Upper Middle Petrol Head:

Mr McBeardie has excelled again, bringing us this lovely Swiss-registered BMW 1600 cabriolet that he snapped in Fort Augustus, Loch Ness, Scotland.  He tells me that its owners were touring the UK to celebrate the car's 50th birthday.  I could drink to that.  Happy birthday, Beamer! U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.)

I once saw an Austin Healey Sprite bearing the rego "NOTNMG", which makes me wonder if the owner of this Daimler is ever tempted to go with "NONJAG" or something similar, given that he or she's almost certainly forever explaining that this car is not a Mk II Jaguar.  To the untrained eye - i.e. mine - the only ostensible difference between the Daimler V8 250 and its less-posh sibling, the Mk II Jag, are the curvey winged D bonnet emblem, fluted grille surround and rear rego plate light, Daimler lettering on that light's lens ,  plus a bit of badging here and there. However, Wikipedia alludes to, but doesn't actually describe what it refers to as, " distinctive exterior and luxury interior fittings" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_Mark_2 ) that also set it apart from the Mk II . Everyone's favourite font of all knowledge further explains that rather than being fitted with the Jaguar's 2.4, 3.4 or 3.8 litre XK ...

It seems that discontinuing the classic Landie line has only boosted the marque's appeal, as this pimped-up ripper photographed in the UK demonstrates.  And it's not just newer models that've been snapped up and given the treatment ; Land Rover itself has a division specially dedicated to restoring even the earliest of the legendary machines back to their full glory (please see  https://www.landrover.com/explore-land-rover/reborn.html ).  D'ya reckon it might've been a good plan to just keep building them ... ? U M P H Photos by Mr Mc Beardie.