Lazy spotters thread

[junkyarddog]

^^^^^^ That 205 is the same colour as mine,

Wedgewood blue,I think.

[spartacus]

From the last couple of days...

 

 

 

[barmatt]

A brace of Lotuses in Wells this morning and a nice old ovlov just down the road obviously owned by a religious nut going by the sign in the window.

[egg]

(gotta love Wells tho.)

 

This is a street or two away from me, Auto, giffer owned, on my street 'watchlist'...

 

(With the two digit number plate, probably has Wobbler appeal)

 

[Yoss]

Bit of a cheating Spot really as it's at a local show today.....Could not resist the symmetry, though. 

 

Two black Morrises, my Cowley and this Minor.   Both supplied new from the same garage (Wadham's, Southampton) almost exactly two years apart.   Combined age of 122 years and grand total of four owners (two per car).    Just co-incidental parking, too.   When I talked to the Minor's owner we both produced the original Wadham's keyring fobs from our gloveboxes.   

 

If cars could talk..... 

 

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So was Wadhams still in the same place I remember it being as a kid (it was Wadham Stringers by then though). Between Hulse Road and The Avenue where the Jag Land Rover place is now?

[Yoss]

 

First thing I'd do with this is throw those VW badges away and give it it's dignity back.

[spartacus]

These campers are fucking ace!

My understanding is that one or two members on here either own one or did own one.

[bunglebus]

Loving the 5 Campus, must drag mine out of the garage. The pickup is a VW from the factory!

[Yoss]

Yes I know it is but not from a VW factory.

[Yoss]

Ok, I know I'm being awkward but it annoys me when I see Felicias for sale and people say it's a VW underneath when it's not, it's pure Skoda. These Caddy's don't help.

[mercrocker]

So was Wadhams still in the same place I remember it being as a kid (it was Wadham Stringers by then though). Between Hulse Road and The Avenue where the Jag Land Rover place is now?

 

Yes, it was - they handled all the Nuffield side of BMC like MG, Riley and Wolseley alongside Morris.  Also Rolls Royce for a time, I believe.   Carey & Lambert over the road (now the Vauxhall agents) did Austin.     

 

I took the Cowley back there on the 60th anniversary of its original purchase from there (and re-traced its trip from there back to its first owner's address in Portswood - sad git!)

 

Unfortunately, they were not very interested apart from the lad who cleans the cars......

[AMC Rebel]

A few from the old Lorry show at Gaydon -

 

 

 

Do not paint

 

[RobT]

Work is a bit meh today (like most days really) so I went on an extended lunchtime spotting session. Not a bad haul for an hours wandering....

 

 

Couldn't be bothered crossing the road for this one

 

 

 

This was stealth as men were around the corner having a fag break.

 

 

Ice cream van on a 56 plate that manages to look 30 years old.  I wonder who does the bodies for these.

 

 

Save the best till last.  I nearly missed this, but spotters instinct told me to stroll down this road!  Untaxed since 2001.

 

 

 

The same bungalow had these down the side.

 

[RobT]

Plus an LDV Pilot from last week.

 

[Yoss]

Yes, it was - they handled all the Nuffield side of BMC like MG, Riley and Wolseley alongside Morris. Also Rolls Royce for a time, I believe. Carey & Lambert over the road (now the Vauxhall agents) did Austin.

 

I took the Cowley back there on the 60th anniversary of its original purchase from there (and re-traced its trip from there back to its first owner's address in Portswood - sad git!)

 

Unfortunately, they were not very interested apart from the lad who cleans the cars......

I remember the now Vauxhall dealer being a Talbot garage. This would be very early eighties. I started collecting car brochures at the age of about 11. Some dealers were more friendly than others when these spotty urchins came in asking for brochures. To be fair we were very polite, unthreatening urchins. Some would even let us sit in the cars. Sewards the Datsun place in Winchester Road, where The Range is now were always friendly. Then there was the small Skoda place in Anglesea Road, now flats and Renault at the very bottom of Winchester Road. But what I remember most was Bristol Street Motors in Shirley. Ford released a new brochure every month so I was quite a regular in there. Usually it was just a different cover but there was always a sense of anticipation to see if anything changed inside. I had about three years worth of those. I think they may have been the reason my mum threw all my brochures out one day when I was out as they were starting to take up a lot of room. Annoyed to say the least.

