CJ's Odds'n'Ends 2 - Here Be Photos...

[CreepingJesus]

Ok, time for another helping from the 'Bucket. Now, I like my spottage 'in the wild', and my photography 'guerilla'; so finding this rough little 'un in Asda after a pleasant afternoon at a rod show, restored the balance somewhat.

 

Volvo 240, which is even worse than the pics suggest!

 

Been after this one for a while now, she's no trailer queen, used most of the year!

 

I haven't got all the pics from Blackford uploaded yet, but here's a tasty taster...

 

And from the car park;

 

`Hi, is that Autoshite Recovery?`

Yup

`Erm, I got pissed and had a Charlie Bloomfield moment on ebay. I've bought a Rolls engine, but it's in a Challenger. Got anything that could lift it out?`

Yup, I'll bring The Big Man

`Champion, when will you be here?`

You'll just know...

Parked at Truckhaven t'other night!

[CreepingJesus]

Only a week late, due to one or two, erm, 'technical issues'; rods from the Phantoms show at Blackford, and other stuff. As well planned as ever, I'll raid the 'Bucket for fun stuff, and we'll see where it gets to!

 

Pontiac sled.

 

'Streetrat' Zeph, and a hard-driven totrod.

 

Much love for this blown Model 'A' Tudor, and its' pike nut centre caps.

 

More love for the one I already posted tho'; I'd have that in a heartbeat!

 

Lovely leaf sprung straight beam front end, on a Willys gasser

 

Some Yank tin:

 

Other stuff:

 

From the car park, part 2:

 

Something there for everyone, I hope; not just us rod fans!

 

Ok, one more...

...just to go with the Hayabusa hearse I posted up the other week. Now I just need a Hayabusa quad, and I'll have something like a set!

[CreepingJesus]

Happy 1,000th post to me. Who'd have thunk it, eh? Talking utter bollocks for a whole KiloPost.

What better excuse to show a few curios? I've been buying old motoring books, particularly old AA Roadbooks, when I find them for a few quid in junk/charity shops. They're interesting, for a view of how things were, and they're usually really well made.

One of my recent finds is the 1951 AA Roadbook of England and Wales: I was surprised to find a few bits of paper in there...

 

A parking ticket for Bournemouth? Appears to be prepaid, and unused, as the two parts are still together. Wonder if I could claim my parking, and enjoy one of the fine activities from the back of the ticket? Wrestling and a pint or two at the Winter Gardens, maybe?

 

This perhaps ties together the Bournemouth ticket, and why I acquired the book, here in Fife. Mr Langham fancied touring the South of England, then! So, he couldn't get the car-train he wanted, but got a very polite letter instead. I reckon Mr Vine dashed this letter out: BR typists would've been publicly flogged for typo's like that! Still, a letter from not only an actual human being, but one in a fairly senior position.

 

A little flyer which was tucked in beside the bookmark. Might try and track these down!

 

Middle daughter bought this old Austin key, for a few quid at a car show recently. Any thoughts on what it is/is for? Obviously, it's for an Austin, but is it anything special? It's nicely made and enamelled, and looks right at home on the cover of the '51 Roadbook. "Get in the Hereford kids, we're going to Bournemouth..."

 

Now what would a spec-ed be, without one of the ultimate spec-eds of all time? Polo Harlequin. In the wild.

 

And just to tie into another AS thread that pops up once in a while; how much is that plate worth? More than the Rover I'd say.

 

Just to round off; I'll apologise for the quality of this pic - it was from an awkward angle in a place I wasn't really supposed to be. But two Dodge Walk-Thru's? In one place? Two? Fuckin' A...

[CreepingJesus]

Time for another tat trawl!

Now, I don't like Allegros. Controversial in this parish perhaps; but nonetheless, if I ever develop a liking for them, it'll be time to call DEFRA, 'cos the brain's gone spongy. And yet, when this one popped up locally in the last couple of weeks, I couldn't help but feel a soupcon of joy at snapping it!

 

Again, I'm no great fan of Montegos either, and yet I went some way out of my way to go back and snap this VDP. It's not quite as minty as it looks, but tidy enough. Hands down I'd have one over an Allegro tho...!

There's usually a car or two for sale in this car park, so I'll keep an eye out and see if the marker pen ads go up on this one.

 

Maybe this crusty DS is one for the 'late reg madness' thread - it's an M-plate hound.

 

Tidy old BMW R hiding in the shade.

 

Amazingly, I spotted two Avantimes in one place, on the same day. There's this blue (like most of 'em) one, and an aubergine coloured one. Sadly the latter photo's really shit, so have the blue one for now. There's a return match on the cards!

 

Can't remember the last time I saw a Prairie of this type. Apart from in front of me, leaving Bathgate that time...

 

Plenty of these round here, but this'll be one of the oldest.

 

I s'pose if you like 90's J-tin, these three would make a nice set.

And the bonus Very Disco 3-dr wouldn't go amiss either

 

When I left this fella, the pump was showing £115. He was still filling it a minute later when I left...

 

As much as I try to leave my truck habit to the side; I've done cars and a bike, and put a lovely bit of bus-shite into Eddy's 'Blue' thread. Truckshite time...

There's an early MAN HX in this yard, but I've yet to snap it; this sad Scanny will have to do for now.

 

Something you don't see much of these days, is a good honest shunter. Given that it works Rosyth docks, the driver's grateful it's still weathertight!

 

There's more, but I'm going to call it a day here, while PC, 'net and 'Bucket are still on speaking terms.

[R9UKE]

Hats off to you for the Avantime pic. Awesome stuff

[CreepingJesus]

Cheers, I was beginning to forget what comments were...

