Here's what I saw today (Please read the rules before posting)

ofcork

Dr Porsche didnt have to change his design a whole lot to come up with the beetle,some of the 1930s mercedes are similar to the design as well as porsche worked at mercedes for a while too.

Geoff845

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/newphotos/exotics2011may23/40murcielago_20110520_1.shtml

Must be the same one photographed outside Harrods Clamped!!

dharn

Great post bijapos some interesting stuff there can you imagine those glass boxes in ireland some skanger would either try to break in to them or spray them with graffiti

squod

Had to post this somewhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDYjWYoyryg

Cian1991ferrari

Saw this 2011 Panamera Turbo today, actually very nice! bt:)

Seth Brundle

Cian1991ferrari wrote: »

Saw this 2011 Panamera Turbo today, actually very nice! bt:)

nice pics.
Still a few people with a few bob to spend on the personal plates!

bijapos

These are photos I took last week in Meilenwerk in Berlin. Its an old tram depot that was converted into a classic car centre about 10 years ago. The idea was to bring people with a common interest in classic cars together under one roof. They rent out workshops to established mechanics and restorers, some space is given over to car dealers who specialise in classics, to others who just wish to sell their car and to others who need a place to store cars in a protected atmosphere. The best part of it is you can just walk in and wander around for free and sometimes watch people working on the cars. Well worth a visit if you're in Berlin.

This is the area where the workshops and some shops and dealers are.



Nice Traction Avant and a Henri Chapron DS convertible.



The Ferrari and Maserati workshop, there was an MC12 there as well but I couldnt get a shot of it.



Fiat/Lancia/Alfa workshop with a 430 looking on.



The main hall, on the left cars for sale, on the right are the glass boxes where you can store the car in clean, warm and climate controlled conditions. The boxes are for rent, no idea how much they cost, there were all sorts in them, from Enzos to VW buses and Isettas.



Typical view of whats in there, on the top 3x 300SL Gullwing, bottom left a 280SL Pagoda, 300S "Adenauer" convertible and a Dino.



You never see a Stratos then 4 come along at once. Whats the plural? Stratosses? Strati?, anyway from the top left a Stratos Silhouette, a Rally car fully equipped for the Safari Rally and a standard one. Bottom left very rare Aston Martin DB7 Zagato, another Stratos and a Bugatti EB110.



I think this is the Bertone prototype that was at the Turin Motor Show in 1971, not sure though as no info is posted on the cars in the glass boxes. Anyone know anything about it?









EB110, one of the great supercars, there were another two EB110s there as well.



The Safari Rally version






The Group 5 Silhouette. Only two versions were ever built, one was crashed at Zellweg, one survived. There are around 4 replicas and I'm not sure if this is a replica or the real deal. There is a bit more on this car (or at least the Silhouette) here.



And a bog standard one, normally one of the most dramatic cars ever built its almost nondescript in this company.

Twin-go

^^^^ Imagine the insurance claim if some carless mechanic started a fire and gutted the place:eek:

Very nice photos bijapos!!

bijapos

Some more stuff from Meilenwerk........

Riva Speedboat. Power Elegance and Timelessness rolled into one. Great craftmanship to put something like this together.



De Tomaso Pantera Si. The swansong version of one of the lesser known supercar builders and a car that was imo wrongly considered to be a poorer relation to its Lambo and Ferrari neighbours.



1968 Marcos 1600 GTR, 1.6l Cortina engine giving 145bhp (!!!), 4 speed Ford gearbox, Triumph front axle. Part of the glory days of the English car industry.





1989 Merc 190E 2.5 16v Evo1 group A car. 340 bhp. Fully hydraulic suspension. A car from the glory days of Touring Car racing. The greatest thing about these cars was that you could buy a similar enough car in the dealership. So different to the DTM cars of today that bear no relation to the real thing.



Lovely restored Alfa Romeo. Its a replica, but a fullly working one nonetheless.



NY Taxi with 8 doors, I think they were used as Hotel-Airport taxis. massive car as can be seen beside the W108 which is no small car itself.



W126C convertible. A car Mercedes regrettably never built. No idea who this is from but I think its probably SGS.



Beautiful Aston Martin V8....



....and beside it this one off. A Lagonda Shooting Brake, seeminly the only one in the world. Not the most elegant finish I thought. 1987 model, built by a coachbuilder in 2000.




