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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from Dick Longbridge in Once seen, can't be unseen   
    Fiat Tempra estate rear doors:

    Fiat Tempra SW and Vauxhall Nova Merit Plus (2006) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
    The narrowness of that window is so annoying.
    As noted by others, Volvo 245 and BX estate rear doors.
    The missing section of rear bumper on Cherry estates:

    1979 Datsun Cherry 1.0 Estate (N10) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
    Yes, I know the tailgate going so low is because it has a very deep floor, but it's still odd.
    The awkward rear window on the 3dr hatchback of the same model:

    1979 Datsun Cherry 1.0 (N10), c.2002/2003 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
    And finally, Euro-spec 240K Skylines had the headlights pushed forwards flush with the grille and the tops chopped off:

    1979 Datsun 240K GT (C210) c.2000/01 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
    But elsewhere in the world they had proper round surrounds with the lights recessed, which looked much better. I got hold of some for mine from Australia:

    1979 Datsun 240K GT (C210) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
    That still didn't improve the too-low rear arch and droopy bootline however.
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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from mat_the_cat in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Am I reading the plate on this 240Z correctly as RPG 480L? If so it is/was still around, I saw it at Billing in 2001 and it was blue then. Found a photo of it online here: https://zclub.net/community/index.php?media/rpg-480l.448/

    DVLA say untaxed since 1995, but it was clearly in existence after that date.
    Enjoying what people are finding, would definitely love to go back to the early-mid '80s.
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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from bunglebus in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Am I reading the plate on this 240Z correctly as RPG 480L? If so it is/was still around, I saw it at Billing in 2001 and it was blue then. Found a photo of it online here: https://zclub.net/community/index.php?media/rpg-480l.448/

    DVLA say untaxed since 1995, but it was clearly in existence after that date.
    Enjoying what people are finding, would definitely love to go back to the early-mid '80s.
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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from flat4alfa in Shite in Miniature II   
    I popped into a local Tesco tonight. The Matchbox case was behind a couple of HW boxes, so I dug it out and it really was a case of the dregs being left behind along with a few HWs chucked in there. Lotus Europa the only thing of any interest, and I already have one of them.
    I was thinking about the age of some of the cars in the range, like that W123 or the Europa. About 35-40 up to 50 years old - are they of much relevance/interest to youngsters or are they shrewdly tilting them towards people of a certain age?
    Some are older than various Models of Yesteryear would have been when they were launched in the '70s.....
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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from ProgRocker in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Am I reading the plate on this 240Z correctly as RPG 480L? If so it is/was still around, I saw it at Billing in 2001 and it was blue then. Found a photo of it online here: https://zclub.net/community/index.php?media/rpg-480l.448/

    DVLA say untaxed since 1995, but it was clearly in existence after that date.
    Enjoying what people are finding, would definitely love to go back to the early-mid '80s.
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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from warch in Shite in Miniature II   
    I use this Nancy Schiffer one that covers both Regular Wheels and Superfast up to its 1983 publication date, had it since I started buying MIB Superfast back in 1991:

    Similar style photos, but yours looks to have more variants shown.
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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from michael t in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Am I reading the plate on this 240Z correctly as RPG 480L? If so it is/was still around, I saw it at Billing in 2001 and it was blue then. Found a photo of it online here: https://zclub.net/community/index.php?media/rpg-480l.448/

    DVLA say untaxed since 1995, but it was clearly in existence after that date.
    Enjoying what people are finding, would definitely love to go back to the early-mid '80s.
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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from greengartside in Sainsbury's Archive   
    That's great! I lived around the corner from Hadleigh Road so was a regular there. Difficult to believe how old the cars look for it being 1992-on.
    As an older store, I was interested to what Upper Brook Street had to offer:


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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from Shep Shepherd in Sainsbury's Archive   
    That's great! I lived around the corner from Hadleigh Road so was a regular there. Difficult to believe how old the cars look for it being 1992-on.
    As an older store, I was interested to what Upper Brook Street had to offer:


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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from greengartside in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Am I reading the plate on this 240Z correctly as RPG 480L? If so it is/was still around, I saw it at Billing in 2001 and it was blue then. Found a photo of it online here: https://zclub.net/community/index.php?media/rpg-480l.448/

