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[Belles Italiennes @ItaliAuto]

Nick Mason's 250 GTO

[Stars and Cars @Superstar_Cars]

Some like it hot ... Remembering legendary actor Tony Curtis, born #OnThisDay 1925.

Tony loved his cars. While filming #ThePersuaders at Pinewood Studios, he had a spin in the Jensen demonstrator. Soon after, on 15 February 1970 he took the keys of his very own Interceptor II.

[Mark Constanduros @MConstanduros]

When you are sitting in a Ferrari 250SWB and a Ferrari 250GTO pulls up alongside. It was a soggy day @GoodwoodMC today but that more than made up for it.

[Retromania 51K+ 🆑assics & M🅾️torsport Lovers @Retromania4ever]

🇩🇪 In 1977, the last #BMW '02 Series (a 1502) rolled off the assembly line. The note on the windshield reads.. "I am the last baby of a successful model."

[Manfred v. Brauchitsch @Raedwulf66]

IFA F9 und eines der seltenen P70 Coupe in Dresden,etwa Anfang der 60er Jahre.Der F9 basiert auf einer serienreifen DKW-Entwicklung von 1940 mit 3-Zylinder Zweitaktmotor mit Wasserkühlung.

[Roger Boylan @BoylanRoger]

Steve McQueen and his 1963 Ferrari 250 GTB.

[Sci-Fi Archives @SciFiArchives]

Yuri Gagarin, his Matra Djet sports car & the Monument to the Conquerors of Space in the background (1965), Russian SFSR

[The General.of Suffolk. @Seancockram]

Ferrari 250 Production Line what an amazing photo..

[Stars and Cars @Superstar_Cars]

A big Happy 100th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough, broadcaster, conservationist, writer, producer and all-round national treasure, whose incredible career spans eight decades.

📸 Sir David, Geoff Mulligan and a Land Rover Series 1 in Madagascar, in 1961.

#DavidAttenborough

[bieberiso @bieberiso74]

Pure automotive excellence. 🇨🇭🇮🇹 The Monteverdi High Speed 375 S by Frua is one of the rarest GTs ever made—only 10 of these beauties were built. A true work of art from the 60s.

[Jagmans Car Magazine @JagmansM]

Back when

[Jordan @Jordan92338366]

934.5’s being put together Porsche Racing 🏁💨

[Roger Boylan @BoylanRoger]

Bill Wyman, former bassist of the Rolling Stones, with his Citroën SM.

[hiddenliburua @hiddenliburua]

J'adore cette photo d'une Lada 2101 filant à toute berzingue vers la RDA en 1980.

[Things From the Past @pastarchive]

Åse Kleveland with the Saab Sonnet she bought new in 1968, then (1970) and now - she still drives the same car daily

[The People @WonPeople]

What a thing! #bicesterscramble

[WRCPAST @WRCPAST]

🇪🇸 Seat 1200 Sport

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Very rare now especially in the UK.

The SEAT 1200 Sport is a landmark vehicle in Spanish automotive history, famously known by its nickname, "Bocanegra" (Black Mouth), due to its distinctive black plastic front grille and bumper unit.

Launched in 1976, it represented a significant milestone: it was the first car to be entirely developed at the SEAT Technical Centre in Martorell, rather than being a direct rebadging of a Fiat model.

The car's design was actually based on a prototype by Italian designer Aldo Sessano, originally intended for the German company NSU. When that project fell through, SEAT acquired the design.

The 1200 Sport was a "parts bin" hero. SEAT engineers had to work within strict constraints, marrying the 124's engine with the 127's gearbox and chassis.

This led to some mechanical quirks—specifically, the engine was mounted at a slight angle to fit the transmission, which occasionally caused gear-shifting difficulties for early owners.

In 1977, SEAT released the 1430 Sport, which used the more powerful engine from the SEAT 1430, pushing output to 77 bhp

The "Bocanegra" name was so iconic that SEAT revived it in 2008 as a special edition styling package for the fourth-generation Ibiza.

For collectors, the 1200 Sport is a rare find outside of Spain. It captures a specific era of transition for SEAT as they began to carve out an identity independent of Fiat.

This car was spotted in the UK

📷 Syd Ridley 👏🏻👏🏻

#seat #cars #spain

[Roger Boylan @BoylanRoger]

Mick Jagger collecting his new Ferrari 288 GTO directly from the Maranello factory in Italy, 1985.

[auto archive @AutoArchive]

@haustexracing

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

Rowan Atkinson, 1984