Sainsbury's Archive

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

What the blue blazes is that, other than very strange?

 

2 hours ago, HMC said:

 

 

 

 

Thought I knew 99% of all the cars on UK roads back then but I'm seeing things totally new to me.

[HMC]

Lewes 1985

[HMC]

Just thought I’d bump hezza and his Government SD1 up for another view. Possibly armoured? 1983

 

[HMC]

And this BECAUSE.

@Spottedlaurel

 

[HMC]

Nine elms, London 1984

 

[Timewaster]

3 hours ago, RobT said:

The Rothmans livery Mk2 Cav is superb.

And Ace of Base too. 

[HMC]

Indeed

 

[adw1977]

32 minutes ago, HMC said:

Just thought I’d bump hezza and his Government SD1 up for another view. Possibly armoured? 1983

 

Front number plate looks a bit battered!

[adw1977]

On 11/15/2019 at 7:09 PM, HMC said:

Nine elms, London 1984

That old Cresta is epic. (EDIT: Actually a Victor, as Amishtat pointed out)

Note how a large 1960s car still looked like a large car next to 1980s models.  I bet it would look small next to a current generation Passat.

[martc]

44 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Thought I knew 99% of all the cars on UK roads back then but I'm seeing things totally new to me.

My first thoughts where an Enfield electric car, but it's got a filler cap (and the back window is slightly different) - it's bugging me I'm sure I've seen one before. Someone please help.

Not one of these -

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I also thought a modernised Enfield until I saw the filler cap, it's sort of got the feel of a Reliant about the lights and badge. Also I wonder if there's any significance that it's parked in a disabled bay? Could it have been some sort of potential replacement for the blue death traps ?

[HMC]

Ealing 1985 

Mega early wedge (? Wolseley)

@vulgalour

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Morris 1800, the Austins had a flat bonnet and 2200s had the trapezoid headlights. The Wolesley had the Morris bonnet with a grille that fitted the contours better and of course the ghost lamp.

Not that I spent 3 weeks watching the press and dealer launch cars change drivers outside my school in Bromsgrove  when I was 11 , or owt...

[Walter White]

11 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Morris 1800, the Austins had a flat bonnet and 2200s had the trapezoid headlights. The Wolesley had the Morris bonnet with a grille that fitted the contours better and of course the ghost lamp.

Not that I spent 3 weeks watching the press and dealer launch cars change drivers outside my school in Bromsgrove  when I was 11 , or owt...

 

[Timewaster]

48 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

 it's sort of got the feel of a Reliant about the lights and badge.

I thought that about the pea shooter exhaust. 

Could it be a mini based kit car or something? 

[Vin]

2 hours ago, HMC said:

Nine elms, London 1984

 

Oh. A 1964, so 20 year old Vauxhall, parked up next to a 1983 Passat...in 1984.

I actually recreated similar this morning...I parked my 1999, 20 year old Fiat Marea next to an 18 plate Passat, in Sainsbury's car park at Colton, Leeds.

I just thought I had to mention, as the equivalent to that picture can still occur, if you get my drift...

[Vin]

2 hours ago, HMC said:

Indeed

 

Brand/nearly new motor then. Whaddaya reckon. Fag rep trying to butter up the staff behind the tobacco counter??

[Amishtat]

2 hours ago, adw1977 said:

That old Cresta is epic.

Note how a large 1960s car still looked like a large car next to 1980s models.  I bet it would look small next to a current generation Passat.

That's an FB Victor, I thought it was a PB Cresta too until looking closer just because it looks so big (and ancient) next to that Pisshat 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Where they the first supermarket to have petrol stations?

[paulplom]

14 hours ago, HMC said:

Wandsworth 1983

Good luck getting in that renault ?

[paulplom]

10 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

 

Thought I knew 99% of all the cars on UK roads back then but I'm seeing things totally new to me.

It's a mk3 fiesta mate. 1989-1996

[Spottedlaurel]

Some more amazing stuff! That Rayleigh branch is well worth looking through, it contains so many obscurities.

Granada coupe! JLF 422N, last taxed in 1987. Did it end its days at Arena Essex? Would be lovely to think it's still around in a garage, waiting for the Triplerich magic touch.

Sunny twins. Of more note may be the Corsair estate, plus the 105E.

The 240K is great to see, I've just managed to work out the plate as being JTW 648V, it only made it to 1990. Fantastic to see the Crown estate out in the wild too, they were one of the few Japanese cars I recall from when I was young, much as it shames me to say it now but I found the rest were difficult to distinguish from each other....

[bunglebus]

Have they added new pictures? I'm sure I've checked some of these branches before

[HMC]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Have they added new pictures? I'm sure I've checked some of these branches before

I’m not sure. I keep trying different search terms that last go was “car parking” rather than “car park” could just be new additions or a quirk of the search engine.

[HMC]

Streatham 1991. Sparkly wedge. All that glitters etc...... lasted till 1993

[HMC]

Rayleigh 1981. Imports FTW

[HMC]

@quicksilver

@Slowsilver

1981

[HMC]

I think it’s being continually updated. Last time I searched Plymouth drew a blank- but @Junkman now you can visit 1986 in all it’s glory......

@danthecapriman

[HMC]

Swansea 1982/3. A derelict mill (and one mans tat hoard) is demolished to make way for a new supermarket. Fuck you urban redevelopment . I see a crashed p6 but what else did he collect?

 

 

 

[HMC]

Although one of the contractors is clearly a man of taste.....