Cavcraft's cavalcade of crap. Local honey.

[Grundig]

...... Soz for the hijack           

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23207961@N07/sets/72157621791381533/

[Cavcraft]

Live from Chester, parked up the road from Cavcraft Enterprises

[Craig the Princess]

Really really really really dark blue?

[phil_lihp]

Ah, looks nigh on identical to my first car, a 954cc Debut in dark blue. It's obviously lasted better than mine did.

[lisbon_road]

That's at Winkleigh.  I'll buy a beer for anyone that gets that going.

[Felly Magic]

SYPTE were daring when they got these. I thought they were 680 powered, with a ZF 2 speed auto as fitted to the odd National including Mike Nash's ECW C27

[Inspector Morose]

I think they were 690 powered. The later ones were TL11s

Winkleigh has the first one there CRM???T I've a feeling that that one was different to the rest.

[Cavcraft]

Modern car but I'd love one

 

[Cavcraft]

Just been to lo at (and buy, of course) a reasonably shit Renault diesel. Across the road were these gems, initial enquiry made, though I do f*ck*ng hate 309s:

 

 

And 100 yards from the river on Sealand Road was this slightly abandoned looking Focus. Again, no love felt for these but I love spotting shite like this:

 

[mercrocker]

I know its actually getting on but I still can't get used to seeing things as new* as that Focus looking so decrepit!

[HillmanImp]

Christ I might have met you!

 

I drove out of there for 18months, about 2002-2004 or so. When I left I had the record for most written complaints, I was averaging one a fortnight

 

 

Edit: I do recall a National parked up when I started, never got a go in it though.

 

Possibly but I think I probably left shortly before 2002, I was only there a couple of years. Good memories though as I enjoyed driving buses like a fucking lunatic. Surprisingly good fun. 

[Cavcraft]

 

Chester bus station 30th December 1989, apparently.

[Split_Pin]

The livery on that VR is mental. Some quite far out liveries kicking around in the period immediately after deregulation.

[Guest Hooli]

Possibly but I think I probably left shortly before 2002, I was only there a couple of years. Good memories though as I enjoyed driving buses like a fucking lunatic. Surprisingly good fun. 

 

Laugh, yes they could be fun.

 

I got a decker sideways on the seafront when turning right out of Lancing at those lights by the park, route 7?

 

Also on the 7? heading up to Sainsburys & the huge bump across the A27 lights, don't do it at 30+mph the windscreen comes out as the front hits the floor!

 

(Both done with empty buses btw)

 

Oh & the left hand turn out of the bus wash, don't lift in a Dennis Dart & it'd go totally sideways down the garage. Nearly took out a row of parked cars when I discovered that...

 

I hated the passengers though.

[Cavcraft]

Found these two wonders today when I went to view a shit modern car. The kit car thing is truly dreadful

 

[Supernaut]

Have any of the SVM owned a Volvo limo yet?

 

I love the look of them, but I genuinely don't have anywhere to park one, short of my parents' farm 30+ miles from here.

[Cavcraft]

Oh aye, came across this yesterday...

 

[Ghosty]

S reg 740, WTF?

[Noel Tidybeard]

i wonder if that Spartan is ford or ferald based- you can see the rear wings were clearly designed for bostin 1300 lights

[3VOM]

S reg 740, WTF?

Late reg because of coachwork?

[Split_Pin]

No town is complete without an old OJ registered Transit, ex BT, bumbling around.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

No town is complete without an old OJ registered Transit, ex BT, bumbling around.

 

 

A banana republic in fact.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Late reg because of coachwork?

Yes, I thought that. It must be jolly annoying perfecting a conversion on a particular model only for the manufacturer to replace it. Although chopping a 940 in half can't be much different to chopping a 740.

There always seemed to be a lot of C and even D reg mk2 Granada limos about, presumed Coleman Milne stockpiled a few.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

i wonder if that Spartan is ford or ferald based- you can see the rear wings were clearly designed for bostin 1300 lights

That's definitely a late Ford based one from the sloping back and wide wings. I've got a slightly earlier one in my Dads garden that I swapped an Impala for in 1985. It was built in 1979 and has a purpose built chassis but Herald suspension etc. It was running a twin 40'd 2.1 Pinto when I bought it and was a fucking death trap, put the engine in an Escort and for 10 years it had a 1600 Cortina engine, which just made it a slower death trap . It's got a Sierra 2.0 Efi and 5 speed in it now, probably the only reason it hasn't been scrapped! Especially since my stupid brother drove a Transit over the side screens .

For the last 10 years it's been carefully stored in a Cat Piss and Bramble Carcoon.

[Cavcraft]

Word, muthaflippaz

 

 

 

 

 

There's a Renault 4 in Salthouse, or somewhere near there. Didn't get a picture but will endeavour to.

[chaseracer]

Cavcraft_MNGMNT must so enjoy her holidays... 

[Cavcraft]

This seems to have been off the road for ages, amazed it's still there to be honest...

 

 

[Guest Hooli]

Oof, I had much fun in one of those as a youngster.

[Cavcraft]

Had a pretty brill day today. Amongst other things was collecting a random old pub sign originally from a boozer a couple of miles away. I don't know why I bought it, and it needs work, but what the hell.

Anyhow, the bloke where I collected it from was ace, he (or one of his relatives) had written a book about Rolls Royces, seemingly he'd owned quite a few and in his possession was a Bentley that once belonged to King Idris (?) which he said was one of only 4 in the world. He muttered something about having to spend £15,000 having the seats retrimmed!

He also had a tidy split screen Morris 1000 in his shed, the Laguna (for sale) and a 'proper' Transit which belonged to his mate and wasn't for sale, as obvs. like I asked straight away.

 

 

 

[Cavcraft]

I thought they must have got rid of this as hadn't seen it in ages. They've owned it for absolutely yonks, recall it there in the late seventies, perhaps a smide earlier. They've also got a 1977-ish VW Camper they've probably had from new.

 

Anyhow, nice to see a rare and quite cool VW that hasn't been attacked by some 'scene tax' spacker.

 

 

 

 

Soz for quality* of picture, but I got absolutely wankered on lager and mostly vodka last night, plus my dog kept pulling me along as he doesn't like walking that route.