Digital Fly Tipping

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March 2017

 

Chunky Lupo at Halfords.  I liked this a lot.

201703-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

One of the seemingly infinite varieties of Mazda 323.  It was showing it's age a bit but was overall very tidy, had that one-owner-from-new look about it.  I imagine it would look brand new again if you spent a couple of hours on it with cleaning products.

201703-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

VW Corrado in Nottingham, I think.

201703-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

TVR Chimaera at a services.  Sneaky little Ford Puma peeking its nose in too.

201703-04 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Matra Rancho!  Amazing.

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April 2017

 

A trip to Whitby and only 2 spots for the entire month.  Posh ones though.  First, a Porsche 928GTS.

201704-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Second, an Alfa Romeo GTV, a car whose design has aged particularly well IMHO.

201704-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

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May 2017

 

We'd had to go to a different Halfords to usual to get the paint I needed since the local branch didn't have any in stock.  Just as well really because there was this brown Mini clubman waiting to be seen.

201705-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Reliant Rialto in not-OFaH-replica shocker!  It had a white bonnet too.  It was pretty much perfect in every way and it looked to be an estate with painted windows rather than a proper van for extra bonus points. 

201705-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Hyundai Coupé. Normally, not something that grabs my camera, but the paint on this one did.  It's plastidip so if you don't like it you just peel it off and do it with a different colour.  It looked way better in person too, the colour was much more vibrant.  A great way to spruce up what might have been a tatty looking old thing, as these are wont to be.

201705-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201705-04 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Brexit supporter had bought this Triumph because of some unintelligible reason to do with sticking one to the EU by buying British.  He was having an ignition problem which looked to be the same shorting earth wire issue I'd had ages ago with the Princess.  It was a nice enough car without the usual Herald middle-aged spread and quite a lot of it had been brush painted.  Surprisingly little sign of wob and bodge, it just looked like prime giffer transport.

201705-05 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

This Landrover doesn't have big steels, it has regular steels and whitewalls.  That shouldn't work, but it really did!  You'll have to take my word for it, long-distance-zoom-camera doesn't really show up the whitewalls as tyres instead of wheels.

201705-06 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

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June 2017

 

I was down south for some of this month when we had that little tiny bit of summer.  There was a hot rod.  It was red.  It was good.  Ford Popular I think.

201706-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201706-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201706-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

There were some VW Campers too, there always are, this is the only one I papped.

201706-04 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Kia Soul with tiger stripes.  Pretty sure this is a promotional vehicle as it popped up at the Preston Park show on the Kia stand.

201706-05 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Fiat Multipla!  The proper one with the weird styling, not the later boring conservative facelift one.

201706-06 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

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July 2017

 

Good start when spotting this Cortina when it wasn't on the move for once.  There's about three of this age Cortina trundling about locally; this one, a doom blue one and a gold one.

201707-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201707-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

This was neat.  Owner appeared just as I was about to pap it and mentioned it was just a bit too low to be comfortable, sounded like he had owned it just long enough to start changing the previous owner's mods to his own taste, suspension being one of them.  I liked its rough and ready appearance.  Mazda MX-5, obviously.

201707-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201707-04 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

This was the month I collected the purple Austin.  On the way down there was a charming little non-scene Beetle.

201707-05 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

The cleanest Mk2 Polo I've ever seen in the wild, it looked practically brand new.

201707-06 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201707-07 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

A miniature horse box for miniature horses in the form of this ponderous Renault Master.  Amazingly, all the rear corner bits weren't bashed off.

201707-08 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

When we arrived to collect the purple Austin, Dodgytom was there in his superb bodykitted Xantia.

201707-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Then I saw nothing else in the month until this ridiculously clean Honda Del Sol popped up.

201707-10 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

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August 2017

 

There's been a good crop thanks to a day at Croft Circuit watching a friend racing.

 

Honda Del Sol a nice surprise. I hesitate to say rare because this is the fourth one I've seen this year, though it is the only green one.

201708-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Graffiti bus was great, I liked this.

201708-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Ford Cargo! Wow. Can't even remember when I last saw one.

201708-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Mazda MX-5 showing my ride height up, as usual.

201708-04 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Opel Manta B GTE. I have not seen one of these in the wild since the 90s.

201708-05 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201708-06 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Austin Cambridge.

201708-07 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201708-08 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Jaaaaaaaaag.

201708-09 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

FARK! It's only a Vauxhall Cavalier 4x4 Turbo! Cleaner than a clean thing.

201708-10 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201708-11 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Mitsubishi Colt GLX. Complete with flat paint and Mitsi wheel trims, a real treat.

