S A Barrett's Sussex shite spots - summoning shite out of thin air

[fordnut]

That is a pukka 4x4 Cosworth in Radiant Red and one of only a handful made. It's very late registered and certainy one of the last built. Love the comments from its last MOT!

 

Vehicle makeFORD Vehicle modelSIERRA SAPPHIRE Date first used29 October 1993 Fuel typePetrol ColourRed

 

MOT history of this vehicle

Test date22 May 2015 Expiry date30 May 2016 Test ResultPass Odometer reading78,643 miles MOT test number9387 3254 5112 Advisory notice item(s)

very loud shade of dog dick red

chassis black covering the complete underside of vehicle including bumpers

loose nut behind the wheel

large yellow lollipop makes steering dificult

engine missing

found it under bonnet

dead bugs on windsheild

live bugs on order

crack on windsheild outside the swept area

the crack is good

Test date31 May 2014

[barrett]

Watcha shite fans. Here's what's been going on in my world, starting with this shabby Visa that was the highlight of a day in France last month.

 

This faded Beetle driveway ornament is just round the corner from me but I've only recently noticed it

 

Still a high number of these things in use down here

 

I've been after this for about three or four years but I've only ever seen it on the move. Properly tidy and looks really smart I reckon

 

Tesco car park spot. Lots of giveaways that this is giffer-owned

 

This sad Lotus was hiding at my local MoT place. I think it had a 2001 tax disc in the window. Shame, these are real lookers

 

Right, here's a few highlights from Rétromobile week. These were outside my hotel all week

 

As was this very tidy Golf. These are still in 'old car' territory over there, although I did see a couple of more scened examples

 

This next lot were all outside the hotel at various points. Ultra passive spotting in action. The Mondeo was an absolute peach, I don't think they looked this clean when new. Nice old plates on it too

 

 

Saw a few CXS in daily use, this was the rattiest

 

XMs were far more prevalent. Mostly Mk1s, oddly, and several with these ace trims

 

These were outside the same back street garage ad the above, and looked like they hadn't moved in a while. R5s still too common to bother with, mostly

 

Saw several of these around. Really need to start saving the pennies for a good one before values start climbing again/they all get scrapped for being rubbish

 

This was undoutably the best thing I saw. Flippin' look at it!

 

One last spot on the tunnel, this was in front of us. Looked rough as shit tbh

 

That's it then. Normal service will be resumed next time.

[barrett]

Eugh, on a phone so can't edit that properly. Here's the Golf!

[EssDeeWon]

That white Astra CD is lovely !!

[Spottedlaurel]

Sunny is an interesting one - don't see many of that generation out there and I don't think I've caught sight of the ZX/GTi version like that one. Wonder how well they sold against the domestic equivalents?

 

Green Kadett looks smart. Surey the best of the Astra/FDW Kadett models?

[Sudsprint]

You may be wrong on the Triumph giffer ownership.

 

It is a 2500TC with earlier PI wheel trims.

 

A true giffer would have put TC wheel trims on his PI 

[andrew e]

My mum traded a Carlton CD for a year old Astra CD in 1990 - it was an odd thing then, silver with a factory rear spoiler too. I used the wheels to get my mark 1 Golf driver through an MOT in 1994.....

[dugong]

Did you see the minging red MkIII transit at Retromobile? 

[KruJoe]

 

 

Anyone else thinking "Bedford Midi"?

 

The paintwork (and the beer) might be throwing me off, but I don't think I've ever seen a Toyota like that before, even here in Thailand, current home of the OJC.

[Spottedlaurel]

/\ Isn't the Toyota some form of Dyna?

 

1986/87 Toyota Dyna dropside by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

[barrett]

Whaddup tat fans. I caught sight of something potentially interesting on Street View over in Bexhill and thought it was worth investigating. Can you tell what it is yet?

 

How about now?

It's only a flippin fintail Merc! Shame that's the best I could do with photos. Looks like this is all being torn down for 'development' soon. Bet there's something exciting in the building too.

 

Anyway, here's a few other things I saw along the way

 

 

 

 

The fella got in to this just after I took the photo, looked like the original owner to me

 

I love a manky camper. There are few vehicles as depressing

 

This was pretty great. The garden showed signs of being recently cleared of shrubs so this might be next for the chop. Must have sat there a long time

 

Proper 2cv is proper

 

A good example of something I would have ignored a couple of years ago but is now worthy of snapping. There was another one just up the road but boxed in by moderns

 

And finally a different sort of Mercedes, in Brighton last night

[Skizzer]

Luuurvely.  2CV is particularly ace.

