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  On 25/10/2019 at 13:57, HMC said:

“Excuse me, what aisle is the isopon in?”

Wobbed up bmc 1100/1300, east grinstead, 1970s

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Riley Kestrel flavour 1100. The irony is this car is probably well under 10 years old and was the 'upmarket sporty model' (The Riley version was introduced in 1965). Our new 1972 Austin was showing rust coming through in 3 years - though we were lucky...Our neighbour's 124 Fiat was scrapped because of rust at 5 years old...those were the days...indeed.

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What a joy not a Audi or BMW in sight.

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@Spottedlaurel

Stanza/sunny?/violet?

Burnt ash road, lee green 1987

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JMV296V- tax due may 1996

 

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Harrogate 1983- multicoloured amazon (probably outlasting all around it) 

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  On 25/10/2019 at 19:22, HMC said:
Which would you prefer it learn in? Bury st Edmunds, 1987
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The Fiat van , class

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The coupe couple of pages back is a Datsun 100a not a fiat & EST is a 180/200 b.

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  On 25/10/2019 at 20:04, sheffcortinacentre said:

The coupe couple of pages back is a Datsun 100a not a fiat & EST is a 180/200 b.

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No, it’s definitely a Fiat 128 Sport:9A1FD6F6-B352-4C8B-AFA7-00D8802002A6.jpeg.ddb1c84f022afd387f6ce9fe96a80204.jpeg

 

Agree the Datsun estate is a 180B Bluebird though. (I don’t think we got a 200B in the UK.) 

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  On 25/10/2019 at 15:09, HMC said:

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Whats the car above and slightly in front on the simca estate? white/black roof- moskovich?

 

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It does look familiar, maybe Auto Union F102/Audi F103 from late 60s. Not even sure they were imported into the UK though? Or is it an old Lancia/Peugeot or something like that? I reckon that photo is from 75-76 and that does look like an old car compared to the modern Mk2 Escort, so something from the late 60's?

 

 

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November 94, ferndown Dorset.

Stellar line up @mat_the_cat @cms206 @RayMK

(plus bonus mkII cortina and Dyane/2cv)

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Early one? August 84 reg, tax ran out 18 months after the pic.

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Walthamstow Avenue, Chingford, Essex 1994.

@Junkman

Love the location. Love the people, love the car. Perfect. 

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  On 25/10/2019 at 19:12, HMC said:

Bradford 1983; Rent a van and some early sierras; 

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A Homebase in 1983?

Dahn saff we never saw a homebase until the early 1990s when all the Texas Homestores were rebranded. 

 

(not relevant, sorry.) 

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  On 26/10/2019 at 08:37, Timewaster said:

A Homebase in 1983?

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My local Homebase branch opened up in about 1985, so 1983 entirely possible. 

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Incoming AMBO

@vulgalour

Drizzly Fareham sept ‘1993

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Tax due sept 1995 so lasted another 2 years.

 

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This is one of my all time favourite threads! What’s quite noticeable is how much older the cars are the further away you get from the southern stores near London. I’d never appreciated that before.

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  On 26/10/2019 at 09:19, jonny69 said:

This is one of my all time favourite threads! What’s quite noticeable is how much older the cars are the further away you get from the southern stores near London. I’d never appreciated that before.

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Probably because in London the public transport is better and the roads/parking are shitter than the rest of the country. 

So people of modest means are more likely to use public transport in London and more likely to run a cheap car elsewhere. 

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  On 25/10/2019 at 15:09, HMC said:

Our snapper moves alongside the Chrysler and captures an an unusually European mix of chod for the time.... BMW neue klasse, ami, various simcas...

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Whats the car above and slightly in front on the simca estate? white/black roof- moskovich?

 

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  On 25/10/2019 at 22:43, inconsistant said:

 

It does look familiar, maybe Auto Union F102/Audi F103 from late 60s. Not even sure they were imported into the UK though? Or is it an old Lancia/Peugeot or something like that? I reckon that photo is from 75-76 and that does look like an old car compared to the modern Mk2 Escort, so something from the late 60's?

 

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I vote for a Moskvitch 412, the distinctive indicators are unclear in the photo but the high sides and rear window line look familiar. I can't find a photo of one with a vinyl roof, but there's one seen from a similar angle...

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Yes, it's a Moskvitch.  They were moderately popular for a while. My dad looked at a new one in a showroom and walked out after seeing the front tyre rubbing on the brake pipe. He kept his Vauxhall Victor FB estate.

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  On 26/10/2019 at 10:54, RayMK said:

Yes, it's a Moskvitch.  They were moderately popular for a while. ...

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Some success in rallying, I think I read somewhere.

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Famously won every round of the BTCC ( or whatever it was then) in 1972/3 in its class...

This was because the classes were defined by price and a canny driver , Tony Lanfrnchi (sp?) realised Moskviches were priced the same as 875 Imps and 850 minis , so even though they handled like shit they were at least twice as powerful than the class competitors .

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My Dad also looked at them and was most impressed with the toolkit and standard radio, but decided his 1967 1500 Cortina estate drove better and had less surface rust than the brand new 1974 Ruskie demo!

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Crawley 1969 and a suited up “BW” cruises by in his Daimler 420 to take advantage of a multibuy offer on cigars and brylcream.

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  On 26/10/2019 at 11:20, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Famously won every round of the BTCC ( or whatever it was then) in 1972/3 in its class...

This was because the classes were defined by price and a canny driver , Tony Lanfrnchi (sp?) realised Moskviches were priced the same as 875 Imps and 850 minis , so even though they handled like shit they were at least twice as powerful than the class competitors .

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My Dad also looked at them and was most impressed with the toolkit and standard radio, but decided his 1967 1500 Cortina estate drove better and had less surface rust than the brand new 1974 Ruskie demo!

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I remember them being sold new - they were incredibly cheap so sold a few. A school friend had one he drove to school!

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