Through Lobster's Lense - Update - Remember remember the second of November...

[Mr Lobster]

 

Suitably scabby R5 Gordini

 

WANT.

 

This looked like someone had spent A LOT of money on restoration. Nice though.

[Mr Lobster]

R5 TX from Renaults collection. Utterly lovely.

 

PINK!

 

OMG, Gendarmes is coming.

[VWPowered]

wow that TX is lush.. shame i got my 5 up for sale, looks great in gold

[Gompo]

Early 5's, like the two red ones above, are the bollocks. Such a clean design, so much better than a Mk1 Golf looks wise.

[Mr Lobster]

Right then. Made the journey down to Retro Rides this weekend - 500 miles in R4 van in 2 days without a problem. Should have camped though. We stayed in a local pub (The Sparkford Inn) which was mega shit. Ho Hum . Still, it was a superb event, plenty of stuff to wander around, track action was pretty good and the museums not bad either. Pictures be here -

 

Samba Rallye was lovely, only spoilt by plates really

 

 

 

 

 

Having a well earned rest today

 

 

Dumped around the back, Haynes Maestro shite. Tax disc said last on the road in 2000 and it was pretty rotten. Strangely it was fitted with two steering wheels. Wonder why?

[Mr Lobster]

MOAR!

 

Wartburg on Espace wheels was lovely!

 

 

 

Obligatory reflection in chrome shot

 

This was gorgeous

 

 

GR8 4 LIFTIN

 

GR10 4 DRIFTIN

 

Skoda went horribly wrong shortly after this shot and limped off broken

 

 

Dollywobbler in action

 

[michiel]

Nice shots, good to see some of the shitier cars featured!

[dollywobbler]

Gah! Useless feckin' firewall won't let me see the pics.

 

Could I have hoon shots sent to [email protected] please Mr Lobster?

 

Ta. Nice to meet you! Shame I didn't have time to check out the van...

[Mr Lobster]

Could I have hoon shots sent to [email protected] please Mr Lobster?

 

No problem, I'll send the full size ones when I get home tonight!

[Station]

 

Aren't those wheels metric TRX?

[TheScrapman]

MOAR!

 

Obligatory reflection in chrome shot

 

What is clever is that you also managed to get a reflection of a Sapporo beer can from a Sapporo wheel

[Mr Lobster]

Last couple from me as RRG appears fairly well covered around here!

 

At the back of the museum, next to the Maestro (above) and abandoned Haynes camper thing, lies this small collection of slowly rusting tat. All off the road 2 / 3 years at least.

 

 

Lovely big Lancia

 

 

Golf on track

 

 

Avenger looked nice on those wheels

 

[Mr H Sceptre]

Ooof, Lancia Gamma Coupe. Ticks all the boxes for me.....

[dollywobbler]

Ooof, Lancia Gamma Coupe. Ticks all the boxes for me.....

Yup, my jaw did actually drop a bit when that came past. Sadly, I was working (or hooning...) so I got very few pics.

[Mr H Sceptre]

Ooof, Lancia Gamma Coupe. Ticks all the boxes for me.....

Yup, my jaw did actually drop a bit when that came past. Sadly, I was working (or hooning...) so I got very few pics.

Can't be too many left surely

[Mr Lobster]

Bit of an update - stuff thats been sat on my camera for the last few months....

 

Sid n Doris' R11 parked up in Somerset

 

Distance shot of Datsun in Liverpool

 

Fiesta parks here every day advertising DIY store thing.

 

Alfa in Blackburn

[Mr Lobster]

MR2 appeared here and was instantly abandoned. Previously there was an XJS and ex Post Office Iveco here, sadly haulled off for scrap earlier in the year

 

Piss poor shot of MG Montego

 

Been down to the UK Capital of Shite (Leicester as I'm sure you all know!!)

 

 

 

 

Theres a couple of houses just outside Leicester with loads of Saabs outside - here a poor shot taken whilst driving past

 

Finally for now, future shite. 206 van, poundland wheeltrims, multicoloured panels and missing trim FTW!

