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Re: Spotted today.

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Passed a nice looking green convertible, roof down, in Norton Fitzwarren yesterday.
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Re: Spotted today.

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White convertible going Westbound on the A30 near Bagshot at 15:03 today.
Sorry, the sun was so bright, the car looks over exposed.
Looks to be a transitional Series III with uprated wheels. Image lifted from by Nextbase Dashcam and enlarged.
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This part of the A30 is a 40mph zone.
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'50 Low-light with 918 Side-valve engine,
'51 High-light with Side-valve 918 engine,
'55 4-dr with 803 engine,
'56 Traveller with 1098 engine.
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Re: Spotted today.

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Spotted on Chasing Classic Cars
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Re: Spotted today.

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Nice looking maroon saloon parked up on Tangmere road near the junction with Drayton Lane Chichester West Sussex.
Pass this everyday on my way home, looks like someone moved in nearby recently and nowhere to park the car which is parked on verge?
Really sad to see the other day when we had lots of rain and there was a huge puddle nearby, every time a vehicle went passed a huge wall of water went over the poor thing....!
Hope the owner gets some proper storage soon, sad to see as it’s a nice looking car.
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In tonight's episode of BBC 1's 'A Suitable Boy', set in the early 1950's, there was a fleeting glance of a white Moggy convertible and a bit more coverage of a two-tone Morris Oxford MO (my dad had one) and a Morris 8 Series E (my dad's first car).

........Don't ask me what the story's about - too busy looking out for 'classic cars'. :D
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Re: Spotted today.

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Spotted today behind gates along the riverside in St Neots....
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Looks like it’s been standing for a while... The lawn’s been mowed around it and there’s a sapling growing :lol:
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SteveClem wrote: Sat Sep 05, 2020 7:00 pm Looks like it’s been standing for a while... The lawn’s been mowed around it and there’s a sapling growing :lol:
I've checked and its on a SORN with last V5c issued in 2013... :roll:
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Spotted this afternoon, a working Pick-Up, non-standard colours and alloy wheels, heading East on the A30 between Bagshot and Sunningdale.
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'50 Low-light with 918 Side-valve engine,
'51 High-light with Side-valve 918 engine,
'55 4-dr with 803 engine,
'56 Traveller with 1098 engine.
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Don't know my knee from my elbow - the pick-up was heading WEST. Not seen again.
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Looks a very characterful old work horse!
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Hi,
I went for a walk in the Peak District today (before we're all in lockdown again :roll: ) and spotted a very nice red Rover P2 (didn't realise they were available in that colour??) while heading out for my walk driving through Matlock, Derbyshire.
This was closely followed by a Rose Taupe Minor Traveller with a Union Jack painted on the roof over the rear half, it seemed to be heading towards the Sainsbury's supermarket near the train station in Matlock.
On the way back I spotted the red Rover P2 again, coming back the other way, nice to see this looks to be in regular use.
Best wishes,
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1954 Series 2: 4 door: "Sally" -- Back on the ground with (slave) wheels and waiting to be resprayed......
1970 Triumph Herald 1200: "Hetty" -- Driven back from Llangollen in Wales (twice.....)
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Re: Spotted today.

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We lived near Matlock for many years and there’s lots of classics live and visit there. A great place is Matlock and the area around.
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Re: Spotted today.

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jagnut66 wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2020 6:35 pm Hi,
I went for a walk in the Peak District today (before we're all in lockdown again :roll: ) and spotted a very nice red Rover P2 (didn't realise they were available in that colour??) while heading out for my walk driving through Matlock, Derbyshire.
This was closely followed by a Rose Taupe Minor Traveller with a Union Jack painted on the roof over the rear half, it seemed to be heading towards the Sainsbury's supermarket near the train station in Matlock.
On the way back I spotted the red Rover P2 again, coming back the other way, nice to see this looks to be in regular use.
Best wishes,
Mike.
Got to be the same one I saw a few years ago in Frodsham

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Got to be the same one I saw a few years ago in Frodsham
It does look like it. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me and I was driving anyway.
Best wishes,
Mike.
1954 Series 2: 4 door: "Sally" -- Back on the ground with (slave) wheels and waiting to be resprayed......
1970 Triumph Herald 1200: "Hetty" -- Driven back from Llangollen in Wales (twice.....)
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Re: Spotted today.

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Seen coming out of Bridgnorth , saloon ‘ C ‘ reg. looked very tidy !
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Saw a blue traveller sporting a roof rack today in Bury Lancs heading towards Pilsworth Ind est.
Looked lovely and was pulling very well up the hill from Manchester Road.
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Re: Spotted today.

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The other day , just popped to Morrisons and what was next to me...
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Silver Polo..

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Re: Spotted today.

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spotted a 'well used' 2 door saloon in Portsmouth on saturday,with a lady driver :)
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Courtesy of Sky, the trailer for "To Olivia" (film about Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal on Sky Cinema) shows a Morris Convertible on the left hand side (with a mini in the distance). The film is set in 1962 - around the time my Morris Minor was registered. Not sure of the model in the picture, and couldn't catch the registration number, although I understand that films use year-specific unused registration numbers.

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