Lazy spotters thread

[mitsisigma01]

[Soundwave]

Saw this while on a walk in the countryside. My second thought was that it's lovely to see a base Mk1 that hasn't been turned into a rally car or RS replica. 

My first thought was "bloody hell, I wouldn't leave a 2 door Mk1 unattended in the middle of nowhere". The owner apparently thinks similarly - look closely, there's actually a wheel clamp on the nearside rear. 

Lovely to see, but kinda sad that the owner has to clamp their own car just to go for a walk, such is the risk of it going missing.

[Sunny Jim]

Merda Portuguesa! Some spots from my wander round Faro today.

and a Kadett with a body kit!

[Schaefft]

Tomcat and taxi in Morpeth, there was also a CTS, C6 Corvette and Supra.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

When was the last time you saw a Ford Scorpio in the wild?  1990, 118 BHP and doing 70* on the M20 this morning.

[Austat]

Very nice and clean XM:

[Asimo]

[goosey]

14 minutes ago, Asimo said:

Loving the cushions,

comfort is a priority in that Cortina 

and rightfully so

[NigeT]

This beauty pitched up whilst Mondial was being MOTd last month. Some hefty bills ahead for the owner as I witnessed a bodywork guy taking a screwdriver to the roof where it meets the windscreen and the rot factor was considerable. 

[500tops]

[Zelandeth]

Merc is a new arrival just round the corner from us...not sure if resident or just visiting.

Lovely car... though first thing I'd be doing would be un-lowering it and putting the factory wheels back on.

[Schaefft]

His this a residential building? If yes: wow

[Zelandeth]

45 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

His this a residential building? If yes: wow

Yep.  Interior is even better.

[Schaefft]

How are they not owning a CX?

[Jack D]

Portadown, Co Armagh 

 

Bath 

 

Again, Bath.  This Hilux was unreasonably clean.  

[Jerzy Woking]

Despite living in Spain for over a year, seeing an old car on the road is rarer than you would think. The scrappage schemes run here were very effective at getting old stuff off of the roads.

But saw this Opel GT this morning on the road to Elx. No rust, no laquer peel, and the paint looked original for what must be a 30 year old car (or older?)

 

Same wheels as I had on my MkII Cavalier SRi130. One of the best cars I ever had, red lined it and wheel span it everywhere. Sadly it seems to have died, at least according to DVLA.

[bogeyhead]

I spotted this Oldsmobile Regency at the central car park in Faversham today. Never saw it before, but it looked in pretty good condition.

From what I can tell, it looks like a 97 or 98 model sedan.

[Schaefft]

These 88s and 98s looked properly ancient when the Aurora was released in late 1994. Olds only replaced the 88 4 years later with the Intrigue, I guess they still had plenty of pensioners looking for a deal until then.

[LabRat]

Not exactly shite, but that's an interesting* spoiler and exhaust combo

 

 

[grogee]

Glamorous* soft top Rover outside skool this afternoon.

[Datsuncog]

Clean and original-looking Mk1 Cav making the crossing over the Irish Sea.

[straightSix]

6 hours ago, LabRat said:

Not exactly shite, but that's an interesting* spoiler and exhaust combo

 

 

That's a T350 and not a sagaris so he's done that himself... Makes the usual wine rack look tasteful 

[500tops]

[andyberg]

Parked near work, don't think they have moved in some time.

[goosey]

Bedford CF and Bedford CF2 

in the Big van bangers class at Grimley on Sunday there were also plenty of LDVs and Iveco Daily’s 

[mitsisigma01]

My dad's Cavalier after he tried lowering the roof by rolling it on the M25

[mitsisigma01]

Shit garden shot with bonus shite in the background (c.1998)

[mitsisigma01]

A replacement for the crushed Cavalier if irc

[New POD]

On 09/11/2021 at 15:33, Jerzy Woking said:

Despite living in Spain for over a year, seeing an old car on the road is rarer than you would think. The scrappage schemes run here were very effective at getting old stuff off of the roads.

But saw this Opel GT this morning on the road to Elx. No rust, no laquer peel, and the paint looked original for what must be a 30 year old car (or older?)

 

Same wheels as I had on my MkII Cavalier SRi130. One of the best cars I ever had, red lined it and wheel span it everywhere. Sadly it seems to have died, at least according to DVLA.

GM fact about those wheels. Early ones are thicker. 

I fitted 3 Mk2 cavalier ones and a mk2 Astra gte one to a mk3 cavalier 1.6 and later upgraded the front brakes with Mk3 GSi discs and calipers. 

The mk2 cavalier wheels fitted with a fag packet of clearance.

The Astra one had to go on the back as the extra metal meant it wouldn't fit. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 11/7/2021 at 3:06 PM, Soundwave said:

Saw this while on a walk in the countryside. My second thought was that it's lovely to see a base Mk1 that hasn't been turned into a rally car or RS replica. 

My first thought was "bloody hell, I wouldn't leave a 2 door Mk1 unattended in the middle of nowhere". The owner apparently thinks similarly - look closely, there's actually a wheel clamp on the nearside rear. 

Lovely to see, but kinda sad that the owner has to clamp their own car just to go for a walk, such is the risk of it going missing.

There's a Krooklok on the steering wheel as well!