The Most Beautiful Cars Ever

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NathanOlder wrote:
11 Mar 2018, 15:15
I always remember my dad telling me that Fiat will be the closest id get to owning a Mclaren F1. (3 seats in the front)
Laughing and laughing, good old Dads

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I think it is a stunning car, which could star in a new batman movie, but where are the speakers? :wink:

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The Alfa Romeo BAT Cars (1953 - 55): Stunning!

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Is the Sunbeam Tiger the Maxwell Smart car
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Don't remember that, was never a Maxwell Smart fan, but I do remember James Bond driving one.
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strad wrote:
11 Mar 2018, 21:54
Is the Sunbeam Tiger the Maxwell Smart car
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Don't remember that, was never a Maxwell Smart fan, but I do remember James Bond driving one.
Dunno 'bout that, but this muscularly handsome Brit did get a gig as a Bondmobile..

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Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
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tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).

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J.A.W. wrote:
11 Mar 2018, 22:29
strad wrote:
11 Mar 2018, 21:54
Is the Sunbeam Tiger the Maxwell Smart car
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Don't remember that, was never a Maxwell Smart fan, but I do remember James Bond driving one.
Dunno 'bout that, but this muscularly handsome Brit did get a gig as a Bondmobile..

https://www.classicdriver.com/sites/def ... 6540_0.jpg
It's a CamaroStang!! :roll: :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Well, not quite.. its a late 1970's Aston-Martin V8 Vantage..

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So, effectively - its one of these.. on steriods..
"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"

Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).

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Another couple of classic big bad bruiser Brits, Jag XJS V12, & Rover SD1 V8.

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"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"

Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).

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J.A.W. wrote:
12 Mar 2018, 00:27
Another couple of classic bruiser Brits, Jag XJS V12, & Rover SD1 V8.

https://www.classic-racing-annonces.fr/ ... pe-a-2.jpg

http://www.little-classics.com/News/Fea ... er-SD1.jpg

I was about to post 'John Steed's' Avengers Broadspeed Jag. Just beat me to it.
Nevermind I'll do the TWR SD1 instead Ah!!!
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'& now for something completely different.'

So seventies, a swoopy Fury wagon, & the wild Sbarro TAG 'function car' Caddy!

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Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).

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It was in Dr. No.
To achieve anything, you must be prepared to dabble on the boundary of disaster.”
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Should have pointed out that the dragster was 1980 and we took division 6 championship.
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strad wrote:
12 Mar 2018, 04:46
It was in Dr. No.
Ah, no.. not a Tiger, Strad - that V8 powered machine actually post-dated Dr No,
& so the movie car is in fact, a 'common, or garden' Sunbeam Alpine, with a mere 4cyl mill..

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"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"

Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).

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Ok, for a styling reference comparison, here's a mid-50's Ford Thunderbird, albeit a mild custom effort.
( & maybe looking a bit like a 'boy wonder-mobile' - side-kick to the original TV show 'Batmobile'*).

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*Which was itself, originally the (& then, George Barris mildly customised) 1955 Lincoln 'Futura' concept car.
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Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).

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Ah, no.. not a Tiger, Strad - that V8 powered machine actually post-dated Dr No,
& so the movie car is in fact, a 'common, or garden' Sunbeam Alpine, with a mere 4cyl mill..
Ah sorry you are absolutely correct. :oops:
To achieve anything, you must be prepared to dabble on the boundary of disaster.”
Sir Stirling Moss