RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted October 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 6, 2020 20 minutes ago, steve1 said: I wonder what convertible Ms Loren is driving? steve Indeed, and the fact she cannot be trusted at the wheel...... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I suspect it might be a Lancia of some description, both Miss Loren and Mr.Mastroiani have form for driving them in various films (they made quite a few together too). Another dose of medicen.... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Here's a real rarity, a RHD Fiat Samantha Coupe.... https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1274823 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 52 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: Here's a real rarity, a RHD Fiat Samantha Coupe.... https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1274823 somehow that looks like a Samantha..... Julian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 On 06/10/2020 at 10:58, steve1 said: I wonder what convertible Ms Loren is driving? steve 1963 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III Convertible H.J.Mulliner. The film, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted October 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2020 5 hours ago, rocor said: 1963 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III Convertible H.J.Mulliner. The film, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. No wonder Marcello wouldn’t let go of the wheel 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 14 hours ago, jcredfer said: somehow that looks like a Samantha..... Julian A Samantha in the 1960's. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2020 1 hour ago, rocor said: A Samantha in the 1960's. David Jacobs would approve. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 GAnd to bring the thread down to earth and away from largely extinct Italian exotica, here's a Mk1 Zephyr I recently encountered. Not sure about some of the it's received, but it appeared basically sound and mostly original, with an entirely plausible 52,000 miles on the odometer. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 And, in profile... 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I can't remember if I ever posted the Mk1 E-type I spotted in roughly the same spot. Anyhow, it was very nice, so I'm not going to apologise if this is a repost. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Outside a local backstreet auto shop. I have no idea what they were doing there - the vehicles in the background are the usual type of visitor. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2020 1 hour ago, PatB said: I can't remember if I ever posted the Mk1 E-type I spotted in roughly the same spot. Anyhow, it was very nice, so I'm not going to apologise if this is a repost. Doesn't really matter, you can't have enough pictures of nice E types! Mike. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Doesn't really matter, you can't have enough pictures of nice E types! Mike. It's a shame we can't post smells, as it had that redolence of hot iron and fugitive petroleum vapours that is so seductive about old cars with SU carbs and open crankcase breathers. Edited October 18, 2020 by PatB 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 3 hours ago, PatB said: And, in profile... I really like those old Zephyrs/Consuls.....Ford [UK] first attempt at a unitary bodyshell. Still only 3 gears though..Ford obviously knew we drivers really didn't need any more than that? The experience Ford got from these models was useful when they designed the 100E Prefect range.....finally getting away from chassis and one-spring-at-each-end technologies that had served Ford [and its customers] so well for decades? Yup, they still retained the sidevalve engine layout in the 100E...since it was better than equal to the small oHV competitors, at the time...and cheaper to produce. The 100E still retained much of the running gear design of the previous models...again, simpler to alter the tooling than to pay for brand new? Axles were similar, as were gearboxes....brakes went hydraulic, simply because it made manufacture easier and cheaper. Good ol' Ford! Dunno what on earth they're thinking of these days??? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, alastairq said: Good ol' Ford! Dunno what on earth they're thinking of these days??? Is there something wrong w current Fords? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted October 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2020 I saw a mk4 Zodiac yesterday 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Oldddudders said: Is there something wrong w current Fords? They've been made this century, 'tis all.... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 "The Ford is my Motor, I shall not want - another, It maketh me to lie down in strange places, It leadeth me in the path of ridicule, Yea, though I run down valleys I am towed uphill, It annointeth my head with oil, its tank runneth over, Surely the darn thing won't follow me All the days of my life Or I shall dwell in the house of the insane forever." Brit15 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 1 hour ago, MJI said: I saw a mk4 Zodiac yesterday There isn't a gobsmacked button. Last Mk.4 I saw (and photographed as they were already rare then) in the wild, as opposed to car shows, was back in 1987. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 1 hour ago, MJI said: I saw a mk4 Zodiac yesterday Aaah..the good ol' ''flight-deck'' Ford. On account of it's bonnet capable of allowing a Phantom to take off & land? Or so it appeared? Part of the driving test eyesight check was, ''can you see the bonnet mascot?'' Saw one a month or so ago when I went to have a gander at what Mathewsons Auctions were floggin'. There was an estate version....[They're effectively, ''up the road'' from me, so worth an email, and a visit...] No chance of me bidding on anything, but nice to look anyway. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted October 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2020 17 minutes ago, BernardTPM said: There isn't a gobsmacked button. Last Mk.4 I saw (and photographed as they were already rare then) in the wild, as opposed to car shows, was back in 1987. An old mate of mine had two, well a Zephyr 6 and later a Zodiac Executive; massive cars for the money which sounded wonderful. There used to be an Estate parked in someone's front garden in Camberley, but it disappeared some years ago. It looked pretty rough but hopefully someone was able to save such a rare beast. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2020 This was in my local garage recently, being restored for a film by all accounts. Mike. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Back in the late 60's my mates dad had a Mk3 Zodiac - took us up to Blackpool for fish & chips on sunny summer Sunday afternoons occasionally - a flyer on the M6, but not quite as fast or comfortable as my Dads split screen Mk 7 Jag. Happy days. Brit15 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2020 2 hours ago, alastairq said: They've been made this century, 'tis all.... This is not the thread to extol current car virtues, I know, but Sherry's 3 cyl, 1-litre turbo, 100 bhp Fiesta, with 6-speed auto, is an absolute delight to drive. I wonder when you last drove a modern Ford - or indeed other contemporary makes? 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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