 

That Jag XJ seems a lot less frilly than mine, but still manages to look shagged.  Not sure how I feel about that.

[Spottedlaurel]

Been a fair old while since I’ve seen a Ballade.

[FakeConcern]

Bah! I had been meaning to post photos of some of those Bexhill spots.

[barrett]

Three more. I knew about this place for a while but have never been arsed to stop before. The undergrowth was particularly sparse so thought this was the best time. There is more stuff there I think but it would involve jumping a gate to get at - I'm working up the courage to do it as I reckon the whole place is abandoned (it's in the middle of nowhere and there is never a roadworthy car visible, house looks totally overgrown...)

 

 

 

[robinmasters]

That's the first hour of the week's work spent productively-located the Merc.

 

There seen to be a lot of shiters with a connection to Bexhill. Must be something to do with the high giffer content.

[barrett]

You could have just asked me where it was!

Bexhill is slightly disappointing for spotting although I'm sure there is lots I didn't see. I did find the infamous hanging yellow Transit Mk2 but didn't fancy my chances in the neighborhood...

[robinmasters]

That wouldn't have been much fun, and if definitely wouldn't have wasted an hour when I could have been working!

[robinmasters]

Where is the transit, Sidley?

[barrett]

Time for the next batch, mostly from today and all local. Nova was helpfully parked outside my curent squeeze's gaff last week.

 

A blurry 800, sorry. Still worth posting I reckon because when did you last etc

 

This was a few doors down

 

And this was a few streets away. A good area for manky moss-covered bilge

 

But how about this one eh?! Off the road since 2008 but looked like it was a minter before falling out of use. Definitely owned by some daft old giffer close to shuffling off this mortal coil (I just got a load of grief on the BX facebook page for being 'insensitive'). I'm gonna put some notes through doors because it bloody well needs saving.

[barrett]

Righto, what's next? How about the world's roughest Morris van?

 

Or a pair of rotten barges

 

This is a flippin' Fiat 132! Looks pretty terminal

 

Rough 2cv in the ever popular Asda car park

 

Renault 4 van outside my welder's place. Quelle surprise

 

Late Tipo. These have disappeared entirely round these parts

 

Counties Austin in Poole

 

Particularly grim Sunny in Brighton

 

Spotted this screaming through Horsham. Chap didn't even give the Visa a second look so presumably just somebody's old car

 

Tesco. Looked alright apart from the wheels

 

Rubbish pic but the fella was standing right there. It's really shabby, proper first generation Autoshite

 

I quite liked this...

[vulgalour]

Rover Rostyles on a Celica is not something I would have said would work, but it really does.

[Skizzer]

Fiat 132!     

 

 

 

Not a particularly creative contribution to the debate I know, but 1. I am slightly lost for words after the Fiat and 2. a bump to the front page for anyone who missed this like I did, as it doesn't seem to have as many likes as I'd have expected.

[Angrydicky]

Great spots Barrett! That BX is only four numbers different to the ex Metrobi/Rob-T/six cylinder and several other shiters' estate.

[RoadworkUK]

Rover Rostyles on a Celica is not something I would have said would work, but it really does.

 

Hmm, one to watch, I fear. The chances of somebody fitting the Rostyles and leaving it at that without getting tempted into rat-look shenanigans are surely marginal.

[trigger]

I'm gutted that i seem to have missed the boat for a Amazon. They are so expensive all of a sudden.

[worldofceri]

Yo, I snapped that Chevette a good few years back; used to see it almost daily. Glad it's still in use.

 

[barrett]

Watcha! I lost all the shit on my phone recently including a few pretty dece spots I think, here's what I've managed to find since then, starting off with a mildly OSF'd Cortina at Asda. Seen it here a few times actually.

 

Wedding car* at Halfords

 

Can't remember the last time I saw an Imp in the wild. This was a Stiletto, in Lewes

 

I think we might have seen Sophie before, can't remember

 

Lovely brown Saab was unknown to me before this

 

Cinq in Worthing

 

FRUNKING PHELL!!! Dutch-registered, filthy, bit scruffy. Heroic. Just round the corner from me

 

Nothing else is gonna match that, eh? Oh well, here's a lil shorty Bedford

 

Chairman-type R5 in beige

 

oh, that's it. Cheers!

[mouseflakes]

Stiletto is lovely and R17 (with R15 headlights?) is a great spot. Fablious!

[Skizzer]

Aye, 17 should have four round headlamps... but what a spot!

 

I had a little jaunt along the south coast myself the other day, avoiding the M25 on the way back from Hastings.  Papped a couple of spots but not really anything on quite this level.