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This was probably being pumped out of the radio at the time

I spent many many weekends and summers in Hastings in the 1970s as we had a static caravan in a park near Battle. We used to go to the chip shop that was on the corner opposite the car park for our tea.

Or more like the bastard love child of a Range Rooney and a new Defender.

It is the East Cliff Lift in Hastings, with the black fisherman's huts at the end of the car park

The Liver Birds Polly James and Nerys Hughes.

The development of the Steve Green Cortina

Yes there was a Mk1 Granada, Rover P6, Triumph Stag, Vauxhall F-Type Victor, Triumph Dolomite and an Austin 1800. Also a boy racer Transit in kind of Pepsi colours

Yes the Hidden treasures are not treasures at all. They are a good source for spares for other versions and then you can make them look more scrap than they already are. The Allegro I had had less brown on it. I guess it was hand painted in the factory. The weathered Land Rover is the same, with the dirt being inconsistent I always thought the Marina was one of the better attempts with the coat hanger aerial and the dirty windscreen. There are a couple of versions of the Transit The Austin A30 Van is pants with the rust effect being were there is no actual seam. The Sunbeam has a primered rear wing and what looks like a coated new wing. The roof rip is rubbish. Reliant Supervan is waiting to be painted yellow like the one from Peckham. Extra points for Tax in Post on the screen. Minor Pick Up with pealing red oxide primer And finally the worst of the lot, the Minor Saloon resto that's half under a cover and guarded by a cat. If you want an even cheaper source of parts then the Boy Racer series can usually pick up cheaply, and all the parts are shiney already. Vanguards and Corgi have tried just about every angle over the years to sell some diecast, but these two series were scrapping the bottom of the barrel for me.

1968 Simca 1501 Coupe by Heuliez. Never made it into production.