Lazy spotters thread

[Dirk Diggler]

Have a picture of the water tank for the closed train line opposite the garage; much of the track bed has been turned to a Greenway and many of the station buildings are now houses

[Tadhg Tiogar]

8 minutes ago, Dirk Diggler said:

Have a picture of the water tank for the closed train line opposite the garage; much of the track bed has been turned to a Greenway and many of the station buildings are now houses

Loads of redundant rail routes are becoming Greenways now. It all started with the oul line between Westport and Achill.

There are moves to turn Rosslare to Waterford, and the remainder of the Western Rail Corridor north of Claremorris, into Greenways. Once that happens, rail will never make a comeback. 

[Dirk Diggler]

Many moons ago I worked for a guy who owned an old station on that branch line; he'd bought all the station buildings and approximately 15 acres in 1971. For £800. He used it for his business until he retired and has left it idle since; it's on the edge of an expanding town and he knows well the payday that's coming

[Tadhg Tiogar]

35 minutes ago, Dirk Diggler said:

Many moons ago I worked for a guy who owned an old station on that branch line; he'd bought all the station buildings and approximately 15 acres in 1971. For £800. He used it for his business until he retired and has left it idle since; it's on the edge of an expanding town and he knows well the payday that's coming

Hopefully yer man will live long enough to cash in.....

 

[Dirk Diggler]

30 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Hopefully yer man will live long enough to cash in.....

 

He's around 70 now and fighting fit; I'd say it's likely to be developed soon, there literally is thousands of houses being built in 15 square miles around here; in rural Wicklow. Arklow, Rathdrum and Wicklow town are growing more now than during the 00s boom. We're thinking about moving elsewhere tbh

[Tadhg Tiogar]

14 minutes ago, Dirk Diggler said:

He's around 70 now and fighting fit; I'd say it's likely to be developed soon, there literally is thousands of houses being built in 15 square miles around here; in rural Wicklow. Arklow, Rathdrum and Wicklow town are growing more now than during the 00s boom. We're thinking about moving elsewhere tbh

Sounds like it's going to the dogs.

[quicksilver]

Another exotic spot this morning. A works Talbot that was part of the team that won the 1932 Alpine Trial. One of its sisters sold for over £200,000 in 2008.

And something completely different. I haven't seen a Nissan Urvan in forever.

[motorpunk]

Hot rod mog truck pick up snot box street spot.

In Edinburgh.

[straightSix]

Something not right here...

[sdkrc]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154104509206

Advert is for the house which is almost in the arctic circle but this crusty white Visa looks ace

[straightSix]

49 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154104509206

Advert is for the house which is almost in the arctic circle but this crusty white Visa looks ace

Can't believe you can buy a house that cheap in Sweden!

[michael t]

On 10/2/2020 at 4:06 PM, MikeR said:

 

a golden oldie rotting away , knowing here ,prob has less that 60k on the clock and only been to the shops around the corner , and a FSH !!

and around the corner is the porker , looks like it has not moved in 5 years !!

 

 

Mike do you mind me asking on what street that Allegro is on? - I spotted it last year but forgot to note exactly where it was!

[MikeR]

2 hours ago, michael t said:

Mike do you mind me asking on what street that Allegro is on? - I spotted it last year but forgot to note exactly where it was!

PM sent

[Aston Martin]

I saw this on the M1.

[High Jetter]

Fuck me - how to make an ugly car for living people into an uglier one for the dead!

[Aston Martin]

17 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Fuck me - how to make an ugly car for living people into an uglier one for the dead!

It was fabulous.

 

It's this or a bastard Insignia hearse. 👎🏻

[rusty998]

 I spotted this while out and about in Leafy Surrey due to a fence panel failure 

[rusty998]

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 🙂

[rusty998]

There coming out of the woodwork apparently with a double whammy LT and Stag then this wonderful Old Rover

[BorniteIdentity]

Went to a customer's today in the Avensis.  It looks shit rocking up in a 21 year old Asian Taxi - so I tend to park around the corner.  Apart from the client saw me and drove over in his £72,000 70 Plate Mercedes GLS.  Classic.  Felt a bit embarassing tbh.

Anyway - saw this on the way home and it made me smile.  Although thanks to these and XR3’s - no boy at my school ever got even a kiss off of a girl because they were all hanging out with the 18 year olds.  Bastards.

 

[Aston Martin]

I saw a 6 door defender. Pretty sure it was this one.

[L fallax]

4CYL RWD van that hasn’t seen tarmac for many many decades, no clue what it could be so if you see any resemblance to a make or model leave a reply!

No obvious way to identify it as there is no logo or VIN, interesting nevertheless

[sdkrc]

[puddlethumper]

52 minutes ago, L fallax said:

4CYL RWD van that hasn’t seen tarmac for many many decades, no clue what it could be so if you see any resemblance to a make or model leave a reply!

No obvious way to identify it as there is no logo or VIN, interesting nevertheless

Bedford CA ?

[High Jetter]

I'd agree. Shame, there's a D-reg one locally that looks awesome, still working

[L fallax]

1 hour ago, puddlethumper said:

Bedford CA ?

Oh wow! That’s awesome, never heard of them before, certainly looks very similar, even older than I had thought! Hats off to you!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

[crad]

spotted in birmingham, the pickup appeared to still be working for a living

[quicksilver]

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

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.

[adw1977]

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 🙂

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

Flickr link