show set back in the day.
I loved to see them. Never drove one, and never knew anyone who owned one.
JustDave
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The Jaguar XK120 was the first Jaguar I ever saw. I wrote about it before. I was somewhere around 10 maybe less. That body became the bench mark for car style in my mind, and that held until the 1980s. Some modern sports cars surpass that style. But that year Jag is still as dramatic today as in was in the 1950s.
horseless carriage
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There was a time when MG cars set pulses racing with classic models like this one.
Nowadays MG is owned by the Chinese company S.A.I.C. This is the latest sports car, it's called: The Cyberster.
This, so called, MG has caused a few palpitations. Called the Extender, it's made in Thailand.
There's one here in Western Australia with the personalised plate LEMON,
outlander
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- southern Arizona
I've seen some fabulous cars here!
But this one is closer to my generation. One of the first affordable and reliable sports cars. It was just more fun to drive around the any classic muscle car. Maybe not faster from a stoplight than many American muscle cars, but no slouch either, and a better more capable getaway car for a bank robber
But this one is closer to my generation. One of the first affordable and reliable sports cars. It was just more fun to drive around the any classic muscle car. Maybe not faster from a stoplight than many American muscle cars, but no slouch either, and a better more capable getaway car for a bank robber
