155V6 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 29 minutes ago, Cavcraft said: This thread is class, is that actually a 1.3 base Mk4 Cortina in the second set of pictures? The red one?,I thought that too.Shame it's not a 2 door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I can't find Cannock, perhaps it is too new? The Renault is a 15, the 17 had 'slatted' rear side windows /anorak mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 1300cc's of power, lasted until 1985. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 How much shopping can you fit in the back of a Peugeot 505 estate?! wuvvum, greengartside, egg and 7 others 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nivek Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Coldhams Lane, Cambridge. I spent many a college holiday working here in 1986-87. My favourite picture so far - Shep Shepherd, ProgRocker, wuvvum and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Beckenham, SE London c1983. I drive up this ramp every week to do the weekly shop. Always in shite, last few times it's been the 11. Doesn't look much different now, apart from the ramp has some massive pot holes. High Street ped entrance. Thanks for the link Trig. I was hoping to go to bed soon. No chance. Too much to perv over. Yoss, Amishtat, JeeExEll and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaTom Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Sure I spotted a TSE spec Renault 11 in one of those on page 1. Don’t think they offered TXE Electronic in red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Selly Oak, Birmingham This store closed sometime last year as the okd Battery retail park and the long-unused land around it have been revamped and built on which included a massive new Sainsburys store. The old building has been kept but its unclear exactly what it is to be used for. Things looked so much nicer, cleaner and more looked after back then. JeeExEll, 500tops, greengartside and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Some more with cars: Fat_Pirate, egg, michael t and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 ^^That's definitely a chod botherer taken those (for our future benefit). Montego one is class. sutty2006, Lord Sterling and mk2_craig 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 adw1977, michael t, Spottedlaurel and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 That Cortina is definitely touching! egg, Skizzer, JeeExEll and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 31 minutes ago, trigger said: All on Alcester Road, Kingsheath, Birmingham JeeExEll and adw1977 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Giffer looking sheepishly at the store manager... martc, Amishtat, HMC and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 Looks like a Dacia Denim on the left in white? Spottedlaurel, JeeExEll, richbraith and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Kidderminster, not a great amount of chod in this: Building on the right was subsequently demolished (why?) and replaced with a then-new furniture warehouse store built just after Sainsburys (in the 80s) which subsequently burnt down in 2011, then demolished and has been left as fenced-off waste ground. Sainsburys moved to a much bigger and newer store and now Wilko is based there. The beige-brick building on left was also demolished and a new college and library (incorperating Job Centre) is there now. You can no longer drive through the road in the pic either. RobT, JeeExEll and Spottedlaurel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 HMC, richbraith, Skizzer and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Gotta love a Sava Centre. Sydenham SE London. I also shop here sometimes, if I can bear it. Too busy and full of scrotes these days. Skizzer and HMC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 5 hours ago, trigger said: I had a super sport the same colour of this. I swapped it for an f reg metro city which I'd hit a bus stop with in about 1991. I paid to have a 1.6 kent made with a flowed head and uprated cam. I then swapped the 1.3 engine and mated the 1.6 with a 950cc gearbox. It used to fly but would eat the scrapyard gearboxes. they were only £20 each or so at the time. It must have had 5 before I clipped a roundabout doing about 90 and bent the rear axle. Can't remember what I swapped it for after that. One of my favourite cars ever. Other than my 1998 s70t5 cd. Which I swapped for an xj8. Happy Days! bunglebus, Sir Snipes, mk2_craig and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I really miss having some old shite to tinker with and I've had over 100 in the past but I just can't justify it atm. I'm racking my brains looking for an excuse but I rarely drive the saab so some shite would be driven even less. Looking back the amount of engines/gearboxes I've changed without hoist is silly. I'm amazed my back's not shaped like a question mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I grew up in Brentwood, this high st store became a Boots when the superstore was built on the old Thermos site RobT and Amishtat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Blown away by all the brilliant pics. Very addictive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 7 hours ago, trigger said: Looks like a Dacia Denim on the left in white? It’s a Fiat SuperMirafiori Panorama. Loving these, late for work now! trigger, TataBobu, Amishtat and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Mk2 carlton in Anthracite. Reminds me of the one nan and grandad had up until the mid nineties, and the one I spent thousands on Restoring years ago! Loving all these car park pictures, colour everywhere! ProgRocker, trigger, richbraith and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangernomics Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Thanks for this it’s a real trip down memory lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangernomics Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Thanks for this it’s a real trip down memory lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vicar Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 10 hours ago, RobT said: Gotta love a Sava Centre. Sydenham SE London. I also shop here sometimes, if I can bear it. Too busy and full of scrotes these days. State of the parking by that Fiesta! michael t, adw1977 and willswitchengage 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 What a gold mine! Crawley town centre, 1970s - there is still a Sainsbury's in this block but I think it's now smaller with other shops taking up the rest of the space. Haywards Heath 1991 when both store and the Fiesta were new: egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Epsom Kiln Lane 1994, including a Renault 14! richbraith and The Vicar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Interesting that people who drove Mercs and BMWs didn't go to supermarkets in the 80's and 90's, must have all been at the golf course. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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