    DVLA say untaxed since 1995, but it was clearly in existence after that date.
    Enjoying what people are finding, would definitely love to go back to the early-mid '80s.
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    Spottedlaurel reacted to HMC in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Nottingham 1984 what a line up

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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from Bamboocarman in Sainsbury's Archive   
    That's great! I lived around the corner from Hadleigh Road so was a regular there. Difficult to believe how old the cars look for it being 1992-on.
    As an older store, I was interested to what Upper Brook Street had to offer:


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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from Shep Shepherd in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Am I reading the plate on this 240Z correctly as RPG 480L? If so it is/was still around, I saw it at Billing in 2001 and it was blue then. Found a photo of it online here: https://zclub.net/community/index.php?media/rpg-480l.448/

    DVLA say untaxed since 1995, but it was clearly in existence after that date.
    Enjoying what people are finding, would definitely love to go back to the early-mid '80s.
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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from 500tops in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Am I reading the plate on this 240Z correctly as RPG 480L? If so it is/was still around, I saw it at Billing in 2001 and it was blue then. Found a photo of it online here: https://zclub.net/community/index.php?media/rpg-480l.448/

    DVLA say untaxed since 1995, but it was clearly in existence after that date.
    Enjoying what people are finding, would definitely love to go back to the early-mid '80s.
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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from Braddon81 in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Am I reading the plate on this 240Z correctly as RPG 480L? If so it is/was still around, I saw it at Billing in 2001 and it was blue then. Found a photo of it online here: https://zclub.net/community/index.php?media/rpg-480l.448/

    DVLA say untaxed since 1995, but it was clearly in existence after that date.
    Enjoying what people are finding, would definitely love to go back to the early-mid '80s.
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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from HMC in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Am I reading the plate on this 240Z correctly as RPG 480L? If so it is/was still around, I saw it at Billing in 2001 and it was blue then. Found a photo of it online here: https://zclub.net/community/index.php?media/rpg-480l.448/

    DVLA say untaxed since 1995, but it was clearly in existence after that date.
    Enjoying what people are finding, would definitely love to go back to the early-mid '80s.
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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from trigger in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Am I reading the plate on this 240Z correctly as RPG 480L? If so it is/was still around, I saw it at Billing in 2001 and it was blue then. Found a photo of it online here: https://zclub.net/community/index.php?media/rpg-480l.448/

    DVLA say untaxed since 1995, but it was clearly in existence after that date.
    Enjoying what people are finding, would definitely love to go back to the early-mid '80s.
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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from Lord Sterling in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Am I reading the plate on this 240Z correctly as RPG 480L? If so it is/was still around, I saw it at Billing in 2001 and it was blue then. Found a photo of it online here: https://zclub.net/community/index.php?media/rpg-480l.448/

    DVLA say untaxed since 1995, but it was clearly in existence after that date.
    Enjoying what people are finding, would definitely love to go back to the early-mid '80s.
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    Spottedlaurel reacted to trigger in Sainsbury's Archive   
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    Spottedlaurel reacted to Lord Sterling in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Kidderminster, not a great amount of chod in this:


    Building on the right was subsequently demolished (why?) and replaced with a then-new furniture warehouse store built just after Sainsburys (in the 80s) which subsequently burnt down in 2011, then demolished and has been left as fenced-off waste ground. Sainsburys moved to a much bigger and newer store and now Wilko is based there. The beige-brick building on left was also demolished and a new college and library (incorperating Job Centre) is there now. You can no longer drive through the road in the pic either.

     
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    Spottedlaurel reacted to trigger in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Looks like a Dacia Denim on the left in white?










     
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    Spottedlaurel reacted to trigger in Sainsbury's Archive   
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    Spottedlaurel reacted to nivek in Sainsbury's Archive   
    Coldhams Lane, Cambridge. I spent many a college holiday working here in 1986-87. My favourite picture so far -

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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from adw1977 in Sainsbury's Archive   
    That's great! I lived around the corner from Hadleigh Road so was a regular there. Difficult to believe how old the cars look for it being 1992-on.
    As an older store, I was interested to what Upper Brook Street had to offer:


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    Spottedlaurel got a reaction from RayMK in Sainsbury's Archive   
    That's great! I lived around the corner from Hadleigh Road so was a regular there. Difficult to believe how old the cars look for it being 1992-on.
    As an older store, I was interested to what Upper Brook Street had to offer:


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