Spottings from the vegvan

[ypsilandra]

It seems I've found a body of like-minded souls, so I think it's time I start sharing my regular spottings of tat. I spend my day's delivering organic vegboxes around Shropshire, the Black Country and bits of Brum and I'm always spotting neglected old chod, high miler workhorses and under appreciated Eastern Bloc tin. Hope you enjoy!

 

Here's a blinder to start off, this lives in Harborne and is in a different spot each week, so obviously being used:

 

Immaculate Japdom in Shrewsbury, driven by an elderly lady and her spaniels:

 

In St Georges, Telford:

 

Looks like the Metro's going on its hols. Keeping it company is another Metro, Allegro, Landcrab and other BMC varieties:

 

Big pipes in Bayston Hill, no need:

 

I've watched these melt into the undergrowth of Dawley for the past few years, any guesses what the pile on the left was:

 

I've seen this beauty regularly for years. It lives in Shrewsbury and is used every day:

 

And the same with Vegvan 4 in the background:

 

And finally, I know it's modern, but probably entered the Autoshite Outhouse of Fame when it left it's Dutch factory. A bit disconcerting watching it speed through this roundabout on the A5 outside Shrewsbury:

 

That's it for the past week, I'll add some older spots now and again and any new gems as I get them, anyone for Tractor-shite?

[YugoLada]

Some good spots well done

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Looks like some quality spottage going on there! ANy chance of making em a bit bigger though? I'm struggling a bit

[ypsilandra]

Looks like some quality spottage going on there! ANy chance of making em a bit bigger though? I'm struggling a bit

 

Yep, I realised after I'd uploaded. I'm in the process of re-uploading them in larger formats and will update here

[eddyramrod]

It seems I've found a body of like-minded souls, so I think it's time I start sharing my regular spottings of tat. I spend my day's delivering organic vegboxes

 

Oh you absolutely have! I used to drive for Dobson's Produce from Preston, btw...

 

Looks like the Metro's going on its hols

 

 

If that guy isn't on here he should be! I make that two Metros and one Allegro in his drive...

 

(Edit) In the pic above the Metros, am I seeing a minimum of three Rover 800s? Lord Sterling will be on the way, dodgy knee or no...!

 

(Edit again) Now we have the big versions, I see there are four! And a Crab and a Sherpa hiding behind the Metros. Marvellous stuff.

[ypsilandra]

Uploaded in Panavision for your viewing delight.

 

Hopefully I'll be able to get some old photos from my Dad next week. He worked for SEV Marchal and had a mouthwatering selection of merde as company cars. He could choose anything that used a Marchal, Cibie or Valeo part, so I used to get taken to school in our beloved GS Estate, the boss' Monza, Audi 100 and, best of all, the Rancho show car, with added Marchal sunstrips and lights

[eddyramrod]

Going by the rest of his driveway, that "other" white car could be a Maestro.....

[brammy777]

I don't want to alarm anyone but that MKI Sierra looking rather abandoned is a 1.3 Base model.... And it's still on SORN. Grey grille, without a doubt.

Also, that Ambassador is unreal! According to streetview, there was a similar looking one in Reading up until 2 or so years ago, long gone now though. Great spots so far.

[ypsilandra]

Here's a few he missed out on:

 

Wolverhampton Show 2011

 

 

[ypsilandra]

Just remembered what the 4th white car is in the BMC shot. It's a 1300GT.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

OMG 1300 SIERRA BASE OMG 1300 SIERRA BASE OMG 1300 SIERRA BASE OMG 1300 SIERRA BASE OMG 1300 SIERRA BASE OMG 1300 SIERRA BASE OMG 1300 SIERRA BASE OMG 1300 SIERRA BASE OMG 1300 SIERRA BASE OMG 1300 SIERRA BASE

[Split_Pin]

Excellent upload.

 

I'm totally loving the Rover 800 house and the other place with the BMC motors. Chod and their homes are king of spots for me, seconded only by dissolving huolks in the undergrowth.

 

I think we should to the opposite of the OMGYKTMT75 mob and take the VIN plate, grey grille, dangly mirrors together with the interior blanking plates from the Sierra and apply them to a Cosworth before passing it off as a Base model on Autoshite.

 

EDIT: I'm not sure that the Sierra is a Grey Grille Base as its got chrome inserts in the bumper and I'm sure that the Base didnt have those?

[rml2345]

That Sunny coupé looks fab! Haven't seen one of those since one of our neighbours had one about 10 years ago. Or more...

[ypsilandra]

That Sunny coupé looks fab! Haven't seen one of those since one of our neighbours had one about 10 years ago. Or more...

 

I'll most likely see another one tomorrow, this time in Wednesbury. Will get a snap. I should also see my weekly 504 pick-up and Renault 15

[trigger]

That Sierra is listed as a 1984 Sierra 1300 Base on the DVLA and http://www.tyre-shopper.co.uk/ ! What a find!

[Split_Pin]

Ah so it really is a Base - didn't know about the latter resource, duly favouritised.

 

There's a few good pics I was looking at of a y reg base on Flickr which is still taxed! The owner said he was not 'online' but was aware from comments of passers by that his car was unusual and of interest!

[Lord Sterling]

It seems I've found a body of like-minded souls, so I think it's time I start sharing my regular spottings of tat. I spend my day's delivering organic vegboxes around Shropshire, the Black Country and bits of Brum and I'm always spotting neglected old chod, high miler workhorses and under appreciated Eastern Bloc tin. Hope you enjoy!

