Afew Spots and Other Intresting Bits & Pieces

[VWPowered]

Ahh so afew spots from the last few days..

 

 

don't see many booted astra's around these parts

 

 

Nor Cabriolets

 

 

 

 

 

and we also visited this place today, had some intresting motors inside

 

more pics are here

 

but some interesting bits of stuff they had..

 

 

enjoy

[carlo]

As you live over there VW (lucky man), do you know when and why the French changed from their wonderful black registration plates to the current white/yellow ones? I've even seen some red ones occasionally.

[Mr Lobster]

Nice spots there. Wish I lived in France *sigh*

[VWPowered]

red plates are normally reserved for officals/diplomats etc

 

not sure why they changed off black plates but soon we'll lose all our registrations as we go over to the new system

 

currently its 1234 AB 16 (the 16 bit is to be removed and in place a department style logo) although the good thing about the new laws coming in means you will not have to re-register a car if you buy a vehicle from another department (change te paperwork yes but it will keep its original plates)

 

 

 

although they are trying to bring out special rules for the classic car owners who are all up in arms about losing there old style painted plates

[Station]

How do you tell the year or manufacture?

[VWPowered]

onlt way to either know your cars well, or convince the owner you need to see his Carte Gris (V5)

 

Spotted these today

 

 

saw this church too, tiny eh

 

 

and flying past the local lakes spotted these empty property's complete with a pretty mullered 2CV

 

[andrew e]

I love those 5 door Corollas!

[VWPowered]

yeah was werid dont really see much older jap stuff the odd micra but 2 corolla's in a day was something else... doesnt beat the DS i found today but was stilll a cool spot.. i'll be sure to try getting lots of pics tomorrow whilst we are out and about

[Guest]

 

I love visiting France and seeing this sort of stuff still in use. Must get over there this year!

[VWPowered]

ok a little update for today as i'm on a day out tommorrow and needed to empty the camera...

 

damn spotted...

 

 

[VWPowered]

ok todays update,

 

first stop this pretty little watering hole wasnt what i thought it was (as always looking for ruins:)) but still ..

 

 

most of the road has gone, actually most of the lane is inaccessable to vehicles unless you got a quad or tractor... now makes the road sign redundant

 

 

hour up the road visiting friends we saw waht i can only think its a electric water mill or something along those lines.. (well its belongs to EDF)

 

 

be lucky to even get in never mind gettin busted for it

 

 

beautiful lake sits next to the building

 

 

so onwards to St Claud towards home been meaning to stop here for years and today did just that..

 

more pics of this one are here

 

 

Dodgy sh*t was raining through the floor so lost me bottle and went back outside lol

 

 

just around the corner was this rather overgrown greenhouse

 

 

which leads me to the final place of the day.. Cheronnac, lovely small hamlet around the corner from us has this beautiful buildings sat unused, which annoys me when we are trying so hard to get a house yet the french let them fall down around them

 

 

me and janine joke that one day this will be ours lol

 

 

hold it tight the cars are coming up next..

[VWPowered]

so not much to report today

 

nasty Rover 75

 

 

 

Woody & Rita's awesome V8 Diesel camper

 

 

tidy 5

 

 

cant help but pull pussy when you drive an Ibiza lol

 

 

thats me lot for today

[Station]

That Citroen GSA is nice! France seems to have different view on keeping really old cars to our nation driven on buying new all the time on credit.

[VWPowered]

mostly old folk with old cars, most are disappearing fast replaced by crappy clios/meganes/lagunas/307's etc

[pompei]

Your days out look bloody perfect. Round here there's the trip to Immingham ...

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oday decided to polish the crap out the 5 see if i could get it more presentable

 

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so yesterday i cut it back, today i got out the meguiars and gave it a good polish... shame its chipped to buggery but least it looks a little loved...

 

 

not back considering it was flat as..

 

[pompei]

.... a witch's tit (apologies to Albert Steptoe)

[dollywobbler]

Nah, looked better all faded and manky. Go and rub some mud on it!

[VWPowered]

tis covered in mud now

 

you'll understand by the yard i was in today

 

Ahh another interesting day.. i'll start with these simple spots from today before the main feature

 

tiny terra

 

 

Sunny on bricks

 

 

104 ZL

 

 

Rennie 12

 

 

 

main feature 'en route'

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Hurry up!

[VWPowered]

here ya go Mr_B..

 

part 1

 

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Part 2

 

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Part 3

 

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Part 4

 

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Le Finale

 

 

enjoy

[VWPowered]

was a dangerous yard though cars sideways, upside down, piles had fallen over

[dollywobbler]

Crikey. I'm sure every one of us has had several "nooooo!" moments with this thread!You do take a fine pic though Monsieur!

[Mr Lobster]

*POP*OMG Monsieur VWP, with this selection you are really spoiling us That looks a superb yard, I'd spend ages in there. Would probably cost me a fortune as well.

[andrew e]

I'll have th Extra van (great livery!) and the 14 before Reg see's it