Classic car spotting this week.

hen · Sep 4, 2023

1953 Ghia Streamline, from the Peterson museum.

Arunski · Sep 4, 2023

local Sunday driver ….taking his Topolino out for a drive

hen · Sep 6, 2023

Yet another one from the Peterson museum:

1914 Petite Speciale

hen · Sep 7, 2023

Renee Brinkerhoff drove her 1956 Porsche 356 all over the world, including Antarctica. From the Peterson museum.

https://en.everybodywiki.com/Reneé_Brinkerhoff

Watch my Whisky · Sep 7, 2023

hen
Renee Brinkerhoff drove her 1956 Porsche 356 all over the world, including Antarctica. From the Peterson museum.

https://en.everybodywiki.com/Reneé_Brinkerhoff

Singer should do one of these.

hen · Sep 8, 2023

Not from the Peterson museum, but from my local Volvo pusher.
Volvo P1800, some of you might remember the series "The Saint" from the 60`s. Roger Moore drove that kind of car as Simon Templar.

Also available as a restomod from Cyan racing:
https://www.cyanracing.com/news/2020/09/02/revealing-the-volvo-p1800-cyan

Waltesefalcon · Sep 8, 2023

hen
Not from the Peterson museum, but from my local Volvo pusher.
Volvo P1800, some of you might remember the series "The Saint" from the 60`s. Roger Moore drove that kind of car as Simon Templar.

Also available as a restomod from Cyan racing:
https://www.cyanracing.com/news/2020/09/02/revealing-the-volvo-p1800-cyan

I used to do regular maintenance on a pea green one. It was a cool car, but it had a terribly unreliable electrical system.

hen · Sep 9, 2023

Waltesefalcon
I used to do regular maintenance on a pea green one. It was a cool car, but it had a terribly unreliable electrical system.

Did they use Lukas or was it a home grown Swedish system?

Pastorbottle · Sep 9, 2023

I wish people would stop calling Lucas electrical systems unreliable…….they’re extremely reliable, you can always rely on them not to work!

Waltesefalcon · Sep 9, 2023

hen
Did they use Lukas or was it a home grown Swedish system?

Lucas. The P1800 we worked on was a 62 model built by Jensen. I don't know if they continued using Lucas when production moved to Sweden. I liked the engine and the styling but nothing else about this car. It was usually in our shop two or three times a year with some odd issue.

davidswiss · Sep 9, 2023

Pastorbottle
I wish people would stop calling Lucas electrical systems unreliable…….they’re extremely reliable, you can always rely on them not to work!

Joseph Lucas, Prince of Darkness will always let you down.