RobT's Spots - page 7 updates

42,445 · May 3, 2020

Sensational spots! Uplifting to see the variety of stuff street parked and apparently in use as transport. Love it.

Incidentally there’s a Merc there H881YGC - I had one registered H880VGC. Also an estate.

11,195 · May 3, 2020

Wow! Some absolutely incredible spots there. That Avenger/Oxford combo has to be my favourite. It warms the old cockles that such scenes still exist in 2020.

That Saab estate hasn't been parked there that long, less than three years but I suppose being parked under trees won't help how it looks!

28,456 · May 3, 2020

Outstanding spots!

The Avenger is amazing. Want.

The R4 F4 van looks like an original UK RHD one as well — another great survivor.

I used to live about 200 yards from Grove Park: other side of the railway line though.

17,544 · May 3, 2020

20 minutes ago, Angrydicky said:

It warms the old cockles that such scenes still exist in 2020.

That Saab estate hasn't been parked there that long, less than three years but I suppose being parked under trees won't help how it looks!

The exact words I'd use too. Plus an FU to the upcoming ULEZ extension. For the ones old enough and running that is.

Saab is weird. Looks like it's been parked there for donkeys. It's on a fairly busy road, so I'm surprised no one has trashed it/reported as an eyesore (they'd be RONG obvs).

4,083 · May 3, 2020

This is ace. When was the last time you saw something like that?

3,469 · May 3, 2020

Ralph McTell's updated lyrics

So how can you tell me lockdowns lonely and say for you theres no ebay finds.

Let me take you on a 2 metre separated walk through the streets of london

I'll show you some shite thatll make you change your mind

17,314 · May 3, 2020

Another great update. The tatty street-parked Avenger is definitely 'what this place is all about' and the sort of thing that's increasingly difficult to find anywhere. What is going on with the builder's dust sheets over the interiors, though? The R11 and Carlton are also astonishing sights, really. If I saw one of those I'd be happy for the rest of the day.

Some familiar cars there, too - well done for getting the CV8, it always has a cover on when I pass there. Weirdly I found that peppermint Transit on street view recently. I think there's a footpath running right next to the car park its in, but I'm glad somebody else has spotted it so I don't have to.

42,445 · May 3, 2020

1 hour ago, jonny69 said:

This is ace. When was the last time you saw something like that?

About 1998, usually with the bumpers semi colour coded but with the paint flaking off.

Im almost getting nostalgic for stick on chrome arches ?

60,363 · May 3, 2020

Great to see a Savanna still working for a living too.

There's a window cleaner in Norwich who uses a Toyota Carina II (saloon) as his work vehicle - not been able to get a photo yet though.

9,528 · May 3, 2020

Very reassuring to see all that bilge still going. I do like the 21. And everything else. Funnily enough I came across that Sierra estate when I dropped off the 19 with you all that time ago.

Managed to find a photo of that 'peppermint' Transit from 2012.

I've forgotten, have you come across that other Transit not so far away? X reg in some sort of dirty grey....

6,236 · May 3, 2020

Goodness me. There are no words for some of those spots. That Avenger has time travelled from 1990. There is/was an old Saab like that parked on a side street just off the cally rd near kings cross.

12,955 · May 3, 2020

5 hours ago, RobT said:

Another workhorse. Best spot of the day by far.

SNAP!!! Photo from 2018

12,955 · May 3, 2020

46 minutes ago, bramz7 said:

Very reassuring to see all that bilge still going. I do like the 21. And everything else. Funnily enough I came across that Sierra estate when I dropped off the 19 with you all that time ago.

Managed to find a photo of that 'peppermint' Transit from 2012.

I've forgotten, have you come across that other Transit not so far away? X reg in some sort of dirty grey....

Also spotted in New Cross, 2014

17,544 · May 3, 2020

That's fantastic. Glad to see it earning its keep.

As for the grey X reg Transit, I haven't seen that one bramz.

42,445 · May 3, 2020

Are those massive overriders standard fare for these?

28,456 · May 3, 2020

28 minutes ago, HMC said:

Are those massive overriders standard fare for these?

They’re factory — not sure if they were standard on Custom spec or optional or what.

25,459 · May 3, 2020

Great spots Rob. The Avenger/Oxford combo and that rough old Pontiac are the pic of the bunch imo!

The Pontiac is actually MOT’d and taxed believe it or not. It looks like it’s been left sat for ages.

13,425 · May 3, 2020

6 hours ago, HMC said:

Are those massive overriders standard fare for these?

Aren't they for headlamp washers?

4,770 · May 3, 2020

14 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Aren't they for headlamp washers?

Yes

9,404 · May 4, 2020

Different approach to the headlamp wash in my 1984 brochure:

Flickr link

17,544 · October 16, 2020

In no particular order or location, stuff wot I've seen over the summer.

The Barons Court Cortina. Found this by sheer luck, with some spotters nose thrown in I like to think.

Shit rimz, nice car.

How to beat ULEZ.

Owner probably has a hair bun unfortunately.

The Forest Hill Rapier.

Shame about the webasto.

New local spot that got me excited.

Lazy spot, Xantia wiper blade. Neither of those will see the road again eh. Not sure what's under the other cover.

Rekord is very local. Been meaning to pap it for ages.

Stalled lockdown project. This was August!

13,425 · October 16, 2020

Some great stuff, do like the Laurel (obviously).

Bonus crazy paving in the Rekord shot, and an Avantime behind the 404 pickup?

17,544 · October 16, 2020

Yep, Avantime. Well spotted, but then you're a pro.

19,013 · October 16, 2020

rekord hnnnnng

17,544 · March 21, 2021

October to March. Not a huge update, and most are local obviously.

CX and Jag are in Ham SW London, on a rare trip 'somewhere else'.

Two '68s together, as I papped the Imp whilst test driving the Morris after another bout of fixing something.

Espace looks like a driveway ornament but has MoT.

Whereas the Astra is. Lasted tested in 2011.

Been like that for years. Seems a shame.

Mildly twatted 340.

Knackered but still in service. Excellent.

A vision of despair if ever there was. Red one is getting gradually worse too.

Slightly spud cam as zoomed to the max.

17,544 · March 22, 2021

A couple of decent spots from today.

I've seen this before, but not with the roof box AND bike rack fitted. What a winner. I'm clearing doing it wrong.

Peugeot 203 just nonchalantly parked on street. Stunning.

8,426 · March 22, 2021

Top spots Rob, always a treat. I'd love to know what the stories behind the abandoned Jag and laid up Astra are - not many cars like that round here but a lot of similarly abandoned boats dotted around my local river and I often wonder what the history is there for something like that to be left and forgotten about.

17,544 · March 22, 2021

27 minutes ago, phil_lihp said:

Top spots Rob, always a treat. I'd love to know what the stories behind the abandoned Jag and laid up Astra are -

Thanks Phil. Probably giffer given up driving with the Astra, and the house was a lovely Arts and Crafts one with a faded elderly owner look about it. As to the Jag, who knows. Abandonment of hope? It's in an area not far from where this Saab used to be (sadly now gone). I only spotted it last March pre-Covid.

3,182 · March 22, 2021

It’s funny how if you watch some old 70’s cop show with actual London street footage, lots of parked cars seem to be more or less abandoned - these are usually Bedford CAs/Ford 100Es/50’s Austins.

Looks like lockdown is doing it’s best to take London back to 1973!