Jalopies dot co dot uk - anyone remember it?

[Spottedlaurel]

Jalopies dot co dot uk by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Genuine question, I vaguely do and am reminded of it frequently as there are stickers on the back of one or two local road signs (above is on the A140).

 

I think it was a website from 10-odd years ago, maybe more, with listings for cheaper cars. I believe the stickers were sent to sellers to put on their cars, I suppose the idea was they'd be seen out on the road and prospective buyers would then search on the site for them. The only car I recall locally with one on was a BMW 5-Series (E28 flavour).

 

Anyone else?

[Bear]

Registered in 2009 to Mark Thorndyke (well, now owned by anyway), renewed and valid, but going to a dead end :/ Waste of a good domain, that.

[tabact]

The site seems to have been active until the end of 2008. Not archived after then apart from the odd 'not authorized' page in recent years.

https://web.archive.org/web/20081220133343/http://www.jalopies.co.uk/

[Bear]

Wow, click the links. It's like a trip back into a world when nutters ruled the internet, not bloggers & google adwords.

[Lacquer Peel]

Wow, click the links. It's like a trip back into a world when nutters ruled the internet, not bloggers & google adwords.

The nutters are on the deep web.

[Spottedlaurel]

Well done! Does seem to be a very South Norfolk-centric site, which would explain why I was aware of it.

[For Fiats Sake]

I only know of "jalopnic" or something else.

 

That logo is terrible looks like deformed bee more than a car.

 

You only hear cars been referred to as "jalopies" in radio 4 afternoon plays (which are mostly terrible) or in 1952.

[rml2345]

I only know of "jalopnic" or something else.

 

That logo is terrible looks like deformed bee more than a car.

 

You only hear cars been referred to as "jalopies" in radio 4 afternoon plays (which are mostly terrible) or in 1952.

You also hear it in the title song for "Monte Carlo or Bust".

[simmo]

When London had two newspapers, that you had to pay for, Evening News had' 'Jalopy Corner' once a weeks.  Cars under £300; or something like that.  I sourced a Triumph 2000 Mk1 and another car that I can't remember.

[anonymous user]

The nutters are on the deep web here

EFA