My spottings, old and new - tarmac yer drive

[bunglebus]

Bournemouth seems to be full of banger racers

Chap at the scrap metal yard was regaling us with tales from his banger racing days, apparently has a few oldies tucked away but obviously didn't think much of this one

On a cheerier note, a Yellow Fiat

[bunglebus]

Yes the spoiler's wrong. Still lovely

[bunglebus]

Zipping through Bournemouth. 

Quite a few oldies around here that I couldn't get a pic of

[bunglebus]

On 06/02/2024 at 19:26, bunglebus said:

Another Lupo near my work (a TDI too) - I'm sure there was a green one in the same place a few days before

I told you there was a green one

Hmm just spotted the registrations...

[bunglebus]

Drive by Scimitar

R36? Is that a thing?

This Ranger has been doing bin cleaning duties around Chelmsford for years. Used to wear a set of Moon discs

African Escort Ute

Trac'r in a shopping centre

And a racer waiting for the ferry in Scotland

[MiniMinorMk3]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

R36? Is that a thing?

 

It has a 3.6 litre version of the Golf R32 engine.

Volkswagen Passat R36 review - price, specs and 0-60 time | evo

[bunglebus]

My boss is always trying to catch me out on my car knowledge when Fairmont get new stock in. He sent me this and asked me to name the blue car. 

Borgward Isabella Coupe obviously.

A lovely Z car lurks indoors

Along with a clean E30. Shame it's a Baur

A similar colour but much less tidy, yet somehow very appealing 5 series outside Halfords

 

[bunglebus]

A few others buried away in my photos

Jag having work done

Bus for sale but no number?

And a Figaro. I like these, I forget they're old in their own right now

[MiniMinorMk3]

14 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

A similar colour but much less tidy, yet somehow very appealing 5 series outside Halfords

 

That body kit is horrid, it just make the small wheels look even smaller. It would look so much better without the kit.

12 hours ago, bunglebus said:

And a Figaro. I like these, I forget they're old in their own right now

They're as old as the cars they were trying to emulate when they were built. 30 years old now.

[bunglebus]

7 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

That body kit is horrid, it just make the small wheels look even smaller. It would look so much better without the kit.

I probably would have thought the same in the 80s or 90s but now it looks era correct at least - I expect it's been on the car pretty much forever. 

I wouldn't fit one now, but I probably wouldn't remove it either...

[bunglebus]

7 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

That body kit is horrid, it just make the small wheels look even smaller. It would look so much better without the kit.

I probably would have thought the same in the 80s or 90s but now it looks era correct at least - I expect it's been on the car pretty much forever. 

I wouldn't fit one now, but I wouldn't remove it either...

[bunglebus]

A Mini inside an Oxford Street shop

[MiniMinorMk3]

16 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I probably would have thought the same in the 80s or 90s but now it looks era correct at least - I expect it's been on the car pretty much forever. 

I wouldn't fit one now, but I probably wouldn't remove it either...

I don't think it has been on that long. It is not Alpina, BBS, Kamei or Zender.

It looks to be a Pfeba

Full body kit for late model E28 Pfeba cars – ClassicEuroParts

 

[bunglebus]

First car I see getting off the bus in Holland

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

First car I see getting off the bus in Holland

Fuck me, how big are their buses?

[bunglebus]

8 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Fuck me, how big are their buses?

Pretty big, bendy buses. I reckon a Lupo would fit in easily

[bunglebus]

Unlikely to park next to another one

[bunglebus]

[bunglebus]

A couple of new bits at Fairmont. Sunroof in the RX-7 is interesting, presumably it either only tilts or is removed and stored in the boot

[bunglebus]

Far from home BSA and rather marvellous old truck/dining area in a French microbrewery restaurant

[Erebus]

32 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Far from home BSA and rather marvellous old truck/dining area in a French microbrewery restaurant

That's awesome.  What's the name of this place please and where in France?

[bunglebus]

3 Brasseurs, Saint-Quentin. Not a million miles from Calais, we're on our way south trying to avoid Paris!

https://g.co/kgs/LeWrrYd

They must change it regularly or have other sites, as I found the truck in red

And a different truck

And another

[MiniMinorMk3]

20 hours ago, bunglebus said:

A couple of new bits at Fairmont. Sunroof in the RX-7 is interesting, presumably it either only tilts or is removed and stored in the boot

Probably just like the roof in a 924 or 944. 

[bunglebus]

Big ol' Merc chilling at Tesco

There's an event in town today with lots of TV and movie cars. Penguin was trying to work out how to steal the Batmobile 

Crazy fool

Unless I'm very much mistaken, this is a proper Miller-Meteor 1959 Cadillac. A rare beast indeed

Makes the DeLorean look positively common

Microcar was somewhere in France

Whereas the French plastic portaloo was in Spain

Along with an Arosa

Classic car dealer has stocked up on Triumphs

Lastly, a 67 Beetle in Basildon fitted with earlier bits such as decklid and number plate light off an oval window car

[bunglebus]

Haven't been updating this as often as I'd like, so there's a bit of a mix here.  Fairmont:

Bit of an odd choice to import

Open air buzzing along the M25

Custom Mog in Basildon 

Yank at the boot sale

Ovlov chilling in a Northamptonshire village 

Along with a Golf

XJS in Market Harborough - quite a few interesting things seem to pass down the high street

Like this

BMW in the same town

More Fairmont

Big ol' Merc at Tesco

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 13/04/2024 at 18:41, bunglebus said:

Big ol' Merc chilling at Tesco

^And the winner is.

On 13/04/2024 at 18:41, bunglebus said:

Lastly, a 67 Beetle in Basildon fitted with earlier bits such as decklid and number plate light off an oval window car

Four stud wheels on a '67, also post '67 door handles and a door mirror that screws into the door. The colour shouts 1971 1200 in Marine Blue.

[bunglebus]

14 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Four stud wheels on a '67, also post '67 door handles and a door mirror that screws into the door. The colour shouts 1971 1200 in Marine Blue.

1500 was four stud in 67 though, no exterior fuel filler either so I don't think the body has been backdated.

It is a bit of a bitsa, back in the 90s I might have approved of the oval window decklid but it's a bit out of place now 

[Tayne]

On 08/03/2024 at 19:58, bunglebus said:

My boss is always trying to catch me out on my car knowledge when Fairmont get new stock in. He sent me this and asked me to name the blue car. 

Borgward Isabella Coupe obviously.

A lovely Z car lurks indoors

 

How Many Left says there are no Borgwards in the UK.

The Vehicle Smart app finds this number plate and pulls up the Mot history as well.

HML is shit.

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, Tayne said:

How Many Left says there are no Borgwards in the UK

Well there's another one earlier on this very thread

[High Jetter]

HML don't list Borgward as a make - not sure if that's because they have no data for the vehicles or if no-one working there has ever heard of them and so hasn't looked.