Trigger's Stonking Spots - Loads of bits

11,558 · February 13, 2011

Great spots! The Austin is a 1939 10. Strange it doesn't show up on the DVLA site, but it's on Cartell.

17,501 · February 13, 2011

Large collection of MG's on the side of the road in Jaywick.

the one on the right is a Spitfire.

AMAZING spottage sir!

2,047 · February 13, 2011

Don't you mean the one on the left?

2,351 · February 13, 2011

DO LIKE the 164. I'd use different wheels but I like the way its going.

17,501 · February 13, 2011

Don't you mean the one on the left?

That'll teach me for being a smartarse*

*It wont

23,276 · February 13, 2011

You spotted all that in 1 afternoon! Amazing amount of tat! Good work.

February 14, 2011

Bit of a update for you guys tonight, This afternoon i went for a drive to Clacton and Jaywick in my Escort, this is the shite car mecca of East Anglia i think and your always likely to spot something of interest.

Collection of old MG's in Jaywick by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

OMG what kind of place is Clacton and Jaywick!(good name for the street) Is that on council land? my local council would never put up with that and the cars wouldnt be there long before being hiabed by Channel 4 ratings winners!

32,250 · February 14, 2011

All the roads in Jaywick are named after car brands, Something to do with the Londoners moving up there in the 1930's and buying holiday homes, But I kid you not, the whole area is just chock a block with old cars, nearly every other driveway has something of interest parked up it.

Oh and the people that hiab cars like that are the people who live in the area (I'm going to hell for saying that!)

4.8k · February 14, 2011

Liking the 164 Ovlov as well, looks great.

I wouldn't fancy driving around the place myself though, it does look a bit like you could film a UK version of deliverance there!!

Trig, do you know where exactly the Jaywick holiday camp used to be?? We went there on hols when I was little and I looked on google earth but wasn't sure if it was still a camp or not. I've got some old photos somewhere.

9,043 · February 14, 2011

....I wouldn't fancy driving around the place myself though, it does look a bit like you could film a UK version of deliverance there!!

Couldn't be closer to the truth. Jaywick is a splendid place, just never, repeat never go there under cover of darkness.

My other half and I occasionally stroll the avenues on long summer days, dodging the air-gun pellets and rabid pitbulls.

I have seen that 216 several times, I have to return every now and again to reassure myself it hasn't gone for fragging yet. Christ knows why I care.

13,607 · February 14, 2011

Trig, do you know where exactly the Jaywick holiday camp used to be?? We went there on hols when I was little and I looked on google earth but wasn't sure if it was still a camp or not. I've got some old photos somewhere.

I don't know about Jaywick, but there certainly used to be one at that end of Clacton. It was a Butlins until 1983/84, then became Atlas or something for a year or so, but is now housing I believe. Very seedy and rundown when I went there for daytrips in the early '80s, sad air of what it was once like.

Jaywick itself is in theory a big holiday camp, a lot of the houses weren't meant to be lived in permanently. As a good Essex resident, my mum used to go for holidays there in the '50s.

I've had some good spotting trips down there too, but it's tricky with lots of the roads being dead-ends and there not really being the ability to turn round at the end of them. Cycle would probably be the best way I reckon.

I usually do a trip to Walton and Frinton too if I'm down there. The latter has some rather nice '30s Arts & Crafts and Deco houses.

OldFord, I'd love to pop in and see whatever's stashed away sometime. I'll try and remember next time I'm down in Ipswich.

9,043 · February 14, 2011

I usually do a trip to Walton and Frinton too if I'm down there. The latter has some rather nice '30s Arts & Crafts and Deco houses...

Next time you're in The Big F don't forget to bang furiously on my front door and demand tea and scones.

32,250 · February 14, 2011

My big plan was to go to Frinton and Kirby Cross yesterday as i remember seeing a lot of cars on an industral site whilst looking around on streetview, sadly i ran out of light though.

RG - There's still a few camp sites in Jaywick if you look here http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=j ... 3&t=h&z=16 I'm not sure what they are like, I said to Hannah about how disapointed I'd feel if I'd just travelled 300 miles to stay there for a week!.

And as SL said, most of the aveunes are dead ends, I saw a few other old cars up them but didn't fancy my chances of turning around at the end, I had a hard enough job turning around after taking thoses photos of the SD1 and the MG Midget.

This is what the aveage house looks like here, no joke, it is the most depressing place I've ever been too.

3,600 · February 15, 2011

good spots trigg, stop pussyfooting about trying not to upset jaywick people

they all look like jeremy kyle show guests, run tax dodging cash only building companies/road gangs/skip hire and start every conversation with " I'm not being funny, but...."

1,770 · February 15, 2011

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February 15, 2011

....I wouldn't fancy driving around the place myself though, it does look a bit like you could film a UK version of deliverance there!!

Couldn't be closer to the truth. Jaywick is a splendid place, just never, repeat never go there under cover of darkness.

My other half and I occasionally stroll the avenues on long summer days, dodging the air-gun pellets and rabid pitbulls.

I have seen that 216 several times, I have to return every now and again to reassure myself it hasn't gone for fragging yet. Christ knows why I care.

MAN UP NOW!!!!!

