Spottings...Updated 23/10/10

[Mr Lobster]

That Allegro is great, I'd love something like that in my garden, slowly returning to nature.On the Renners in Exmouth, the 6 has been in someones spotted thread. Fairly sure they all belong to a guy on RCCC forum.

[bigstraight6]

A few from the last couple of days, appealing small Ford....

Morris van with patina....

This Beetle caught my eye, being a slightly tatty early 70's model like the many that were still around when I got interested and owned them in the late 80's, nice change from some scened up sack of shit

I've boshed this lovely Farina Countryman wagon a few years back, but it's nice to see it's still on the road and the yellow lamps suggest Continental adventures! Seth will need a lie down in a dark room after seeing this

[eggy]

That Farina looks just right,how id like one if i ever get one. Youre area looks great for tat

[michiel]

Fab wagon!

[boobydoo]

That renner 6 looks familiar, perhaps in someones spotted at a show type thread, or the old ebay tat??

Yup, it was on ebay not so long back. He wanted £2000 for it. It didn't sell. It was a nice one and would have been tempted for a grand!

[barrett]

That Farina estate might just be my new favourite car....totally awesome!what are the trimzzz off? they look well weird innit.... check out the dish on them.

[Mash]

That Farina estate might just be my new favourite car....totally awesome!what are the trimzzz off? they look well weird innit.... check out the dish on them.

Rover P6 with extra bling bits in the middle!Tell you what, I wouldn't leave that on the street in full view.

[bigstraight6]

Barn fresh Cortina wagon in rural Dorset....

French registered Peugeot wagon off the beaten track in Bodmin....

A big house in a posh Plymouth suburb has a nice garden ornament....

Renner 4 & 5 daily hacks....

Rootes spot#1, tatty Super Minx with gaffer taped wheel arches and Rostyles is a roadside landmark in Teignmouth....

Rootes spot#2, salty Penzance sea breezes add to the charm of this Rapier....

[brammy777]

Excellent! You seem to be able to find some true gems round your way, I wish there was stuff like this round here. There was a Rapier abandoned by Farnborough North station for ages, but its gone now.

[Spottedlaurel]

Cracking stuff! Nice to see the EEL registration on the Cortina, my old Skyline had the same on it and came from down that way.Ex-Avenger Rostyles on the Super Minx I think?

[VWPowered]

wow Cortina Estate sweet as but for me the 504 pips it onto the drive love that rapier

[trigger]

What a great update!, I love the Cortina the most, Lovely cars.

[bigstraight6]

A small update from the last few months, tatty old Farina A40 in the equally tatty environs of Tiverton

Campers don't come much more shite than this Leyland EA!

The old codger in darkest Somerset who saw me taking pics of his old Bedford TL asked "Yer, you'm not from VOSA are you"

Minty Shitfire

Nice to see a MK1 Fester on daily duties

A still working example of Leylands last heavy lorry design, superb T45 Constructor 8 on tar spraying duties in Cornwall

 

[Guest]

The old codger in darkest Somerset who saw me taking pics of his old Bedford TL asked "Yer, you'm not from VOSA are you"

 

That EA is one for the Autoshite calender - august I think. The old boy with the TL is like some I have met. I get asked if I am council or health and safety

[Hudsonpie]

cracking pics Big straight.....my old dear used to own a white Fez with a DFJ reg no....top work

[pogweasel]

EA is impossibly obscure, love it.

They used to be so prevalent when the post office had them, then they disappeared overnight...

[Minimad5]

That Mk1 Fiesta looks clean

Good finds !

[Captain Mainwaring]

The Leyland camper sure is late on an S plate, is it not?

 

Nice to see a T45 still in service, too. I love seeing old wagons still earning their keep, especially if they look really work-worn and tatty. There's just such a van, an E-reg Ford Transit, still being used by a local builder round here, there isn't a single panel on it which doesn't have a massive, rusty scratch on it. Fantastic.

[bigstraight6]

Few from the last couple of weeks, Torquay roadside seller would like £995 ono for this old J-tat, mind you it does have all the extras including air-con....

Strange folk up in the Mendips, OMG oldskool slow Ford used for fast food promotion....

Tarmac stomping Corty is King of the Exeter council estate....

Survivor Maxi 2 in a less than salubrious Plymouth suburb....

Old Merc camper semi derelict in the wilds of West Devon....

Ace Commer camper in sunny Exmouth....

[michiel]

Cortina Gasser (?) looks pretty hard!

[morris_ital_lover]

Agreed, I'd have it in a flash! That capper looks as bad as it always has, it used to be painted with england flags, ot in any normal way but flags on every panel. Oh and that maxi is top class.

 

m0rris

[seth]

Yowser! Cortina is spot on!

[barrett]

Agreed, i'm strangely drawn to that 'Tina. I must be getting younger.

[Mash]

The Leyland camper sure is late on an S plate, is it not?

I think the last ones were A-reg, certainly the Post Office had them that late.

[Spottedlaurel]

I don’t reckon there’s much wrong with the Cortina. I hope it’s suitably loud.

 

Surprising how many Accords of that generation are still around. Apparently that one is a 1.8 auto (normal auto, not Hondamatic by this time?). I reckon it’d be an EX trim, which would have lots of bells and whistles but lack ABS and possibly cruise which the EX-R that I then Mash had.

[trigger]

That Cortina looks badass!

[VWPowered]

+1 that 'tina is pure rude

 

strangely drawn to merc camper mind

[brammy777]

Great spots again! I seem to have missed your last update as well, that EA is a superb find, Ive only seen one in the past decade or so and it was.... out of action, so to speak. I never seem to see any of those MKII Accords post facelift, and that Maxi is brilliant. Cortina for me too though, straight outta Street Machine circa 1981.

[bigstraight6]

The salty sea air of Exmouth has taken it's toll on the Nissan, the Fiesta of the same vintage looked tidy....

Just around the corner was this ace BX, love it!

In the same Town....

West Cornwall, mouldy Ovlov and Sed Atki combination....

There's a farm machinery dealer in Launceston which always seems to have some good gear about the place when I'm passing, check out this FG!....

Late sixties UK reg R4 at the same place....

There is also this R5 turbot for sale....

This HB Viva Brabham was at a local show, lovely!

This little Bedford based coach was also there, what a perfect people carrier....

[brammy777]

Good update, you spot alot of nice old Lorries, I only ever seem to see TKs, if any. That R5 is really lovely, I cant remember when I last saw a MKI version.