Andy J
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- Isle of Man
Best speedway photo - ever
Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels
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arancia
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- Arizona, USA
I don't recall ever seeing one of these before, my wife pointed it out in a shop window today:
here's a little background Pixie article
here's a little background Pixie article
GregT
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- Christchurch NZ
The big question IMO is how one of those things made it to Arizona ?
Tippie
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- Dr?bak, Norway
I sure hope it just gently slid down and didn't bite for a high sider.
Alzero
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- DaNang Vietnam
A nicely restored old Ford. Did they really look that good inside back in the day?
AJ
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- 38°33'00.0"S 177°55'00"E
Mark 3 Zephyr. 1964/6 They had bench seat and column change so the interior isn't standard. 2.6l inline 6 with 4 speed. I had a great run with mine.
78jotadave
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Does anyone remember the 1960s TV show 'Z Cars'? Star of the show was the Ford Zephyr.
GregT
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- Christchurch NZ
I'd pick that one is a resto-mod, probably with a V8.
They're still popular here as a basis for that sort of work- if you can find one.
The Mk2 and 3 got raced a lot here. Some iconic cars like the "Zephyr Corvette" -a Mk2.
Or Ernie Spragues Mk3 from Timaru which was pretty much as fast as you could go with the six.
They're a large part of NZ saloon car race history.
They're still popular here as a basis for that sort of work- if you can find one.
The Mk2 and 3 got raced a lot here. Some iconic cars like the "Zephyr Corvette" -a Mk2.
Or Ernie Spragues Mk3 from Timaru which was pretty much as fast as you could go with the six.
They're a large part of NZ saloon car race history.
Exmoor beast
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- Minehead,Somerset, ENGLAND OF COURSE
Doing a new police show with Jaguars it called G cars
Alzero
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- DaNang Vietnam
Nice old Rapier 
The Sock
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- London, England
78jotadave
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The Rapier has more style than any of the Econo boxes on the road today, why is that?
GregT
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- Christchurch NZ
Raymond Loewy design based on his Studebaker coupes. Still basically a tarted up Hillman Minx....
The design schools are not producing originals like Loewy any more.
Designers have to comply with so many rules and safety laws these days its not surprising everything looks like it came from a cooky cutter. Years ago I passed a park where the Studebaker Club was having a show, never seen so many crazy car designs. My mind was blown that day.
piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
Absolutely Dave! Can almost hear the music from it!
Perry
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- West Dorset UK
You can hear it at every Everton home game if you don't mind the terrible football...
arancia
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- Arizona, USA
It was in Prague, Czechia - price asked is in Euros.
GregT
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- Christchurch NZ
Still an almost impossible place to see one.
Alzero
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- DaNang Vietnam
One of several Model Ts I saw on trailers Sunday afternoon in Taupõ.
This is the only one that was not over restored. I suspect they looked much like this back then, with black paint, of course.
This is the only one that was not over restored. I suspect they looked much like this back then, with black paint, of course.