retrogeezer Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 What cameras are they?? I remember you having an S5000? at Chumley a couple of years back.
mk1_4dr Posted July 7, 2011 Author Posted July 7, 2011 Yeah, mines an S5000. Its a good camera, a little slow to start up which can mean I miss spots that are on the move and you have to be stood quite far back to get stuff in but I could solve that with a decent wideangle lens. Her camera is an Olympus Pen EP2, a great camera but I can never find the right setting, althought I should just bosh it on Auto and shoot away. They're bloody dear, though, she's a photography student so needs decent kit not £40 cast offs like my Fuji. Ive also been using alot of proper 35mm film cameras, but Ive yet to have any of my films developed, although, I could just ask Charlotte to do that too as she can use a darkroom...
In The Pit Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 The MKI Escort is the top of the range 1300E, im sure someone would save it.
mk1_4dr Posted October 31, 2011 Author Posted October 31, 2011 I was literally taken aback when I pulled onto a petrol station forecourt and was presented with this. At first I had no idea what it was so I had to get out and have a good natter to the owner.This is one of two he has as well as a couple Subaru Justys.
Guest Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 There's some remarkable tat over your way Dave. Those 305s are interesting - wonder what that orange van has under the bonnet? The saloon's quite interesting too. 'Exxx HHP' plates were on a slew of PSA press cars in '88, including the rather lovely red 405 Mi16 that recently surfaced on eBay for a very reasonable £600 - the same car in fact, that appeared in the CAR fast saloon test in May of that year.
chaseracer Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 Nice A rod, and all that... ...but is that a 2-door 'Ital' I espy behind it...?
mk1_4dr Posted November 1, 2011 Author Posted November 1, 2011 Its not just a 2dr Ital, its a Marina coupe with an Ital front end 'upgrade'. Its an ex-timetrials/road rally car, built in the 80s. All the bodykit is metal and its very well spec'd with Dolomite Sprint running gear, Ive had a good natter with the owner as I see him and it quite often at the local meets.
Felly Magic Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 On page one of this thread, H945TCP was my mates Volvo 240, which he killed!
55bloke Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 That Marina coupe is lovely, but don't think the Ital nose is an improvement!
mk1_4dr Posted February 2, 2012 Author Posted February 2, 2012 Just a couple from recently... and some older ones that i found hiding on my hard-drive...
michiel Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 Thank you, I needed a laugh! That 'Snow White's coffin' Volvo is gorgeous.
55bloke Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 Some ace spots there. LOVE the blue, chopped Moggy - got any more pics? And where did you photograph that gorgeous P1800E? I'm sure it was for sale in a garage in North Yorkshire 7 or 8 years ago.
hairnet Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 Just a couple from recently... sniff cry weep etc
mk1_4dr Posted February 2, 2012 Author Posted February 2, 2012 I don't have any more shots of the Moggy, but I pass where I took those pics fairly often and its sometimes parked there. I will endevour to capture it in more detail for posterity. The P1800E was snapped over 4years ago when parked outside the pub at the top of my parents street. Only near Wakefield, so not totally improbable that it's one and the same.
mk1_4dr Posted February 2, 2012 Author Posted February 2, 2012 Just a couple from recently... sniff cry weep etc That was back in early '10 when I found myself out on my arse with two cars but nowhere to live. EscRot had sills made mostly of rust flakes and underseal at that point. The e30 was only a 320 with and autobox aswell, so it wasn't really up to the job. You can imagine how well that went with not only EscRot but the unnecessarily massive trailer aswell.
Volksy Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 Where was the sad looking Bristol? I beleive it was one I used to work on years ago, owned by a dentist chap who spent thousands getting it up to scratch. IIRC it had a 'breathed on' engine imported from the states. I used it as a daily for a week or so to iron out some faults for him, what a car, was akin to driving a detached house - very quickly. Sad to see a Bristol in that state. Even if it wasn't the one I worked on.
mk1_4dr Posted February 4, 2012 Author Posted February 4, 2012 I found the Bristol looking forlorn behind an industrial unit in Castleford, so I wouldn't be too surprised if it was the same one.Unfortunately, some cloth-head has left the passenger window down for god knows how long. I may pop back and get some more pics now Ive got my camera back.
mk1_4dr Posted April 1, 2012 Author Posted April 1, 2012 Just a couple from today, on the A1, around Donny at about 12.30. Looks like a nice little project for someone...
Albert Ross Posted April 1, 2012 Posted April 1, 2012 Judging by the exhaust, someone has already breathed on it.... even IF DVLA think it's a 1500.
mk1_4dr Posted April 30, 2012 Author Posted April 30, 2012 Some Bristol and North Somerset spottage from this past weekend... King of the council estate Hardcore Galant hasn't turned a wheel in yonks apparently Can you crazy cats guess what this is? BIG Plymouth had been shunted up the rear, whatever had hit it must've felt it too. Still mega cool, even with the damage. Ballsy to be driving it through central Bristol traffic too. And finally, something which I didn't think I'd ever see on the roads over here...
HillmanImp Posted April 30, 2012 Posted April 30, 2012 Can you crazy cats guess what this is? Subaru XT?
mk1_4dr Posted April 30, 2012 Author Posted April 30, 2012 nah, prelude, i think. BOOM, we have a winnAh. It was a 3rd Gen like my sadly departed old one. Judging by the wheeltims its a 4WS too...
mk1_4dr Posted June 6, 2012 Author Posted June 6, 2012 Some spots from the last week. I could've spotted much more and Landrovers galore but I was either cameraless or incapacitated...
morris_ital_lover Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 Nice commer van those things are pretty rare now... As for that Jag it looks a bit, BNP.
Spottedlaurel Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 BIG Plymouth had been shunted up the rear, whatever had hit it must've felt it too. Still mega cool, even with the damage. Ballsy to be driving it through central Bristol traffic too. That Plymouth, back in 2007 in Suffolk: 1970/71 Plymouth 4dr Hardtop by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr Good to see it's still about.
mk1_4dr Posted June 20, 2012 Author Posted June 20, 2012 Lesser spotted Hirst. This was parked in town this evening....
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