Lazy spotters thread

[mitsisigma01]

 

A shite picture of the sun rising on the bonnet of a shite yellow 25 through a minging windscreen of the Mitsi

[brandersnatch]

 

Midsomer Murders. Am I doing this right?

 

 

One’s too many, ten’s not enough!

[neil1971]

Couple from today, very tidy Metro, no MoT history showing prior to its current test done in August 2017 and showing under 42k then so maybe been off the road for a while before that, looked great and shone out like a beacon amongst the sea of gash 4x4s and Audis where it was

 

 

 

An earlier Austin, A40 Farina of course, looked quite solid, MoT out a couple of years ago and done hardly any miles in the last 10 years

 

[spartacus]

Saw this in Rotherham the other day, just like being back in the nineties!

Ace looking cars, well made too, apart from the rusty inner arches from the factory.

Not keen on those wheels though, originals or Rotas would be nice.

[adw1977]

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Midsomer Murders. Am I doing this right?

 

 

One’s too many, ten’s not enough!

Untaxed since 2002.

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

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Wow - I haven't seen a Tercel for a few years!

[brandersnatch]

Untaxed since 2002.

I knew someone would check

 

 

One’s too many, ten’s not enough!

[MorrisItalSLX]

Here's what's left of a 70s Toyota Crown

 

 

I found it down on the side of a very remote road near my house, and yes, it was more complete before I arrived.

Anyone in the market for some used Toyota Crown bits?

[MorrisItalSLX]

My local Mr Whippy van

 

 

The brushed pink paint gets thicker every year!

[MorrisItalSLX]

This was NOT a lazy spot, it took some effort to get to them

 

 

This one has a very abandoned house annex built on it

 

 

This one has totally collapsed

 

 

They are all ex Kogarah Bus Services

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

My local Mr Whippy van

The brushed pink paint gets thicker every year!

That's probably what's keeping the rust away..... I once heard about a Ford Capri that went through so many resprays that it never had time to rust!

[MorrisItalSLX]

Here's what's left of a 70s Toyota Crown

 

 

I found it down on the side of a very remote road near my house, and yes, it was more complete before I arrived.

Anyone in the market for some used Toyota Crown bits?

 

Here's a "before" picture

 

 

Identical to the one I found, right down to the hubcaps!

[Essex V6]

Yep. Nazaré  Portugal    (twinned with Jaywick)

That R11 looks a beauty!

[lesapandre]

This morning S. London....

[lesapandre]

The VW sports what looks like a single Zephyr MK4 hubcap? I also saw W124 Mercedes which I did not shoot and a wierd little Mazda estate which I will upload later.

[lesapandre]

Saw this in Rotherham the other day, just like being back in the nineties!

Ace looking cars, well made too, apart from the rusty inner arches from the factory.

Not keen on those wheels though, originals or Rotas would be nice.

These look better and better with age...getting expensive too.

[Yoss]

Highcliffe beach yesterday afternoon on the normally pedestrian only footpaths that lead from the beach to the to the cliff top.

 

Very off topic but a few seconds after taking the above pictures this sailed past.

So soon in fact that if I hadn't had the phone on camera for the Dodge I would have missed it. Note proximity to flagpole. We watched him sail past for another minute or so scraping the bushes before he managed to veer left a bit and bring it down on the beach, which being February was fortunately very quiet. The passenger compartment resembled a body bag which is handy when you have to scoop up the remains. Just zip it up and take them away.

 

Anyway back to the Shite. In the car park above.

[Dirk Diggler]

While heading to work, I met the Garden of Ireland vintage car club, parked in a carpark, on their Sunday run out

 

The usual number of w116s, a w108 coupe, a very clean 340, a Saab 96, Ford Zephyr, a modified r5 that looked out of place and.....a Fiat Croma 2.0; hadn't seen one for years, as new, 35000 miles, with the smell that only Fiat's and Alfa's of the age still have.

 

And I had no camera with me; I'm trawling looking for a facebook page

 

Edited to add a link to their gallery; no Croma shots unfortunately but made me remember there was the Rolls and a BMW 1602 there today as well

 

http://gardenofirelandvintagecarclub.ie/vintage-cars-gallery/

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Not really shite but it didn't have a valid MOT!  Not having a valid MOT makes it shite, right?!

 

Although, to be fair if you get an MOT failure in something like this, it'll probably be more than the £1,000 fine to fix it...

 

Clacket Lane Services on the M25.  Last Sunday (11th Feb, 2018).

 

 

 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

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Spotted parked up on a front garden in Gravesend earlier.

 

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And this was looking unloved in a parking bay in Eynsford.

 

Whereabouts in Gravesend?  I grew up around Windmill Hill and only moved away a couple of years ago...

[Joey spud]

Harden road near its junction with New House lane.

[lesapandre]

Ladbrooke Grove London - Figaro Figaro Figaro

[lesapandre]

Notting Hill - looking very at home.

[tooSavvy]

I posted a while back, seeing something akin to that B Tourer on the A66 slip/off the A1 Scotch Corner.

 

Seriously 'biggles/red baron' leathers too!

 

TS

[AlabamaShrimp]

Ladbrooke Grove London - Figaro Figaro Figaro

Black? I thought they were all pastel colours?

 

(yeah I know if could have been painted)

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Ladbrooke Grove London - Figaro Figaro Figaro

Is that a Banksy on the wall behind?

[lesapandre]

Its a nice mural - but no Banksey

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Harden road near its junction with New House lane.

 

Ah!  I know where you mean.  There used to be an old Defender in the front garden of a house on New House Lane - on the right if you came up past Woodlands.  That was years ago, mind!  I doubt it's still there.  I honestly can't remember the last time I saw it.

 

I lived over the road from the Vauxhall garage on the Overcliffe for a few years.  Seeing those brand new Vauxhalls every day of my life was a living nightmare...

[noseypoke]

Not really shite but it didn't have a valid MOT!  Not having a valid MOT makes it shite, right?!

 

Although, to be fair if you get an MOT failure in something like this, it'll probably be more than the £1,000 fine to fix it...

 

Clacket Lane Services on the M25.  Last Sunday (11th Feb, 2018).

 

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Surely there's no MOT req now for that loverly motor (mot exempt)

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Surely there's no MOT req now for that loverly motor (mot exempt)

 

That's what I thought but then it did have an MOT in 2015...?

 

One of these days I'll sit down and see what the law actually says.