ChinaTom

It isn’t actually that bad - I drive past it most days. It’s in the bit of the yard that doesn’t get parted out. Private stock so to speak…

this is Fundenhall in Norfolk. Streetview here and the black arrow is an Ibiza.

Still plenty of Crown taxis with column manuals from the 1990s biffing around Hongkong.

The 780 continued the spirit. Nearly had one in Canada but owner wouldn’t sell to a Brit. This was a car dealer too!

Second down on left Fiat 127. bottom left Simca 1000 want to say Alfa 90 or Fiat 130 Berlina for one of them but reflector in wrong place.

What the absolute fuck happened to the Talbot Horizon?! Another total failure. Nice work.

A 2.1 diesel found its way into a reasonably modern s class too

There was a BMW 725 for German and Italian markets. And a Merc 260S Class I think.

That’s a prototype of one for Lotus. We are doing a few for them - camel, JPS, Goldleaf and the classic green and yellow.

And after many many years of hibernation while I was out and about in the world, a temporary resettlement in UK requires the old girl back in my life: a call was made (sorry Ceri, I needed her back really quickly), transportation arranged, and it came down from Scotland. and now with a new battery, it is blasting around the grounds preparing for an MOT next week and being pushed into duty as client fetching limo / photo prop. still love the old thing - hope it loves me back…

Around the same time I passed over a Renault 18 TX from a garage in Market Deepinh. Insurance too much. Basic trim 2.0 was perfect. But 1.3 Base Escort was what HillHouseHammond would let me have at that age. Those TX spec cars are mythical now.

Clarus and Magentis also made bugger all impression here.

Not an Aurelia or Appia GTE type?

Opel 1900 / GT?

David Denem!!!!

Optional on VdP later. Same switches as Peugeots, Scimitar SS, Samba cabriolet and you got 4 of them in mid term Montego VdP before flush fitted ones took over. Think Ambassador had the option of 4 as well. Somewhere in the garage I have one with only 1 arrow on it (rear deactivate). Found it on a car park floor. Always wondered how it got there.