My friends and I have done the "Jaywick Challenge" a few times. This entailed leaving Colchester late at night and driving round the place in whatever woeful old heap I possessed at the time. For extra testosterone points we drove perilously close to some of the tattiest houses; introduced engine revving three point turns outside ground floor bedroom windows and even explored the place on foot.

Surreptitiously switching the car off ond claiming engine failure down some dark and dodgy side road is also a good one.

9,043 · February 15, 2011

Jaywick is a fantastic place to dispose of vin-removed taxless, insuranceless heaps. Just park them on somebodys driveway, they're always happy for the contribution.

32,250 · February 18, 2011

A few more from the last few days in my local area.

I was shocked to see this spanking Cavalier down my road, It really was one of the tidiest one's I've seen.

1986 Vauxhall Cavalier 1600 Base in Ipswich by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

Sadly i never got great photos but you get the idea.

1990 Jaguar Sovereign 4.0 in Ipswich by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

This was in the local Ford dealers.

1989 Rover 213S in Ipswich by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

I spotted an old boy cruising the car park of Sainsburys in this tidy 213S.

1987 Mazda 323 1.5 GLX Auto and my 1988 Ford Escort 1.6 GL in Ipswich by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

I posted this 323 the other week, they must work at Sainsburys as it's always there, I couldn't help myself when the opportunity arrived to photograph my car next to it!

1988 Peugeot 205 1.1 Junior in Ipswich by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

I'm always seeing this 205 about.

1955 Austin A30 in Ipswich by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

This was a great spot this afternoon!, I posted photos of this last April when the old boy had dragge dit out of the garden after 20 yeras and was fitting an engine to it, It was great to see it back on the road again. (Notice it's parked in the same place as the Bentley Eight the other day, there's always shite in this car park!)

Austin A30 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

and this beast was parked outside my house when i got home from the vets this afternoon, We have a dentist across the road and as i live on a service road i often get some interesting bits and bobs parked outside.

1999 Chevriolet Caprice Classic 4.3 in Ipswich by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

3,600 · February 19, 2011

I saw him in Ipswich the other week too, on king's way

3.8k · February 19, 2011

Cor! That 213S looks well tidy. Minus points, though - those are SE wheeltrims. I'd still have it, mind.

11,558 · February 19, 2011

That A30 is fantastic - I love it, I want it!

27,995 · February 19, 2011

Thought you might... Caprice for me please!

9,043 · February 20, 2011

Seeing that where I used to work, Lind / Cooper BMW in Ipswich has been demolished and is going to be a Burger King, gives me strange emotions. I don't honestly know whether to laugh or cry.

2,351 · February 20, 2011

Resurrected A30 is proper!

32,250 · April 19, 2011

Time for a new update!, I've got quite a few bits and bobs from the last couple of months that might interest you all.

1988 Volvo 740 GL Estate in Ipswich by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

1989 Volvo 740 GL Saloon in Ipswich by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

1987 Honda Ballade 1500 EX in Ipswich by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

1997 Volkswagen Polo 1.4 L on A14 with silly spoiler by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

I had to take a photo of this, Two black dudes on the A14 in a 1.4 Polo with the most stupid spoiler I've ever seen.

1984 Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia X Mk2 in Ipswich by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

This Granny is now a rare sight, It was outside The Range, No doubt the old boy who owned it was buying some new seat covers or Werthers Originals.

1967 MGB Roadster 3500 V8 at Walton On The Naze by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

I know MGB are bit wank but i liked this photo.

Nissan Sunny Van by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

Very poor photo of a Sunny Van.

1972 Ford Transit Van Diesel at Walton On The Naze by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

1969 Morris Minor Traveller by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

This was outside Argos, A youngish guy was driving it, it was very nice.

32,250 · April 19, 2011

1988 BMW 635 CSi by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

The owner of this gave me a Inbetweeners style thumbs up in this last year when i still had my 1602, I was chatting to him at the car wash, It's his daily driver.

1988 Peugeot 205 1.1 Junior by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

1962 Austin A60 Cambridge in Ipswich by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

1992 Peugeot 309 1.8 GLX DT in Ipswich by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

1974 Aston Martin V8 in London by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

1991 Alfa Romeo Spider 2.0 In London by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

2007 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti in London by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

This was parked down Portobella Road in London at the weekend along with a few other of these spots, The streets were rammed with tourists walking into it and leaning against it for photos, fucked if I'd leave my Ã‚Â£100k + plus car parked there.

Fiat 500 in London Shop Window by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

1982 SAAB 99 GL In London by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

This 99 was a recent import into Britain according to the DVLA.

1988 Bedford Rascal by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

1993 Vauxhall Rascal by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

Both a Bedford and a Vauxhall Rascal parked with a few yards away from each other.

1977 Porsche 911 3.0 Carrera in London by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

1935 Rolls Royce in Notting Hill London by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

I just saw this amazing Rolls Royce come around the corner and by the time my camera was ready it had gone past, what a spot though!.

1984 Ford Capri 2.8 Injection Auto in London by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

I think this automatic Capri was my spot of the weekend, It was also on Portobella road and looked a right mess, very panel was dented and rusty, fantasic!.

3,548 · April 19, 2011

Fab updates, especially the Ovlovs and the automatic 2.8i

15,862 · April 19, 2011

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32,250 · April 19, 2011

I also thought it was a Bentley but cartell and DVLA both confirm it's a Roller.

15,862 · April 19, 2011

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