XJ 220, I never got a pic of the engine but its a bit lost in that body, great car all the same.




And to finish off two examples of the EB110, the blue one is the "standard" 550bhp one, the silver/grey one is the lighter, more powerful 600bhp SS version. Parked on the roof of some blokes office. I suppose why not.

bijapos

Twin-go wrote: »

^^^^ Imagine the insurance claim if some carless mechanic started a fire and gutted the place:eek:

Very nice photos bijapos!!

Cheers. Its the kind of place where we I think we should all chip in and send Marcinek for the day, I'd love to see what he would make out of it.

I only have a pocket 5mp camera which decided to pack up half way around.

no1beemerfan

Fantastic photos bijapos and thanks for taking the time to post them up. Germany is a place I hopefully will tour in the next few years and you've given me one place to go to!

E39MSport

Isn't it terrible how our first reactions are 'oh - think of the insurance' etc. (and rightly so)

This p0xy country and it's laws/taxes.

Wouldn't it be great to have the freedom to do/partake in something like that.

Not saying they don't have a few shillings but being an enthusiast is so much easier elsewhere it would appear. Our size doesn't help things.

Max Power1

E39MSport wrote: »

Isn't it terrible how our first reactions are 'oh - think of the insurance' etc. (and rightly so)

This p0xy country and it's laws/taxes.

Wouldn't it be great to have the freedom to do/partake in something like that.

Not saying they don't have a few shillings but being an enthusiast is so much easier elsewhere it would appear. Our size doesn't help things.

Not to mention the tax! Any 80s/90s cars I'd love to own would be 1566 p/a in tax, whereas in the UK for example its less than 33% of that figure.

qz

Amazing pics bijapos thanks for sharing.

staker

He's threatening your throne Marcinek:D

Some beautiful stuff there Bijapos,nice info too thanks.

woodyg

kbannon wrote: »

nice pics.
Still a few people with a few bob to spend on the personal plates!

that's down outside esat building so some one close to Digicell\O'Brien i'd say

slave1

Lads, I'm not a car guy at all but like browsing this forum, thought of ye on hols in Florida last month, excuse the quality, just used my phone, most are probably uninteresting to ye and the photos do not capture the sheer scale of most of them...anyhow here ye go

el diablo

slave1 wrote: »

Lads, I'm not a car guy at all but like browsing this forum, thought of ye on hols in Florida last month, excuse the quality, just used my phone, most are probably uninteresting to ye and the photos do not capture the sheer scale of some of them...anyhow here ye go

Nothing there.

slave1

I was editing the post for a while (stupid imageshack!!)

dharn

ya marcinek gone very quiet lately bijapos is definitely king at present

Slidey

Spotted this in Sicily during the week.

Savage roads there down the coast for the likes of this yoke

qz

el diablo wrote: »

Nothing there.

Give the guy a break he expressly said he went out of his way to post the pics for our benefit. I enjoyed them slave1 so thanks for posting.

Plug

qz wrote: »

Give the guy a break he expressly said he went out of his way to post the pics for our benefit. I enjoyed them slave1 so thanks for posting.

He literally meant they weren't there, the poster had a problem uploading them.
Wakey Wakey:p

slave1

Yeah, imageshack went funny so had to go back in and redo them, no worries guys.
Bonus points for the first one to spot which vehicle was in a disabled zone (with a disabled badge)

Fabritzo

that Lagonda estate is a weapon of a thing!

Absurdum

I American pick-ups

.Longshanks.

Slidey wrote: »

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Spotted this in Sicily during the week.

Savage roads there down the coast for the likes of this yoke

Seen one of them in pulling into Toughers Business Park just outside Newbridge/Naas about a year ago. Definitely not the kind of roads that yoke was built for

el diablo

Plug wrote: »

He literally meant they weren't there, the poster had a problem uploading them.
Wakey Wakey:p

Cheers Plug, that's exactly what I meant.

bijapos

Slidey wrote: »

Spotted this in Sicily during the week.

Savage roads there down the coast for the likes of this yoke

Sicily!!!!! That yoke is registered in Rosenheim near Munich, thats about 1800km one way. I pity the state of the drivers back, but what a way to travel. Beats Ryanair anyday.

qz

el diablo wrote: »

Cheers Plug, that's exactly what I meant.

Apologies! They showed up for me.