Brammys spots. Round up from the past 6 months.

[brammy777]

New thread.

This is because i feel my other thread had become a bit, and was a bit, rubbish really.

So this one is the better spots

Its amazing whats floating around Basingstoke, ive explored around a third of it and got so much. My village has loads of stuff in it as well, but sadly that surfaces when im at college

 

Anyway, heres the latest:

The engine ticks more than big ben, but its still nice. I havent seen a 25 for yonks before this one.

The most win car in Hook Station car park, its spotless.

New college car, apparently in 2 years its being sold, should i put my name down?

This is the oldest college car at the moment, its been abused, as you can tell.

I got ridiculed for sitting in this and loving the carpet dashboard

Credit where its due, a mate of mine took these three, and he sent them to me because he knew id like them. Appears I have got another in the autoshite frame of mind!

Owned by the same person I presume, what a winner

Terrible angle, I know. But its pretty much a garden ornament.

I dont know why but it seems the late eighties Orions/Escorts are making a comeback as boy racer cars.....

As are these. I have always had a soft spot for 'em.

Wasteful, and its a 4.0. Needs some lovin.

This one was about 400 metres from the XR3 above, typical.

I dont remember the last time i saw one, why is the front end different to the Sunny hatchback?

 

Private plate worth about a million pounds.

 

And my personal favourite spot this time:

Saw it driving around later as well, by a middle aged woman. I dont know if its just me, but the car suited her.......

[VWPowered]

 

ohhh liking that

[brammy777]

I love Monzas, such buff cars.Theres a white one that lives near me, but it only comes out at about 8am in the morning, when im either asleep, on the bus or at college. Brillllllllllliant

[Gompo]

Good spots..I really hope the owner of JJB Sports rides about in the Rover 800.

[Mash]

  brammy777 said:

I dont remember the last time i saw one, why is the front end different to the Sunny hatchback?

Ah, well that's because what you have there is a proper Sunny, a B12 to be precise. The contemporary "Sunny" N13 we got in hacth and saloon form is actually a Pulsar (on the Cherry family tree) but just to confuse us Nissan sold a mixture of both in the UK all badged Sunny. The coupe is also a proper B12.

[brammy777]

Ah cheers for the info Mash, didnt know that! I presume they are rare in this country?And the rear ends look about 10 years older than the front...........

[Split_Pin]

I remember these and thinking they were a Bluebird of some sort, now cleared up - thanks Mash

 

Anyway, I liked them as I thought they looked a bit strange!

[brammy777]

Only a few spots this time, but I think theyre pretty good

I prefer frieght rovers to any other version of these.

Remember when most Fords were this colour?

Not much of a fan of these, if only Reliant had sorted the shutlines.

Yes i know, common car, but one of the first registered. I dont remember seeing many other on F

My phone sucks at quick pictures.Was this the only Cav Vauxhall did an estate of?

 

Waste. Been sat since 04 as well.

If autoshite did campers....

This should be saved, it was a daily runner until April....

[trigger]

Some pretty good spots there, I like the marina with the wonky rear light from some past high speed ramming action.

[Ratdat]

  IainL said:

I remember these and thinking they were a Bluebird of some sort, now cleared up - thanks Mash

 

Anyway, I liked them as I thought they looked a bit strange!

I've had one of those and it was a really good motor. Very comfy seats and pretty decent performance. I really liked the odd styling at the rear...

 

 

They did also do a range of saloons with this same front but they were never shipped here.

[STUNO]

  brammy777 said:

Not much of a fan of these, if only Reliant had sorted the shutlines.

Methinks a restyling job might have been better than fixing the shutlines

They are ugly as .............

[brammy777]

Here we are again for the latest Basingstoke spots.

These first 3 provide an insight into 'sly spotting'

Hold at hip level, failing to realise that its way off centre....

Stand in middle of road to make sure no cars obscure it.

Demand that driver of car stops to let you photo something.

 

Back to normal now

The revised Scimitar SST looked so much smoother, and they solved (most) of the shutlines. Yep private plate...

This is the only Safrane I ever recall seeing, even if i have seen it every day for 7 years.....

Oh didnt expect to see this, looks how it should.

Do any of you Land Rover guys know more about this? Its a 1958 model, i know that much

Hey, i dont ever remember seeing those lights on a capri, whats the score?

But whats this its next to..............Its my favourite spot this time round thats what:

Woah, SERCK plates, 3 different wingmirrors, a plethora of colours, still wearing its Telecom Yellow and its been converted into some sort of camper! Now thats autoshite.

[barrett]

  brammy777 said:

But whats this its next to..............Its my favourite spot this time round thats what:

Woah, SERCK plates, 3 different wingmirrors, a plethora of colours, still wearing its Telecom Yellow and its been converted into some sort of camper! Now thats autoshite.

Thats pure shite all the way, but dont they all look like this now? i bet you'd be hard pressed to find a clean one. Bet the owner has a nasty dog that lives on the passenger seat too.

[VWPowered]

save it before top gear get's it

 

[retrogeezer]

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Hey, i dont ever remember seeing those lights on a capri, whats the score?

