fordnut Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 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 vehicleTest 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 redchassis black covering the complete underside of vehicle including bumpersloose nut behind the wheellarge yellow lollipop makes steering dificultengine missingfound it under bonnetdead bugs on windsheildlive bugs on ordercrack on windsheild outside the swept areathe crack is goodTest date31 May 2014 KruJoe and Jim Bergerac 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 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. Sigmund Fraud, TagoraSX, Junkman and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 Eugh, on a phone so can't edit that properly. Here's the Golf! TagoraSX, Sigmund Fraud, Magnificent Rustbucket and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 That white Astra CD is lovely !! Essex V6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 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..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Did you see the minging red MkIII transit at Retromobile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 /\ Isn't the Toyota some form of Dyna? 1986/87 Toyota Dyna dropside by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr Junkman and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 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 garethj, TagoraSX, mouseflakes and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Been a fair old while since I’ve seen a Ballade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Bah! I had been meaning to post photos of some of those Bexhill spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 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...) andrew e, vulgalour, Joey spud and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 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. Bamboocarman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 That wouldn't have been much fun, and if definitely wouldn't have wasted an hour when I could have been working! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Where is the transit, Sidley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 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. Vin, Jim Bergerac, HillmanImp and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 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... andrew e, danthecapriman, RoadworkUK and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Rover Rostyles on a Celica is not something I would have said would work, but it really does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Great spots Barrett! That BX is only four numbers different to the ex Metrobi/Rob-T/six cylinder and several other shiters' estate. strangeangel and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I'm gutted that i seem to have missed the boat for a Amazon. They are so expensive all of a sudden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Yo, I snapped that Chevette a good few years back; used to see it almost daily. Glad it's still in use. Magnificent Rustbucket and anonymous user 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 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! scruff, worldofceri, strangeangel and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Stiletto is lovely and R17 (with R15 headlights?) is a great spot. Fablious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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