Travelling with a camera: my photo scans from the early 90's

[MrRegieRitmo]

I saw these fairly recently as well, kind of forgot about them.

 

 

A supersport no less!

retrogeezer will approve!

 

 

humph.

 

 

What is going on with that front end??!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

 

 

 

Bloody hell, someone stretched their budget to buy that in '85. Wonder if it's got cloth and wind ups?

[reallyloud]

A few of the older j-tin selection that attended the Sushi Sunday at Goodwood - good turn out for the classics - the rest were tesco car park fodder.

 

 

 

 

Typical one owner grandad car - the previous owner kept reciepts for everything - 42k on the clock and lovely.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And a few seen in the car park:

 

 

 

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/citroen_ami6_4.jpg

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/saab_900_8.jpg

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/triumph_herald_9.jpg

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/alfa_1750_5.jpg

[Spottedlaurel]

This looks like something worth making the effort to get along to in the future. Love the shot of your Carina and the 710 SSS on the grid.

[michiel]

Great pics, two 360s... I'd die on the spot.

[Split_Pin]

Great Pics, the 120y was in PC last month and the slammed Heral in this months So glad to see that quite a few 100A's are being saved, I love the chunky, quirky looks of them.

[seth]

- the rest were tesco car park fodder.

It somewhat amused us that our three year old daughter didn't seem exactly sure why we were there as there weren't many old cars. If there's another one next year I wonder if someone from OJC could get in touch and maybe get a designated area for cars over 10 years old?

[nigel bickle]

Nice pics- as ever Darren. Couldnt you find mine -or was it too dirty for you?I agree- seperate area set aside for 'oldies' makes more sense. There weren't many of us there- and we seemed to be spread all over.I dont understand Goodwood -they have the perfect money making opportunity here with food, sponsorships, dealers (new & old) yet people are leaving within 1 hour cos there's no focal point , centre of interest etc.They didnt even have the start line caf open this time -just a few Burger vans. We left fairly promptly for a beer & sandwich in Brighton -watching the 'old crocks'. Much more entertaining than a line of near identical barried, financed , over powerful modern non entities.

[mnde]

 

 

Lovely set of pics - thought I'd point out that this is an Ami 8.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[reallyloud]

It somewhat amused us that our three year old daughter didn't seem exactly sure why we were there as there weren't many old cars.

I recall her valid protests by sitting on the road, refusing to get out of the way of modern machinery. Very commendable.

 

Couldnt you find mine -or was it too dirty for you?

I was making my way over to the car park when I noticed those two Subaru 360's turn up. Needless to say I was somewhat distracted and by the time I composed myself you'd gone! Regardless, this is Mr Bickles pick up spotted at Beaulieu a couple of years ago:

 

 

Lovely set of pics - thought I'd point out that this is an Ami 8.

Thanks for the compliments! I took the liberty in photographing the rear end of this beast.....I don't know enough about these cars to know whether the badge is wrong or not.

 

 

Whats the difference between a 6 and 8? Is the 8 like a GS engined one?

 

 

 

These are few more sights and stumbles in Southampton over the last week. It amazes me how many older cars there are down here - I missed a gold Hyundai Stellar, Yugo 45 and various 70's Fords and BL tat.

 

 

Christ on stick. Apparently not an official model. I can only assume by its 2792CC engine, an innocent Granada was butchered.

 

 

Continuing the tasteful american theme. I simply had no idea that the CF had such a connection with native Americans, huskys and golden eagles. File under 'line dancing' and 'wife beating'. Possibly.

 

 

Not so many of these now, in the early 90's I saw dozens hacking up the roads.

 

 

 

Rootes manouvers

 

 

 

Usual spread of expired j-tin. The Altos tax ran out a while back, uncertain future beckons.

 

 

 

Looks like an aborted T-Cut session. Wheels look quite good on this.

 

 

Useful Polish hack

[155V6]

I think that Granada convertible thing has been in an(bank or building society?)advert at some point

[seth]

Where was that Sceptre? Looks like a rather classic freindly garage with the other stuff lying around?No words for the Granada. Bedford CF's were actually used to good effect by the native Americans during the battles for supremecy in the Mid-West.

[mnde]

 

Thanks for the compliments! I took the liberty in photographing the rear end of this beast.....I don't know enough about these cars to know whether the badge is wrong or not.

 

 

Whats the difference between a 6 and 8? Is the 8 like a GS engined one?

