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Went to the truckstop in Towcester today. A corner of the car park appeared to be stuck in 1994.

1994 at Jacks Hill

The Micra is a 35,000-mile one owner car that's just been sold by the re-use and recycling centre on site and looked mint apart from the missing wheeltrims.

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On 07/10/2020 at 08:56, rusty998 said:

Yesterday when I popped into my mates garage a customer drove this in asking for some paintwork, i asked if I could take some pictures for a group of nutters who would appreciate this in its lowly Popular glory, I'm a sucker for small commercial vehicles as I spent decades bombing around in them, a lists of the modified bits, wheels, sticker on boot and seats from a popular plus with head rests as his wife wouldn't travel in it with the standard seats, enjoy 🙂

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I saw this van in 2014 when it looked more standard:

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4 hours ago, spartacus said:

That's stupendous, has a smaller vehicle ever been turned into a camper?

Probably not as thoroughly, it’s got a fridge , water tank and mains hook up , someone has gone to the trouble of taking out the side windows, then putting caravan windows in the blanking pieces. The high top is half a roof box and it’s got  camper type graphics- maybe the owner is trying to get the logbook changed from Tricycle to Camper !

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A couple of interesting bits on transporters.

Pug on a BCA truck so hopefully heading for auction rather than scrap

N499 MBW - 1996 Peugeot 306 XLd

And a more-door Escort GT that never officially existed, just sold by Mathewsons and on its way to a new home

KYM 340K - 1971 Ford Escort 1300 GT

Also this beast. When Googling to find out what it is (1996 Winnebago Adventurer) I found an advert describing one as an affordable starter camper. Only in the USA...

N311 CBL - 1996 Winnebago Adventurer

And to finish, a locally-registered JRG Volvo from this morning

H724 ARP - 1991 Volvo 460 GLEi

 

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On 10/9/2020 at 10:33 PM, quicksilver said:

A couple of interesting bits on transporters.

Pug on a BCA truck so hopefully heading for auction rather than scrap

N499 MBW - 1996 Peugeot 306 XLd

And a more-door Escort GT that never officially existed, just sold by Mathewsons and on its way to a new home

KYM 340K - 1971 Ford Escort 1300 GT

Also this beast. When Googling to find out what it is (1996 Winnebago Adventurer) I found an advert describing one as an affordable starter camper. Only in the USA...

N311 CBL - 1996 Winnebago Adventurer

And to finish, a locally-registered JRG Volvo from this morning

H724 ARP - 1991 Volvo 460 GLEi

 

Astonished that Volvo is still about...it looked like it was held together by duct tape and willpower alone when I first spotted it in Buckingham a few years ago...

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19 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Astonished that Volvo is still about...it looked like it was held together by duct tape and willpower alone when I first spotted it in Buckingham a few years ago...

Just checked the MOT history. Plenty of advisories for corrosion and it's seen a fair bit of sparkly stick action. Same owner since 1992 and fairly low mileage so someone's determined to keep it going.

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13 minutes ago, sutty2006 said:

The Pontiac Aztec looks like a Renault espace had kinky yet regrettable sex with a 4wd scenic. 🤣

Congrats. You just made me snort tea out of my nose.

Have to admit a bit of a soft spot for the Aztec.  It's one of those cars which is just so odd, and kinda futuristic at the time (echoes of BTTF Part II street scenery to me).  At least it's not just another molten jellybean as so much at the time was.

Had a friend over in the US had one in the early 00s and it was a really dependable and competent motor for them.  Was eventually replaced in 2013 if I remember rightly by a top of the line Kia Optima.  In bright yellow (normally reserved for the Stinger I think).  I saluted that choice, especially when I saw the colour.

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