Vintage & Classic Car spotting in streets of London

1978 Austin Allegro Vanden Plas 1500

2021-08-29T18:58:00.009+01:00

Austin Allegro Vanden Plas 1500 spotted in South London. What a strange beast. One of the worst cars in British history – at least according its reputation.

Vauxhall 1980 classic mobile home van

2020-01-23T18:07:00.000+00:00

Spotted this Vauxhall 1980 classic mobile home van in East London. Pretty cool van.

Classic Mini Cooper (Austin Mini?) for sale in London

2020-01-23T18:05:00.001+00:00

Somebody is waiting for it to reach price of gold while the rust is eating it. Seen in Grove Park, South London.

Classic Chevrolet spotted in Brighton, UK

2020-01-23T18:03:00.003+00:00

Not sure what model exactly this is but it has PowerGlide transmission, which was a super new thing at the time - 2 speed automatic!

Classic Citroen H van with wood paneling

2020-01-23T18:01:00.001+00:00

Talk about classic vans! This super old Citroen van is now dream car of every hipster around the globe. Spotted in Hackney, London.

VW Classic Campervan and VW Beetle in rat style

2020-01-23T17:59:00.001+00:00

Pretty cool couple seen in North London - 1960s Volkswagen Transporter camper van and VW Bug/Beetle as lowrider. Both in low-key rat style.

Elddis 300 RV with its best years behind it

2020-01-23T17:57:00.002+00:00

Still pretty cool RV for weekend trips I guess.

Facelift Corolla Ultima Seca liftback spotted in London - super rare!

2020-01-23T17:56:00.000+00:00

These have a completely redone back part from the regular Corrolla and were sold mainly in Australia.

Fiat 126 aka Polski Fiat-126p in London. What a cool classic car and so rare to see in London!

2020-01-23T17:53:00.001+00:00

Fiat 126 aka Polski Fiat-126p

Old school electric car - the first generation Honda (ez1) Insight

2020-01-23T17:50:00.001+00:00

Long before Tesla made electric cars cool, Honda brought EZ1 Insight - spotted in South London. For sale perhaps.

Alfa Romeo Spider in stunning condition on the streets of Central London

2020-01-23T17:47:00.000+00:00

MG Magnette ZB spotted in London

2017-02-14T19:35:00.000+00:00

MG Magnette ZB

Spotted this beautiful MG Magnette ZB in London! It took me a while to identify the car - at first I thought it's Rover P4, which is more 'boxy' and is missing a nice curvy back of Magnette.

Rover P4

Loads of folks are looking for MG Magnette for sale, but there are relatively few of them. When I was searching for cars for sale, I found couple of them. Prize varies a lot, some of Magnettes are for sale from £7000, but couple of them are priced over £1500.

Trumpchi: Donal Trump's Chinese car?

2017-02-14T18:46:00.002+00:00

While researching on Donal Trump's garage - what cars he owns and drives (can he drive?), I found a funny thing. Google suggested me that I'm looking for Trumpchi - Chinese automaker, who is about to start exporting cars to USA. Really? TRUMP-chi?

Trumpchi and Donald Trump

That can't be coincidence, surely not. Someone who values his surname like Donald Trump, couldn't let his happen! Imagine for example Obamachi, or I don't know.. Spielbergchi? Crazy. Anyway, from what I researched, there's really no connection between Trump and Trumpchi cars. What's funny though, photo from the launch event of one of Trumpchi cars, shows company bosses standing around the car showing thumbs up very much in Trump's fashion. See photos.

Trumpchi and Donald Trump

And what about Trumpchi? Well, it's not different from any other Chinese automaker. Car designs are clearly copied from European and Japanese automakers, but with Trumpchi badge on it. Quality of materials and technology is most likely sub-standard.

Trumpchi cars - not related to Donald Trump

Let's see if Donald Trump will allow Trumpchi to export cars to United States.

Reliant Kitten and Reliant Robin

2017-01-23T10:26:00.000+00:00

Naming a car model Kitten can be seen as a bold step, but it's nothing in compare to making a car with just 3 wheels. Yes, I'm talking about Reliant - British car manufacturer. Around 1 to 2 million Reliant vehicles were produced, and were sold in at least 9 countries. For a period from the 1970s to the 1990s, Reliant was the UK's biggest British-owned car manufacturer.

There's a mix of Reliant Robin, Rebel and Kitten photos. Some of them are for sale.

VW Beetle Brighton

2014-05-07T12:10:00.001+01:00

Classic Volkswagen.

Skoda 120 Five and 130LSE in UK

2014-05-05T10:00:00.000+01:00

Incredible collection of Skoda cars from 80s found near Hove, UK. Skoda 120 Five, Skoda 130 LSE Estelle Two and others. The owner is (or maybe was) collector.

Rover P6 2000

2014-05-04T10:00:00.000+01:00

One of a few cars from 6th decade I don't like. Not sure why, maybe it seems little disproportional. It has some interesting detail though, check out the little drops on headlights. Placing hole for filling fuel tank to this place is obviously not a good idea, years prove it by rust. Produced from 1963 to 1977.

Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II 2

2014-05-03T10:00:00.000+01:00

In Hove, I spotted this Rolls. After first taken picture, door of the house over the street opened. Old man with a big smile asked me, "Do you want to buy it?" :) He also takes down the thingy from the cooler. Young punks wants to steale it!

Classic bike show in Brighton 2014

2014-05-02T23:57:00.000+01:00

Brighton's seafront is a place where many shows take a place. This was funny one. So many old bikes!

1970s bus AEC Merlin

2014-05-01T23:55:00.000+01:00

1970s bus AEC Merlin in lovely colors.

MG Miget

2014-04-30T23:46:00.000+01:00

Cute little MG Miget in Blue.

Mercedes Benz SL1 R107

2014-04-29T11:38:00.000+01:00

What a car! Mercedes Benz SL1 R107.

Hillman Husky II 2 Van

2014-04-28T11:33:00.000+01:00

Charming Hillman Husky II 2 Van seen in Hove. Then station wagon, now mini :)

Ford Corsair V4

2014-04-27T11:17:00.000+01:00

Ford Corsair V4 produced by Ford of Britain. Parked at Hove. Manufactured only between 1965 - 1970.

Citroën H Van

2014-04-26T11:12:00.000+01:00

Food festival on the beach in Brighton. Citroën H Van is an instant classic.