 

 

Oh! Interesting... The badge is either wrong or the car's wearing a tailgate off a 6. The Ami 8 is the facelifted model of the Ami 6. Here's an Ami 6 Break:

 

 

 

And the berline:

 

 

compared to the Ami 8 berline

 

 

and break

 

 

 

The Ami Super is the GS-engined version of the 8.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[Gompo]

Great pics, thanks a lot..

 

Love the plate on this, both the font and the letters..

 

[reallyloud]

Cheers for the Ami info mnde, I know they were quite popular in the UK and had quite a long production run and had loads of variations, but didn't quite realise how many.

 

Seth, the sceptre and Imp were in a garage just out of Southampton - there was a 1930's American car in the shop window too, no idea what it was though.

 

Some more random spots in the area. The volume of spots that appear here co-incide with my current 'freelance' status of occupation.....let the good times roll.

 

 

Outside the Bingo. A turbo no less.

 

 

Outside Tesco. Wurthers originals pick up. possibly.

 

 

Parked in the docks car park. Must be a useful cheap hack for someone dodging the credit crunch.

 

 

Love this to bits. Outside a retirement home. Plate must be worth a small fortune.

 

 

Near student accomodation, hope that parking ticket is dealt with.

 

 

Come in Hirst, your time is up. This is the first incarnation of the Camry - I remember it being a very well built car, with an indication of things to come from Lexus.

 

 

Missed his chance with the scrapman with this one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Typical 80's fodder, all in decent nick.

 

 

Outside the missus work, cold night + starting issues. Takes a brave man to run one of these at this time of year.

 

 

 

Both parked together, a driveway around the corner also contained a VW trekker.

 

Finally while looking a scrappy, I stumbled across these.

 

 

 

 

 

They belong to Alan Waterman who restores rally cars, he used to race Escorts, Rileys, an AE86 Corolla and a Lada 2105 on the RAC rally. He uses the Volvo for classic rallys. The Peugeot belongs to a client - clearly not a T16, but is prep'd properly. I can only assume the wheels won't stay as they are....

[VWPowered]

wicked pics as always this is a Golf Counrty btw, golf syncro was a normal looking golf 2 with little syncro badges, the counrty was more a show 4x4

 

 

wasnt this the stiletto

 

[VWPowered]

Can't remember if I've posted this before (pic from the Amsterdam image archive, early 1970s):

 

silly question that top pic.. is that car rhd no mirror cant see a steering wheels, but in later new pics all it indicates lhd???

 

strange....

[mk2_craig]

It would originally have had a wing-mounted mirror surely? Look closely and you can just about make one out blending into the back window of what looks like an R6 in front.Although, I'm sure the Dutch are just as capable of ringing a car's identity as anybody...

[VWPowered]

ahh yes i see it, plus if you invert the pic you can see the steering wheel

[Spottedlaurel]

Camry is an excellent find, pov-spec and beige.

 

C...SAP registration rings a bell, maybe some Nissan press cars used that? My list still won't work I suppose any Nissan sold round Sussex would carry a similar plate though, and perhaps there was a degree of favouritism round there with the olduns and Nissan UK being local.

[reallyloud]

Cheers VWpowered, you're absolutely right about the Golf, I came across another one at the recent RR petersfield meet. The Sunbeam too is a sloppy error on my part, again mentioned a while back - I think this was a featured car in Retro Cars magazine a few months back.

 

Nigel, I will continue my endevours to convert the list so its legable on your computer - XP reads the Excel document with no conversion, I know there are shareware applications online that *might* convert but they're often from from dubious sources and usually contain spyware and goat-dwarf-root vegetable filth or something. The Sunny registration does look vaguely familiar to me too. Maybe a sister car used for a What Car test?

 

Been meaning to travel up to Calne off the A4 for a while to visit the Atwell Wilson Motor Museum ever since I heard that they kept a Toyota Crown in there. As it turns out I was surprised by the volume of interesting cars I saw - and not a single MG or Austin Healey. Many of the cars having a working life as wedding cars - so there's the usual array of Jags, rollers and American cars - thankfully there isn't too much of the crass 80's and 90's wedding cars. The museum is run by very friendly and enthusiastic bunch of guys, who were kind enough to feed me with sausage rolls and a cup of tea at the end of the day.

 

http://www.atwellwilson.org.uk/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All available for hire for your special day.....

