My spottings, old and new - diplomatic immunity

[stuboy]

shame about the sierra ghia 4x4

[bunglebus]

Number plates need flinging over a hedge

Lupo

[bunglebus]

This was rather cool, and I think still in service, rather than in the ownership of a neanderthal called Baz who's going to park it in the back of an unsuspecting Mondeo

[High Jetter]

27 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

This was rather cool, and I think still in service, rather than in the ownership of a neanderthal called Baz who's going to park it in the back of an unsuspecting Mondeo

Perhaps the occupant in the back had a long and illustrious career as a recovery driver?

[bunglebus]

A few random from around Birmingham 

[bunglebus]

Dashcam DB6 near my house. Fits right in with all the modernz

[bunglebus]

I had to sniped this as the old boy was reversing out - some seriously gash bodywork repairs - and a bald tyre 

[bunglebus]

Tidy Mini. Rather like the rimz

 

[bunglebus]

[bunglebus]

Good stuff at the boot sale

 

[bunglebus]

Seen loads of lovely stuff today but no chance of getting a pic. Two pre-war, probably 1920s cars, a Humber Super Snipe, two split type 2 VWs and a Karmann Ghia. 

Only papped these

 

[bunglebus]

All sorts hiding in plain sight

[bunglebus]

Panther Kallista

[bunglebus]

In adjacent car parks

Guy at ATS has acquired another MK1 Fiesta

And the classic dealer has new stock

[bunglebus]

I'm sure they're still making Volvo bricks somewhere 

[bunglebus]

Mitsuoka!

And a crap Only Fools replica thing

[bunglebus]

Model A pootling around

[bunglebus]

And possibly the best ice cream van I've seen

[bunglebus]

What a beauty, parked outside a B&B on the sea front

[bunglebus]

I'm sure there's a factory somewhere making hooky box Volvos - 9 series with a full complement of pensioners in hats today

Plus a 205

And a Dolomite (badged a Sprint) in a very dark blue I've not seen before

[Pegasus79]

Heading to Copart at Deeside this week, looked very tired from what could be seen. 

[bunglebus]

A couple I missed from the last week

I went into full anorak mode about this one, I could see from afar it was a GT as this colour was only applied to this model. I know this because when I was working for VW years ago, we had an identical one in the showroom for two years, as no-one wanted to drop 20k on a Polo, so eventually we had to put it in the loan car fleet. We had to be very careful who we lent it to, as 130BHP, oodles of torque and a 6 speed box is quite a lively combination in a Polo. I drove it a couple of times and absolutely loved it. We did eventually sell it and I know it got put on a personal plate, so this could be the very one...

[Dick Longbridge]

On 6/27/2022 at 7:33 PM, bunglebus said:

 

 

Something something whacking the ungrateful swine with a branch something...

[bunglebus]

The 7 series seems to have quietly vanished from the roads

 

[bunglebus]

Don't see a Skoda Caddy every day either 

Lovely clean late T1, had the wonderful hot air cooled engine smell wafting out of the vents. Dont know what the little chome flaps are for though 

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Dont know what the little chome flaps are for though

Hookups?

[bunglebus]

Maybe. Just not seen ones like that before

[AnnoyingPentium]

On 7/9/2022 at 7:49 PM, bunglebus said:

I went into full anorak mode about this one, I could see from afar it was a GT as this colour was only applied to this model. I know this because when I was working for VW years ago, we had an identical one in the showroom for two years, as no-one wanted to drop 20k on a Polo, so eventually we had to put it in the loan car fleet. We had to be very careful who we lent it to, as 130BHP, oodles of torque and a 6 speed box is quite a lively combination in a Polo. I drove it a couple of times and absolutely loved it. We did eventually sell it and I know it got put on a personal plate, so this could be the very one...

My neighbour had a three door GT when we moved into this house. It was on the Google maps.

 

[bunglebus]

18 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

My neighbour had a three door GT when we moved into this house. It was on the Google maps.

I honestly thought GT was 5 door only. A 3 door GT in that colour would be something I'd really like, was a fun little sleeper

[AnnoyingPentium]

5 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I honestly thought GT was 5 door only. A 3 door GT in that colour would be something I'd really like, was a fun little sleeper

Could have been, my memory is a bit rusty. It was that exact car though. Sadly on a private reg (now on a Disco) so without some doovla witchcraft from @LightBulbFun I canny tell you what the original reg is.