Photos by Barry Wallace
Here are a couple of European classic cars I spotted recently hereabouts. At top, in the Coppa's parking lot in King City, is a Rover V8 3500 S. These were built between 1968 and 1977 in the UK. and this is the first one I have ever seen. Meanwhile, below, is a 1973 Alfa Romeo Berlina Driver which was getting a wash by its owner, on Weston Road in Laskay. North American-built classic cars are spotted often enough around these parts, but more and more classic cars from Europe are being seen also. That's my 15-year-old red Jeep Liberty in the background of the bottom photo. It was of the first 150 brought into Canada in 2002. While I think of it, am I the only person in King not driving a late-model Range Rover? Sheeeesh!
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Barry Wallace
I noticed the 4 leaf clover and I looked it up: "Italian automobile maker Alfa Romeo used to paint a four-leaf clover, or quadrifoglio, on the side of their racing cars. This tradition started in the 1923 Targa Florio race, when driver Ugo Sivocci decorated his car with a green clover on a white background."
ReplyDeleteI would never mess with the person driving that Rover...or maybe I've just seen too many Quentin Tarantino films.
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