spartacus Posted July 10, 2020 Posted July 10, 2020 16 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said: Which other thread? The spotted thread without pics...
adw1977 Posted July 10, 2020 Posted July 10, 2020 https://autoshite.com/topic/28525-no-photo-spotted-thread/?tab=comments#comment-1248233 spartacus 1
Marina door handles Posted July 10, 2020 Posted July 10, 2020 Well Furlough is over so for one week only I have been filling in for one of the parts drivers (back to the desk job next week). The great thing about driving to various garages and industrial estates is the opportunity for some spots... Army truck thing would make a superb campervan! Rather snazzy Ford F something pickup No not the Skoda look t the trucks! The orange one is a Foden if anyone can ID them please do. Coudn't be bothered to get out the van, no prizes for guessing the car! Funky Renault 4 Van, want muchly! danthecapriman, CreepingJesus, Shite Ron and 7 others 10
Jack D Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 When I lived in Bath I used to see this lovely old girl parked on the Royal Crescent. It's a 760GLE. It very seldom moved, I remember seeing it being pushed by a hareem of who I can only assume were volvo lickers to get it out of the way of the 2012 olympics parade when streets were cleared of cars. It covered less than 100 miles between 2006 and 2018 according to the MOT history. Now appears to be lost into the ether alas. D69WNO Yoss, danthecapriman, SmoothieAuxFruit and 5 others 8
Jack D Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 A happy Triumph, driven every day through a ford to get to a public road. A sad Triumph. This TR4 was immaculate excepting the damage. It brought into a bodyshop where I was having a car painted. Owner of the business said he wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. danthecapriman, worldofceri, Marina door handles and 2 others 4 1
mitsisigma01 Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 19 minutes ago, Jack D said: When I lived in Bath I used to see this lovely old girl parked on the Royal Crescent. It's a 760GLE. It very seldom moved, I remember seeing it being pushed by a hareem of who I can only assume were volvo lickers to get it out of the way of the 2012 olympics parade when streets were cleared of cars. It covered less than 100 miles between 2006 and 2018 according to the MOT history. Now appears to be lost into the ether alas. D69WNO You see all them things in the background, I expect most of them them have knocky things on the doors, probably not allowed doorbells being a conservation/preservation area. There's bound to be a few curtain twitchers that could tell you the life history of everything that's happened up there. Get knocking ???????
noseypoke Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 18 hours ago, Marina door handles said: Well Furlough is over so for one week only I have been filling in for one of the parts drivers (back to the desk job next week). The great thing about driving to various garages and industrial estates is the opportunity for some spots... Army truck thing would make a superb campervan! Rather snazzy Ford F something pickup No not the Skoda look t the trucks! The orange one is a Foden if anyone can ID them please do. Coudn't be bothered to get out the van, no prizes for guessing the car! Funky Renault 4 Van, want muchly!
