Classic car spotting this week.

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Spruce

·Aug 9, 2026·London sunburst dial fan

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Did it have a lever for 'reserve' in the footwell?

Nope, I got mine secondhand in the early 1970s and it had a post 1965 fuel gauge on the dashboard.

 

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Peemacgee

·Aug 9, 2026·Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers

Mine was a Jan 1963 model (so ‘pre-reg’ in the UK) in Turkish-Blau.
No lever for a reserve tank but main beam was a foot operated button on the floor and the window washers were powered by the spare tyre pressure.
(When I say main beam - I think the 6v lights actually sucked light in like a black hole)

 

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Cartesian

·Aug 9, 2026

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Aged 5, this was my dream car, along with an orange Dodge Charger. As a grown up, I can understand why my dad wasn't up for painting our car like either.

The colours may be a bit extravagant, but it sounds like 5-year-old you had a good eye for the cars themselves - a '70 charger is a beautiful car

 

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·Fri. 4:39pm

Just spotted on our way home from Tom Jones concert in Chester , Aston Martin Volante convertible ,one of only 140 made .

Edited: Fri. 4:51pm

 

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·Fri. 5:16pm

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Just spotted on our way home from Tom Jones concert in Chester , Aston Martin Volante convertible ,one of only 140 made .

Maybe it's Tom Jone's.

 

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·Sat. 11:55am

And a great spot in Llandudno this afternoon, a lovely Cooper s

 

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·Sat. 1:14pm

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And a great spot in Llandudno this afternoon, a lovely Cooper s

That bonnet is intriguing, I wonder if there is an 8-port cross-flow head under there with the carbs (or injection) at the front.

Here is the same car in Monte Carlo. https://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/topic/291796-mk1-mini-spotted-in-monaco/

 

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·Sun. 8:53am

Alvis Six with body by James Young, the only Young-bodied Alvis on this model of chassis/engine.
Intended to be chauffeur driven the owner had their own fold-away windscreen for open-top journeys.

 

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·Mon. 1:01pm

Late 1960s UK registration.