Looks like he's just stuck some fluorescent tape over the top and bottom sections.

[brammy777]

  retrogeezer said:

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Hey, i dont ever remember seeing those lights on a capri, whats the score?

Looks like he's just stuck some fluorescent tape over the top and bottom sections.

Oh...........haha. I should have guessed itd be that, considering his painting skills on the van..

[Albert Ross]

That Land Rover only has the registration and some of the body panels from approx 1958. It's on a coil sprung chassis by the looks, so it's attempting to be tax exempt. Best crushed.

[Guest]

Bram, my mate has a Mk 3 Fiesta van (built as a van, rather than a car van) on an F plate.It is deliriously shite but also pretty ace, he has a non TD Xantia as well.STUNO, Reliant did smooth the lines off the SST later on by building a roadster called the Sabre. I don't they made many, but I do remember them having an S12 Silvia Turbo CA18DET in them.

[brammy777]

  watanabe said:

Bram, my mate has a Mk 3 Fiesta van (built as a van, rather than a car van) on an F plate.It is deliriously shite but also pretty ace, he has a non TD Xantia as well.STUNO, Reliant did smooth the lines off the SST later on by building a roadster called the Sabre. I don't they made many, but I do remember them having an S12 Silvia Turbo CA18DET in them.

Only a few were made on F, i think.....I saw one on a P today, the latest I have ever seen.Also regarding the SST watanabe, check my latest update and theres one

[binhoker668]

  barrett said:

  brammy777 said:

 

But whats this its next to..............Its my favourite spot this time round thats what:

Woah, SERCK plates, 3 different wingmirrors, a plethora of colours, still wearing its Telecom Yellow and its been converted into some sort of camper! Now thats autoshite.

But look at the laverley clean rims!

Perchance it's merely rat-look and hiding a pristine engine?

[Guest]

  brammy777 said:

Only a few were made on F, i think.....I saw one on a P today, the latest I have ever seen.

My first car was a 1.1 Ghia, reg July 89. There would have been fairly reasonable numbers on F prefix, launch was Feb 89 and they shifted plenty before G reg came in. Most long gone now of course! After the fish face mk4 came out in 95 they kept the mk3 shape going for a bit badged as Fiesta Classic which was probably aimed at stealing a few Cinquecento sales until they could ready the Ka for production.The ex Telecom Sherpa is indeed impressive, but can you find an original unmodified body for one anywhere! I think there's one in a field near the west end of the Jersey Airport runway.

[brammy777]

Hey all, decided to merge my older thread with this one and post the best pictures out of that one.

Updates to cars where possible:

Havent seen this since, i can only presume it was a visitor.

Still sitting in the same spot, i dont think it ever moves. Tempted to ask about this one.....

Havent been to petersfield recently.

One for keef? I dont think he saw this one first time round.

And i dont think XR craig saw this either!

 

Still smoking round my village!

Can someone please tell me what theyve done to the roof here?

 

Update due tomorrow.

[Guest]

ooh, that A reg mk2 looks very very tidy, nice spot.

[Negative Creep]

  STUNO said:

  brammy777 said:

 

Not much of a fan of these, if only Reliant had sorted the shutlines.

Methinks a restyling job might have been better than fixing the shutlines

They are ugly as .............

 

They did with the Scimitar Sabre

 

[brammy777]

Hello all, small update here, slim pickings lately, everythings been moving.

Hope you find something you like. sorry about all the rear shots, everything is parked front to a wall

 

Cant remember ever seeing one before, they look like a melting 800 from the back.

At first i thought it was a chevette estate, but DVLA checks up as a Chevanne! Buff.

Keef, this one is for you.

Painfully shite.

So you have a vinyl rooved, deep red with red interior capri and what do you do? Add cheap crappy alloys.

 

And my favourite:

I remember when i first joined, R welfare told me about a cortina in popley and id never found it, well today me and my mum did! One of my Favourite spots yet. The paintwork is so shabby!

[brammy777]

  Negative Creep said:

  STUNO said:

  brammy777 said:

 

Not much of a fan of these, if only Reliant had sorted the shutlines.

Methinks a restyling job might have been better than fixing the shutlines

They are ugly as .............

 

They did with the Scimitar Sabre

 

Like this one i also spotted:

[r.welfare]

Amazingly, Brammy, that is a different Cortina! The one I'm thinking of is multicoloured, and is an earlier car - either L or K reg, and a lower spec, probably a 1600L. It's off Shakespeare Road.I've not seen that 2000E before though, so good spot. I'd say that Chevanne has had a replacement tailgate from a Chevette estate.

[brammy777]

That cortina i spotted is so close to shakespeare road as well! Strange.Ill have to keep my eyes for that one then.

[barrett]

  brammy777 said:

Hello all, small update here, slim pickings lately, everythings been moving.

Hope you find something you like. sorry about all the rear shots, everything is parked front to a wall

 

Cant remember ever seeing one before, they look like a melting 800 from the back.

is that a matra murena?

[brammy777]

Yes it is, and according to the dvla this one was imported in 1994. Were they sold here?