MrRegieRitmo Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Spotted in Ealing todayVerrrry early GolfNever seen one with the early non reverse light cluster combined with the later cluster that had a reversing light. Normally both or neither! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Pontiac Trans-shiteThe front of these always remind me of the front of the original E1 Vauxhall Carlton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Swallowtail = dip below the rear number plate and small rear lights, think it was only done on the first year or two, and they command a premium. I guess it makes them go faster or something due to some subtle aerodynamic improvement?......I think someone would have to park a swallow tail & a non swallow tail side by side for me to notice any difference. Is it obvious? If they were more advanced why did they stop them very soon afterwards? How can it be an improvement when it's the earlier ones that have it & the later ones don't? They decided to un-improve it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 prolapsed spitLooks like it's 'Spitting' it's guts out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 and I have my eye on this, a Nissan Sunny 1.5SGL Maxima, any thoughts?Yes, my favourite old Nissan. Note Nissan, NOT Datsun - I have plenty of favourite old Datsuns. This sort seems to have become alot rarer than equivalent saloons. Get it - plus interesting reg no. We need some daytime shots though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 a honda actyMy favourite eastern 'mini' van! I'm guessing now the rarest too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 a laurel spottedThis is what I saw on the bypass the other day, a mint metallic green V reg 240L. Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Perodua Nippa Domino 1Hard to believe there's around 15 yrs between these two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Hard to believe they're different generations too! The Nippa is a MK3 Mira and the Domino is a MK2. The MK3 is essentially just a slightly stretched out MK2, Japan got new Kei-car regulations so they were allowed to make it a tiny bit bigger.Despite the initial cheap cost, that generation of Nippa has incredible depreciation. Year 2000ish ex-pensioner cars with tiny mileages (sub 30, or even 20K) can regularly go for under £500 privately! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 If they were more advanced why did they stop them very soon afterwards? How can it be an improvement when it's the earlier ones that have it & the later ones don't? They decided to un-improve it! Sorry, dry humour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 On the way to seeing my Civic temptation (see seperate thread) I spotted these loverlies starting with a gorgeous Volga on Latvian plates that is for sale, obviously I called!Then this brush painted Ital vanA mildly customised All Agro with a strikingly appropriate reg number!Scrote vanearly Hi Ace camper with unwieldy bodyworkin the same garden a Cadillac?A really nice Colt Miragenice grandadsmart Austinand finally, a million pound Escort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 TOP SPOTS! Colt Mirage pick of the bunch for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 I was taken with that but the Volga gets it for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 The Volga also recently appeared in a Retro-Rides 'spotting' thread. I scribbled down the phone number on the 'for sale' notice furiously.However, when I broached the subject of it's aquisition, I was fimly told 'don't you bloody dare'. Ho-hum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Then this brush painted Ital van Scrote van Interesting to see a MkIII Escort van the same vintage as the Ital van! The Ital a final incarnation of the Marina meaning that that one particular van type has stood toe to toe with the MkI, MkII and MkIII Escort vans! .....and I wouldn't describe any of the Escort vans (even MkIII) as exactly plentiful compared to the BL vans either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 .... although the Mk1 & Mk2 vans (and estates) are essentially the same thing. Mk2 Vans & Wagons are just MK1's with a facelift and are different to all the 'normal' Mk2's. Even the front wings are different to the saloons. Have a close look next time you are lucky enough to spot one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 .... although the Mk1 & Mk2 vans (and estates) are essentially the same thing. Mk2 Vans & Wagons are just MK1's with a facelift and are different to all the 'normal' Mk2's. Even the front wings are different to the saloons. Have a close look next time you are lucky enough to spot one!In fairness it was a pretty convincing effort they did – maybe it’s familiarity with having seen so many in years gone by, but neither MkII estate nor van look wrong despite being a hybrid of curvier MkI and its more angular replacement.I’m not sure it would have worked quite so well if they’d tried to graft a Sierra nose onto a Cortina estate… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 right Mr pogweasel, can you send me a link to the Volga on retro rides? I passed there this morning and it ws gone, the phone number since Saturday went to Orange voicemail but the line now goes dead, I'm devastated, I really want that car or alternatively know it's gone to a good home, bit of a worry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Here's the thread:http://retrorides.proboards86.com/index ... 948&page=1Don't know if it will help or hinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 Cheers, bit of a hinder as the phone number is a nice girl from Redhill thinking of selling her Renault 19, obviously I'll have a look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Cheers, bit of a hinder as the phone number is a nice girl from Redhill thinking of selling her Renault 19, obviously I'll have a look!Speed dating/shite acquisition interface? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 well you can imagine my thoughts when she told me she had an N reg Renno 14! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 well you can imagine my thoughts when she told me she had an N reg Renno 14!You'd of said "Nah, surely you're mistaken, I haven't seen one older than 1977 P reg, and that was on the front of a period preview magazine!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 spot on! almost! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 From the last two days:nice Mini thouearly Hiace camper which was free on Retro Rides and now in the scrappy, £200, I saw the post too late, guttednice LHD FSOold PugMk 1 Supra, not moved in agessmart VivaB9 Alpinaunused W115Carlton workhorseFestanice Alfaspudstunning VDPblmc mud flaps and a Capital Radio 194 sticker, class!no tarp!I was thinking how you don't see these any more...when 2 minutes later...mystery van, black pug ( I think) and GTVTriumph TR7and 2500 estateMk 1 XR2 (NOT i)1 owner deceased estate 300dRenault 25 turbo! How many now?and my Italian temptation and a Viva E! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 now here's the LHD FSO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 ^^^^^ AWESOME :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25v6turbo Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Nice find the 25 TURBO,this car is on my suvivors list that i have,its a VERY nice car and is owned by paul sage who runs a GTA tuning/restoration company,good spot.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 early Hiace camper which was free on Retro Rides and now in the scrappy, £200, I saw the post too late, guttedWill this soon be crushed? 1 owner deceased estate 300dLiving on an estate or has the estate bit of the car fallen off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted May 2, 2007 Author Share Posted May 2, 2007 I reckon there's a few weeks before the camper is crushed, they do keep things for a while. the Merc's being sold by the first owners son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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