Junkman in Northern Phrench Shite Spottery Phrenzy

[Junkman]

There is some holiday makage near Calais and pretty much in line with expectations, the area sure doesn't disappoint.

This is the booty of day 1, all spotted in Calais, Wimereux and Le Touquet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[burraston2006]

Very nice!  Where's the obligatory beret wearing onion seller on the bike?!

[UltraWomble]

Bonus Twingo spottage

[burraston2006]

 

Is that the AS Landy hiding there?!

[hairnet]

c4 is shite too

[Skizzer]

Orion is rather lovely.

 

 

Never mind all that though, when are you picking up the Renault 16?  

[dugong]

New camera working well I see.

[Junkman]

New camera tends to overexpose slightly. More experimentatage commencing tomorrow.

[chaseracer]

New-style Frogplates are weird.  I like the old ones.

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

 

Is that the AS Landy hiding there?!

Local car with a '62' plate.

[dugong]

New camera tends to overexpose slightly. More experimentatage commencing tomorrow.

Bang it into manual and turn the EV down a couple of notches. Using it in program will give you most of the automatic controls with the EV dialled out.

[Junkman]

Day deux and I papped the following shite in Boulogne sur Mer.
 

 

 

 

 
I wasn't ready for this, so sorry for aftershootage.
 

 

 

Et le 405 du jour:

 

[Shep Shepherd]

I love the Orion GL

[EssDeeWon]

10 points for the Orion spot. That is mega tidy for a mid 80s Ford.

[Junkman]

Brace yourselves for a metric ton of archishite soon.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

There is some holiday makage near Calais and pretty much in line with expectations, the area sure doesn't disappoint.

This is the booty of day 1, all spotted in Calais, Wimereux and Le Touquet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sacre Bleu - L'Onion !

[Skizzer]

I wasn't ready for this, so sorry for aftershootage.

 

 

 

Pas du tout, m'sieur.  L'effet panoramique nous donne l'impression de très grande vitesse.  Cet impression est assuré* justifié, cette bonne véhicule.

 

 

 

PS Have you got a Renault 16 yet?

[Junkman]

PS Have you got a Renault 16 yet?

 

Sadly no Renault Seizeage has been forthcoming yet.

Worse. Today I wanted to visit a miniature shite shop I know from yore to stock up on maquettes de plastique.

I found said shop now being boarded up with an 'a louer' sign stapled to it.

Furthermore, the Mobylette spares outlet I knew is now one of those newfangled scene hangouts serving Warsteiner vom Faß.

What makes matters worse is that there are still some complete dimwits out there that expect me to not hate change.

[Skizzer]

Sounds like a disaster.  Hope things are otherwise well.

 

You know what to do to cheer yourself up, though.

[Junkman]

Yeah, buy an R16 or two.

 

But yes, otherwise it is very nice, in a somewhat generally accepted sort of way.

From a shiter's point of view, it's disappointingly beautiful.

[Lord Sterling]

Great spots Junkman, though makes me a little sad that I am no longer residing in France...

[lovejoy]

MAW Twingoes,  s'il vous plait, Junkman !  

[Junkman]

You make it sound so easy. They are a dying species here as well.

 

Anyway, jour trois and we were in Arras, which is the capital of Pas-de-Calais.

 

Le postillion Patrique:

 

 

Someone glued 1980s bed headboards to his Shitrun:

 

 

Double-V cent vingt quatre:

 

 

Un sacre numero in beige:

 

 

Caleche fin des anglaises:

 

 

Le flicerie:

 

 

Raunge Rovaire Classique:

 

 

Sans ananas:

 

 

Et le 405 du jour:

 

[Junkman]

Day four, today was exceptionally chod yielding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Et le 405 du jour:

 

[Skizzer]

That R19 Chamade positively throbs with win.

[Junkman]

That 605 made me briefly disappear behind the bushes until normal trouser front shape was reattained.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I haven't seen that much quality tat in a whole year here. 

 

Twingos FTW

[Junkman]

Day 5 and today it's more quality than quantity, mainly due to most of the day having been spent on the beach.

 

 

 

I papped what could possibly amount to the find of the holiday!

 

 

 

 

And lastly the 405 of the day:

 

 

 

Interestingly, there aren't any really old cars to be spotted. For example, I haven't seen a single pre-405 Peugeot. Not one.

There aren't any pre-R19 Renaults, or pre-Xantia Citroens. Anything Simca/Talbot has yet to be spotted.

[Skizzer]

Big LIKE for the Pontiac Lemons.  

 

Less like for the absence of pre-90s stuff: is Wimereux too posh, or has France had some sort of monster scrappage scheme / horror old car tax rate?

[406V6]

Lovely 605. Looks so similar to the 405 even after years of car spotting. The Vel Satis has been well looked after too.