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Has anyone had a go at this? I spotted a Citroen XM estate press photo on Ebay & was thinking it would be fun to recreate it with my XM minus the happy couple. I think it was originally taken in Stow-on-the-Wold but I am not 100% sure and would like to narrow it down to the exact location.

 

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If you have done it show us your efforts!

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Closest I've got:

 

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Datsun Laurel (C130) Boltons of Ipswich ad 1976/77 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

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Datsun Laurel (C130) Boltons site 2001 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Not great as the showroom had been demolished, but I parked on the right bit of pavement and the distinctive house/hotel in the background was still present.

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I think that's Talbot Court not Square. I'm sure I've had an overpriced cup of tea and a slice of indifferent carrot cake sitting on those red chairs, it's just an alley way next to a pub on the main square.

 

I see that they are in Talbot Court, but they have either moved or got another place because that building couldn't be in that alleyway. I suppose the decline in "Brown Furniture" antiques and the rise of the Internet may be responsible , or they might have another shop in the are?

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Right, in 1989 Asthon Gower had a shop in the Cotswold Gateway Antique Centre in Burford.post-17414-0-44178700-1501162567_thumb.png

This could be a possiblilty , it's still an antique place, but from Streetview doesn't look quite right.

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Maybe a different angle, seems a good bet because it's on the A40 so an easy location to find for the original photographer

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Not a million miles from me. Wonder what they would say if eleventy of us turned up and took identical photos of your XM, adjusting the angle whilst referencing an A0 print of the original?

Only one way to find out! They also have a Little Chef over the road for people that like such things.

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Right, in 1989 Asthon Gower had a shop in the Cotswold Gateway Antique Centre in Burford.attachicon.gifimage.png

This could be a possiblilty , it's still an antique place, but from Streetview doesn't look quite right.

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Maybe a different angle, seems a good bet because it's on the A40 so an easy location to find for the original photographer

 

Brilliant detective work.

 

I am still up for it, about the same distance as Stow on the Wold.

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Closest I've got:

 

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Datsun Laurel (C130) Boltons of Ipswich ad 1976/77 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

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Datsun Laurel (C130) Boltons site 2001 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Not great as the showroom had been demolished, but I parked on the right bit of pavement and the distinctive house/hotel in the background was still present.

That's about half a mile from my hpuse

 

 

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the 504 Forum some time ago had fun to  find the exact location of every 504CC press photo except one we could not figure,

 

https://maps.google.de/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=203634786443972354169.0004d4ad0e8d403c78218&ie=UTF8&ll=46.474382,3.504113&spn=5.779713,7.24014&t=h&source=embed

 

This is the one we could not locate:

 

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Somehwere  cote d'azur, the boat registration is Nice

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What Car? Road Test Yearbook Oct. 1992 - Hoxne Village Store, then by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

I intentionally took a shot at this location recently (sadly I didn't have a Lancer, the Sunny had to substitute).

 

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Sunny at Hoxne Village Store, now by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

I'd forgotten until just now that I had got a photo there previously with another from the fleet (and some random bilge that happened to be parked-up).

 

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1975 Citroen Ami 8 Confort + Camry by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

In fairness it is a rather photogenic location where not much changes building-wise, just a shame that usually it's full of modern automotive dross.

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Could be anywhere for my car here, not sure I'm willing to spend 14 quid to see if there are any more inside the brochure. I bet it's Photoshopped anyway.

 

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181736145325

 

Basically the same...

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Generic as hell

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Hungarian plate so probably Hungary somewhere

 

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Germany

 

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That's all I could find so I'll stop clogging this thread up with this shitbox now.

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Could be anywhere for my car here, not sure I'm willing to spend 14 quid to see if there are any more inside the brochure. I bet it's Photoshopped anyway.

 

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181736145325

 

Basically the same...

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https://goo.gl/maps/89C8YY7rBkD2

Looks like Dean Stanley Street, London SW1P, with a little Photoshop business going on.

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Edit: Actually Dean Trench Street - https://goo.gl/maps/1CD626nEU3E2 Another of the streets off John Smith Square.

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 By the age of the car/photo I wonder if the picture is an example of an actual 'cut and paste' rather than some software trickery?

Photoshop came out in 1990 so it was pretty standard by this time. Now I've correctly identified which street it is there's not much Photoshop going on at all. The main thing being lashings of motion blur I'd say.

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Closest I've got:

 

3889466052_3e2d8482f0_o.jpg

Datsun Laurel (C130) Boltons of Ipswich ad 1976/77 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

3888672399_a19cfa9dc2_o.jpg

Datsun Laurel (C130) Boltons site 2001 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Not great as the showroom had been demolished, but I parked on the right bit of pavement and the distinctive house/hotel in the background was still present.

 

 

 

with a superb automatic transmission

 

People just weren't as dull and stupid back then.

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