Lazy spotters thread

[BerginJR]

Land yacht for those who enjoy them

It's a cadillac Fleetwood 

[tooSavvy]

This is always on the drive here....

 

.... any $hiters know of it/ owner 🤔

🚙💨

[The Vicar]

2025 is off to an excellent start with this:

magnificently shoddy, but still a daily driver. I managed to speak to the owner, an elderly Italian chap who’s had it from new. He took my number and said I could come and see it another time after he cleans it..!

[motorpunk]

More glorious shite from the backstreets of New York.

[Datsuncog]

Couple of out-and-about snaps, courtesy of my ever-alert co-driver:

Couple of 2CVs, presumably on the return leg of a wintry Antrim Coast Road drive.

B616NAJ - clearly enthusiast owned, and tidy but well used.

MSL979 - a few mods, but in good fettle overall. Nice to see stuff getting used.

And here's an eyesight test for you...

Spot the shite, anyone?

Anyone?

Bit of a zoom, maybe...?

Just above the modern Pug's roof!Luckily we got through the Abbeycentre traffic and managed to catch up with this gloriously shonky Montego Estate.

A fairly late example on an L-reg, with grey primer visible round the arches.

Clearly, there's an unapologetic shiter in the Belfast area that I'm unaware of...

[Stinkwheel]

9 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

 

MSL979 - a few mods, but in good fettle overall. Nice to see stuff getting used.

 

Hmmmm, thats an iffy one. Registered as a 1956 car. I can see not one single 1956 part on that car.

Lets put it this way, that is about as legit as a pre suffix registered mini with internal door hinges

[Stinkwheel]

15 hours ago, motorpunk said:

More glorious shite from the backstreets of New York.

 

Gosh an Oldsmobile Delta 88, I used to have the 'Brougham Royale' model with vinyl roof.

[IronStar]

What a colour! 

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

Watching Itchy Boots You-Tube

https://youtu.be/WJC613yfmaM  19:27

spotted this on the road crossing from Iraqi Kurdistan into Iran

A Chevrolet Orlando,

 

[The Vicar]

A few spots from around Dublin during the week:

Two Carina IIs in the same day. The grey one belongs to nuns, I would love to get my hands on it. 

A very rough Sirion with my posher Toyota Duet for comparison. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 31/12/2024 at 22:54, motorpunk said:

Fist time I’ve seen one of these in the wild. Check the metal fold quality - shite! 😂

 

 

 

Bathgate no more
Linwood no more
Methil no more
Irvine no more

 

 

[Metal Guru]

On 01/01/2025 at 15:17, BerginJR said:

Land yacht for those who enjoy them

It's a cadillac Fleetwood 

They did a limited edition  Scottish version, The Fleetwood Mac.

[Spiny Norman]

There was nowhere for me to pull in and get a proper shot and there was someone coming up behind me so I had to make do with a quickie out the window.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Spiny Norman said:

There was nowhere for me to pull in and get a proper shot and there was someone coming up behind me so I had to make do with a quickie out the window.

Yep, that would happened to plenty on here seeing that 🤣

[Gompo]

On 05/01/2025 at 20:35, The Vicar said:

A few spots from around Dublin during the week:

Two Carina IIs in the same day. The grey one belongs to nuns, I would love to get my hands on it. 

A very rough Sirion with my posher Toyota Duet for comparison. 

That Vivio is a top find, and the Micra Van.

[neil72]

A couple of 60/s/70s bangers, the Avenger has been seen before, the Capri used to be local to me and has been in various states of 'repair' for years.

[Stinkwheel]

50 minutes ago, neil72 said:

A couple of 70s bangers, the Avenger has been seen before, the Capri used to be local to me and has been in various states of 'repair' for years.

Nice spots, the consul classic capri will be 60's though i believe

[neil72]

1 hour ago, Stinkwheel said:

Nice spots, the consul classic capri will be 60's though i believe

Yes, a daft error!

[Sunny Jim]

It's not @Schaefft, it's Schaefft's Welsh cousin. Spotted these two in Llanberis yesterday.

[Schaefft]

That's awesome 

[500tops]

[Remspoor]

Two spots in Nijkerk, Netherlands.

1969 Beetle

A Jeep Hapsburg.

[High Jetter]

36 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Two spots in Nijkerk, Netherlands.

1969 Beetle

Those blinds!

[Gompo]

I'm not an LR-perv but this was nice to see yesterday, I think the Hi-cap is my favourite Defender variant.

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

2 hours ago, Gompo said:

I think the Hi-cap is my favourite Defender variant.

It's not a Defender.

It's a 1982 Land Rover Series 3 Hi-Cap.

 

Defenders do not start until 1990 and have Zebedee springs, not leafs

"History

Originally, these vehicles were simply called the 'Land Rover' – an off-road capable car model of the Rover Company.

As 'Land Rover' became established as a brand, the 'Series' indication later became a retronym model name.^[9]

The Range Rover was introduced in 1970, and the company became a British Leyland subsidiary in 1978.

In 1983 and 1984, the long and the short wheelbase Land Rovers were given official names – the One Ten, and the Ninety respectively.

Together they were badged the Defender models in 1990, after the 1989 introduction of the new Discovery model."

 

I agree with you it's a lovely example.

[Gompo]

Thanks, yes I thought the Defender name came later; I suppose I was being lazy. 

[Remspoor]

Jag XK R in second-hand dealer, Apeldoorn .

[somewhatfoolish]

16 hours ago, Gompo said:

I'm not an LR-perv but this was nice to see yesterday, I think the Hi-cap is my favourite Defender variant.

That will be one of the first; the HCPU was only introduced in 1982.

[Gompo]

5 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

That will be one of the first; the HCPU was only introduced in 1982.

Thanks, yes I'd have perhaps not got the shot were it a Defender; although it did look quite incongruous in the retail park regardless of age. While we're at it here's another LR from just around the corner. I'm not sure I've ever seen it on the move.

[andrew e]

Live* from the Azores: