Spotter's Log: Harpenden Classics On The Common

[michiel]

It's a pleasure! Most southernmost part of Amsterdam, is that how far we'd wandered? I had no idea.

Well, we did actually think we'd headed West at the time!

Where I spotted it today (Buitenveldert) is the southernmost part, your pic looks more like West indeed!

[STUNO]

The car labelled Chrysler with a V8 engine a few pages back (26?)is an Aust Chrysler Valiant AP6 from about 1966.And it is an amazing show on this thread.

[Mash]

 

 

Gremlin FTW.

 

Who wants to buy my stuff? I'm off to Oz!!

[Gompo]

Amazing, thanks for sharing..

[Electric Leyland]

Time for a stupidly long overdue spotting update.

 

We'll start with all the way back when Mr H Sceptic took delivery of his Maxi and came down to Hertfordshire for a day of cruising (not that kind) around in the baking hot sun, kind of like the opposite of the Stondon day....

 

Thar she blows!

 

Common AS Fleet Vehicle photo location, in Preston village

 

And another traditional old English pub ...

 

Check out this old garage we found!

 

 

And now for lots and lots of random stuff.......

 

Tesco's Stevenage

 

Heh heh heh

 

Double spot in Highbury...

[Electric Leyland]

The following all occurred on the same afternoon's cycle around my locale ........

 

 

 

"Shoreditch Department Of Advertising Correction". I'll leave you to make up your own minds on that one.

 

These are massive beasts and I want an old rusty one in 25 years:

 

My street

 

 

Current favourite regular local spot, I LOVE IT

 

 

 

 

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[Electric Leyland]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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And the next ones were from the previous weekend to the above, with Mr H Sceptre in tow on his velocipede.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Electric Leyland]

GET OUT OF MY WAY YOU TWAT. I momentarily lost it at this toff for blatantly standing in my way, thus ruining my shot of a Ferrari 250 Berlinetta Lusso outside The Ritz! I was seething for ages after that.

 

 

West London now for the next ones, on the same journey.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Electric Leyland]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Electric Leyland]

Who's going to be first to say the significance of this scene, or even to post up an original pic as evidence?

 

 

 

And this one?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A great day out that wouldn't you say Mr H Scepts?

[55bloke]

Some lovely stuff there! Like the Mks 2 and 3 Zephyrs a lot! Had a chuckle at the note in the R 4 - kinda sweet really (bet it's owned by a girl) but can't help thinking it's trying to appeal to the non-existent conscience of those responsible. More likly to result in it being torched, I'd have thought! As for that DS - all I can say is Wonder if the owner knows what it's worth?

[Mr H Sceptre]

Indeed I would m'colleague!

[seth]

Holy Spot-atron!

[Electric Leyland]

The following weekend I decided to continue enjoying the great summery weather with ......... another spotting expediton cycling around London, getting completely lost south of the river this time .............

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Electric Leyland]

Definitely NQR...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This made me laugh as an overall image

 

 

This hasnt moved for years now, Clapham Common:

 

[Electric Leyland]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three within 15 minutes!!

 

 

 

Four!!!!!!!!

 

OOOOH!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

[Electric Leyland]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five!!!!!

 

 

[Electric Leyland]

Things then really started to take a surreal turn into dreamland...

 

 

 

 

 

And if that wasn't enough, my SPOT OF THE YEAR:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a day that was.

 

 

I'm not finished yet....

[Spottedlaurel]

Truly amazing what’s about in London.

 

The blue Cavalier Mk1 reminds me of Mr H_S’s avatar – did he drive one in the earlier episodes?

 

The CF removal van might be one I saw in Norfolk last year – surely there aren’t that many London-based firms still using them?

 

XKJ95X on the BMW 7-series is a coincidence, I was just looking at a scrapped Corolla that I’d got a photo of in my Flickr account, that was XKJ27X.

[Mr Lobster]

Fuggin 'ell. Incredible

[55bloke]

Ok, that's it, I give up! I'm NEVER going shite spotting again. You seem to have spotted more stuff in a day's cycling round London than I've seen in 6 years round here!!

[Vin]

Wowsers

 

Tempra and Volvosaurus on the same street, yet still OUTshited. Allegro is class

[Electric Leyland]

And now from a 24 hour jaunt across to Gent in Belgium through French France and back, stopping at Dunkirk for a boot full of booze...

 

 

 

 

 

Colours! You dont see them much anymore in car parks...

 

 

 

[Electric Leyland]

Friendly lady owner of this let me come in and snap away at her husbands collection. She wasnt a million miles away from our German eBay Bratwurst swinging friend, very accommodating....

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Electric Leyland]

And finally some more London ones from the summer ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Electric Leyland]

And a few from in and around Leek Staffs for good measure....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time for bed.... hope you enjoyed them....

 

[Spottedlaurel]

 

Your attempt at concealing peoples’ identities? Just noticed the Sierra in the background.

 

That Nissan President (Infiniti Q45?) conversion is bizarre.

 

For about 5 seconds, threads like this make me wish I lived or worked in London.

[MK5 Escort]

Look at the state of that poor Allegro estate. Wonderful! Surely that can’t be roadworthy? I’d imagine bits of bodywork to fall off as it rode over the many speed bumps and potholes in that state.

 

Loving the Diamond White Granada in motion! Given a good valet and polish, I’d happily roll around in that.

 

Is it just me, or did a considerable number of Nissan Prarie’s come in that metallic blue? It’s been a while since I’ve seen one in the metal and even longer since I saw one in another colour.