Barrow Wheels: Some You May Know...

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

Those XK120 Jags are so beautiful. Why did it all go wrong Jaguar recently?

The Sunbeam-Talbot 90 is another beautiful car.

It went wrong the moment they joined BL, really.  They were just getting on their feet again from that and then someone decided they should be aiming at Audi.  Oh dear.

[eddyramrod]

I haven't totally been ignoring this thread for the last month, honest...   I have, however, been building up some photos for you.

Barrow Banger Racer Picks Up Granada Shock!

This is surviving pretty well for 30+ years old.  I hated the one I had in 1993...

Beautiful old Volvo was at an art event yesterday.

I can't believe this is 26 years old now!  It lives nearby, but this pic is from the end of my street, much closer than it usually comes.

When you have a garage round the corner it seems to attract abandoned cars!  Two Vauxhall Antaras, both diesel/manual.  Nearest to camera is a recent addition, the other one's been here weeks.

This is the Passat I referred to in another thread, that threw up a terminal bill.

And this Focus has been in the same spot for months.

[eddyramrod]

Just the one today, from last night's dog walk.

Around the corner from me is a big pub that was open when we moved here, but closed down within a couple of years.  It then went through a redevelopment that turned it into a massive HMO, supposedly for visiting BAE contractors.  That didn't last and for the last couple of years it seems to have become some kind of halfway house or bail hostel.  This black Mondeo has been sitting on the same spot for probably a year now, flat tyres and no number plates.  It's often accompanied by a selection of Golf-sized VAGs, usually diesel, usually monochrome, usually being worked on, or at least laid up for work to take place.

[mk2_craig]

7 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

Mondeo

Those things were launched shortly after I first discovered Autoshite.com and I remember checking one out in the Sandicliffe Ford showroom in Leicester. 
 

Seeing them in end of life condition makes me feel damn old. 

[eddyramrod]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the police were looking for that one.  Disappointed, but not in any way surprised.

[eddyramrod]

Several weeks later, it must be time for some more!  1999 Astra has lived in the next street since well before I arrived, and is still going!  I managed to sell him the best tyres off my blue one that I scrapped, on steels so they'll go straight on his.

And another little VX!  There are usually cars For Sale along this strip (see the 2CV behind; £7k) but the Viva's been there a few months now with no advertising.

We've had a spate of DVLA clamping around Barrow; they got at least ten cars in the block of streets where I am, and most of them are still wearing their decorations ten days later.  Yesterday I saw this Focus and a Passat being removed.

And finally today, one for @FakeConcern just because I know he likes these!

 

[bezzabsa]

slack up your way for DVLA .. usually clamped 1 day , and carted off next....

That Viva looks gorgeous , especially with the Rostyles..

[FakeConcern]

That Viva is lovely and the C30 a T5 too, my favourite flavour!

[eddyramrod]

Barrow can throw up the occasional treat...

And then you get stuff like this...

[eddyramrod]

On 21/05/2024 at 09:25, bezzabsa said:

slack up your way for DVLA .. usually clamped 1 day , and carted off next....

Last week saw the last two of my local batch carted away: a Ford Galaxy and a BMW 3-series estate.  There are some still around that surprise me, like the one remaining Antara from the pair I posted earlier, and a grey (of course) Range Rover that hasn't moved in some considerable time.  I don't know how they escaped the outbreak of Yellow Boots!

People are probably saying the same about Handsome Bastard, given that it rarely moves...

[eddyramrod]

Here's one for @FakeConcern:

[FakeConcern]

On 29/06/2024 at 16:21, eddyramrod said:

Here's one for @FakeConcern:

I really like that orange colour! All the lads on the C30 group like the Drive spoiler and fit them to their T5s, but I prefer the original R Design one fitted to mine.

[eddyramrod]

Some of these are local, some are On Tour...

This turned up at Amdy's Man Club last week; well done to Bookers for offering one of their units to advertise the cause!

I drive past this occasionally, as I have a friend round the corner.  Never seen anyone with it but I would absolutely love to have it in the Jag's place in my street!

And while we're van-spotting...

There was an MGBGT in the front garden, I think it's safe to assume whoever lives here is a but of a petrolhead.

And finally, another for @FakeConcern...

[eddyramrod]

Good grief, has it been so long?  Better give you some updates!  We'll start with my little trip to Fleetwood last week, where I saw this...

Looks familiar?

   I mean, how could I resist?

Today I've been at the Lakeland Motor Museum, for the meet I missed last month with being in Edinburgh.

Now this one is pure Shite...

Didn't I warn you?

Another "pure Shite", this one wearing a mere 17,000 miles, and For Sale at £1900...

I mean, how good does it get!

We all love a Volvo round here, right?

Now here's a story.

Many of you will have noticed Bridge Classic Cars, who use the web to raffle off some lovely assorted classics.  They first came to my attention with a mk3 Zephyr, for which I have a big soft-spot going back to my childhood.  So I entered that one.  Didn't win, of course.  Since then I've entered several more, including very recently an Aston Martin DB7, like this...

...In fact exactly this!  It was won by a chap from near Lancaster, and today he decided to give it its first run, to the Museum!  It's his wife I was chatting to, and to whom I gave the Matchbox KS XJ12 that I referred to in Shite In Miniature.  So ok, I didn't win it, but at least I was able to take my own photo of it.

[High Jetter]

7 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

It's his wife I was chatting to

Child bride not taking much notice? 😀

[eddyramrod]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

Child bride not taking much notice? 😀

She doesn't come with me to these things.  Her choice; her loss.

Incidentally, if I may exert my inner pedant: our case is more one of "child groom" as she's older than me by three and a half years.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

15 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

LNow this one is pure Shite...

Didn't I warn you?

Mk2 Cav on an X! That's the earliest mk2 I've seen for years. My mate owned a beige 1.6 X plate mk2 back in the day and it was a proper flying machine. 

[eddyramrod]

Almost every month I'm at the Lakeland Motor Museum on the first Saturday, for the morning meeting.  It seems to attract visitors from Far and Wide (two tiny villages in the North Lakes   ) and they tend to bring a variety of interesting old vehicles.  I usually take a few snaps.  Now I haven't been posting them here for a bit, so here's today's crop.

And in a driveway just up the road...

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, eddyramrod said:

 

rambler or fury?

[eddyramrod]

1964 Ford Falcon.  Effectively a first-generation Mustang.

[High Jetter]

Keep 'em coming, @eddyramrod

[eddyramrod]

If you insist...

Casually parked in a side street...

[eddyramrod]

Let's have some more...

[mk2_craig]

On 08/03/2025 at 11:10, eddyramrod said:

If you insist...

Casually parked in a side street...

[eddyramrod]

"Barrow Wheels" On The Road, I suppose.  I spotted this today near Chester.

[eddyramrod]

Lakeland Motor Museum on Saturday...

I passed my test in a mk1 Fiesta, so I have rather a soft spot for them.  Also, read the number plate: my best man used to have VCW 446Y, a silver XR2.

I couldn't believe this turning up...

Day made!

[lesapandre]

The RR looks pretty tasty too.

[eddyramrod]

Yes it was, and it was a pleasure to marshal it into position.  Very John Steed.  The hundred-year-old Bentley arrived somewhat earlier... curiously no Lotus Elan or Europa though!

[lesapandre]

30 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Yes it was, and it was a pleasure to marshal it into position.  Very John Steed.  The hundred-year-old Bentley arrived somewhat earlier... curiously no Lotus Elan or Europa though!

Emma Peel?

[eddyramrod]

In my dreams...