Chod Bothering & shite spottings. Annual update complete!

[mercrocker]

Wish I had got out of bed in time to go now....Epic stuff spotted and posted.   Glad you included Brooklands own chod too.   I always want to write GLE alongside the BEA on that HA van.  Even though its not one.   Very much liking the New Yorker and that Borgward - phwoarrr.   Would take the 164 home too but I would have to sort those wheels out.  That SR500 flat-tracker thing is giving me bike horn again.  But why would anybody want a Minor with TWO leaking boots?

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[mercrocker]

Could have sorted those 164 wheels, then!.....

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All Done!

There was plenty to see, way more that I didn't photograph than I did.

[Sigmund Fraud]

Great stuff, thanks for sharing !

 

I thought of attending, but eventually decided that my 214 was far too new to turn up in. It appears that I was wrong !

[jonny69]

I went there too. I was quite surprised when I got charged £22 on the gate for the two of us! But it was a good day walking round the hangars, even though the missus was bored stiff and not particularly interested in anything I was. Got to say, I don't remember half the stuff you've snapped and I missed a few things I'd have liked to have seen.

This is FIT:



I am in this pic:

[inconsistant]

I'm at the other end of the country and there's a classic & vintage car show happening down the road. It's pouring with rain, but that's not going to stop me, so here's Tain in the rain:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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And done.

 

Really good show, way better than I was expecting, with some really good quality underdogs. The weather looked like it had kept quite a lot of exhibitors away, and there were probably a few too many Mk2 Escorts and MGBs but that's the same everywhere. The Mini Clubman/HL estate was really nice, and generally the cars were really well kept, which much be a constant challenge given the climate up here. Top show, lovely venue, shite weather. Summary:  Recommended. 

[inconsistant]

Some chods I recently bothered on the Isle of Skye:

 

Old Sporty Vauxhall near Armadale:

 

 

 

Volvo, Aird of Sleat:

 

 

Very off roader, Aird of Sleat:

 

 

 

Big truck thing, Aird of Sleat:

 

 

Discovery, Point of Sleat:

 

[inconsistant]

And now to the opposite end of the country for more...

 

 

 

a caravan

 

 

vw scirocco, the car the porsche 924 wasn't

 

 

Convertible GTE! Was that actually a thing?

 

I can see you.

 

Bubbly merc

 

 

Another early Discovery

 

I photoshopped this.

 

 

Wow that's a lovely... oh.

[Skizzer]

Convertible GTE! Was that actually a thing?

 

It was.  Those wheels weren't, though.  Shame as otherwise it looks uncommonly unf*cked.

 

Also, haven't seen a G-plate Disco in yonks.  Quality spottering.

[inconsistant]

Oops I deleted the pix i was going to update this thread with... two Dyanes and a Pao in one lunch time, what are the chances? Anyway, you'll have to make do with these that I spotted last week instead:

 

 

Pooju

 

850R

 

Ovlovely

 

And here's some shite from a Swiss holiday last summer that I forgot about.

The Swiss don't really do shite. I don't know if it's because they have stringent vehicle safety laws or because the weather and road conditions remove the chod from the automotive gene pool before it gets to the interesting stage, but over 2 weeks here's some of the best I could find, starting with an other Ovlov looking cool on the high street and on the alp:

 

 

 

 

 

Up in the mountains most old ratty cars appear to be 4wd Subaru Justys or old utility Jap estates:

 

 

 

 

 

 

And very little else of interest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^^^I have no idea what this is. One for the cars I didn't know thread I think.

 

Hadn't seen one of these at the time, seen a couple in the UK since, but this one is brown. THE FUTURE IS BROWN AND ELECTRICAL.

 

Saw this where we stopped in France on the way back and liked it:

 

 

Thats all.

[inconsistant]

An update covering the last year with bits and bobs from all over the place:

 

 

 

BMWs old and new. How did it go so wrong?

 

 

 

Traction Avant doing a bit of casual gleaming.

 

 

 

 

Alfa Sprint, at Brands Hatch

 

 

 

Gravity defying Jaaaaaaaaaaaag

 

 

 

Nice old Suzuki with a satisfying numberplate

 

 

 

Dull Probe

 

 

 

Lovely Triumph parked outside the local chippy

 

 

 

 

Laguna

 

 

 

 

Pandavanda

 

 

 

 

Nice honest Landy with, I suspect, car tax avoiding aftermarket side windows.

 

 

 

Mini proj.

 

 

 

Merc estate from when they had colour coded hubcaps

 

 

 

Ovlov

 

 

 

 

Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag

 

 

 

AR heaven: MG Maestro AND MG Montego

 

 

 

Small sporty Ovlov

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Some sort of American car in the dark

 

 

 

Nice BMW estate

 

 

 

 

Horrible Laguna estate

 

 

 

Robin Reliant.                 Only joking.

 

 

 

Rover

 

 

 

 

Sporty Corolla. Could be a GT Twin Cam 1.6 but hard to know for sure.

 

 

 

 

Lovely big BMW with sexy alloys

 

 

 

Stealth Mini pick up. I think this was in Alness

 

 

 

Nice looking White 205GTI parked outside a Poo Joo dealer in Kildare

 

 

 

Nice looking Black 205GTI parked somewhere else I can’t remember probably near Invergordon

 

 

 

A choo choo train.

 

 

 

Polo on Skye

 

 

 

Tractor

 

 

 

Flatbedford

 

 

 

A pair of consecutively registered Reliants

 

 

 

 

Marcos

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Ken's little Lotus

 

 

 

 

4.6 litres of scary looking overpowered tiny car

 

 

 

VW Past 

 

 

 

Sporty VW

 

 

 

Driveway of Dreams

 

 

 

 

Jazzy Saloon

 

 

 

Snail van

 

 

 

Long Granada

 

 

 

H Van

 

 

 

Bon Accord

 

 

 

 

Two Long Granadas, twice

 

 

 

Rickman Ranger

 

 

 

Garage of Dreams including cat pissing on cat piss tarp

 

 

 

 

Car from The Future

 

 

 

Car From The Past

 

 

 

Oof! Now that's a beauty.

[danthecapriman]

Excellent spots. The american car in the dark is a Cadillac Eldorado.

[eddyramrod]

It is, and the other one (blue one hiding behind the pair of long Granadas) is a Dodge Diplomat/Chrysler New Yorker/Plymouth Gran Fury.  [/showoff]

[Spottedlaurel]

I do like that Accord 3-door.

[danthecapriman]

It is, and the other one (blue one hiding behind the pair of long Granadas) is a Dodge Diplomat/Chrysler New Yorker/Plymouth Gran Fury.  [/showoff]

I never even noticed that one.

Whoever owns that place is a right winner and should be on here!

[inconsistant]

Turns out he's a friend of a friend. I've told him about Autoshite, he said he'd have a look. I haven't heard any more from him.

[inconsistant]

It is, and the other one (blue one hiding behind the pair of long Granadas) is a Dodge Diplomat/Chrysler New Yorker/Plymouth Gran Fury.  [/showoff]

 

Pretty sure it's a Chrysler. It's immaculate, no rust anywhere, even arches and sills. Lovely bright chrome trim everywhere.

Beautiful dark blue crushed velour interior too.

He saved it from being Banger raced. He's just saved a Cadillac Fleetwood from the oval too.

[inconsistant]

I do like that Accord 3-door.

 

Yes, it was immaculate.