201708-12 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201708-13 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Suzuki Vitara.

201708-14 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

AC Cobra Pilgrim Sumo

201708-15 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Ford Escort estate

201708-16 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Another VW T25, camper this time and more ordinary paint.

201708-17 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Finally, this grand old thing that was chugging about making a wonderful noise. Mk2 Jag.

201708-18 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

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That's all of 2017 updated.  I'll do more as and when time allows.

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September 2017

 

Not a great deal of note this month.  Kicked things off with a project Golf.

201709-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Saw that Cortina again.

201709-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

My super slow camera failed to capture the magnificence of this Mk2 Mondeo with intact bumpers.  I've seen it again since but never when a camera has been to hand.

201709-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

October

I'm unlikely to spot anything else this month so I'm going to do the picture dump a little early.  October has been better for spots.  First spot was a sad one though in the form of this Honda Civic Hondamatic which has always looked tidy and careworn.  This day, the doors were all stoved in, one rear bumper corner was missing and the front passenger door window was smashed.  Didn't look like an accident, looked more like someone had maliciously gone around the car and done a lot of damage for some reason.  Quite sad to see considering how long and how well it's survived.

201710-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

It's not a 1994 Jag, not on that body shape.  Is it?  No, must be a personal plate transferred from another car, surely.  Anyway, there was a metallic green T rex on the dashboard and I totally failed to see the driver sat in the car when I very obviously took a photograph.  Rookie error on my part.

201710-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

LDV 400 with VW fibreglass top grafted on.  This was about the same size as my bungalow and probably had the same sort of fuel economy.

201710-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Amongst the drug dealer SUVs and bland lease cars I spotted something yellow.

201710-04 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201710-05 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Nice.  Meanwhile, somewhere else in the country a friend of mine spotted this early R8 assuming I'd be interested in it, which I am.  I don't know if the smoked rear lights are an anachronism or an option for the GSi trim level, either way they suit the car better than the orange indicators would.

201710-06Adam by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201710-07Adam by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Potentially the spot of the year has to be this Vespa 400.  We stopped to see if assistance was required, but it wasn't.  He was having a sticky idle issue, or something of that sort, and was just trying to get it to not be sticky.

201710-08 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

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I've not done an upload here for a while, lots of other things going on, so here we go.

 

November 2017

Something from a friend again, this time some sort of massive Mercedes camper van thing.

201711-01Adam by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201711-02Adam by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Takes all sorts.  I didn't actually hate this Yaris, I thought it was neat someone had bothered to do something with one.

201711-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

You can just see the bum of a turquoise Volvo at the end of the row of cars on the left.  I'm guessing a 440 or 460.

201711-04 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Flat purple Rav 4.

201711-05 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

A convoy of army Land Rovers to finish off.  They not only look distinctive, there's not really anything else that quite sounds like them.

201711-06 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201711-07 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201711-08 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

 

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December 2017

A poor month for spots.  Only thing of note I snapped was this Volvo 480 covered in snow.

201712-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

January 2018

Had to stop off at the Imperial War Museum since there were no services to make use of or safe spots to pull over for a crafty wee.  Just as well really, otherwise I wouldn't have seen this fantastic old tank.

201801-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201801-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

This Beetle seemed quite unassuming at the time, just a regular old Beetle to look at.  Then some anoraks appeared and pointed out it's potentially a South African import  because of the number of wheel nuts and windscreen type.  I don't know, I just liked it.

201801-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

That's us all up to date now.  February is still running and I've actually had some neat spots this month so the next update should be good.

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Your army 'Land Rovers' are actually Pinzgauers, designed and built in Junkmanland.

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I thought they were forward controls when I saw them.  I keep forgetting they use Pinzgauers.

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I thought they were forward controls when I saw them.  I keep forgetting they use Pinzgauers.

All the FC Landies are long gone now AFAIK. The Pinzgauer is the logical successor and looks pretty similar so it's easy to mistake one for the other.

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Hey it's March!  That means it's time to dump all the things I saw in February in here doesn't it?  Let's go then.  First up, what I'm told is most likely a Nissan Silvia import.  The big exhaust and slabby bodykit worked really well on this, there's not many cars that can pull that kind of look off.

201802-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

An modern.

201802-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Nissan Primera Si

201802-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Toyota Camry Sport.  Cheers to Hirst (formerly of this parish) for the extra identification on this, the Sport was an optional package so those alloys and a few other subtle extras are actually factory.  Ah the 90s, when you could order a performance vehicle and not have to shout about it.

