How about some more car porn?

Once again I won't identify anything yet, give you all a chance to play the game and extra points for identifying background cars as well.

For those who missed part 1: [forums.macresource.com]

These three are all the same car, can you imagine sitting in that dicky seat? We followed this car on the way home for a few miles but the only passenger was in the front.







A few British classics.















About that last one, at the 1966 Earls Court London Motor Show, as a 14 year old, I sat in one of them. The show was its debut and afterwards I vowed that one day I would have one, it was my dream car for many years. It took until the mid 90s but I finally had one and even though it was not the best example I was not disappointed and it's the only car I can say that every time I drove it I had a grin on my face. Had it for a few years but had to let it go while we were self building our house, no place to put it.

A few Euro classics.







What fun!



There was one session in the morning and one after lunch where a number of cars drove up and down the main drive after a few words to a guy with a microphone. Here a Porsche is getting ready. Note the dip where the second guy with the high vis jacket is standing, drivers are warned but still some like to show off to the crowds with maximum acceleration and, to the crowd's great delight, an expensive sounding bang as the car bottoms out at high speed!



What do we have left? Well I took many more photos but only some made it to PhotoBucket so let's see.



And possibly my favourite of the day.



Maybe in a day or so I will post pictures of the garden at Helmingham Hall.

Cheers

Paul

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oh my I have a headache!

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"Do not fear mistakes. There are none."

Miles Davis

Do you have any video of the 917??

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Do you have any video of the 917??

Unfortunately not. It hardly moved, they had enough trouble getting it onto the grass with its low ground clearance!

Paul

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nice GT6. A black/black '72 just came up for sale in the states. Bid is at $7800.
If it was blue, I'd be bidding.
The Aston is rather nice too.

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"Do not fear mistakes. There are none."

Miles Davis

This is a hard exam! Not sure I'll even get a passing grade. All from memory, no Googling:
1 - 3 no idea
4 - Austin Healy (3000?)
5 - Aston Martin DB5
6 - Triumph Spitfire coupe
7 - another Austin Healy (3000?)
8 - Austin Healy, MGA, and ? (when in doubt, guess Allard or Facel Vega )
9 - (when in doubt, guess Allard or Facel Vega )
10 - Jensen Interceptor
11 - MB 190 SL (p.s. the sign in front confirms)
12 - Porshe GT
13 - unknown variant of BMW 2002
14 - no idea
16 - McLaren
17 - Jaguar?

I'm still awaiting the day a bank truck hits a bump, the back doors open spilling the guts full of bags of money so I can afford one of those Astons. Great pics.

My comments / changes to DeusMac's answers:

This is a hard exam! Not sure I'll even get a passing grade. All from memory, no Googling:
1 - 3 no idea

Was going to say a Gilbern based on the logo, but they're not thaaat old. A Riley of some flavour? In the background of #2, a bentley and AH Bugeye (Frogeye) Sprite.

4 - Austin Healy (3000?)

Think so with a Vauxhaul Princess(?) next to it?

5 - Aston Martin DB5

Yup

6 - Triumph Spitfire coupe

Nope, it's a Triumph GT6 Mk III. Lotus Exige(?) in black behind, not sure of the blue thing closer to it.

7 - another Austin Healy (3000?)

Yup, surrounded by an Anglia, MGB, Rover P6, and a Triumph Stag. not sure of the headlights to the right.

8 - Austin Healy, MGA, and ? (when in doubt, guess Allard or Facel Vega grinning smiley )

Healey 100-6, MGA and a... Peerless GT. Had to search the memory banks for that one.

9 - (when in doubt, guess Allard or Facel Vega grinning smiley )

Peerless GT.

10 - Jensen Interceptor

Yup.

11 - MB 190 SL (p.s. the sign in front confirms)

Yup

12 - Porshe GT


13 - unknown variant of BMW 2002

BMW 2002 Touring

14 - no idea

Yeah, not up to date on all the pre-war makes.

16 - McLaren

Or is it a Tesla? I've no idea.

17 - Jaguar?

Bristol 401 or 403 - stolen/copied design from the pre-war BMW 328.

Z, well done!

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16 - McLaren

Or is it a Tesla? I've no idea.

I've heard others who confuse the Tesla roadster with the McLaren, but I don't see it. They're pretty different. Those big side scoops on the McLaren are a dead giveaway.

That P6 is a 2000TC.

The headlights to the right belong to an E21 BMW.

The ultra-modern blue car is a McLaren MP4/12C.

Oh, and that's a first generation Elise, not an Exige.

And in the background of the 2002 Touring, the black car with the picnic table grafted onto the back is a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth.


VDP, do you attend Goodwood? It's on my bucket list.



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Good calls bimwad.

My bad on the P6.

E21.. the whiteout fooled me.

Somehow most super supercars fail to move me anymore. They're so far beyond practical outside of the track that... meh.

And right you are on the Elise... the lotus designs have not done much for me in the past decade...

Yes, Goodwood would be a ton of fun. Also should get my dad's Jag running for the Mille before they stop running it.

A P6 is still a P6.

That's just a 2000, and not 3500.

The E21 is probably a 323 or 320 since it has the dual headlights. Easy car to do doughnuts in, since the rear was, shall we say, "loose."

Looks like the Interceptor pic has a couple Marcoses behind the guy in the vest.

I still covet a lot of the new hardware, but driving a slow car fast is more fun than driving a fast car slowly.

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Looks like the Interceptor pic has a couple Marcoses behind the guy in the vest.

Wasn't that the one with the wooden body pieces?

This is really jarring loose ancient memories.



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Isn't #5 a Ford Focus Electric? ;-)

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Paul, thanks for the great pics!

Too many is not enough!

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