Supercars spotted, some rarities (vol 7)

[Dapster]

Longy00000 said:

I could be wrong (,probably am) but weren't ALL bar 2 F40s painted red by the factory with the two non red cars being for the sultan of Brunei or something like that.
Sitting back and waiting for the definitive answer now......

All F40s were Rosso Corsa and LHD. His Royal Moneybags (in fact it may have been his brother Jefri) had 7 converted to RHD post build and painted in various colours and with one trimmed in dubious grey leather





He did have the good grace to have 1 Rosso car in RHD with the authentic interior




He had at least one 288 GTO converted to RHD and painted black. Sold in the UK recently by DK Engineering, here with another of the 7 converted RHD F40s but this with the red factory interior rather than the dodgy grey leather

Edited by Dapster on Tuesday 11th June 23:12

[Every day a journey]

Didn't manage to get a shot but a very tidy looking F plate S2 Escort RST in Brighton this morning.

Looked great and brought back some memories.

[macron]

[SydneyBridge]

The traffic cones are well colour matched!

Always remember a dealer where I lived had a new one, that was nicked and never seen again, lovely car

[F1GTRUeno]

Dapster said:

Longy00000 said:

I could be wrong (,probably am) but weren't ALL bar 2 F40s painted red by the factory with the two non red cars being for the sultan of Brunei or something like that.
Sitting back and waiting for the definitive answer now......

All F40s were Rosso Corsa and LHD. His Royal Moneybags (in fact it may have been his brother Jefri) had 7 converted to RHD post build and painted in various colours and with one trimmed in dubious grey leather





He did have the good grace to have 1 Rosso car in RHD with the authentic interior



He had at least one 288 GTO converted to RHD and painted black. Sold in the UK recently by DK Engineering, here with another of the 7 converted RHD F40s but this with the red factory interior rather than the dodgy grey leather

Edited by Dapster on Tuesday 11th June 23:12

I wish they put the grey interior back in the grey one tbh. They went so far as to respray it back to how it was from being a normal red one, the Brunei cars should remain as they were.

[F1GTRUeno]

macron said:

182,000 miles on it and it still looks magnificent.

[LotusOmega375D]

I saw the grey RHD one with the Testarossa style grey interior for sale at that dealer back in the day. I think they were slightly embarrassed by it and had it tucked away by the wall in the showroom.

[epom]

macron said:

Gorgeous.

[MightyBadger]

macron said:

Perfection.

[wibble cb]

DannyScene said:

thegreenhell said:

Lovely car, but a shame it's had a respray in boring James Bond silver.

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15663/lot/307/

That's a real shame it looked brilliant in the red!!

I read this and thought that it was spectacularly cheap @ 122k, then realized it was from 2008, where did I park my Delorean.....

[Dan Singh]

mekondelta said:

TVR S in Hampton Wick on Sunday:-

It's a 3000M, I had one in the 80s.


The 3000S was the convertible, I replaced my M with an S.

[C5_Steve]

macron said:

Was this in a hospital car park? Kings?

[DannyScene]

macron said:

I used to see one of these every morning on my commute to work, always thought the guy was cool as f*** driving it daily

[Master Bean]

Nissan S Cargo in Cheltenham. Escargot like a snail. Like Kia Seoul and Alfa Mito. These car companies are funny people.

[4s n Zer0s]

Looks like a candidate for one of the abandoned car threads .
3 spoke wheels , glad they are rare in 2024 .

What's funny about Mito , means Myth in English ?

[Master Bean]

4s n Zer0s said:

Looks like a candidate for one of the abandoned car threads .
3 spoke wheels , glad they are rare in 2024 .

What's funny about Mito , means Myth in English ?

Car names that mean something else. Designed in Milan built in Torino.

[4s n Zer0s]

Master Bean said:

4s n Zer0s said:

Looks like a candidate for one of the abandoned car threads .
3 spoke wheels , glad they are rare in 2024 .

What's funny about Mito , means Myth in English ?

Car names that mean something else. Designed in Milan built in Torino.

I never knew it was a portmanteau of Milan Torino as you said , I looked at Wikipedia and it also mentions myth or legend in it's naming too .

[LARK F1 GTR]

A very loud 992 GT3 RS with Weissach pack yesterday morning with numbers on the doors, and the reg 89 T

This car, which I found a video of

[C5_Steve]

Master Bean said:

Nissan S Cargo in Cheltenham. Escargot like a snail. Like Kia Seoul and Alfa Mito. These car companies are funny people.

Love these, that one's in quite the state!

Doug Demuro had one for a while in the US.

[Thankyou4calling]

GM T50 yesterday. Kew Bridge SW London.