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Countrywide 14/11/08. Saabs, Golf, 'Tina, Minor, Rangey, XR2
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Posted 14 April 2007 - 10:50 PM
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Posted 15 April 2007 - 09:26 AM
It's been lowered, meaning it's probably owned by some scene slave.......That split-window V-dub is amazing- can't be many left in that sort of unrestored condition now- wonder if the owner knows what he's got, and what it's worth?!

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Posted 16 April 2007 - 08:02 PM
Where was this one spotted?http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/...
Very smart Accord automatic, current owner is a bit of a Honda enthusiast and when the local dealer took this as a trade-in he was offered it first - price paid reputedly £5.00!
Edinburgh or locale I'm thinking...
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Posted 28 April 2007 - 07:11 PM

Some more ladies and gennelmen?

Very rare mk1 Uno turbo in nice standard condition.

Wonderfully shabby P5

Something rather dislikeable about this Mk1 Tina

This a Gilbern! And that's all I know about it

Night time shot of a non-soft-top Quantum, the Q-reg suggesting that no old XR2s were harmed in the making of this production

Marina Koop in unbelieveably good order

Tidy ADO16

Unmolested 911

Shite?

You can still find Fiesta MkIIs north of the border

Decomposing Daimler

Near to some resting old Jugulars... these mk10s? back axle from the green one was lying a few feet away

Pauper-spec, late build Cortina...

...was on the back of this old Leylard...

...parked next to this ageing Frod! (which doesn't really crank my shaft, but thought someone here would appreciate it)

Staying on the commercial theme - no badges to help me identify

But this is, apparently, an Invincible Guy

And this is a very dead bus.

TK turbo still in service

And a superb Ashtray with loadsa pink stick-on guff.
Here endeth today's lecture
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Posted 28 April 2007 - 08:33 PM

Staying on the commercial theme - no badges to help me identify

But this is, apparently, an Invincible Guy
The mystery tractor unit is an ERF 'A' series which was built from the mid sixties to mid seventies



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Posted 28 April 2007 - 10:22 PM

2006 Hyundai Getz 1.5 CRTD CDX 3-Door....More fun than you'd think!
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Posted 28 April 2007 - 10:33 PM
Thanks for the Ford 4000 picture, I appreciate it!
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Posted 30 April 2007 - 02:32 PM
Perhaps he couldn't find a good one at a price he could afford?Interesting Mk1 Cortina....Why not just BUY a 2-door if You want one?
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Posted 01 May 2007 - 08:28 AM

Not the car particularly, just the whole 'rolling resto' look. I always remember a PA Cresta I once saw in New Zealand. It had lost about 3/4 of it's exterior trim, the interior was totalled and the body wore about as much primer as the Rover above. It had a current registration and was obviously someone's daily driver, it clearly would have cost far too much to restore but that would have spoiled the gnarled old survivor's appeal anyway. Like this Rover it seemed to be saying "I'm still here, isn't that enough?".
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Posted 01 May 2007 - 08:49 AM
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Posted 01 May 2007 - 11:16 AM
Those ERF A series get unbelievably narrow at the top of the cab. I think I would feel claustrophobic up there. Anyone sat in one?http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/...
Staying on the commercial theme - no badges to help me identify
So was Superman!http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/...
But this is, apparently, an Invincible Guy



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Posted 01 May 2007 - 12:22 PM
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Posted 01 May 2007 - 02:55 PM
I'm right with you on that!! And in any case, the proportions and lines of the 2 door are very different to the 4 door, so welding up the back doors doesn't make it a 2 door, just a 4 door with 2 of it's doors no longer of any use!! I recall it was popular to do the same thing with Mk 2 Cosuls back in the 70s- I wonder how many of those which had the doors welded shut back then are still with us, and how many of those that aren't, would be, if they hadn't been so butchered? If you see what I mean!?4 dr cortina Mk1s with the rear doors welded up are [email protected], IMHO. The thought of all that filler covering the gaps, and the fact that water/ dampness within the door, and in the door/sill/c pillar join also makes me think they are probably a good way to create a very rusty Cortina in short order.Yuk.
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Posted 01 May 2007 - 04:19 PM
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Posted 01 May 2007 - 05:38 PM
Filler, horrible colour, bonnet pins - it's a Retro Barry thingSo what exactly is the point of welding the rear doors shut? Is it purely a cosmetic thing?

