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Westcountry shite volume 3 (updated 11/10/08)


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Welcome to the latest thrilling installment of of spottings from way out West! first off a MK1 Transit camper still giving good service in the Exeter area....

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Just a few miles from Lands End, hope its not end of the Road for this Sunbeam Rapier....

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Alongside the salubrious Bodmin Industrial Estate premises of the rather inbred used car dealer I acquired my Brothers Mondano from a few weeks ago was this motheaten old Anglia....

 

 

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Delightful A60 in 'Hillbilly' Torrington :lol:

 

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Closeby was a fetching collection of FX4 remains....

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And a new feature, in a slight variation on the 'cat piss tarp challenge', is the 'collapsing outbuilding challenge' :lol: any ideas what it is?....

 

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"Anglia" is a Prefect surely?! That Rapier is a Series 2 I think going on the side trim. Mega rare. Looks too good (ie not rusty enough) to be on a final journey surely. Lets hope not!A60 will probably be not much longer for this world I reckon :cry: And in the falling down barn, Morris perhaps? It sure looks familiar as in maybe it was featured in a mag not that long ago?

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plastic sheet challenge is Hillman Minx prob. late 40'sAnd I can almost remember my dad's first new car, a 1952 FORD PREFECT just like the black one above. I think he didn't like it much as it was underpowered for our hills and was replaced by a 1953 Vauxhall Velox (which I can remember)

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Some noteable stuff from the last week or so, love the colour scheme of this A40 seen at Weymouth Harbour....

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Old giffers in their old device with the old top down :lol: (nice Harold & Hilda matching headgear!)

 

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COR! 1800S blandcrab 8)

 

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Honda Civic in a Torquay driveway....

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Scene alert!....

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Tesco carpark Rotary Maz....

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Great stuff! What's the old device, something by Alvis or Lagonda?

Lagonda v12 1938.The vehicle details for EYY 2 are: Date of Liability 01 07 2008 Date of First Registration 01 10 1938 Year of Manufacture Not Available Cylinder Capacity (cc) 4480CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Licence Not Due Vehicle Colour MAROON
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saw that blue 1800 and me old heart missed a beat. 1800s same colour and interior as mine, even the same wing mirrors and '71 j plate.I know my one is dead. but............great spots !

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That Strada is stunning! How mint is it??The 528i has come a long way - it was registered in Scot Land which explains the rust.Do you frequent Torrington often? An old XJ6 of mine was sent there for a head gasket job and the c**t sold it. BOF***T, a white 3.4 Series 3 with a black vinyl roof and red leathers. :(

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That's actually the spit of mine, bar the colour. If it was orangey red, V reg...oh & 65CL rather than 75CL as that one appears to be. But details, details, it's near enough!Think that was on the eBay thread last year, it's the right year & colour - can't be many!BS6, was it you who had another Mk1 Strada on one of your spotted threads within the last 2 or 3 months? A good ratio if it was! :shock:

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You just can't polish a turd! shite car, shit modz :lol:

 

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Question is, is it or is it not a BRM....hard to say due to the 'barryness!' If it is though then that's actually quite a tasty little car they've ruined! Although, changing the colour & the exterior looks like a bit too much trouble to go to for these boys, so I would say they've just found an orange BRM spoiler somewhere & tacked on some silver wing mirrors - job done! :lol::roll:
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Question is, is it or is it not a BRM....hard to say due to the 'barryness!' If it is though then that's actually quite a tasty little car they've ruined! Although, changing the colour & the exterior looks like a bit too much trouble to go to for these boys, so I would say they've just found an orange BRM spoiler somewhere & tacked on some silver wing mirrors - job done! :lol::roll:

All BRMs are 3-door, and in a British Racing Green-ish shade, it's called 'Brooklands' IIRC.So no. :wink:
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Seen in Bournemouth, a 105E with a an ultra rare 'Kings continental kit' period accessory, consisting of the external spare wheel carrier and wheel spats 8) only ever seen these on mk1/2 Consuls, Zephyrs/Zodiacs.

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Rank Renner 21....

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Bedford removals van still giving stirling service to a Weymouth firm....

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The most inappropriately named special edition car ever? an Escort 'Bonus'....

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Yet another old Plymouth Pub closes its doors for the last time as a new existance as 'affordable accomodation' beckons, the old Toyamota was perfectly placed for a pic!....

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Nearby was this Alfa just about clinging to life....

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And this! the most undesirable Crapi ever, yes its a 1300 :shock:

 

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Some hot caged Allegroidal action in Southeast Cornwall....

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Seen in Bournemouth, a 105E with a an ultra rare 'Kings continental kit' period accessory, consisting of the external spare wheel carrier and wheel spats 8) only ever seen these on mk1/2 Consuls, Zephyrs/Zodiacs.

Pity they had to sell the number plate in order to buy the spats! :-(
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A random update consisting of a few 'Street' spots and a couple of shows attended over the last month or so, here's a collection of old Fords including my Zodiac, all the other cars belong to like minded friends in the Plymouth area as we set off from the Tamar bridge to attend the 'Boconnoc steam fair' near Lostwithiel in Cornwall....

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At said show, British lorries don't get much better than this stunning Atkinson Borderer with Gardner power!....

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COR! lovely 'on the stick' Westminster sounded awesome 8)

 

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This Princess 3 litre didn't sound so good, being powered by a Mazda 4 cylinder oil burner donk!....

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Bedford TJ tipper....

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Shite sportscar, strangely appealing Turner....

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A rare surviving example of the 'Rowe hillmaster' which was built in Cornwall between approx 1954 to 1962, this one is powered by a Meadows 4DC diesel....

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Much better than a 'G-whizz'!

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Downtown Bournemouth 'good 'ol boy's motor....

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Scene alert!....

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Bedford J type....

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A few pics from the Mount Edgcombe classic car show, the VW scenesters spend loadsamoney to get this look!

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Standard Atlas van, based on Triumph Herald running gear....

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This '56 Chevy had something evil under the bonnet, a legend on the bottom of the rear number plate read simply 'bye bye' :twisted:

 

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Early tin snail....

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Very nice indeed MK1 2000 manual O/D....

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Why can't 'modern' cars look as beautiful as these?....

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