RoadworkUK

I discovered today that Mk2 Rover 800 front fog lights are the same item that were fitted to – of all things – the Renault 5: Potentially a new source?

Considerable OOF triggered by one @ThePollitt, occasionally of this parish:

Only on Ghia and XR4x4 at this age. The launch brochure shows a retractable antenna on the O/S rear flank.

Boards of Canada. Put my points on the slate, they could be handy later on.

Goodness me that is SO bookmarked. I'm determined not to find a Micro Machines Supervan City, lest I should realise that it was actually substantially more shit than I realised when I was 10.

Of Gardners (and speaking from an entirely emotional perspective), am I allowed to really like the 6LYT? Very occasionally, a Plaxton Paramount 4000 on Gardner-powered Neoplan underframes served on my school bus route, and I liked a) how it sounded, b) the fact that it said "Turbo 330" on the side, and c) the fact that it took off at a rate of knots compared with the Daimler Fleetlines we were usually cooped up in.

I've just spotted that "automatic" badge on the bootlid.

Was about to feverishly yell "TAKE MY MONEY", but I checked myself and realised I already have that one. Thanks for the thought, though.

And polish some Viper Stripes in the Pogweasel.

Ah, the emporium. I'm a regular, as you might imagine. Almost visited yesterday (with £2.50 in hard cash burning a hole in my pocket), but it wasn't to be. Sent from my SM-G986B using Tapatalk

That interior is just fabulous. Whole car is, really. From back when they recognised that some folk might want a Range Rover for using rather than posing in.

That's excellent. I've seen a few 1:43 partwork buses on eBay. Quite tempted by this Neoplan that's quite widely available, but I'm rather disinclined to spend the requisite thirty quid.

Well, yes, because it WAS the Euro one. Exported from Germany in federalised condition.

Those little CRT screens look fantastic. If only they worked, like that digital Lego brick screen that somebody made.

Holy moly that tincorner is astounding.

Aye, it's a Mk4, but not a very precise rendering. I have two of them; they were given away either free or very cheap as part of an Esso fuel promotion in the early 90s. Dad picked up my sister and I one each, and I stole hers in pretty short order. Opening bootlid gives a view of nowt much IIRC

@danthecapriman Those partwork lorries are gorgeous! Especially the Peterbilt. The Spaniards are lucky buggers.

Yeah, I'd (inevitably) home that Corgi Hong Kong Metrobus tri-axle Dennis Trident if it were to reappear in the fiver section at some point.

I think that £23.99 sticker is the stallholder's.

On a Rover 800, I believe.

That cabrio is the actual bollocks. Definitely need to find an era-appropriate Alpine or Pioneer head unit to match those bits on the dash. And the wheels are just.... chef's kiss.

Both utterly superb. Intricate models of subject matter that many would see as rather mundane is what I'm all about. Loads of people are building 1:72 Vulcans, not many seem interested in 1:72 Hawker Siddeley Tridents.

I've just been to the Co-op, from where I grabbed this from the hanging strip thing on impulse, because dem '80s Matchbox colours and because SVX. No price visible, but I thought "it'll just be typical variable Matchbox / Hot Wheels pricing, and yesterday was payday". Got reamed for £3. Still, my environmentalist wife opines that "things like that should be AT LEAST £3". So that's okay. It's nice, anyway. Sent from my SM-G986B using Tapatalk

That is absolutely fabulous.

Absolute classic.