Vintage sports and racing cars pictures.

[PeterSibley]

The model I owned, a TD.

[PeterSibley]

Another Aston..... a particularly lovely one !

[skuthorp]

1924 Tulip wood bodied Hispano Suiza.

[skuthorp]

And from the Beale Park show
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9237306...1593/lightbox/

[PeterSibley]

That wooden body is amazing Jeff !

[skuthorp]

All copper riveted too.

[John Meachen]

A couple more:

[PeterSibley]

[PeterSibley]

[PeterSibley]

and again ..... a Sunbeam.

[skuthorp]

Another Aston..... a particularly lovely one !

There's a man in Glen Iris, Melbourne who drives one of those quite often round the suburbs. I used to see him picking up the papers and milk etc in the mornings. Not quite as luxuriously finished as this one, 'Racing Trim' he said as he used to do hill climbs in it. He had a stable of cars out the back under restoration.

[PeterSibley]

I knew a few such characters as a boy, blokes that rumbled off on weekend jaunts in their Sunbeams or Bugattis and I often went along . i guess that's why I love these machines. Simplicity and elegance, not great speed by modern standards but lots of fun!

[seanz]

A couple more:

I know I'll be kicked off the thread for asking but what is that?

[John B]

They're fantastic looking things. They look like they've been treated with rustkill... genolite or something , and left.
Personally I'd draw the line at no front brakes though.
Even Model A's are bit marginal these days but I still have a hankering for one of those. again. Something like a period flathead V8 transplant would do ,without going to a full rod status.. maybe 16 in v8 spokes...

[skuthorp]

Railton Special? No not the special but……….. look down and see the car, in the air on the Brooklands track.
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=ra...w=1054&bih=617

Napier Railton, one of those aero engined things. (See link above)

[seanz]

Thanks, skuthorp.

Napier Lion..........that second exhaust exiting almost underneath the car does draw the eye.

[Stiletto]

Railton Special? No not the special but……….. look down and see the car, in the air on the Brooklands track.


Napier Railton, one of those aero engined things. (See link above)

Do you mean this one?

[skuthorp]

Yes Stilleto.
I think the wood bodied Hispano Suiza also had an engine based on a WW1 aero engine.

[Jim Bow]

[C. Ross]

Did we do Jaguars yet?

[The Bigfella]

From Peter's post....



Looks to be the same as this one that I saw in Chiang Mai. Bit of work needed yet though...

[Garret]

I only have 2 things to contribute"

Oooooo.

Ahhhhh.

Please continue!

[Old Dryfoot]

Aston in #37, drool....

I don't see a Nash yet.

[Old Dryfoot]

And here is another gorgeous body that doesn't fit the thread in any way. Ya'll will just have to live with it though... I know I can.

[Old Dryfoot]

A little derriere shot...

[The Bigfella]

Nice Aussie car, that one. The Efijy

[The Bigfella]

Similar, but nowhere near the same. Yours is a standard Alfa Romeo Giuletta Spider. Peter's is a really rare bird. It looks like a Disco Volante, but the cut of the wheel wells is different. It's identified as an 'Alfa Romeo Giuletta Sprint Speciale Spider' at the Rydaholm carmuseum.

What do you mean nowhere near the same? 4 wheels, steering wheel, no roof. Looks about the same to me.

[Gerarddm]

Nothing is cooler than ZZ Tops' Cadzilla.

[skuthorp]

And here is another gorgeous body that doesn't fit the thread in any way. Ya'll will just have to live with it though... I know I can.

Might have started off as one of these, an FJ Holden

[The Bigfella]

Might have started off as one of these, an FJ Holden

Sort of. It was a show car / design study built by the Holden design engineers in 2006 - conceived as a 50 year homage to the original FJ which was built '53 - '56

[seanz]

Bit of thread drift then......bit of yabbering and the Efijy being driven around Williamstown by an Top Gear Australia presenter.

[PeterSibley]

An Allard ... they don't look much better than that !!

[The Bigfella]

Wanna bet?

[PeterSibley]

[PeterSibley]