201802-04 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201802-05 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Renault Megane!  Ubiquitous black-bumper Ka in shot too.

201802-06 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Cor, feast your eyes on this GREEN monster!  That's a Citroen Xsara 2.0HDi is that in one of the best colours ever.

201802-07 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

 

That's your lot for this month.  See you next time!

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Join me as my latest foray into modern media sees No Expense Spent Studios creating the monthly (probably) Triple S, a series devoted to low quality snapshots and mumblings about Survivors, Sports Cars and Stuff, edited just enough to explain what's happening.  In line with NESS other productions, quality has been economically low so you don't have to pay to view.

 

 

 

Supplementary static shots captured with antique phone-camera updates will still happen alongside this new venture for as long as we remember, or we get bored, or the tech breaks and there's no money to replace it.  Enjoy!  Or don't!

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May 2018

I did the moving pictures version and FORGOT to add the static images.  So here you go.

 

This TR7 looked fantastic.  Big thumbs up for the choice of wheels too.

201805-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201805-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Went to get rid of some manky old tyres and there was another spectacular blue Triumph to see, this time a Herald.

201805-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201805-04 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Lilac Berlingo!

201805-05 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Omegod, Becky.

201805-06 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

BIFF

201805-07 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

It's only a frigging LPG powered Chrysler Neon in rattlecan black!

201805-08 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Nice to see this unmolested little survivor still out there fighting the good fight.  I still don't know what colour it is.  It's whatever is halfway between grey and purple.  Grurple?

201805-09 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

That's yer lot.  If you want more, watch the video in a previous post.

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JUNE JUNE JUNE

 

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Almost everything I saw in June was while I was behind the wheel, which is why the video above is just over 20 minutes long.  Here's the stuff I saw when I wasn't driving.

 

Fiat Seicento 2Tone, a special edition, not a scrapyard special.  Deserves two shots, because this is the only one I've ever seen in the wild and given how often I see it, I reckon its someone's daily driver too.

201806-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201806-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

This Ford Fiesta was cleeeaaaannn.  Bonus dealer sticker action.

201806-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201806-04 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Mk2 Polo Coupé.  That's something I've not seen in the wild for a while.

201806-05 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

201806-06 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

Tesco time tunnel in action.

IMAG2391 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

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Sadly, this thread has been decimated because of the Great Fires of Photobucket and Flickr and I've not really been spotting anything of note since my last posting here, at least not while I've had the camera handy.  Also, my dashcam shat itself so I got rid of it because it was faff and the money was more useful than the little camcorder I was using it as.  I really need to update my tech with something a bit less knackered, but what I've got does the job for now.

 

I spotted a couple of things today, a lovely old SAAB that I've seen about regularly, and a very shiny 90s Mercedes estate in burgundy that I've not seen before.  The ancient two-tone Vauxhall is still a somewhat regular spot too, chugging about, brightening up the scenery.  There was an orangey Fiat 500 at Tesco earlier in the year, a two-tone fox-body Mustang more recently, and an absolutely spotless metallic green 80s BMW saloon most recently of all.  Today, I spotted another German marvel at Morrisons.  unmolested 2 door Golfs are a rarity and this one was in very nice condition and still sporting the hubcaps that so often seem to be missing.

 

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I have to say, there's barely been anything worth papping of late that I haven't already papped multiple times.  Sad really.  That's why this thread has been so quiet for so many months.

One from January this year, I've seen it a few times since.  Judging by the noise and the way it handles a corner, I suspect it's had a little more done to it than just some stickers and nice gold wheels.  I had been hoping for a better picture of it but this is the only time I've ever seen it stood still for long enough.

Nothing then until March, when I spotted this surprisingly clean and tidy floppy Escort.

Behind whatever that blue modern thing is in front of the trolley cave, there's a big old brown Mercedes sticking its nose out.  Meant to get a better photo, didn't get chance.

Nothing then until April.  Just passed the MoT in the BX and was parked at the Post Orifice getting the tax sorted and spotted this modified Minor.  Had the look of a car that was first done in the 90s and periodically updated by the long-term owner, in a good way.

June, and it's this Vauxhall Omega Elite.  Not seen an Omega in the real world for what must be years and it was nice to see one in an actual colour rather than just another silver one.

The other interesting old red car was this Austin.  I suspect this is the same one I got on dashcam when I had one.  A little later in June I also spotted a green-with-black-wings tourer, slightly larger than this and newer looking, I'm guessing it was a Fourteen or Sixteen  a Ten seems more likely, having done an internet on it, where this one I think is a Seven.