 

 

 

As was this Diesel Granada, surely every bride would want to be taken to the regsitery office in this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But I think it would a toss up between these two for me. The Nova has an interesting history, it was bought in Kuala lumpur, Malaysia when new and driven by the then Arch Bishop of Italy. Not only that but the car was serviced at a Chevy specialist in the UK for most of its life. Worthy of a Raymondboy tale, but the documentation suggests this is true. The Crown was bought new by a lady from Plymouth in 1978. She kept it until 1998, when it was donated to the museum. Not sure how popular it is as a wedding car.....

 

Asides from these working girls, they had even more delights, photographing the cars was quite difficult as they are so tightly packed together - there is a planned extension for the future - so excuse the slightly odd angles and contrasts. I was holding up the camera above my head in most of these shots.

 

 

 

Oh yes! Straight pass and ignore the Roller and jag and drooled over this genuine cure for penile dysfunction.

 

 

 

The collection is split up in 4 different buildings with no particular order of cars.

 

 

 

 

 

This Lovely manta has been here since 1991. I am going to own one of these one day.

 

 

 

 

 

This Renault should be well known amongst the club, as it has had a cherished life. Bought new in London and kept by the same owner until it arrived here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Carina and 2 cortinas hiding in a shed until more space becomes available.

 

 

 

This Celica was properly restored and donated to the museum - the owner has asked for all offers for the car to be ignored. It does make sense in terms of free long term car storage. This car is tucked away in the corner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another totally restored car - having lived its life in Oxfordshire it was restored some 10 years ago and then brought here.

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/lancia_prisma_1.jpg

 

 

Zoinks! Not sure whether leaving this car outside is such a good idea!

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/vauxhall_chevette_16.jpg

 

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/calne_pedal.jpg

 

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/calne_haynes.jpg

 

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/bmw_735i_6.jpg

 

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/vauxhall_viva_26.jpg

 

 

The curators daily driver. Paid £25 for it about 10 years ago. Not bad going really.

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/vauxhall_victor_13.jpg

 

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/vw_polo_4.jpg

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/ford_cortina_59.jpg

 

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/hillman_hunter_11.jpg

 

 

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/3048110388_e13be5bc97_o.jpg

 

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/saab_99_11.jpg

 

 

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/3048110342_142625f919_o.jpg

 

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/calne_rover.jpg

 

 

Japanese spec mini '40' - I didn't know these existed. The '30' and '25' seem to be fairly common, complete with rusting doors but these must be genuinely rare.

 

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/calne_Voskhod.jpg

 

 

Plenty of bikes there too, but they're not really my thing but this Russian Voskhod caught my eye.

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/calne_bedford.jpg

 

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/calne_corvair.jpg

 

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/ford_escort_46.jpg

 

German spec Brenda.

 

 

http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/tata_20.jpg

 

A marvellous day out. Only a fiver to get in and you can visit the place on the pretense that you're 'researching' wedding cars. Maybe a possible place for a southern Autoshite meet up next summer?

[r.welfare]

Wow. I've been meaning to go there when I've been in the area, so I'll need to do it now. I know a while ago they were selling off some of the excess "exhibits" (stuff that's been stored outside, mainly because it's too shabby to show) on eBay in recent times.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

That place looks absolutely wonderful. I should ask them if they want a Subaru Leone or Mazda 929 wagon for their collection, as you say a great permanent home for these obscure old shitters. Knowing my luck i'd get the flock permanently installed, only for them to get a compulsory purchase order on their sheds so a new 'Tesco Metro' (ooh some irony there) can be built on the site. Looks like my ultimate dream to be involved in a project like that. 478/10

[Spottedlaurel]

Manta A! Japanese cars! Etc, etc! Does indeed look a marvellous place, great selection of stuff appropriate to us.

[Guest]

 

Ack! My favourite, the squarelamp facelift Carina! In white too.

 

Seriously, what a superb collection of cars - it's a real oddball mixture. I think I'll have to pop down at some point.

[Mr Lobster]

WOW!I need to go there, that looks simply ace

[VWPowered]

wow amazing collection of autoshiter's

[seth]

Fantastic! A/S South 09 for sure!

[garycox]

Wow. That must be the best museum ever! Bonus shite points for the inclusion of a Polonez and pound shop trimz-equipped Marina...

[155V6]

What's with the Tata camper?,GR8 4 GOING ON HOLIDAY IN IF YOUR NAME IS SLEEPY,BASHFUL,DOPEY ETC....