noseypoke Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 Nice pick up Ford 150 circa 1966 Marina door handles 1
willswitchengage Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 Found a nice surprise in the flat car park earlier: Marina door handles, danthecapriman, Austat and 6 others 9
Sunny Jim Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 The owner caught me snapping this and we got chatting. One giffer owner before her, 75k FSH. She's taken my number and will call if she ever decides to sell. CreepingJesus, Yoss, LightBulbFun and 2 others 5
sutty2006 Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 Del Boys in town worldofceri, LightBulbFun and danthecapriman 2 1
treehugger Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 worldofceri, danthecapriman, CreepingJesus and 3 others 6
sutty2006 Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 On 7/11/2020 at 1:23 PM, Jack D said: A sad Triumph. This TR4 was immaculate excepting the damage. It brought into a bodyshop where I was having a car painted. Owner of the business said he wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. To be honest, I’ve seen worse repaired. But it all depends on how deep the owners pockets are. As that’s the only hinderance. When I worked for a classic race car company the guy in the body shop was repairing an Austin Healey 3000 race car that had come off the track and wrecked in a spectacular fashion. I remember helping him putting the gearbox in after lengthy chassis repairs and having to tell him “I need an inch rearward on the box mate, or is the chassis too long?” I laughed. The boss didn’t. The body guy nearly got sacked ? SmoothieAuxFruit 1
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 13, 2020 Posted July 13, 2020 Huggy Bear's in town.... danthecapriman, CreepingJesus, LightBulbFun and 7 others 10
sutty2006 Posted July 13, 2020 Posted July 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Huggy Bear's in town.... It’s just dawned on me, why you always see yanks changing seats from inside the car..... because it’s too much effort to pull over and WALK all the way round to the other side! ? noseypoke 1
sutty2006 Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 When you live in an era of semi electric/euro6/smol engine cars and your ears are brought to the attention of an incoming brick on wheels. C15 camper anyone? Spurious, CreepingJesus, LightBulbFun and 3 others 5 1
danthecapriman Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 On 7/13/2020 at 10:50 AM, Tadhg Tiogar said: Huggy Bear's in town.... That is fucking lovely! I love the shape and style of this era of Continental coupe. LightBulbFun and CreepingJesus 2
CreepingJesus Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 Totally. To my mind it beats the fins era hands down: those were designed in a spirit of optimism and adventure, whereas the 70s land yachts were a case of 'fuck it'. They're a totally excessive denial of the reality they were made in. danthecapriman 1
danthecapriman Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 1 hour ago, CreepingJesus said: Totally. To my mind it beats the fins era hands down: those were designed in a spirit of optimism and adventure, whereas the 70s land yachts were a case of 'fuck it'. They're a totally excessive denial of the reality they were made in. Very true! Check out the family resemblance between the Lincoln and my Mercury, same age. Why on earth youd design a car to be this big, and thirsty at a time when everything should’ve been telling you not to I don’t know, but I’m glad they did. These big 70’s monsters are highly overlooked but offer an enormous amount imho. They’re light years ahead of anything we had at the time, just a shame it all quickly started to go wrong! I suppose that’s what happens when you refuse to move on with the times! noseypoke, LightBulbFun and CreepingJesus 3
mitsisigma01 Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 Lovely, now whats under the tarp ? danthecapriman and CreepingJesus 2
danthecapriman Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 20 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said: Lovely, now whats under the tarp ? Cat piss tarp challenge! The Transit! Yoss, mitsisigma01, Marina door handles and 3 others 6
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 11 hours ago, danthecapriman said: That is fucking lovely! I love the shape and style of this era of Continental coupe. That Continental was massive. The only curved things on it were the wheels and those slightly pointless opera windows in the C-pillars. Everything else was an abundance of straight edges and right-angles. danthecapriman 1
danthecapriman Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 9 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: That Continental was massive. The only curved things on it were the wheels and those slightly pointless opera windows in the C-pillars. Everything else was an abundance of straight edges and right-angles. They are big cars. My Mercury is basically a 4 door sedan version of the same car with slightly different trim and a few body styling differences. They’re surprisingly easy to drive though, despite the immense size! Big engines make them fairly quick (in a straight line!) too. One of those coupes is definitely on my want list. LightBulbFun 1
Yoss Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 17 hours ago, danthecapriman said: Cat piss tarp challenge! The Transit! Can you only take the tarp off one vehicle after putting it back on the other?
Yoss Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 It's surprising how often my early morning trips to Asda produce results. Today was no different. This is how to go shopping. danthecapriman, Marina door handles, sdkrc and 5 others 8
danthecapriman Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 50 minutes ago, Yoss said: Can you only take the tarp off one vehicle after putting it back on the other? I have two different cat piss tarps! The one on the yank is a tailor made one but the Transit is actually for a caravan! Keeps unwanted eyes off my stuff!
Yoss Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 Yes I can see the one on the Mercury looks like a fitted suit, even from the little we can see there.
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