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Dup · 22 Jun 2019 at 19:46

One of 4 silver I believe?

ShiWarrior · 22 Jun 2019 at 20:15

nice

Saw a 19 plate McLaren this week in Grey

Diddums · 22 Jun 2019 at 20:18

The F50 is such a cool car. I hated it when it first came out but it just seems to look better and better with age.

Nasher · 22 Jun 2019 at 21:20

I once saw an F40 AND F50 randomly along the same stretch of road in the countryside. I don't think I'd ever seen either on the road before that.

Antipasti · 23 Jun 2019 at 18:24

Akagi · 23 Jun 2019 at 18:29

There were car stands divided by manufacturer today, and there was an MR2 with a Ferarri kit on the Ferarri stand, and it made me REALLY ANGRY for some reason.

theone8181 · 23 Jun 2019 at 19:05

Acme said:
There were car stands divided by manufacturer today, and there was an MR2 with a Ferarri kit on the Ferarri stand, and it made me REALLY ANGRY for some reason.

Maybe the owner didn't realise

. I saw a nice little 19 plate Bentley in the car park. Was a sort of burgundy red, looked very nice. No pics though

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mjt · 23 Jun 2019 at 20:05

God these Lambo and Ferrari replicas are everywhere :rolleyes:

And there was an GT2 RS on there as well I think.

Nasher · 23 Jun 2019 at 20:10

2 lorries of MR2 conversions delivered (and a beetle).

ShiWarrior · 23 Jun 2019 at 20:25

Acme said:
There were car stands divided by manufacturer today, and there was an MR2 with a Ferarri kit on the Ferarri stand, and it made me REALLY ANGRY for some reason.

LOL

maybe the ferrari owners thought it was a REAL Ferrari ?

Akagi · 23 Jun 2019 at 20:28

ShiWarrior said:
LOL

maybe the ferrari owners thought it was a REAL Ferrari ?

Probably. It just made me cross that he had the cheek to park it in between a 308 and a Dino. I wanted to politely advise him that Toyota parking was X amount of rows away, but I'm too socially awkward for that sort of confrontation.

Nasher · 23 Jun 2019 at 20:41

ShiWarrior said:
LOL

maybe the ferrari owners thought it was a REAL Ferrari ?

The irony is, an old Ferrari made out of an old Toyota is probably a better Ferrari

Tek81 · 23 Jun 2019 at 21:42

A few spots from a car show earlier today -

ShiWarrior · 23 Jun 2019 at 22:04

was that the Scramble ?

Drollic · 23 Jun 2019 at 22:42

I saw a lotus carlton tourer today, never even knew it existed, nor that it was one of the most powerful production vehicles produced at the time.

IAmATeaf · 24 Jun 2019 at 10:48

Clarkey said:
A little while ago now, but saw this magnificent machine in the wild.

Is it just me but I can't see any of the pics?

Akagi · 24 Jun 2019 at 10:50

Drollic said:
I saw a lotus carlton tourer today, never even knew it existed, nor that it was one of the most powerful production vehicles produced at the time.

It didn't. They were saloon only. There are one or two custom estates people made. The one I know of was a 2.0 Diamond estate originally, and it now has a 3000 GSi engine fitted, so not a true replica as it hasn't got the proper powertrain. There is another in the UK which I haven't seen, but I believe that underneath it is a 3.0 Auto. That one is blue.

But yes the proper Lotus Carltons are incredible machines, and incredibly valuable these days. I would absolutely love one. They were known to go 180MPH and do 0 - 60 in 5 seconds. The Police famously wanted them banned.

Lotus took the 3.0 I6 24V engine from the 3000GSi and bored it out to 3615CC, re-inforced the block, made custom forged crank, forged pistons, custom rods, some and added two T25 turbo's and water-to-air intercooling. The gearbox is from a Corvette ZR1 and the LSD is from a Commodore.

It has a place in my dream 5 car garage.

vanpeebles · 24 Jun 2019 at 11:06

IAmATeaf said:
Is it just me but I can't see any of the pics?

Same here

Drollic · 24 Jun 2019 at 13:10

Acme said:
It didn't. They were saloon only. There are one or two custom estates people made. The one I know of was a 2.0 Diamond estate originally, and it now has a 3000 GSi engine fitted, so not a true replica as it hasn't got the proper powertrain. There is another in the UK which I haven't seen, but I believe that underneath it is a 3.0 Auto. That one is blue.

But yes the proper Lotus Carltons are incredible machines, and incredibly valuable these days. I would absolutely love one. They were known to go 180MPH and do 0 - 60 in 5 seconds. The Police famously wanted them banned.

Lotus took the 3.0 I6 24V engine from the 3000GSi and bored it out to 3615CC, re-inforced the block, made custom forged crank, forged pistons, custom rods, some and added two T25 turbo's and water-to-air intercooling. The gearbox is from a Corvette ZR1 and the LSD is from a Commodore.

It has a place in my dream 5 car garage.

I wasn't 100% sure at the time given there was a fake F40 nearby