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Posted 21 May 2007 - 07:08 PM
Shite? You decide

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164 in fine fettle

Taken at a distance, what appears to be the US version of the Horizon!!

Much Mk2 Henry landfill follows
Capri under resto

Full marks to the owner for preserving this one as is

OK so I had to go to a car show to find this, but 22k miles in the uncommon yellow made it worth the effort

Mk2 D series!

Tina on the M6

Followed by a later, more spacious one

XR2 everything except the logbook

A mk3 Cav?? Yes, but respect for retaining those wheeltrims for so long

Gullwing guff

Truck tat 1

Truck tat 2

Finishing with a fine Soozookee - could have taken this shot seven or eight years ago, it's usually parked in the same position

Would be interesting to know what the trucks are

1984 Ford Fiesta XR2 - Devaluing the neighbourhood since 2008
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Posted 21 May 2007 - 09:17 PM

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Posted 21 May 2007 - 09:21 PM
Shiteless for the foreseeable future
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Posted 21 May 2007 - 09:35 PM
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Posted 21 May 2007 - 10:20 PM

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Posted 22 May 2007 - 10:31 AM
Is that a MkII Capri with MkIII rear lights? Or an un-age related registration?Capri under resto
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/...
Toyota Sera I think it's called. Funky thing.Gullwing guff
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/...
There was a Suzuki hatch at the end of the nineties called Baleno or Alto or Swift, I'm not sure which but it had an identical rear end to this - perhaps they re-used it or ran out of ideas!Finishing with a fine Soozookee - could have taken this shot seven or eight years ago, it's usually parked in the same position
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/...
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Posted 22 May 2007 - 10:37 AM
Amazing to think the TK (not including the MK which is still used if not still built for the forces!) was sold for 20 yrs! It saw out both the MkI & MkII Ford D Series lorries & also any Leyland offerings of the 60s/70s!http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/...
TK turbo still in service
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Posted 22 May 2007 - 10:52 AM
Wonder if the torsion bars off that would fit my Simca?...Taken at a distance, what appears to be the US version of the Horizon!!
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/...
Nice spots there. That old D series is the 4-pot version - one of the slowest vehicles on the road. Love the Police-spec Mk2 Escort.
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Posted 22 May 2007 - 10:54 AM

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Posted 22 May 2007 - 10:57 AM
Baleno was a small saloon if I remember right.
There was a Suzuki hatch at the end of the nineties called Baleno or Alto or Swift, I'm not sure which but it had an identical rear end to this - perhaps they re-used it or ran out of ideas!Finishing with a fine Soozookee - could have taken this shot seven or eight years ago, it's usually parked in the same position
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/...
I think it was the Alto that looked like this, borrowing from its earlier incarnation, but that was some years later.
The Swift was a similar shape also but slightly bigger and has been around since the year dot now.
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Posted 22 May 2007 - 11:10 AM
The home of one previous owner Japanese cars:
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1992 Camry 2.2GL (definitely just for spares now); 1993 Camry Estate 2.2GL on the road again!!
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Posted 22 May 2007 - 11:47 AM
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Posted 22 May 2007 - 11:48 AM
Believe it or not, Chrysler US went to the trouble of fitting coil spring front suspension to 'their' Horizon, to accomodate the engine they bought from VW originally. This one, according to DVLA, has the 'K Car' 2.2 four-pot which must make it a pretty horrible device all round. Top shite points, then!Wonder if the torsion bars off that would fit my Simca?...Taken at a distance, what appears to be the US version of the Horizon!!
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r254/...
Shiteless for the foreseeable future
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