Stratos Scotland Tour

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Stratos Scotland Tour

Post by C7Steve » Mon May 22, 2017 8:17 pm

Spotted these cars parked in Braemar this lunchtime.

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So, which ones are original?

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Post by a4drk » Mon May 22, 2017 10:18 pm

Awesome - great spot
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Re: Stratos Scotland Tour

Post by Evoman » Mon May 22, 2017 10:45 pm

Wow, just wow. Seeing one Stratos would be amazing enough, but six! :thumbsup
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Post by renmure » Mon May 22, 2017 10:48 pm

Wow. Super cool.
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Post by mik » Mon May 22, 2017 11:02 pm

Wow. :shock:

Wish i'd come across them. Was in Braemar on Friday.

(PHY895S appears to be original. Others are Hawk or Transformer. Can't run a check on the foreign plate)
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Post by j2 lot » Tue May 23, 2017 1:02 am

Oh my :shock: 8) :thumbsup
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Post by Ferg » Tue May 23, 2017 6:01 am

mik wrote:Can't run a check on the foreign plate)
Pretty sure that's just a UK Q plate. :thumbsup
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Post by mik » Tue May 23, 2017 7:30 am

Ferg wrote:
mik wrote:Can't run a check on the foreign plate)
Pretty sure that's just a UK Q plate. :thumbsup
Ah yes - you are correct. Cheeky. :lol:
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Post by a4drk » Tue May 23, 2017 7:32 am

Ferg's right - it's a disguised Q plate


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Post by a4drk » Tue May 23, 2017 7:34 am

It's a Hawkridge - 3 litre - that will be quick
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Post by Corranga » Tue May 23, 2017 8:36 am

Amazing sight, and I'd imagine quite a noise too!
C7Steve wrote:So, which ones are original?

Steve.
I'd imagine none of them, you can quickly rule out 3 by wrong age number plates.
mik wrote: (PHY895S appears to be original. Others are Hawk or Transformer. Can't run a check on the foreign plate)
Google suggests that PHY895S is a Hawk. I suspect it probably wasn't all that hard to get one registered as a Lancia at one point. >100,000 miles is pretty impressive though!
It also has a 3 litre engine (the originals being 2.5)

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Post by TarmacTerrorist » Tue May 23, 2017 9:27 am

nice spot!!
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Post by Doc883 » Wed May 24, 2017 9:16 am

Saw them on the Edinburgh City By-pass yesterday around 3pm heading East 8)
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Post by Fluoxetine » Wed May 24, 2017 3:59 pm

IIRC, all genuine Strato's were left hand drive?

And interestingly - or not - it's "Strato's" rather than "Stratos" - As per the badge on the rear:

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Re: Stratos Scotland Tour

Post by rossybee » Fri May 26, 2017 3:32 pm

Oh my. Ross, you are correct!

I honestly did not know this :shock:

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