 

Here's a blinder to start off, this lives in Harborne and is in a different spot each week, so obviously being used:

 

Kin 'ell, thats literally around the corner from me:

 

 

Little unintersting history of that area - Just up from where the Ambastardor is parked, is a sort of large building thats now used as flats, it used to be a fire station and was actualy used in the early episodes of Boon as a fire station.

 

In St Georges, Telford:

 

I knew the bloke that owns these. I once got to drive the Blue mk1 Sterling parked on the grass that now looks as if its being taken to bits. It was the first mk1 Rover Sterling that I ever drove and was very nice then.

 

Your based in Shrewsbury then? Not far from my old hometown of Telford then.

[shaun1706]

It seems I've found a body of like-minded souls, so I think it's time I start sharing my regular spottings of tat. I spend my day's delivering organic vegboxes

 

Oh you absolutely have! I used to drive for Dobson's Produce from Preston, btw...

 

Looks like the Metro's going on its hols

 

 

If that guy isn't on here he should be! I make that two Metros and one Allegro in his drive...

 

(Edit) In the pic above the Metros, am I seeing a minimum of three Rover 800s? Lord Sterling will be on the way, dodgy knee or no...!

 

(Edit again) Now we have the big versions, I see there are four! And a Crab and a Sherpa hiding behind the Metros. Marvellous stuff.

 

VAU = My old Metro, and still going strong by the looks of it

[barrett]

Some incredible spots here! That Sierra base is deffo in the 'holy grail' category of shite. At the very least someone needs to go and rescue the grey grille off it.

Looking forward to seeing more spots from you, not sure if anyone else has managed to find a Renault 15 before??

[ypsilandra]

@ Lord Sterling, you must have worked out where it was by the architecture! I drove down the road the other way today and took a picture of the rear, but you've beaten me to it.

 

I live in Coalbrookdale, Telford but spend my days working out of a hub between Newport and Stafford.

 

Had a lean spotting day today, not going near the 504 pick up that I promised, next week maybe. Tomorrow I'll deliver to Bishop's Castle, where I've never seen so many old Escorts, Volvo 240s and Subaru pick-ups.

[ypsilandra]

Some incredible spots here! That Sierra base is deffo in the 'holy grail' category of shite. At the very least someone needs to go and rescue the grey grille off it.

Looking forward to seeing more spots from you, not sure if anyone else has managed to find a Renault 15 before??

 

If you'd like to know the location of the Sierra, send me a message and I'll oblige. Not sure how receptive the owner might be, he lives in a bit of an overgrown fortress.

[AnthonyG]

Wolverhampton Show 2011

 

 

 

Whats going on there then, a line up for some sort of mild charity banger racing action or something?

 

If it is, I'll be having the large car behind the tree (Sierra?) and you guys can have the Metros !

[HillmanImp]

I have to say I don't know when I last saw a grey grilled Sierra. I had forgotten they existed.

[ypsilandra]

@Anthony G - They were in the line up to be crushed under the wheels of a Big Foot type thing

 

Here's an early Mondeo, spotted last Friday in Shrewsbury, relatively good nick, barring the regulation gaffer tape on one corner:

 

 

It's lasted a lot longer than the brand new P reg Mondeo that I shared with my boss when working in Italy, back in 1997. A colleague borrowed it one night, to go to a nightclub. He parked it up only to come out and find it squashed between a Fiat Tipo and a wall. He managed to drive it home, having collected all the bits, but the lease company weren't best pleased. It took the collection driver a while to fill out the pick-up checklist:

 

Doesn't look too bad from the front:

 

not so good from this angle, oof! Tipos are tough little cars...

 

This is what I drove most of the time, French registered and by all accounts the first one in Italy, a great car:

[Betaboy2.0]

Great tat pics from the vegvan..... keep them coming!

[jonny69]

I am loving that quartet of Rovers - absolutely priceless*

 

*worthless

[Captain Mainwaring]

Great stuff! Keep 'em coming.

[ypsilandra]

Ahoy, here's a few from this week.

 

Spotted in Perton near Wolverhampton

 

2 Grand Fromage in Wellington

 

And finally, spotted in Broseley. Not a Jag and not a saloon!

[ypsilandra]

Well, I drove past the BMC/BL horde on Thursday and there'd been a bit of movement. The Metro was on its hols and the Landcrab had moved to reveal the commercial as an A90/A95 ? camper.

 

Fancy a a bit more Landcrab-ness? Alright then:

 

 

Notice how the front valence is only just attached to the rest of the car.

 

Complete with copious gaffer tape on rear wheelarch, superb:

 

 

Meanwhile, elsewhere in Shrewsbury:

 

The GTi was immaculate, but I've have the lesser one anyday:

 

Premier league Banzai-shite

 

 

Lurking at the end of a drive, on a local plate:

[Lord Sterling]

@ Lord Sterling, you must have worked out where it was by the architecture! I drove down the road the other way today and took a picture of the rear, but you've beaten me to it.

 

I live in Coalbrookdale, Telford but spend my days working out of a hub between Newport and Stafford.

 

I know that Abastardor very well, I see it every time I'm in Harborn.

 

Oooh, Coalbrookdale? Very posh, very nice, I bet it must be pretty quiet around that area, there used to be a car breakers not from you I think near Lightmoor. I was brought up not far from there in Aqueduct, then Dawley for a few years. I did live in Shawbirch for a while crashing at a mates house for a year or so, for Telford and its surrounding areas are pretty much my hometown/old stomping ground. I do visit some family around the Woodside area every now and again. I must try and do some shite spotting around Telford at some point.