J-J's Road rubbish

[Cavcraft]

Morris I reckon, either (Cr) Isis or Oxford.

[Angrydicky]

Series II Morris Oxford under the tarp :)Nice spots!Edit - beaten to it - by several people

[j-j]

Thanks - I hate how lax my spottages have been

[Angrydicky]

Actually they're pretty good tbh - two Vivas? I haven't seen a Viva in yonks

[j-j]

Actually they're pretty good tbh - two Vivas? I haven't seen a Viva in yonks

I hadn't seen a Viva since I was about 5 and now three in a month!

[j-j]

Woo hoo, update y'all

 

Out an about in Govanhill

Quite like these as a shite alternative to the O so acceptable classic VW camper

 

Scorchio scorpio

 

Derelict yet in use Volvo

 

Not sure why I took this - just like these

 

Actually WANT this

Need to go back and get a close up of this to reveal the masses of filler used to 'fillet' the join above the cab - kwolity I tell thee

 

This caught me by surprise

 

On board CX snap in crappark

 

Something about these a really like

 

mostly cameraphone pix - the phone is shite and the camera has a fit from time to time - it takes pictures like this

 

Thought I'd save the best till last: this really caught my attention - it is unspeakably awesome - I would live in this

 

Short report as is so often the case with my spots but hope there's something for everyone!

[j-j]

shite, dunno why some of those came out really small - will investigate

[mouseflakes]

That Volvo is hideous - well done. And get yer hair cut.

[j-j]

Cheers man - was yours the recent donation? Thank you.

 

Gonna get it buzzed off at the end of next month quite possibly in a football stadium at half time...

[j-j]

Well, I just spotted a 70s Datsun on Pollockshaws Road in Glasgow this evening - I was 4 cars behind in traffic and then mysteriously lost it before I got a snap grr. Maybe it made a breakneck getaway!? O well one to look out for I reckon - it was awesomely shite with I think, quite a good patina all over one rear quarter - deffo need to catch it again.

 

sorry on the lack of pix and that they're shit cameraphone snaps but one or two recents.

 

 

This is often at the end of my street LHD early days M3

 

 

Got a tattoo recently and this fine beast was outside - turns out it was the tattoist's (he had quite an impressive back catalogue of grot)

 

 

That is all I have just now but here's a rusty, not so old C class coupé for your amusement

 

 

Note to self: must get more shite spots!!!

[j-j]

O FFS! they've gone all small again - can't see the frankly quite bad rust on the MB..

 

Is there sommin up with Photobucket? is this coz I am running out of space on PB and can't be arsed with a 'PRO' account? or is there some shit up with my shite cameraphone?

 

We just don't know...

 

EDIT: think the camera settings were all wrong - was on 'macro' I think , future photos will be proppa - just can't be arsed carting the DSLR around for street shots

[mouseflakes]

Got a tattoo recently and this fine beast was outside - turns out it was the tattoist's (he had quite an impressive back catalogue of grot)

You mean he has the history of his car ownership tattooed on his back?

[j-j]

hahahaha1 that's what I get for crappy punctuation I reckonz!

 

Nah, we were chatting about old cars and he's had all manner of chod such as Saabs (the Carlsson is the last one he ever got but he has had 99s, 900s etc) Various Triumphs including a Spitfire with no hood at all, Capri, Escort Mk1 etc but I was in relative pain at the time so might have been more to his list..

[mouseflakes]

hahahaha1 that's what I get for crappy punctuation I reckonz!

Not at all - I didn't see anything wrong with what you wrote, it was just a bit of intentional misinterpretation for my own childish entertainment

[j-j]

My shite spotting has been shite lately! but a couple of crap snaps for your amusement beginning with this excellent shite Mondeo snapped a few weeks ago.

 

complete with tacked-on plastichrome and 4 badges - do yuh think it's a Ford? me no sure (also, it had no sign of gaffer tape on either front or rear bumper!!)

 

Due to my shit life falling apart I moved back with my parents a month back and now return to small town living where the local neds (chavs) laugh and point at the mightly shitroen. You'd not expect anything of interest in shitsville but to cheer myself I visited the local Aldi. I thought I spotted something of mild interest over the carpark back wall..... only to snap this:

 

 

And these on the drive of the same house:

 

 

I think this happily varied collection deserves a wee bit of praise!