 

I'm afraid that's it.  I haven't even seen that much when I've been driving apart from the regular Mk2 Cavalier saloon, Vauxhall Victor saloon, and the two Volvo 240 (one early, one late) estates.  It's like all the interesting old rammel has just vanished.

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Check out this magnificent beast!

 

It's not often you see a Fiat Ulysse, so this towering mobile residence, a symphony in beige, brightened up an otherwise humdrum day.

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Tescos car park has been pretty good for spots lately, just not while I've had camera in hand.  The other day I spotted a Ford Orion in varicose vein blue when I was on my way over and on more recent trips there I've also seen that red MG A again, an LDV Convoy fire engine that was in service with the Highlands and Islands fire service of West Scotland until 2007 (owner appeared as I was attempting to park and doing a terrible job of it), a spotless bright red Mk3 Ford Cortina GXL with black vinyl roof, and that satin black Chrysler Neon with LPG that was documented earlier in the thread.  Today I spotted a pineapple Beetle.  It actually looked pretty good on the gigantic looking Porsche wheels, and sounded really nice too when it left.  Later model too, with the bullnose and the curved windscreen, so it carried off the mods better I think than if it had been an earlier shape with the flat screen.

 

 

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Occasionally you see an old car and it's just right.  This Minor just looked right.  Not scruffy and neglected, not polished to within an inch of its life, just a tidy, slightly careworn example of an ordinary old car.  I see it about quite a bit, this is the first time I've ever been able to get a picture, I suspect it's the driver's ordinary everyday car and why not?  It does everything a car needs to do.

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It has been a while, hasn't it?  Lots of stuff happened since the last update, including moving house, so spotting old rammel has been low priority.

Last item from September 2019 was this Skoda pick-up.

And then I took no photos of anything until after moving into the new house in Kent.  The first thing I got a snap of was this Sprite*.  I'm moderately confident it's actually a reskinned rubber-bumper era MG Midget.

There's the ubiquitous red Peugeot 205, I wonder how long before these all completely disappear.

 

This interesting Citroen Saxo Sport.  I say interesting because it looks like a factory bodykit and you hardly ever see Saxos on 3 stud wheels.

Then, most recently (and to bring us bang up to date) this very tidy Commer.

I'm regularly seeing interesting old stuff about the place but I'm rarely in a position to get a snapshot.  The Commer is the first I've seen in the wild probably since the 90s, the only other ones I recall seeing were at shows, so that was a nice surprise.  In the same car park was a Suzuki Jimny pick-up which I didn't even know was a thing, a mk1 Suzuki Vitara, and a very clean mk1 Vauxhall Vectra, none of which I photographed so you'll just have to imagine those.  In fact, it's been tricky to get photographs of all the interesting guff I've seen because usually I'm driving when I see them, perhaps I should get another cheap dashcam for spotting purposes.  On second thoughts, maybe not, it was a right faff when I had one before since there's nowhere to hide the cables in either of my cars.

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That sprite is a kitcar, metro based?

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That would make sense.  It had enormous arch gaps which just made the whole thing look wrong, the wheels certainly didn't help with the illusion.  At least they didn't put it on black and silver plates.

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Spots pickings are slim lately.  Not pictured is the very tidy Mk3 Capri in pale metallic blue because I was too slow with the camera.

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July 2020, continued.  You can just about make out a Morris Minor van parked up there.

On the way home from viewing the Lanchester there was this smart old Talbot trundling along.

Some sort of VW based buggy thing, look absolutely miniscule.

August 2020

Range Rover with some Camel stickers.  Been ages since I'd seen a Range Rover this shape in the wild.

A terrible couple of photos of a pristine MkIV Ford Zephyr.  Again, something I haven't seen in the wild in absolutely yonks.

May 2021

I really genuinely didn't get photos of anything in all that time.  I didn't see much and what I did see I wasn't in a position to photograph.  What a strange time it has been.  Anyway, here's a Landrover I liked.

June 2021

Here's a Lada I really liked.  It was just right.

July 2021

A lovely Mercedes I saw recently.  There's a driveway to the left of the image with a Mitsubishi FTO on it too.. and I just noticed the Defender blending into the hedge.  Anyway, Merc is @dollywobbler spec since it has the jiggly single wiper and headlight wipers!

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August 2021

Spotted just as I was leaving the supermarket, what a treat.  Doesn't half make the Maestro, which it effectively replaced, look ancient.

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More old BL toot but look at it.  LOOK AT IT.  Best Land Rover I've seen all year.  Proper.