Mr_Bo11ox Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 been out and about with Ms_Bol this weekend, in North wales. Lovely. First spot is this acclaim, out of which were stepping a couple of classically-styled silvertops. 78k on the clock and all the panels were super-straight, even though someone had been at it with the chassis black. even had: The tartan travel rug! This 3.4 jag had a 2007 tax disc in the screen, surprised no council officials have crushed it as it looked like it was in a public car park. Nice Mk1 Triumph 2000 mouldering away near Llandudno This Mk1 XR2 is near Mostyn, what a rotter! you'd think it would be worth a few quid still though for its assorted bits of rare trim, or to re-build/ring into another shell (standard old ford procedure) It is obligatory during all trips to N Wales to pay homeage to the mighty DUKE OF LANCASTER: And now, ladies and gents, the SHITE MUTHALOAD: OMG ROADLINE!!!!!111!!
25v6turbo Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Triumph 2000 my personal love,this still looks better than my roadworthy example,that ship is mad,i read a sight about it somewhere,very interesting,nice spots,the XR2 is close to dissapearing,its that rotton,but as you say must be worth a coin for the rare bits.
CortinaDave Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Woah! THE DUKE IS ONE RUSTY MUTHA! How long's it been sat there/why has no one weighed it in?
Owain-328i Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Top spots there Mr_Bollox! That XR2 has just made me fill my Farah's with OMG! Pump the tyres up, re attach the arch trims (to what i dont know) and use as is!!
Louise2cv Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 The boat was going to be used as a casino, or similar, they couldn't get permission and its now a warehouse for a clothing company IIRC.
retrogeezer Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Yeh, loving the XR2...I'm sure I could get that back on the road given some time and a mig welder.Whereabouts was the Acclaim??? The castle in the background looks worth a visit.
hugh janass Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Some good finds That acclaim with the tarten rug looks super clean.That xr2 looks rotten as fook but theres gotta be a few quids worth of parts on it, shame . I love them xr2s.
Louise2cv Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Conwy I'd guess. Caernarfon's got a cracking Castle too! (I live just down the road from the latter, so wave at any 2cv's if you visit!).
Spottedlaurel Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Roadline trailer makes me wonder whether the other bodies there might be anything interesting. Farming relatives were responsible for the death of a few of those as they chopped them down to make agricultural trailers.Nice Acclaim.
Electric Leyland Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, a ROADLINE!!!!!(faints)NNNNNNNNNNG!!!!(keeps passing out)h h h h h h h h hCant breatheTime for a Roadline resurrection thread! Love the big scary boat too! Aquashite.
Mr Lobster Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Surely the Roadline spot merits some sort of Autoshite award?!
Mr Lobster Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Woah! THE DUKE IS ONE RUSTY MUTHA! How long's it been sat there/why has no one weighed it in?Been there a long time now - since it was decomissioned by Sealink in the late '70's I think.The new owners moored it in situ then filled all the dock around it so it is quite thoroughly landlocked now....
Mr_Bo11ox Posted February 22, 2009 Author Posted February 22, 2009 I think I know where there is another roadline, but we'll have to wait till the evenings lighten up a bit more before I can confirm it with a spotting.
Electric Leyland Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Is it in a field between Potters Bar and Barnet? I can't find my photos of that one. Lest we forget, the original Roadline spotting: http://www.autoshite.com/first-id-102.htm
Louise2cv Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 http://www.autoshite.com/first-id-102.htmI'm getting to like this place more and more.
Jazzy Jeff Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 I would like to have sexual relations with that Acclaim.
seth Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 I seem to have a complete mental block/ lack of recollectin of Roadlines
hotford00 Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 That Roadline trailer looks a tad unusual, I'm trying to recall the outgoing trailers when I started with them in 1983/84. I remember them phasing out the Scammel couplings before I started, but they converted some TK bedfords from units to box vans.If I recall they had bigger engines than the other TK's. I think that we had one similar that the workshop used to store parts in.
Split_Pin Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Like the Acclaim, agree shame about the black tidemark creeping up the waistline.I dont remember roadline except from a Corgi Leyland Terrier I had as a kid
Guest Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 This Mk1 XR2 is near Mostyn, what a rotter! you'd think it would be worth a few quid still though for its assorted bits of rare trim, or to re-build/ring into another shell (standard old ford procedure)Theres not an awful lot of mk1 xr2s, but even then its far easier to get bits for them than, say, an old 5 Gordini or Colt turbo. Just as well theres more of a market for 80s Ford hot hatches then!
Guest Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Were you in Conwy mr_bol?That Acclaim is.My Volvo lives in teh Conway.If you see an old lady driving an Amazon, it's my gran. She takes it out occasionally to buy cabbage.
Pillock Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 amazingly, that XR2 is on a pretty new SORN - due for renewal December 2009. That to me means that someone thinks it'll be back on the road at some point?
MrRegieRitmo Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Triumph car to the Austin "your paint's looking a bit shabby & are those rust bubbles I see?"(it was the critical Acclaim)
pogweasel Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Badoom-tish. Don't give up the day job, eh Reg.
Mr_Bo11ox Posted February 23, 2009 Author Posted February 23, 2009 Hey its like being trapped in Vic Reeves' 'dove from above' round
Mash Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 On the subject of Sunblest and Roadline, did I ever do a thread with all my pics of the bakery vans made by Wilsdon? No harm in seeing them again of course, I'll try and get round to it soon.
Guest Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Hey Reg, you should be a sitcom writer! (Preferably for The Upper Hand, Duty Free or something similarly crud)
michiel Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 I must say, I'd watch a sitcom where all you get are 4 or 5 BL-cars in a garage moaning and whining to each other, complaining about the weather or the price of petrol etc.
55bloke Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 The boat was going to be used as a casino, or similar, they couldn't get permission and its now a warehouse for a clothing company IIRC. I guess something like this is what they had in mind:- LE LYDIA, a ship permanently entombed in concrete and converted into a casino. Works well in Southern France, but maybe not so well in North Wales!
CortinaDave Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Did a bit of googling of that ship... seems it is concreted in and has been there since 1979.. its an ex british rail cruise ship apparently. Found a few pics online and it seemingly has its interior intact and in very good condition.. including an arcade kitted out with space invaders and galaxian! Class. Its also patrolled by large and very unfriendly security men. Seems a bit suspect that the company that own it have no plans either to restore it or sell it.. yet they have unbelievably tight security around it... other side even rustier...
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