[Dave7601]

Whilst we were there, there was a large car show / autojumble at Manoir de L'Automobile in Brittany, went along to rummage for old Renault bits of which there was much.

 

Was also a lot of cars -

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then there was the stuff in the museum but you'll have to wait for that!

Jesus! Just imagine how many times that thing would roll over if you flipped it at high speed

[FredTransit]

Quality comment!

[Mr Lobster]

Time for a belated update. First few tonight, rest tomorrow!

 

 

Sierra was sat around the back of a big Ford dealer. Tax ran out in '97 IIRC. Looked pretty tidy considering. Also had a Sapphire Cosworth for company on which tax expired in July 09 and accident damaged Mk2 Golf with sexy BBS rimz. Sadly my camera phone decided it didn't want to save those pics

 

 

Same garage had Rover 200 and Focus. Focus appeared to be being used as parts donor - airbags, front wing and bumper already removed. Rover had been sat a year or two as well.

 

 

Big old bus lumbering its way through endless M6 roadworks...

 

 

Had cause to be down in Monmouth a few weeks back. Spied this 500 illegally parked in a back street.

 

MOAR L8R.

[Hudsonpie]

Love the bus.... I lived in Bamber bridge whilst working on the M6 junction 32 bit.....ages ago.....it was a dump

[Mr Lobster]

Righto, continuing with the update -

 

Went to Beaulieu last week as we were in the area. Nice to see there is a bit of new stuff. They now have the World Of Top Gear which comprises the Top Gear Dome although I couldn't be arsed waiting to see what was inside that and a tent with a few of the challenge cars in. Bit half arsed but better than nothing.

 

 

Ami must be a bit of a bugger to start....

 

Rotten Herald 'boat'

 

Surprisingly solid Princess

 

 

 

[Mr Lobster]

Enough of this nonsence, heres a few more -

 

Gorgeous, 24 miles from new 2CV still with factory build stickers on it

 

 

Not seen this before - recreation of old garage was pretty damn good. Full of old 'stuff' everywhere just like it should be.

 

 

Saving the best til last, tidy Metro in the rain in Weymouth

 

[trigger]

Nice , I went to Beauleau last year and saw that 2CV, I couldn't get over how clean it was, That Top Gear tent wasn't finished though so i didn't see of them.I am going back in May for the weekend to the autojumble again so I'll see it then.

[VWPowered]

Top Golf is a 16v too

 

 

metro is simple divine

[Mr Lobster]

Show season started this weekend. As every year we had a stand at Ultimate Dubs which as the name suggests is full of 'dubs', some of which may be considered to be 'ultimate'. As you'd imagine there is plenty of floppy hair, baggy pants and stretched tyres but amongst all that there is some good stuff to be found.

 

Plenty of this type of thing -

 

 

but enough of that.

 

Plenty of Sciroccos on show -

 

 

 

 

Not sure if this is some new sort of scene mod, smashed windscreen look or something or whether it happened on the way to the show...

 

 

After seeing rows and rows of lowered cars, something with standard rideheight looked a bit odd

 

[VWPowered]

now really miffed i just sold my scirocco, great pics lobsta

[Mr Lobster]

Some nice Golfs though...

 

 

 

 

Not this one though. Filed under 'trying too hard to be cool' in my book

 

Polo estate looked ok

 

 

 

That is all.

[Mr Lobster]

Hows about a little update then?

 

Got a new camphone so managed to get a few spotz. Hold tight, here we go...

 

Escort cabrio sat outside a garage. Been there about three years I think but looks reasonable

 

 

 

Seen this Carlton about a few times but never managed to snap it. Apart from the big RIMZ it is mint

 

 

Took a wrong turning in Ainsdale and came across this. Thats fate that is

 

 

Been down south today. Didn't manage to get a picture of the Borgward Isabella Combi parked up in Aldershot or a load of US Ford pick ups but did get these two

 

 

 

Job done.

[Guest]

Retro 80's boy will spaff in his pants when he sees that drop top escort.