 

You've got me wondering about my Triumph now. I don't know where it was sold from but it has an OU reg which was Hampshire so it's fairly local. It was first registered on 21st April 1969 sof its 50th isn't too far away.

[spartacus]

Work is a bit meh today (like most days really) so I went on an extended lunchtime spotting session. Not a bad haul for an hours wandering....

 

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Couldn't be bothered crossing the road for this one

 

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This was stealth as men were around the corner having a fag break.

 

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Ice cream van on a 56 plate that manages to look 30 years old. I wonder who does the bodies for these.

 

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Save the best till last. I nearly missed this, but spotters instinct told me to stroll down this road! Untaxed since 2001.

 

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The same bungalow had these down the side.

 

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That's not a bad haul for a lunch 'hour'!

[RobT]

I ventured further afield than normal as I've exhausted my immediate locale.  Railway arches always yield something photogenic, shite or otherwise!

[AMC Rebel]

Forgot this from the lorry show

 

 

 

[mercrocker]

I remember the now Vauxhall dealer being a Talbot garage. This would be very early eighties. I started collecting car brochures at the age of about 11. Some dealers were more friendly than others when these spotty urchins came in asking for brochures. To be fair we were very polite, unthreatening urchins. Some would even let us site in the cars. Sewards the Datsun place in Winchester Road, where The Range is now were always friendly. Then there was the small Skoda place in Anglesea Road, now flats and Renault at the very bottom of Winchester Road. But what I remember most was Bristol Street Motors in Shirley. Ford released a new brochure every month so I was quite a regular in there. Usually it was just a different cover but there was always a sense of anticipation to see if anything changed inside. I had about three years worth of those. I think they may have been the reason my mum threw all my brochures out one day when I was out as they were starting to take up a lot of room. Annoyed to say the least.

 

You've got me wondering about my Triumph now. I don't know where it was sold from but it has an OU reg which was Hampshire so it's fairly local. It was first registered on 21st April 1969 sof its 50th isn't too far away.

 

I could probably have a smaller house were it not for brochures!    Judging by my collecting memories your 1300 could well have come from Steel's down in Marsh Lane - I remember some ROU and POU G plate 2000s down there when my Grandad was having his P6 serviced....

[Yoss]

Wow, now that's interesting. I've never even heard of that. You go back far further than me! I'm guessing it was somewhere where one of those office blocks are now, there's not much else down there.

[mercrocker]

PM sent, Yoss - to avoid thread blockage!

[bunglebus]

Shabby E30 in Islington

 

 

Crumbly Amazon in Asda car park

 

 

 

Metallic poo 1.6 Sport in Chelmsford

 

 

Most of a Saab in Hackney

 

 

Rushden Sherpa

 

 

Lurking in London

 

[egg]

That mk2 escy is just yum!

[jamespatrickbart]

Luv it.

 

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[Asimo]

At the side of the road yesterday. Jaguar really could style a car once upon a time. 

 

 

Those steel-look aluminium wheels are lovely, a bit like those Alcoa wheels for weight conscious trucks.

I think the shed behind does bodywork and paint.

[RobT]

Almost Gaffer-spec P6.  A work mate took this pic for me in Streatham, and there's a Sunbeam Stiletto parked in the same road.  So I've instructed him to pap that too!

 

[bunglebus]

Ashtray lurking at Lidl

 

 

Rover round the corner

 

[quicksilver]

Went to a little show at Milton Keynes Museum this evening. About 30 cars there but not much shite and mostly local stuff I've seen before. This was the definite highlight - ex giffer owned with only about 12,000 miles.

 

1994 Renault Clio 1.2i Be Bop by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

French hatchback face-off by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Merc 190s must officially be classics now as there were three of them there, This was the oldest.

1987 Mercedes-Benz 190E by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

[MorrisItalSLX]

My spots from the past few weeks months...

 

This is across the road from my house

IMG_0160 by MorrisItalSLX, on Flickr

 

Apologies for sidewaysiness

IMG_0093 by MorrisItalSLX, on Flickr

 

Someone with impeccable taste

FullSizeRender by MorrisItalSLX, on Flickr

 

A cluster of Jags at an air show

FullSizeRender_1 by MorrisItalSLX, on Flickr

 

One of these things is not like the other...

FullSizeRender_2 by MorrisItalSLX, on Flickr

[bunglebus]

Roundy Roundy Rushden Rover..Nova