Lazy spotters thread

[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:

[Aston Martin]

I saw this today, I was chatting to our man in Jersey. @mk2_craig

Car and classic says its a Bentley. But it looks like one of those Sierra wedding cars.

 

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1384720

[Yoss]

1 hour ago, andrew e said:

Live* from the Azores:

I'll take your felicia and raise you some more Felicias. 

Look at this beauty. 

 

But the highlight was this. Those are Favorit Silverline alloys, minus the centre caps. 

And its only a bloody Safeline, the first one I've ever seen. 

The Safeline had a number of safety features most of which were already compulsory in the EU anyway so we didn't need a special edition. Like ABS and a passenger airbag. Actually we got passenger airbags as an option but never standard but in some markets they didn't even get a driver airbag as standard. 

But these also had side airbags which were never even option in the UK. Plus lane change warning and radar brake assist. Obviously I'm lying there but they had most of the safety features that were available in the mid 90s. 

 

[mk2_craig]

14 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

I saw this today, I was chatting to our man in Jersey. @mk2_craig

Car and classic says its a Bentley. But it looks like one of those Sierra wedding cars.

 

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1384720

That whole back end is just really shit and surely not how the car was built in 1950. 

 

The cheap narrow font numberplate doesn’t help, and those lights?

Sakes man, at least go to the effort of finding something period correct. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

14 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

I saw this today, I was chatting to our man in Jersey. @mk2_craig

Car and classic says its a Bentley. But it looks like one of those Sierra wedding cars.

 

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1384720

That's horrific. This is how an mk Vl should look, apparently. I assume the original car has been been chopped up, chassis retained, and a special body zip tied on top. I see the hubcaps appear to be original. 

What a carbuncle.