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Damien Scully Jan 6, 2024

@davidwilkins as it happens my friend with the Imp also had a Sunbeam Lotus for a while.
Here it is an Silverstone Classic in 2008, Which seems a long time ago, with a bunch of other Rootes Rally Cars.
#RootesGroup #Sunbeam #LotusSunbeam

Damien Scully Oct 16, 2023

Let's hear it for this humble Hunter GT believed to be the last of its kind in the UK.
One of UK's rarest cars goes on display at museum after year long restoration project
#WeirdCarMastodon #Hllman #RootesGroup
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/one-uks-rarest-cars-goes-073433359.html?

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Damien Scully Jun 30, 2023

So the answer to the outstanding #NameThatCar challenge was, as many figured out a product of the Rootes Group . A firm who were early and enthusiastic adopters of Badge-engineering!
In this particular case the badge was Singer, there mid-range offering.
The car is question a Singer Gazelle in period grey wirh a fetching stripe!
Well done if you got it, thanks to everyone who had a guess.
#ClassicCars #OldTimerCars #OldTimersofMastodon #ClassicCarsOfMastodon #RootesGroup #SingerGazelle

David Wilkins Apr 10, 2023

After yesterday’s #Rover #SD1 estate, another never-produced big British load carrier in the form of this 1992 prototype #Jaguar #XJ40 station wagon, although the #BritishMotorMuseum where it is housed prefers the traditional British description for a vehicle of this type - shooting brake. It was developed at Jaguar’s design and engineering centre at Whitley (Coventry), a facility that was originally built for the #RootesGroup. #WeirdCarMastodon #davidsdailycar