angle Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Abandoned brown Proton Perdana to win this page of the thread. Coprolalia, GeordieInExile, 500tops and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coprolalia Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Sorting out 2 years of backlog of spotting photos. Some time in early 2022 my eldest decided sleeping beyond 5am was not an option. We took to pounding the mean streets of Cardiff in the early morning. These were in Chepstow, near a friend's place: And these were spotted on repeated visits to a friend in Godalming: catsinthewelder, MiniMinorMk3, Remspoor and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Remspoor, 500tops, Dyslexic Viking and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennabm Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Spotted on Tuesday in Lidl car park. Still wearing original dealer plate at the rear. HillmanImp, adw1977, Dyslexic Viking and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coprolalia Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 More from the streets of Cardiff. catsinthewelder, treehugger, Joey spud and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coprolalia Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 More, generally Cardiff: This Merc is parked on the road next to the epic five car drive... This feels pure Autoshite. Mouldy 405 plus S-reg Mondeo saloon. These are Tavistock, Devon. My mother-in-law was living down there, so morning walks with kiddo took in the town. This 205 was exactly what's on my wish list. This you @HMC? RobT, treehugger, neil1971 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coprolalia Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Cardiff, summer 2022: Chepstow: W Sussex: New build estate in deepest Essex: Mousehole, Cornwall: hennabm, Three Speed, danthecapriman and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 RobT, Dyslexic Viking, HillmanImp and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coprolalia Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 And some more. Cardiff: Bloody Hyundai Pony! Works event out in mid-Wales: neil1971, LightBulbFun, Stinkwheel and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheggers Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Epic London spot(s). My work here is done. RobT, Zelandeth, catsinthewelder and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 1 hour ago, Cheggers said: Epic London spot(s). My work here is done. I knew I had a picture of this near Waterloo. It's just taken me over half an hour scrolling through my shite pictures because it turns out it was October 2014! I can't believe that was ten years ago. Doesn't look like it's changed much. Cheggers, Three Speed, Remspoor and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheggers Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I knew I had a picture of this near Waterloo. It's just taken me over half an hour scrolling through my shite pictures because it turns out it was October 2014! I can't believe that was ten years ago. Doesn't look like it's changed much. A few more "speed holes" maybe Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 1 hour ago, Cheggers said: Epic London spot(s). My work here is done. Oof! Stinkwheel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Stinkwheel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Good amount of chod still there in Cardiff @Coprolalia Top spots. treehugger and Coprolalia 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Bazfr69, Remspoor, treehugger and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 15 hours ago, Yoss said: I knew I had a picture of this near Waterloo I lived down near Waterloo East BR Station 1981-82 and there was a guy under the arches there that specialised in older Citroens - he'd usually have a few Avants scattered around on the resident's parking bays like the one's you've pictured. I think he was actually located in Brad Street (always sounded like a wholesome, preppy US actor to me). He lowered himself to assist with the manifold studs on my old Vitesse - top man. Googlefoo is unclear as to whether he's still around but some of his motors seem to be Yoss and RobT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil1971 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Spotted this cool Sunbeam Talbot 90 today, on SORN though Dyslexic Viking, treehugger, RobT and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazfr69 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Long range panic pic just before it slipped out of sight. Remspoor and Dyslexic Viking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Speed Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 8 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said: I lived down near Waterloo East BR Station 1981-82 and there was a guy under the arches there that specialised in older Citroens - he'd usually have a few Avants scattered around on the resident's parking bays like the one's you've pictured. I think he was actually located in Brad Street (always sounded like a wholesome, preppy US actor to me). He lowered himself to assist with the manifold studs on my old Vitesse - top man. Googlefoo is unclear as to whether he's still around but some of his motors seem to be This would be John Gillard. He is still operating but now located in Paddock Wood as Classic Restorations. John is an extraordinarily nice man who knows Tractions inside out, has probably worked on most of them that are in the UK and has trained a number of the other Traction Avant specialists. RobT, High Jetter and Yoss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Speed Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 On 22/03/2024 at 23:08, Three Speed said: very happy to see this at the local pub. I used to have one just like it except more silver. same pub, different yanks. Must take mine there one day. RobT, treehugger and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 6 minutes ago, Three Speed said: This would be John Gillard. He is still operating but now located in Paddock Wood as Classic Restorations. John is an extraordinarily nice man who knows Tractions inside out, has probably worked on most of them that are in the UK and has trained a number of the other Traction Avant specialists. Ahhh - thank you. It used to be quite cool walking around the little back streets there on a wet night seeing all the wee black Citroens parked around the place like a 1950's French film noir - just needed a load of Les Flics to leap out yelling 'You're nicked, sunshine' (obvs. in French). There were still a lot of small trades around Central London back then - hoover shops, proper ironmongers, gearbox places. I once came back on the bus from Clapham with a two piece exhaust for the Vitesse from a specialist place down there. Never got a second look. All pretty much all gone by 1990-95 as property prices really took off (and I guess mail order did too). Three Speed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 ProgRocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Taxed and tested. Last logbook issued in 2018. I tip my hat to this owner, almost 100000 miles in a TVR. Yoss, RobT, Shite Ron and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Dyslexic Viking, Shite Ron, Remspoor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 I almost had a crisis when I saw the Lada Niva. It's a 64 reg, left hand drive of course. RobT, catsinthewelder, 500tops and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Speed Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 MiniMinorMk3, ProgRocker and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 HillmanImp, ProgRocker, Dyslexic Viking and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Strangly this was heading north to the Scottish border, can only assume that it eas a mission to collect the trailer. Spotted in Fort William, occupant didn't look pleased. Red saloons around Knaresborough. Remspoor, Zelandeth, HillmanImp and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 Few from my trip outside on Friday. Remspoor, RobT, Dyslexic Viking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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