MrRegieRitmo Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Just the thing for pulling birds with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Very envious of the spotting opportunities that You southern chaps seem to find....I'm in Bournemouth Thursday to Sunday this week: Anyone know if there's any good stuff to be snapped down there? I'm sure if you shall look than you shall find. I was there for a weekend last year but I was there with the g/f so my mind was on other things (our first weekend away together). I would think the outer areas like Boscombe would bear more fruit than central affluent Bournemouth - apart from go anywhere retro vehicles like old Camper vans etc.I would say Brighton wins hands down for tat in the seaside stakes..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I've visited Hastings many times as my grand mother lives there. Even from a very young age, I noticed a preponderance of shite in the area. I must take my camera everywhere when I visit again next year.Some fantastic spots in here, AJC. Good work. I've just read through all 15 pages - chock full of quality tat, each one!KJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I have always been convinced of the rich vein of tat that lives in East Sussex & Kent. A few years ago there was a free ads mag every Friday called Car Ad - as a supplement to the 'Friday Ad'. It was always teeming with interesting tat - the best stuff always had an East Sussex / Kent phone number or postcode! There was a table in there showing the area codes and more often than not, cars I liked the sound of were based in places like Polegate & Hastings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajcherry Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Thank you for you kind comments.It gives me great pleasure to post pictures of such fine tat here.I`ve just posted the picture of this Datsun 120Y on the Datsun Forum.Seeing any Datsun on the roads is a very rare site(happens about once a year for me) and i`m a taxi driver so drive 40,000 miles a year(no offence taken for comment about bad driving of taxi drivers made in another post-it`s true anyway although not in my case).Anyway i had to follow in pursuit of this beauty this morning.It`s a one elderly lady owner car on her way to the hairdressers.Apart from some minor rust bubbles to the doors not evident in the pictures it looked to be immaculate.Enjoy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Soupherb piece of machinery! 8)Why the Denmark stickers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Thats not Denmark its 'Donkey Kong'.Great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Jeez, that 120Y is timewarptastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 A40 Farina mk1 I may well have posted this before.Yep; I have it down as :-  Not sure what thread it was in though? Odd front bumper; mini? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajcherry Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 A tastefully modified Mk 1 Cortina estate.  A wheelchair friendly MetroA lovely Singer Vogue estate possibly with an age-related number plate.Mk 2 GranadaHumber SceptreToyota Hiace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Hey, the Hiace has my (real life) initials on it! Pov-spec Impreza behind it too.That Vogue estate is lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Don't think I've seen a Chairman conversion on a Roverised Metro and certainly never a five-door one. Is the company still in business? It's a shame that we're not getting stuff like the Ford Ka bastardised in similar fashion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 That Rover is bonkers, check the extra windscreen wiper on the top screen!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Great spots! Love that third wiper, just brilliant. Is that a Rochdale Olympic behind the gorgeous Cortina? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greenvanman Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 It's a shame that we're not getting stuff like the Ford Ka bastardised in similar fashion. I'd pay good money to see that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Yeah I wonder why theres no modern equiivalent of these wheelchair metros. I guess if you'd lost your legs in a horrible accident, it just adds insult to injury if you then have to travel in a fuggin Perodua Kenari with a fibreglass greenhouse riveted on top, i'd probably choose to stay at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greenvanman Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Yeah I wonder why theres no modern equiivalent of these wheelchair metros. I guess if you'd lost your legs in a horrible accident, it just adds insult to injury if you then have to travel in a fuggin Perodua Kenari with a fibreglass greenhouse riveted on top, i'd probably choose to stay at home.Most of them these days seem to be based on the Kangoo & Peugeot Partner and their ilk, though, which are tall enough not to need the extra superstructure and as such less likely to embarrass the passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones96 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 you like littlehampton then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Or Fiat Doblos. Had a taxi ride in one last week. Truly horrid. Maybe that was just from the stained seats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyloud Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I saw a Yaris Verso thing the other day, it looks like that car was designed for mobility users from the very start. It had bonnet to windscreen proportions like that kid from 'mask'.These spots seem to confirm that the south coast seem to be better protected against sea salt than their long departed models along the North east coast - I've hardly seen anything recently. I'm not happy with this development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajcherry Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 I`ve just posted this Datsun 620 pick up on the D.O.C site and Old Japanese Car site but for those of you who don`t visit these sites here it is here.DVLA figures for 2004 said only 4 left on the road so truly rare.Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Wow. Whadda shame about the incorrect rear lamps (I think someone posted a period rear end shot of a beige example when nearly new not so long back) but at least it's still with us. I do fear for its future though, looks one step away from being crushed/rat-rodded/expensively restored, depending on who owns it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones96 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 guess the winch must be there to hold it all together lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajcherry Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 A few more recent spots.Nissan Silvia TurboFiat CromaMorris OxfordVauxhall Astra Mk 1Rover 213/216Imp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajcherry Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 A varied selection of spots here.Yet another Fiat Croma spotted in a Tesco carpark and very nice condition it was perhaps only let down by the roof bars.A Maxi2 exiting the very same carpark with roof bars that looked just right on this.Citroen CXAnd still on the Citroen theme only much nicer and rarer a DS convertible, left hand drive of course and probably would cost you an arm and leg to buy one but very nice all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Wow, that red Croma is gorgeous Minty mint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 DS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55bloke Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Wow, that red Croma is gorgeous Minty mint Too right!! I wouldn't have believd there were any left in that sort of condition. Gotta admit, I don't like the things, but that's such a beauty it's hard not to love it! Someone clearly does, wonder what the story is? And, obviously, the DS is simply stunning. But, I can honestly say I'd not previously noticed how very odd the rear indicators are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompo Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Lovely spots - Croma looks ace, spotted one myself recently in the complete opposite condition, although it did have a roof-rack in use. Will feature on my spotted thread soon..Cheers, Greg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 "WILL SWAP 4 MK1 ESCORT RS2000!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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