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Lazy spotters thread
#4561
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Posted 11 October 2018 - 06:46 PM
BMW would look a hundred times better with the bumpers still fitted.
Current fleet: 1996 Citroen Xantia 2.0T Activa. 1993 Lada Riva 1.5EFi Estate. 1990 Mercedes 208D Auto Trail Navajo. 1985 Sinclair C5. 1973 AC Model 70.
#4562
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Posted 13 October 2018 - 01:46 PM
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1988 Benz 230E, new battery
1993 Saab 9000 CSE rehabilitated
2012 Volkswagen T5 2.0tdi LWB (currently works-for now)
#4564
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Posted 14 October 2018 - 04:54 PM
Alvis TD21? Summit like that; not over restored. Funny bloke in a Saab 9000 parked behind.
TE or TF; TD was single headlight(which I prefer tbh). I think the E/F had moar powr too.
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#4565
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Posted 14 October 2018 - 05:00 PM
Mk.1 Fiesta spotted by horse:
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Are you allowed to take pictures with your mobile while driving a horse or is it ok so long as the horse in stationary with the handbrake on?
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What's the retail on one of those plumbed in fire extinguisher systems?
#4566
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Posted 14 October 2018 - 05:07 PM
Horse was stationary on level ground and in neutral.Are you allowed to take pictures with your mobile while driving a horse or is it ok so long as the horse in stationary with the handbrake on?
Also, behind us was a dead end.
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F*ck your Subaru, I have a horse outside.
And f*ck your Mitsubishi, I've a horse outside,
If you're lookin' for a ride, I've got a horse outside
#4567
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Posted 14 October 2018 - 09:54 PM
Also, behind us was a dead end.
Safe to drop the soap then!!
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#4569
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Posted 15 October 2018 - 01:11 PM
So many estates of that era were really odd-looking but that's a very handsome beast.Hampstead.
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#4570
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Posted 15 October 2018 - 06:36 PM
A genuine, red, 'R'-reg Robin Reliant
Haven't seen one actually being driven for years. Washington Galleries area.
Sent from beyond the grave using the Force.
#4571
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Posted 15 October 2018 - 06:53 PM
So many estates of that era were really odd-looking but that's a very handsome beast.
It certainly is. I owned a saloon version years ago (inherited from my grandad) and loved it. Yet another in the "cars I've owned and should have kept" category.
'01 Peugeot Partner
'01 Skoda Octavia vRS
'96 Skoda Felicia L&K Estate
'94 Skoda Favorit Silverline Estate
'86 Skoda Estelle 120LSE
'76 Skoda S110R
#4572
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Posted 15 October 2018 - 08:39 PM




Two of Bertone's finest here. Note the BX two cars up from the Favorit.










Zagreb has a brand new, state of the art airport terminal but they obviously ran out of money at the end as they're still using these to move the luggage trolleys around


And a couple of oddities that don't really fit anywhere else.
Never seen horizontal traffic lights before.

And this is the view from the front of a tram. I really don't know how this got here without driving along the tracks.

