michiel Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 ^wow^ (was meant to appear under the 929....) Wow indeed! That's amazing and I want. Like a Lagonda / Escort mk3 hybrid from the front three quarters... With even a hint of Tagora! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 been meaning to grab a pic of this Alfa 6 for ages.. its been lying in a garden in Kirkcaldy and hasnt moved in over a year.. a bleak future I presume. It's reasonably tidy too. I have good news It has been bought by the same collector who bought my Alfa 6 last month. Are two enough? Well, no. He already has another Alfa 6 (six-carb one) which he has spent upteen thousands on at a restorers. They all live together in a rural Yorkshire harmony. CortinaDave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 been a while since I've updated this so... some spots from my travels over the last few months around Scotland. Sorry for the terrible picture quality - its mostly "point in the general direction" jobs as i was passing. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 The F**king Saab I'm having all the hassle from the garage with just after it stranded me in Berwick and a few from Grampian transport Museum in Alford.. Leyland Electric Vehicle Electric MK5 escort - Imagine the misery of driving this.. MG EXE Prototype Remember the unregistered Cortina that sold for 18 grand a few months back? Seems its ended up here too Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Wow, I thought this was supposed to be at Gaydon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 Keith Adams thought so to.. But its up in the wilds of Aberdeenshire! How long its been there I've no idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 The electric Leyland used to be at Gaydon too. I remember those electric Escrots - the grille looks crap, like it was made with a hole punch, but the wheels are cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 been a while since I've updated this so... some spots from my travels over the last few months around Scotland. Sorry for the terrible picture quality - its mostly "point in the general direction" jobs as i was passing. Some great stuff there - mostly around Edinburgh by the looks of it? There's often tat where that X1/9 is parked - not sure if it's anything to do with the businesses opposite, which I presume is where the C-prefix Beetle for sale was seen, I used to see a lot of old aircooled VW stuff in the vicinity when living there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 Thanks for the bump! The pics were taken all over the place really.. Some fife, some Aberdeen, some Dundee and some Edinburgh in that last lot but yeah the x1/9 was in Edinburgh opposite the beetle and the shoddy cavalier. Spotted this guy the other day in Kirkcaldy.. A Vanden Plas 4 litre R in daily use.. Solid but very dirty - the owner wandered into poundland Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I'm sure that VDP is the one that used to belong to the editor of Craptical Plastics. It's been in again recently and lives up that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 I was also a bit irritated to see the blue C reg mk1 sierra above appear on gum tree a fortnight ago now minus engine, box, props haft and wheels courtesy of a kit car builder. "Still mot'd and in great condition" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I was also a bit irritated to see the blue C reg mk1 sierra above appear on gum tree a fortnight ago now minus engine, box, props haft and wheels courtesy of a kit car builder. "Still mot'd and in great condition" Buy my mk2 twin cam spares car and bring the mk1 back to life. Doesn't run and located on Jersey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 This is owned by an old dear in Rosyth, her son apparently owns a Viva though I've never seen it. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Knew I'd seen that orange Viva, it lives in Devon now. Young guy owns it, and alas it now sports brutally chopped springs and a matt black bonnet. I've heard it's now so low it's almost undriveable... Still, I suppose it's still on the road and the mods aren't irreversible so it could be worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 Devon?? The car was in Peterculter near Aberdeen so that's a hell of a trek! Had been for sale for ages but although it was tidy the £1750 he wanted was too salty for me. Shame about the barrying but at least it's a better fate than the sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 That Vanden Plas is EPIC. What was the owner like? I imagine him to be a bit like Greengrass off Heartbeat where time never moves on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 Looked about 40, just an average bloke really which is a shame.. would have been much better if he'd been a greengrass/onslow type. Kudos to him for running that through the Fife winter though... Thought it was time for a bit of an update - my 9-3 is borked AGAIN, so I've found a local Saab loving mechanic (who it seems is also a top level Shiter ) who's trying to figure out whats wrong with it. Meantime he's given me this to smoke around in which was jolly decent of him... It looks a lot better in the pics than in the metal - its done 263k, is literally hanging with rot, the headlining falls onto your face on a regular basis and the interior in general is shafted - but strangely it drives quite well, and I'm quite happy to plod around in it meantime. He's got a load of interesting shite lying around his yard too: Some other spots while I've been out and about mostly in Fife/Edinburgh/Aberdeen: Finally, a couple from holiday on Kos last year - I took loads more, but drunkenly wiped the camera the daay before we came home (whoops) Have to say, I was disappointed to see how much of the shite that was on Kos a few years back has now gone. When I went there back in 2003/4 it was literally teeming with 70s shite, especially Datsuns, but a fair few cortinas etc too. Theres still a few, but much, much less. Junkman, Skizzer and Bucketeer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Time for a long overdue spotting update. Junkman, Jim Bergerac, Skizzer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 And there's more... Jim Bergerac, Junkman, Bucketeer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Final dump... Bucketeer, danthecapriman, Junkman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 It's a Mini MarcosI love that Capri, especially the way they've stuck the rear wheelarch repair sections on over the rust!And its still there, but its very pink in parts now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 F reg Cav looks a cracker Dave. Did you see that when on your travels down here to collect the Calibra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 That cavalier was indeed in London... Marlybone area, but taken last June when I was down at a work thing.Still taxed and tested says DVLAThe sideways on Sierra sapphire (no idea how to flip it) belongs to a banger driver round the corner from me. It's an absolute minter but undesirable colour/spec - 1.8 cvh lxIt appeared about a year ago but hasn't been washed once and disappeared this week so I presume it's off for its coat of dulux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 A few more from this weekend. A chevette I papped in Dundee , and a haul of shite I came across in a walk with the missus this eve. The disintegrated Capri was once a 2.0 ghia auto with red trim it seems. What a shame. vulgalour, Skizzer, Jim Bergerac and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 And a tarp challenge. Any ideas what's lurking under this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I would like think it's a Horizon Pullman but its probably a dull old Fezza or maybe a compromise and its a 205 5 door... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I think 205. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I think 205. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Been up to Orkney for a couple of days... A few decent spots came my way... Including the autoshiters favourite boozer. cort16, Bucketeer, stillOrange and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 That P7b Taunus hardtop is rare indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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