seth Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Wow, you'd have though that Kadette ought to still be out there. That looks really straight in '03. By '07 the retro market was coming on strong too. Hopefully its just tucked away somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyloud Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 Thanks for the comments! Glad you like them Brammy - my old Canon AE1 took my best ever snaps and the 35mm film captures a certain ambiance that the more clinical digital camera cannot reproduce. I've actually started using that Camera again too. The Opel is a mystery - perhaps it was rallied or maybe exported to Ireland? A few more taken 'back in the day' all in Oxfordshire circa 1992/93. This was taken in 1992, and liability expires only a year later. Snapped sometime in the early 90's - part of the joyriding craze that swept the area at the time. Sanpped in 1992, and scrapped shortly afterwards. Scrapyard snap in 1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 How do you decide what to put on http://www.reallyloud.co.uk Flickr or whatever? Are there some "rules" or is it just random? I've left a few invites on Flickr for you. Be nice to see some more on there e.g. http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/cars_424.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG. Marina. TC. With towbar. *explodes* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Marina. TC. With towbar. Lovely chrome-flip-cover as well! Needs to join us at http://www.flickr.com/groups/towbars/ Somehow http://www.flickr.com/photos/38389354@N07/3987599190/ doesn't quite cut it any longer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyloud Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 How do you decide what to put on http://www.reallyloud.co.uk Flickr or whatever? Are there some "rules" or is it just random? Totally random! I have more pictures than I know what do with to be honest. I might put the lot on flickr as it solves a lot of hosting/storage issues and so far flickr seems to be quite reliable. A few more scans - these ones are a bit more recent. Let me know if you feel the sizes are too big. More, lots more to come tomorrow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Totally random! I have more pictures than I know what do with to be honest. That explains that then, thanks. Went right through just one section on http://www.reallyloud.co.uk over a few days and couldn't believe how many great pictures you have! Soo many different makes and models that you just don't see any more. Makes you appreciate how difficult a job DVLA must have keeping track of them all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Blimey an R-reg Accord! It's good that you had the foresight to take these photos when these were just ordinary old shitters rather than something with more interest as they are now especially in the pre-digital days when your 24 frames meant you had to be more discerning! Excellent pics as ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 It's great to see Darren finding the time to scan in some of his excellent photos, I know only too well it can be a somewhat lengthy process. I still have a fairly large amount of old photos to go through, though not on such a wide range of makes - mine are rather more Japanese-centric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 I love those 92/93 pics. Theyve a grainy honesty about them thats a world away from lines of polished cars at car shows. Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 It's good that you had the foresight to take these photos when these were just ordinary old shitters rather than something with more interest as they are now especially in the pre-digital days when your 24 frames meant you had to be more discerning! Excellent pics as ever Exactly! I love these old photos from both ReallyLoud and SpottedLaurel. Keep 'em coming guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Whats the mangled white car next to the red maxi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Whats the mangled white car next to the red maxi? Mk3 Cortina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lobster Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 As everyone else has said, great photos. I'm really enjoying these, keep 'em coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyloud Posted October 23, 2010 Author Share Posted October 23, 2010 Thanks guys. Got a few more scanned in today - hopefully get a few more done later this evening. The majority are actually scrapyard shots, while I took quite a few streetshots for some reason I was a little more concerned about privacy than I am now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Youve just reminded me how much Id like a 504 estate. I havent seen one in years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyloud Posted October 24, 2010 Author Share Posted October 24, 2010 If I had ever had the cash for a large family I'd happily try and track a 504 estate down - probabily a reverse import from Nigeria. Here's a few more from the past. More tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Victor estate and volvo both just about clinging to their MOTs... but not for longvictorDate of Liability 01 04 2001Date of First Registration 18 05 1972Year of Manufacture 1972Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1760CCCO2 Emissions Not AvailableFuel Type PetrolExport Marker Not ApplicableVehicle Status UnlicensedVehicle Colour GOLD ovlovDate of Liability 01 07 2005Date of First Registration 14 01 1972Year of Manufacture 1972Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2978CCCO2 Emissions Not AvailableFuel Type PetrolExport Marker Not ApplicableVehicle Status UnlicensedVehicle Colour WHITE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompo Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Loving the old pics, effort appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyloud Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 A few more, slightly more Japanese-centric. I'm starting to have trouble in remember specific years on some shots.... I'll get some more up tonight before bedtime! I have descriptions and a bit more background info on all snaps on flickr too, as dumping them on here and then walking away seems a bit uncharitable. http://www.flickr.com/photos/reallyloud/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Brilliant photos RL. The majority seem to be foreign makes. Is this representative of what you shot since they might have been more unusual thank British bangers or is it simply the ones you've chosen to show us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyloud Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 I took an even spread - obviously concetrating on stuff from Japan, but this is just a random selection - I'll grab and load of British stuff for scanning later this week. I've noticed there's a lack of German cars too, so that will be addressed at some point. I reckon I took in the region of 1000+ cars on 35mm film in scrapyards alone - so I expect the scanning to go on for a while yet...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Ace stuff RL! The yard shots are very atmospheric. In fact - they have such a 'feel' to them, I swear I know what it feels like to stand in some of those spots. That yard in the trees looks very much like one near Chobham. I used to get plenty of R4 bits and some Crown parts from there back in the day. If it is the same place, then you must have been visiting there roughly the same time as me - 'cos I swear some of those stacks look familiar (I'm guessing early Crown, 604, R14, 128 are some of the shots from there?). Having said that - those old stacks seemed to stay in place for an age - there could have been a decade between visits and it would look much the same. More recently I visited while 'passing through' - they then seemed to be having a run on Acclaims - there were five or six of them, all looked like going concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I took an even spread - obviously concetrating on stuff from Japan, but this is just a random selection - I'll grab and load of British stuff for scanning later this week. I've noticed there's a lack of German cars too, so that will be addressed at some point. It wasn't a complaint by the way, just interested! Scan whatever you like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Agree with what has been said, these are wonderful pictures That white Volvo has, in the back window, the 'Don't Ban 4 Star' sticker given away with Practical Classics. I put my sticker in the back of my Panda (which used unleaded....). Would be about 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Why did you take these photos in the first place, was is foresight that the cars won't be on the road in 20 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I love that chinchilla-like Suzuki... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompo Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 That Colt Sapporo lasted until 2004, not a bad effort really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyloud Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 Why did you take these photos in the first place, was is foresight that the cars won't be on the road in 20 years? A little bit of that, I was always keen on 70's cars - even when they were current. I noticed how quickly most of them had rusted away in the early 90's and decided to seek them out. It actually started as an art project - research for drawings and then it got out of hand and almost became an obsession..... I always find these place quite serene and I still get a huge kick out of visiting these places. Here's a few more random scrapyard scans dating from 1992 to 2000. Scary thing is that when I took them it didn't seem like that long ago.... Again, more background info on my flickr photostream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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