Pic of the day

[Oneball]

Toyota Century V12 !
You don’t see many of these around .........View attachment 65372

Where did you see that?

They’re supposed to be awesome, I know they look like a Zil but that’s better than a Roller in my eyes.

 

[Scaf]

Churchill Hotel York, arrived yesterday.
I imagine with the flag pole curtains it was once used by some dignitary or another.

Toyota Century - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Oneball]

Churchill Hotel York, arrived yesterday.
I imagine with the flag pole curtains it was once used by some dignitary or another.

Toyota Century - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Maybe an ambassador. Wonder if there’s a Pakistani hat and flag in the glove box?

 

[philw696]

Maybe an ambassador. Wonder if there’s a Pakistani hat and flag in the glove box?

And a nice blonde driving it

 

[zagatoes30]

Toyota Century V12 !
You don’t see many of these around .........View attachment 65372

Never seen one of those, but as above it does have a more iron curtain look about it

 

[philw696]

One thing for sure you can bet that a Toyota built V12 will run like a Swiss watch and certainly won't have variator and oil leak issues.

 

[Ewan]

Are these not V8’s with a woeful 150 or so bhp?

 

[Oneball]

No, it’s Toyota’s only V12 about 300bhp in standard form.

You can get more though, someone has stuck one in a GT86 and added 4 turbos

Toyota 86 gets quad-turbo 1GZ-FE V12 engine conversion (video) – PerformanceDrive

 

[Wack61]

Where did you see that?

They’re supposed to be awesome, I know they look like a Zil but that’s better than a Roller in my eyes.

Agreed, I think it looks fantastic ,unlike the cloned euroboxes most people are driving these days.

 

[doodlebug]

Toyota Century V12 !
You don’t see many of these around .........View attachment 65372

I remember that number plate from Pistonheads. It used to be on a Bentley? owned by 'Balmoral Green'. He now goes under the moniker "21st Century Man" Actually, it would seem he owns this car, although I'm not certain.

 

[Oneball]

Agreed, I think it looks fantastic ,unlike the cloned euroboxes most people are driving these days.

I can’t tell the difference between the current 3 5 and 7 series. Even the Rolls 4x4 is a bit samey on the road. On went past me yesterday and I only noticed it because it was bright white, could have been a Q8 or X7

 

[Wack61]

It's the same with all the german cars , I can only tell their age by the plate , they all look pretty much the same over the last 15 years

 

[Wack61]

 

[CatmanV2]

That's sort of a prime example of what Matt's talking about, isn't it?

C

 

[zagatoes30]

That's sort of a prime example of what Matt's talking about, isn't it?

C

Probably

 

[CatmanV2]

No, it’s Toyota’s only V12 about 300bhp in standard form.

You can get more though, someone has stuck one in a GT86 and added 4 turbos

Toyota 86 gets quad-turbo 1GZ-FE V12 engine conversion (video) – PerformanceDrive

... makes 596kW (800hp), possibly due to a mild level of boost....

Mild?!
C

 

[Wack61]

That's sort of a prime example of what Matt's talking about, isn't it?

C

I didn't write it but I agree , unless it was a woman driving then it's factual

 

[P5Nij]

1966 and all that...

 

[philw696]

Everyone looks happy especially Graham Hill.

 

[lifes2short]

Everyone looks happy especially Graham Hill.

you can say that again, he looks mesmerised, doesn't look like he's going to let her go anytime soon, great photo, imagine in this day an age, there would be outrage, sitting on some ones lap tut tut