Spanish mierde 1990-92 ,Edinburgh yard 1985

[fotorabia]

Ola..i did the recession flight off to Spain at the end of 1989..never to return to live in the UK.I ended up living in a small village outside Granada called Dilar.Lived with a German mate and relied on other Germans for the usage of their 240 diesel Mercs [MOT failures in their homeland]..later on were given a Seat 127...until someone in the village slashed our tyres and daubed a swastika on it..which we found strange considering we were bloody anarchists!

Apologies for bad photo quality.Film development in Spain was as bad as their cognac.Ive got a film scanner now so this makes the best of the worst.I shot the first stuff on an old Ricoh KR5..moved to Germany..became a wealthy dishwasher..then returned for an anarchist holiday in 92 with a new Nikon.

alfa 1300GT Jnr..i fell in love with this..

pussy yard kill!

shark DS

 

standard German anarchist limo

Fascist portugese assembled Dodge

ex secret police Dodge Dart..also portugese..locals hated these!

central city yard Granada

this yard was great!

fintail

 

108 with US spec headlights

dauphine..but wait..OMFG...

a goddamn Gordini!

garaged Dauphine with a minty Authi 1300

mobility issues for local SM

sunset for loads of lovely Euro shite!

[michiel]

Cool pics - I'm glad the pussy one's fuzzy

[FredTransit]

Why do I need to see a pic of a dead cat?

[morris_ital_lover]

Why do I need to see a pic of a dead cat?

Aaah, what he didn't tell you was that the cat had actually died of excitement having found the gordini!Nice pics though, very.. atmospheric I suppose!m0rris

[Gompo]

Very good pics, thanks for the effortI generally cant stand 'arty' pics where the person taking the pics think it's really impressive taking a pic at an angle, or catching a car mirrored in anothers chrome etc.. however, these look great, especially it they're not meant to look arty! - as stated previously very atmospheric.

[fotorabia]

thanks for the critiques...Sthrn Spain and Portugal was great for tat spotting in those days...germany was just a wee bit to clean..well...Munich was anyway..the East was littered with Trabis etc..

 

ok..sorry to be arty...but next images are my first student photos from Edinburgh in 1985..amazingly ive still got them...the day i went to this yard..there was a Escort RS1600 being crunched...it had been nicked and dumped in the yard..so matey arrived at work..and promptly squashed it with his crane...

 

 

next ones were taken in Inverlochy nr Ft William in 91 on holiday back in my former Highland home...The Austin 16? hearse began its next life as a mobile grocery van..then ended up in a field in our village Strontian for many years...

[Albert Ross]

And a 3.0 V6 on the deck.......Oh a loverly engine!

[fotorabia]

And a 3.0 V6 on the deck.......Oh a loverly engine!

well spotted Ross!..was trying to work out what it was!..methinks the scrap tragedy of all those Vivas is part of my preservation incentive today!

[CortinaDave]

Great pics... all typical scrapyard fodder in the mid 80's, but it makes me wince to see the mk3 cortina and mega rare magnum estate squished. Old scrapyard photos are always interesting.You have to remember though that when you were there it was the equivalent of a yard full of N reg Astras and Mondeos now.

[trigger]

Just think how much this would be worth now! Even in this state!