Spotter's Log: Harpenden Classics On The Common

January 6, 2010

As seen from the road, hiding in a barn:

Hmm not sure?

Old Jetta

Old Opel

FSO Polonez!

XMs are still everywhere too, very common

Not so these!

Vel Satis v R5

Brilliant! Renault 12

more.....

4,444 · January 6, 2010

Brilliant photos. That you can wander around almost any town and see stuff like this is one of the reasons I love France.

January 6, 2010

Renault double header!

The only Renault 6 seen on the trip

These Citroen Merhari's command ridiculously high prices?? Like Ã‚Â£10k is normal, and they arent even that rare. Must be very sought after.

Renault 5

Old Chateau

Small car

Very small car

Tiny car

Even tinier car

Triumph 1300!?!

And another old house

Two more sets to follow later, saving the best find til last.....

47,282 · January 6, 2010

GR42 PHOTOS!! Mutha_Bo11ox lives in 'the 37', whereabouts weer you exactly?

6,644 · January 6, 2010

Smashing photos, that R12 is the spit of one I saw in North Devon last year.

32,248 · January 6, 2010

Really good photos EL!

This looks more then a little bit like a 205 from the rear.

17,487 · January 6, 2010

Awesome spots here sir, I think the 'dunno' brown van is a renault juvaquatre, i'm sure one of the renner experts on here will put me right!oh and welcome back, hope yr xmas and NY were GR9

5k · January 6, 2010

Awesome spots here sir, I think the 'dunno' brown van is a renault juvaquatre, i'm sure one of the renner experts on here will put me right!oh and welcome back, hope yr xmas and NY were GR9

gold star it is a javaquatre

yeah awesome spots loving the R12the tiny cars are Aixam'searlier one with 205 front and rear lightsslightly later the blue one and the next one is the same vehicle but different colour

greatz for thoze wid no permit

January 7, 2010

Oops yes, tis a 19.

Thanks for all the comments, glad you're enjoying them.

GR42 PHOTOS!! Mutha_Bo11ox lives in 'the 37', whereabouts weer you exactly?

Two of the estate agents free brochures I kept collecting were called 42 and 37 so presumably this a kind of post code is it? Stayed 5km's north of Montrichard, and covered the are north to Blois, Loches to the south, not much to the east but as far as Candes-Saint-Martin and entire area below Tours, back and forth along the A85. That anywhere close?

I think VWPowered territory is a lot further West that this, am I right?

And so to the remainder of the spottage:

Sorry if it offends, but I'd never seen a beaver before, alive or dead!

Yet another scabby Visa

Shabby R5

Double crud!

Driving across bridge with arm out of window to get this chateau...

.. but then got camera shake as this leaped into view..

Obligatory one for FT

Early jazzed up Golf

Hiding up a long driveway, superb Renault 10 !!

Another 104, so in love with these cars.

Action shot, in regular use by old gent for relocating potted plants around rural village

Final batch to follow...

4.1k · January 7, 2010

What a superb load of spots, worth waiting for until AS was back up again.

Chambord? I was very 'fou de chateaux' when I was 15-ish, dragging my parents along to quite a few around France.

January 7, 2010

Yes, Chambord! We saw I think 24 Chateaux in all, about 3 a day, thus all the driving around spotting potential.

And finally....

Toot toot!

Nice garage...

Bashed up R9

And then a worse one!

Nice looking R5

Not so good R11

Stop the car again, looks very promising!

Sadly couldn't get in though, private property

Good, but nothing top draw in there really

Whilst waiting for other half to collect the daily bread, these glided past

But here it is, the best of the holiday. Emergency stop!

Simca 1100 van, badged as a Talbot of course.

Nice inside too. And what's that parked ahead?

A pair of Matra Simca Bagheeras!

Just how different can two models of the same car look?

And this 505 a few doors along to round the trip off.

1.8k · January 7, 2010

Top drawer spottage, as usual, m'colleague.

47,282 · January 7, 2010

Holy moly! I would LOVE that simca van, it is CLASS!!!!! Great spots. Loches is right on mutha_Bol's doorstep. She is literally in a veritable multiplex of shite.I am going there in a few weeks, MUST LEAVE A-FRAME AT HOME

January 7, 2010

Gah, and to think I was only yards away from the genuine Bollox_owned uber haul. Presume you're tat haul is in said location. Surely your mum wouldn't have minded a salivating camera clicking snooper lurking around the property in a cold hysterical sweat.No, bring the A-Frame!!

4,444 · January 7, 2010

Wowsers! Talk about saving the best til last

1100 van is fit. Would look nice alongside my R4 I think!

Wonder how much the Matras go for over here? (If you can find one that is) Would make a surprisingly practical thing what with the extra seat and all.

5k · January 7, 2010

wow great spots i'm just outside limoges

1.5k · January 7, 2010

Fantastic pics!I think my fave spot was the FSO.

January 7, 2010

^WHS^ love those old FSOs

January 7, 2010

wow great spots i'm just outside limoges

Lions In My Own Garden: Exit Someone?

3.6k · January 7, 2010

Looks like you had a FAB time - those pics are GR12. Faves are the Matras and the R10

April 12, 2010

Time for updating time. Haven't quite got time to caption them all so I'm going to let the pictures do the talking.

A brief Autoshite management excursion to Amsterdam first.

April 12, 2010

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April 12, 2010

This again, we saw it about 100 times that day. All these photos were taken during 1 day's spotting, it was too damn cold to try it again, -5c I think it was.

Next we're back onto home soil with some local London spottage. Remember that photo of the hearse being lifted onto the trailer? .....

4.1k · April 12, 2010

What a coincidence! I saw this today in the most southern part of Amsterdam, over on the other side of the road, wishing I could have taken a pic... so thanks, excellent foresight!