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Škoda Favorit 136LS
Triumph 1300TC
AEC Routemaster with Leyland O600.
#4573
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Posted 15 October 2018 - 08:57 PM
....Never seen horizontal traffic lights before.
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That looks like a Euro "Mondial"-type head with 300mm diameter aspects.
Switzerland has horizontal signals at some major junctions, generally paired with overhead gantry signs. Horizontal signals also pretty much standard in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and elsewhere. Used to be common in Malaysia until LED signals came along.
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F*ck your Subaru, I have a horse outside.
And f*ck your Mitsubishi, I've a horse outside,
If you're lookin' for a ride, I've got a horse outside
#4574
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Posted 15 October 2018 - 09:54 PM
I like it here. No matter how obscure a subject appears to be, someone knows all about it. Even subjects that normal people would consider nerdy or sad. Like traffic lights. It had never even occurred to me that someone might know the exact make of a traffic light but now it seems obvious that somebody has to.
The horizontal ones were mostly at major junctions in built up areas as they hung them from wires strung between buildings particularly where there were already tram catenary strung from the same wires.
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Škoda Favorit 136LS
Triumph 1300TC
AEC Routemaster with Leyland O600.
#4575
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Posted 15 October 2018 - 10:19 PM
Should we start a traffic light thread?
I like it here. No matter how obscure a subject appears to be, someone knows all about it. Even subjects that normal people would consider nerdy or sad. Like traffic lights. It had never even occurred to me that someone might know the exact make of a traffic light but now it seems obvious that somebody has to....
I used to collect all sorts of UK and Euro signal heads. The ones I really want are the French designs which are an entire art form by themselves, particularly the Feu de Paris made by Grolleau,
but they are really difficult to find.
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F*ck your Subaru, I have a horse outside.
And f*ck your Mitsubishi, I've a horse outside,
If you're lookin' for a ride, I've got a horse outside
#4576
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Posted 15 October 2018 - 10:23 PM
Thinking of starting a new 'spotted but with additional random household items' thread...
Square hard top in the corner for something else too...?
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1986 BMW 635CSi - TOTALLY ROT AND FAULT FREE. SEE THREAD FOR LISTS OF ROT AND FAULTS. http://autoshite.com...ry-in-progress/
1998 BMW E36 318i Touring, wurth about ten grand in 7 years time, classic investment M9. PROBABLY FOR SALE PENDING SUCCESSFUL TRIAL PERIOD OF NEW JAAAG OIRO £700 IT'S A GUD AND RELIABLE WORKHORSE http://autoshite.com...-retro-artizan/
2001 Land Rover Discovery V8 - POTENTIAL FUTURE BARN FIND THESE r GETTING REAR NOW
#4577
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Posted 16 October 2018 - 01:39 PM
Robin Reliant
Sorry but that bugs me - you don't say Escort Ford or 205 Peugeot do you, so why does everyone get this wrong?
And yes please to whoever suggested a traffic light thread.
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#4578
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Posted 16 October 2018 - 02:04 PM
.... yes please to whoever suggested a traffic light thread.
Excellent
F*ck your Subaru, I have a horse outside.
And f*ck your Mitsubishi, I've a horse outside,
If you're lookin' for a ride, I've got a horse outside
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#4580
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Posted 16 October 2018 - 03:39 PM
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2 Protons for the price of one in Llanelli... If you look closely!
Really does remind me of a Megane Mk.1:
F*ck your Subaru, I have a horse outside.
And f*ck your Mitsubishi, I've a horse outside,
If you're lookin' for a ride, I've got a horse outside
#4583
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Posted 17 October 2018 - 07:35 PM
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Google street view pic I'm afraid as I was in my van earlier in the year heading to Cheddar Gorge when I spotted this old crock. Toyota KE70 estate I reckon
That has been there for years, I used to see it move occasionally about 12 years ago and it didn't look much better then. Hasn't turned a wheel in at least 10 years I'd guess.
#4584
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Posted 18 October 2018 - 03:38 AM
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1986 BMW 635CSi - TOTALLY ROT AND FAULT FREE. SEE THREAD FOR LISTS OF ROT AND FAULTS. http://autoshite.com...ry-in-progress/
1998 BMW E36 318i Touring, wurth about ten grand in 7 years time, classic investment M9. PROBABLY FOR SALE PENDING SUCCESSFUL TRIAL PERIOD OF NEW JAAAG OIRO £700 IT'S A GUD AND RELIABLE WORKHORSE http://autoshite.com...-retro-artizan/
2001 Land Rover Discovery V8 - POTENTIAL FUTURE BARN FIND THESE r GETTING REAR NOW
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#4586
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Posted 19 October 2018 - 01:20 PM
Diverse stuff from out and about in town during the past week.
Two white 205s in one day
1988 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
1992 Peugeot 205 Rallye 1.4 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
2001 Toyota bB Blackbox by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
1990 Nissan Micra 1.2 GS by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Bus shite. Ex Ulsterbus Bristol RE heading for 'Beer and Buses' on the Isle of Wight.
Ulsterbus BXI 2599 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Edsel wedding car FTW
1959 Edsel Villager by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
More bus shite
Caravan P84 RFB by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Car park Porsche
1982 Porsche 911 Turbo by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
What's that coming out of the shadows? Just a 1948 Bentley, that's all
1948 Bentley Mark VI by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
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Always look on the Shite side of life
1999 Vauxhall Zafira - shit or shite?
1978 Austin Maxi - proper shite or proper classic?
1972 Renault 6 - genuine garage find
Rusty Old Rubbish - a shite blog about shite and stuff
#4587
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Posted 19 October 2018 - 04:47 PM

Bonus points for the early 90s deadlocks added to the doors, and apparently incontinent headlamp washers.
Egads, I never spotted the plate at the time... someone hand me the brainsoap so I can erase the memory please...
Current fleet: 1996 Citroen Xantia 2.0T Activa. 1993 Lada Riva 1.5EFi Estate. 1990 Mercedes 208D Auto Trail Navajo. 1985 Sinclair C5. 1973 AC Model 70.
#4588
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Posted 19 October 2018 - 05:35 PM

Then in Asda a couple of hours later.

And these two were in west London when we were on our way to Heathrow last week.


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Škoda Favorit 136LS
Triumph 1300TC
AEC Routemaster with Leyland O600.
#4590
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Posted 20 October 2018 - 05:27 PM
One street near the Saracens rugby ground (they're playing at home today) yielded these beauties:
C15 Romahome -
Top-notch lacquer peel Rover 600:
Saab 900:
Two Mini things:
....and a hidden Proton Impian:
But the best has been saved 'til last:
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F*ck your Subaru, I have a horse outside.
And f*ck your Mitsubishi, I've a horse outside,
If you're lookin' for a ride, I've got a horse outside
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