German tourist in Bruges today with this MG. Always a romantic idea going on a classic car roadtrip.

MG never made a V8 Roadster, but it's relatively straightforward to drop the Rover 3.5 into one. This one looks RHD and is the same colour as the unique V8 Roadster built by Don Hayter - "the father of the MGB" - when production ended and Abingdon closed. He "he sold himself an unused 'development' bodyshell (for £939.55) and 3.5-litre V8 engine, then built the only factory-made MGB V8 roadster (factory V8s were all GTs), the last MGB to leave Abingdon. Don and his team had been working on an update for the profitable US market using the O-series 2-litre OHC engine (including a very quick O-turbo), larger brakes and other modifications. Twenty or more redundant pilot-build bodyshells were left from this project and it was one of these that Don bought; identifiable because the inner-wing was reshaped for fuel injection. The car also features the first MG-badged rocker covers cast, which had been left unused in the development department.". Was registered WBL 348Y and is well known, including an episode of Clarkson's Car Years, also modelled by Vanguards, who did a very nice rendition.

Don sold it in around 2013 and died in 2020, which lead to this reprinted tribute. DVLA lists it as SORN with last MOT expired Aug 2020, but no export marker. I guess this is not WBL 346Y, but a lookalike/inspired by creation.

I found another picture of the car from 2013 but it didn't have the V8 badge at that point.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lostillusion75/14679663057/

Sometimes they just add the badge. My 900 also had "Turbo" on the back from a previous owner.

Different wheels and seat covering. And in 2013 Don's car was safely in England still as WBL 348Y. So a cousin living in Germany.

From my recent Platesmania uploads:

At least 2 BYDs were doing a test drive at the Automobile Council last April (despite the event being more oriented towrds classic and neo-classic cars):
https://platesmania.com/jp/nomer21681731
https://platesmania.com/jp/nomer21681751

The Tommy Kaira M20 version of the R31 Skyline, which, according to one article only about 5 still remain.
https://platesmania.com/jp/nomer21675652

i was looking for some Québec plates on Platesmania just for fun and found some unexpected little gems.. and this one , which i met the owner once ( he goes at the same bank as me ) . I don't remember if its a 1987 or 1988 but he told me he bought it from an old lady with a low milleage and in really good condition...

If i ever meet him again i'll ask him the year, i have pics of the car too but can't post them right now


were they a sponsor of the event ? the Terrebonne auto show i go each year ( well, when not raining , no pandemic and they don't close the place down for renovation ) was sponsored by a local Toyota dealership and they always had a few cars on the site

At the car show I went to this morning, someone had a 1954 Hudson Jet Liner. I'll post pictures later when I go through them.

There was also an Opel convertible. It was something that was never sold stateside. Unfortunately, I only saw it as it was leaving and I was too far away from it to get a picture. I tried but people kept walking in front of it. I think it was one of these:

http://imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=Opel&model=Astra+Cabriolet&modelMatch=1&modelInclModel=- on

It kind of looked like a stubby, more boxy Saab 900 Cabrio.

Ironically, the 900 Gen. 2. cabriolet was based on the Opel Vectra

One of these maybe?
https://imgr1.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Opel-Kadett-E-Cabrio-react169Big-f7364b32-232840.jpeg

No, I did manage to get one photo of it, and it definitely was the Astra F Cabrio.

Using the Vectra platform, but they did not had much in common

Oh, and that was the second Euro-spec Opel I came across last week. At the Memorial Day show I went to on Monday there was a 1976 Kadett C coupe

Uploaded some pics:

Jet-Liner (there are a few more pics on Flickr):
IMG_8634
IMG_8638
IMG_8637 IMG_8631a IMG_8627


Opel Astra F Cabrio:
IMG_8781a


1976 Opel Kadett C:
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IMG_8258a

There are some more V8 conversions of the MG. A time ago there was an article in my classic car magazine, but I didn't remember the issue.

Here the owners, a couple from Gamer-town, write something about the interior and the buyer of her previous MGB V8, but not about the history of the V8:

https://www.mg-treff.de/index.php/15-fahrzeuge/151-mgb-v8-stoeber

Haven't been finding cars for a while so here's one i took at Westway Cross Retail Park

2013 Infiniti M30d

I've finally spotten another one after what feels like ages! (even though the last one was only a month ago)

I see one from time to time when I go to the supermarket: an old lady, from the neighbourhood I suppose, and who probably has her 2CV since the beginning

Yesterday I was walking around the neighborhood near my work when I found a frogeye hiding in an underground parking lot. I had my camera with me this time, but because it would've been barely visible even with the naked eye I decided not to take a photo of it. Also because it was a private garage

seen today , something i did not saw in years... Merkur XR4Ti
no pic, i was driving but i don't think i would have been ready to take one anyway, it was a too surprising sight...

looks like there is at least one left here !


According to Motor Trend's buyer guide it would be a 1987 as it was a white monochromatic one with the double spoiler

seen today : i have not a single clue.. not even sure if its a real car.. it had missing pieces but the car itself was so small.. i guess something similar to a Trabant with a sloping. rounded rear end is the closest i can think of to describe it . It was at a garage , hopefully i'll see it again and have more details..

Seen yesterday, a blue Rover 800 with pre-1998 issued Adachi plates and an oxidized bumper... Tried to go back (I was driving at the time) and take a picture for my Platesmania gallery but unfortunately it was already gone by the time I came back.