Owain71 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Just stumbled across these on t'internet, courtesy of an article back in Feb by the Torquay Herald & Express (link below): http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Pictures-focussing-forecourts-garages-yesteryear/story-20527001-detail/story.html Some great mixes of marques being sold from the same site, back in the days before Corporate Identity was king. Note the "Renault" dealership is actually a Daf dealership And, just because I like 1980s Vauxhalls, a bonus from my own "collection": Did I mention I like '80s Subarus, too? Anyone got any more? inconsistant, Shep Shepherd, UmBongo and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Banger Kenny, SiC, scruff and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I bet the Autohaus had a smell all its own with those Trabbies being driven in and out of it. Junkman, Banger Kenny and SiC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 The vauxhall garage pic brings back so many memories of Ormskirk Vauxhall when i was a kid, especially the spring of '90 when my dad traded a terracota mk2 cavalier for an opel manta gte coupe in black (D33 SCP). Banger Kenny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I've never thought of myself as a 'Vauxhall Man' but looking at that picture I'm getting misty eyed about velourtastic CDi Carltons and 120 mph mk2 GTE Astras.I've never driven a Manta GTE but always fancied one ,the first car I drove after passing my test was my dad's Ascona 2.0 SR Auto so a GTE was a teenage dream. ShiteRider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmBongo Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I can remember when car dealers were located IN towns rather than being housed in massive tin buildings on out-of-town industrial estates. Junkman, chaseracer, warren t claim and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmBongo Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Alexanders of Edinburgh, opposite the Usher Hall. Banger Kenny, Alusilber, Junkman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmBongo Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I know it's a butcher's shop but I loike it. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmBongo Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I know it's another shop, but look at those craaaaazy colours. Charlie Croker, Partridge, Ghosty and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Nice work, Owain! I especially love the Nova SR, oh to go back in time and buy a few of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmBongo Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Cardiff Yugo extravaganza. 500tops, Cavcraft, Jim Bergerac and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmBongo Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Essex V6, Banger Kenny, Junkman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmBongo Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Canterbury Tales, as opposed to Shillingbury Tales where the star of the show was a fecking Matra Rancho. oman5, Banger Kenny, Junkman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owain71 Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 Cardiff Yugo extravaganza. Blimey, not just a Yugo dealership, but a double-decker Yugo dealership that's also selling old-skool Dacias! I truly miss garages like this... LOVE IT Banger Kenny and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owain71 Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 More Yugo greatness... Banger Kenny, Jim Bergerac, Eyersey1234 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Is there any pictures of what they look like now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 That Tesco - Goodwood Revival... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 ProgRocker, Junkman, Banger Kenny and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 different view of Yugo place Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Owain71, Junkman, scruff and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Tottenham Hale, early 70s Banger Kenny, Junkman and UmBongo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Newhaven Junkman and Banger Kenny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Banger Kenny, Rusty_Rocket, Jim Bergerac and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Banger Kenny and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Junkman and Banger Kenny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Banger Kenny and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 garethj, Owain71, RedSparrow and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 A bit later but here's a couple of Peugeot dealers, Normans Conquest Slough and Grange Uxbridge, when I worked there in the early nineties. Some interesting machinery in front of Grange, we were off to a classic car show that morning - the 204 Cabrio was mine. Junkman, Banger Kenny, UmBongo and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Tottenham Hale, early 70s Whoa, an Imperial! Magnificent Rustbucket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrolize Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 '1X' only lasted 4 years. '2X' until 1989 (8 years). '3X' until 1991. '4X' SORN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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