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

[keef]

How do you decide what to put on http://www.reallyloud.co.uk Flickr or whatever? Are there some "rules" or is it just random?

 

I've left a few invites on Flickr for you.

 

Be nice to see some more on there e.g. http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/cars/cars_424.htm

[pogweasel]

HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG. Marina. TC. With towbar.

*explodes*

[keef]

Marina. TC. With towbar.

 

Lovely chrome-flip-cover as well!

 

Needs to join us at http://www.flickr.com/groups/towbars/

 

Somehow http://www.flickr.com/photos/38389354@N07/3987599190/ doesn't quite cut it any longer!

[reallyloud]

How do you decide what to put on http://www.reallyloud.co.uk Flickr or whatever? Are there some "rules" or is it just random?

 

Totally random! I have more pictures than I know what do with to be honest. I might put the lot on flickr as it solves a lot of hosting/storage issues and so far flickr seems to be quite reliable.

 

A few more scans - these ones are a bit more recent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let me know if you feel the sizes are too big. More, lots more to come tomorrow.....

[trigger]

Fantastic!

[keef]

Totally random! I have more pictures than I know what do with to be honest.

 

That explains that then, thanks.

 

Went right through just one section on http://www.reallyloud.co.uk over a few days and couldn't believe how many great pictures you have! Soo many different makes and models that you just don't see any more. Makes you appreciate how difficult a job DVLA must have keeping track of them all!

[Mash]

Blimey an R-reg Accord!

 

It's good that you had the foresight to take these photos when these were just ordinary old shitters rather than something with more interest as they are now especially in the pre-digital days when your 24 frames meant you had to be more discerning! Excellent pics as ever

[Spottedlaurel]

It's great to see Darren finding the time to scan in some of his excellent photos, I know only too well it can be a somewhat lengthy process.

 

I still have a fairly large amount of old photos to go through, though not on such a wide range of makes - mine are rather more Japanese-centric.

[HMC]

I love those 92/93 pics. Theyve a grainy honesty about them thats a world away from lines of polished cars at car shows. Fantastic!

[barrett]

It's good that you had the foresight to take these photos when these were just ordinary old shitters rather than something with more interest as they are now especially in the pre-digital days when your 24 frames meant you had to be more discerning! Excellent pics as ever

 

Exactly! I love these old photos from both ReallyLoud and SpottedLaurel. Keep 'em coming guys!

[HMC]

Whats the mangled white car next to the red maxi?

[Mash]

Whats the mangled white car next to the red maxi?

 

Mk3 Cortina

[Mr Lobster]

As everyone else has said, great photos. I'm really enjoying these, keep 'em coming!

[reallyloud]

Thanks guys. Got a few more scanned in today - hopefully get a few more done later this evening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The majority are actually scrapyard shots, while I took quite a few streetshots for some reason I was a little more concerned about privacy than I am now.

[HMC]

Youve just reminded me how much Id like a 504 estate. I havent seen one in years!

[reallyloud]

If I had ever had the cash for a large family I'd happily try and track a 504 estate down - probabily a reverse import from Nigeria. Here's a few more from the past.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More tonight!

[HMC]

Victor estate and volvo both just about clinging to their MOTs... but not for long

victor

Date of Liability 01 04 2001

Date of First Registration 18 05 1972

Year of Manufacture 1972

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1760CC

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type Petrol

Export Marker Not Applicable

Vehicle Status Unlicensed

Vehicle Colour GOLD

 

ovlov

Date of Liability 01 07 2005

Date of First Registration 14 01 1972

Year of Manufacture 1972

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2978CC

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type Petrol

Export Marker Not Applicable

Vehicle Status Unlicensed

Vehicle Colour WHITE

[Gompo]

Loving the old pics, effort appreciated.

[reallyloud]

A few more, slightly more Japanese-centric. I'm starting to have trouble in remember specific years on some shots....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll get some more up tonight before bedtime!

 

I have descriptions and a bit more background info on all snaps on flickr too, as dumping them on here and then walking away seems a bit uncharitable.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/reallyloud/

[seth]

Brilliant photos RL. The majority seem to be foreign makes. Is this representative of what you shot since they might have been more unusual thank British bangers or is it simply the ones you've chosen to show us?

[reallyloud]

I took an even spread - obviously concetrating on stuff from Japan, but this is just a random selection - I'll grab and load of British stuff for scanning later this week. I've noticed there's a lack of German cars too, so that will be addressed at some point. I reckon I took in the region of 1000+ cars on 35mm film in scrapyards alone - so I expect the scanning to go on for a while yet......

[mouseflakes]

Ace stuff RL! The yard shots are very atmospheric.

 

In fact - they have such a 'feel' to them, I swear I know what it feels like to stand in some of those spots. That yard in the trees looks very much like one near Chobham. I used to get plenty of R4 bits and some Crown parts from there back in the day.

 

If it is the same place, then you must have been visiting there roughly the same time as me - 'cos I swear some of those stacks look familiar (I'm guessing early Crown, 604, R14, 128 are some of the shots from there?). Having said that - those old stacks seemed to stay in place for an age - there could have been a decade between visits and it would look much the same.

 

More recently I visited while 'passing through' - they then seemed to be having a run on Acclaims - there were five or six of them, all looked like going concerns.

[seth]

I took an even spread - obviously concetrating on stuff from Japan, but this is just a random selection - I'll grab and load of British stuff for scanning later this week. I've noticed there's a lack of German cars too, so that will be addressed at some point.

 

It wasn't a complaint by the way, just interested! Scan whatever you like

[Vin]

Agree with what has been said, these are wonderful pictures

 

That white Volvo has, in the back window, the 'Don't Ban 4 Star' sticker given away with Practical Classics.

 

I put my sticker in the back of my Panda (which used unleaded....). Would be about 1997.

[Station]

Why did you take these photos in the first place, was is foresight that the cars won't be on the road in 20 years?

[michiel]

I love that chinchilla-like Suzuki...

[Gompo]

That Colt Sapporo lasted until 2004, not a bad effort really.

[reallyloud]

Why did you take these photos in the first place, was is foresight that the cars won't be on the road in 20 years?

 

A little bit of that, I was always keen on 70's cars - even when they were current. I noticed how quickly most of them had rusted away in the early 90's and decided to seek them out. It actually started as an art project - research for drawings and then it got out of hand and almost became an obsession..... I always find these place quite serene and I still get a huge kick out of visiting these places.

 

Here's a few more random scrapyard scans dating from 1992 to 2000. Scary thing is that when I took them it didn't seem like that long ago....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Again, more background info on my flickr photostream.

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[Albert Ross]

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