 

So, living in what looks much like GREENLAND the last couple of days, the coppers warned everyone to stay at home unless your journey was absolutely necessary... so I went to work all three 'bad' days anyway and was faced with this as the M8 motorway.. nice and clear of other stupid drivers.

 

 

Get in to Glasgow and stuck in slippy traffic with a stupid BMW in front and another behind me - both making a right arse of the winter driving. But what's the abandoned truck I suddenly spy??

I highly awesome Kenworth

 

Look at the size of the 'sleeping quarters' in the cab!! Sat TV, microwave, velour padded luxury and a couple of hunnys and who needs a house?! You could live in this. I think he might even have been living in this abandoned Kenworth. The sheer number of abandoned vehicles around the Central belt of Scotland is scary - they're everywhere and many are fairly plush machines: Porsches and Alfas etc. There are a lot of abandoned BMWs and Audis. I'm seriously surprised that they've not all been broken into..

 

Now it's all thawing and still there's abandoned cars and vans everywhere.

[j-j]

Fuk sake, some of the above photos seem to have been 'cropped' automatically! wtf will try and sort.

[j-j]

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Kenworth

 

Local unidentified but cool (toyota crown ?)

[M'coli]

Don't worry, that's just the way the new board rolls - right click and view image gives you the whole shebang.

[j-j]

Ah right, me no know

 

Any idea what the bronze 'Toyota' is?

[Albert Ross]

The Toyota looks like a Nissan 280C to me............

[j-j]

Excellent work. I just didn't know for sure, I knew it was Jap material though. Blimmin nice nonetheless.

 

It is very close to me but I note that it has vanished in recent weeks.... probably hiding from the -13Ëšc of the last 2 daze..

[Split_Pin]

I know its a while back now, but did you snap that old Volvo 440 outside the Hospital in Langside? That road was on my Jogging route from Garry Street in Cathcart, whilst going towards Grange Road. I remember regularly seeing a white Mk2 Capri FFC166S parked in the hospital car park

 

That was 2003, I dont think its stil going now.

 

M-ways were like driving on sand dunes yesterday according to Mrs_L who commutes to Cumbernauld along the A80 every day

[j-j]

Chryst! the M80! she's brave...

 

Not sure about the Capri or Volvo tho.

 

I have a crappy picture tho of a Vectra on the M8 going back that same night and it's totally covered in snow like 4" thick. The rear window is absolutely covered. And due to the conditions I could not get past them! I had to watch as blocks of snow continuously cascaded off towards my front window. 100% idiot that clearly never checks their rear view mirror. I mean how long would it have taken to push that snow off the rear window??

 

Anyway it was fuggin terrible driving the last 3 days. Took me 2+ hours to do 20 miles!

[barrett]

That golden-brown thingy is a Datsun Laurel the same as SpottedLaurel's one

1980 Datsun Laurel 2.4 (C230) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

[Albert Ross]

I was almost close.

[trigger]

That golden-brown thingy is a Datsun Laurel the same as SpottedLaurel's one

 

I was just about to say the same thing, I've not seen SL on here lately but I'm sure he will get very excited when he sees that!

[j-j]

Well I'm almost tempted to linger near there long enough to accidently bump into the owner of this as he/ they are clearly into the older automobile though playing it safe with their accompanying German devices.

 

I am sure that this very same house had the silver CX Athena that was in the local car lot (proper portacabin and red chips type) that used to be in this little town, it was there around 1994-5 while me and my mate used to cruise around on our bikes looking at cars and such (the days where you could find an Escort RS Cosworth just parked up as we did one evening (not in the car lot tho!)) I am absolutely certain the CX was there for a while before it disappeared for good. In fact that was even before the Aldi was built (it had first of all been a 'Kwiksave') and was just waste ground between the main road in Carluke and this street where the Laurel was. We found our first discarded porno there..

[Richard]

I saw that Laurel at Farming Yesteryear this year. I wonder if it did sell.

 

DSC_2588 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

I have the phone number if anybody wants to find out if it's still for sale.

[Barry Cade]

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Kenworth

Did no-one else think of BJ and the Bear from this pic?

 

[j-j]

Been at the local Aldi again today, thought I'd have a quick look at the same property that had the Laurel and the CX years back and it has come up with this cracker

 

 

 

Cortina - not certain what version: looks mildly sporty but the little badge on the rear wing maybe a Ghia?