Lazy spotters thread

[Remspoor]

6 hours ago, Andrew353w said:

An Austin Champ! Built by Austin & sold to the Army during the 1960s. Five geared Rolls Royce engine and more comfortable than a Land Rover (according to "Which", who compared a Champ, a Land Rover and a Gipsy)

My dad said it had 5 forward gears and 5 reverse. Thus speeding can be achieved in reverse too.

He liked them more soldi than series 1 Land Rovers, But some gremlins put an end to them being used more frequently.

[puddlethumper]

I had a Champ back in the 70's and mine only had 4 gears. Separate reverse box so as fast forwards as backwards. Weak spot was the back axle as the power for all four wheels went through it.

[Spottedlaurel]

On 14/08/2025 at 14:00, 500tops said:

Was for sale at £3,500 on FB back in 2023. Was then just under 18,000 miles and had been off-road since 1992. Good to see it being used.

[500tops]

19 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Was for sale at £3,500 on FB back in 2023. Was then just under 18,000 miles and had been off-road since 1992. Good to see it being used.

There was a N10  Cherry on a driveway in Exmouth for a long time and that was  the same colour. I did wonder if it might be this one? 

Shame about the number plates 😫

This one was being driven by a very attractive, young lady. 

[EyesWeldedShut]

Message from Child Bride. M5 southbound [edit] apologies for the shite image quality but I uploaded these images direct from one of those Messenger apps on my Apple Telephone - look shite on a laptop  

 

[EyesWeldedShut]

[urpert]

Saw this honey in the Portmeirion car park:

 

[fairkens]

Resplendent in JRG

[mintwth]

Saw this at a show today

(it's a Z3 underneath) 

[Lonestar]

MK3 Fiesta Ghia. Was up for sale for a while.

[Morris 63]

Down in Somerset visiting family, saw this clean Hilux

[Morris 63]

Queuing towards Stonehenge on the A303 next to this fella and his happy spaniel. 

[puddlethumper]

[Aston Martin]

I asked the bloke what's the deal with this Renner?
 

"It's fucked you don't want it, it's not even a turbo. "
 

😢
 

 

[HillmanImp]

Was at the pub at the weekend and saw this Consul approaching. I grabbed my phone, spun round quickly and took a photo as it drove past. 

Without trying, I'd also managed to pap this Toyota Liteace coming the other way. 

[EyesWeldedShut]

 

 

 

[EyesWeldedShut]

Escaped to town too -saw this:

Then spotted that The Grim Reaper has reached Aberystwyth:

 

[Lonestar]

[500tops]

Truro registered Reliant Robin in Redruth 

[Stinkwheel]

On 17/08/2025 at 20:24, puddlethumper said:

Mk1 Insight, yes. Please.

But that lotus! Now starring in its own movie…. ‘The Lotus that Taste Forgot’

[EyesWeldedShut]

14 minutes ago, Stinkwheel said:

But that lotus! Now starring in its own movie…. ‘The Lotus that Taste Forgot’

Reminded me of something:

[Andrew353w]

3 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Reminded me of something:

Now, THERE"S a blast from the past!

[Stinkwheel]

56 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Reminded me of something:

I see what they were trying to do, but it’s not a patch on James Hunt or Sennas JPS Lotus is it really, I mean, how good does this look in comparison ?

 

[EyesWeldedShut]

4 minutes ago, Stinkwheel said:

I see what they were trying to do, but it’s not a patch on James Hunt or Sennas JPS Lotus is it really, I mean, how good does this look in comparison ?

 

I wasn't sure if they were actually trying to recreate the JPS scheme (fail) or just had no taste (double fail) .
 

[urpert]

Peterborough Morrisons. 
(Please stand on head to view 🙄)

[Morris 63]

As is often the case, the MOTest garage in Reading had something interesting when I collected my BMW today.

[Bmwdumptruck]

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, Morris 63 said:

As is often the case, the MOTest garage in Reading had something interesting when I collected my BMW today.

Copen with their workload

[Metal Guru]

11 hours ago, urpert said:

Peterborough Morrisons. 
(Please stand on head to view 🙄)

I’d assumed it was the Peterborough between Melbourne and Adelaide.

[morrisoxide]

Ital van this morning.