 

Have the other Avantime; it's a really shitty pic, but I'm still made up that I found one which isn't[/] that blue.

 

And some other abandoned Renners. I know the 19 in the first pic's a 16v 4-dr Chamade; I reckon the 3-dr's a 16v too. As they've been down in the weeds for quite some time, I wouldn't imagine there's an intact floorpan between them...

 

And a VelSatis, which I might have posted before. Can't hurt to have a peek tho', can it?

[R9UKE]

A VEL SATIS! This is becoming one of my favourite threads. Yeh an Avantime that isn't blue, and a Vel Satis that isn't hearing aid Beige... quite an achievement!

[CreepingJesus]

...and a Vel Satis that isn't hearing aid Beige...

 

I only narrowly missed a baby blue Vel Satis the other day. And a bronxe J-plate 25 GTX; although to be fair, I thought better of taking the pic, 'cos I've had hassle taking pics at that location before, and I didn't fancy my chances 'explaining my intentions' with the two gents working on said car .

I've a feeling the VS is 'on my manor' , as is a crusty N-plate Meg I coupe, and an L-plate Clio. Hopefully I'll catch them before they dissolve. I often wonder what happened to the V6 auto Safrane I didn't buy for £250 a few years back...

[CreepingJesus]

A few morsels for your delight and delectation...

 

Carrying on from where I left off; shitty, shitty pic...but when did you last see one of these?

Sacre bleu! C'est un Peugeot Electrique!

Pov-spec 605? C'est pas possible, mon brave! Mais oui; regarde les wheeltrims plastique!

Don't see many of these in Fife...

 

'Nuff Frenching I'd reckon. Oriental oddities? Certainly...

Daewoo Espero, anyone?

Mazda 626 GT - bet it doesn't even know it's parked less than 50' from the RX3 I posted a while back!

I know where there's another V6 Camry, but this one'll do for now.

 

And from the Land Of The Rising Sun, to the Land Of Rising Early To Get A Towel Down...

Ugly, tough and hard to argue with, let alone understand. Just shout 'You Should Have Got A Landy, Mate' really loudly in English.

Altho', again, I know where there's another GE still earning a living. It'll be some mission to snap it...

Better still, just park the camper on the beach.

Or let the roof down, and brave the seagulls nicking your chips.

 

I quite like this pic: Volvo Torslandas old and new.

And again, Erik the Red sneaks into shot;

Half finished Anglia - the Corrado's not much better. Nice dashboard shot...

He's in this one too, just a long way back. Sneaky bugger.

I s'pose that'll do for now: there's some other stuff on memory cards that'll just have to wait 'til next time.

[eddyramrod]

Land Of Rising Early To Get A Towel Down...

Ugly, tough and hard to argue with, let alone understand. Just shout 'You Should Have Got A Landy, Mate' really loudly in English.

Altho', again, I know where there's another GE still earning a living. It'll be some mission to snap it...

Better still, just park the camper on the beach.

 

These things are relentlessly awful to drive (both of them). Well done for snapping them though!

[Barry Cade]

Damn,

 

I spotted that 626 a few weeks back at Partco, It gave me the OMG WANT. You've brought back those old feelings....

[Cheggers]

That big 4x4 Benz thing...I'm scared to think what would happen if you really slammed on the brakes

[chaseracer]

That big 4x4 Benz thing...I'm scared to think what would happen if you really slammed on the brakes

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[barrett]

The dog-rough modded Anglebox and the tatty SD1 are both definitely of another age. You just don't see stuff like that anymore, more's the pity.

 

The 626 Coupe is a lovely bit of kit, despite the colour. Such a classy motor looks quite incongruous on those cheap trims.

[Barry Cade]

 

The 626 Coupe is a lovely bit of kit, despite the colour. Such a classy motor looks quite incongruous on those cheap trims.

 

I'd swear those are alloys? You got me looking for the hub cap now..

[barrett]

 

The 626 Coupe is a lovely bit of kit, despite the colour. Such a classy motor looks quite incongruous on those cheap trims.

 

I'd swear those are alloys? You got me looking for the hub cap now..

 

Hey I think you're right! They look flippin' shite man, Mazda should be ashamed of themselves. No wonder only about 7 people bought a 626 coupe...

[loserone]

Yup, alloys:

[CreepingJesus]

Personally, I think the Mazda would look incomplete without the alloys. It's just a pity that the 'Mazda' badge from the centre of the cap has gone missing, 'cos they do look deceptively like cheap wheeltrims without! I'd love to potter about in it tho'; the GT's must be rare, right enough. Probly more because there aren't many cars less befitting the 'GT' tag than those 626's. That and some bits being mind-meltingly expensive to fix back in the day, probly got a fair few scrapped. E.G., Queensborough Mazda wanted near enough £600 for a carb for my dad's '87 GLX in '92: a 50p diaphragm, blagged for free from Scotbike fixed it...

I did wonder about the stability of the Merc trialler myself. I'm pretty sure all the safety mods and jacking points on it, are more a case of 'when' than 'if' it falls over. Besides, the badge on it says '230GE', but it sounds like a 5-cyl oil burner. The 230GE was the base model petrol one, wasn't it? The oil burners were 'GD' models iirc.

And I must say, of all the stuff I've snapped (because I like it, or it makes my Shitey Senses tingle), the Anglia's the one I really actually want to save. Poor thing...I'm ok with the matt black'n'flames, and the slot mags (it's a look isn't it? I know I'd need flares and an 8-track to do it justice, but I can carry it), and the almost inevitable 1600 X-Flow up front. But it needs to be out there, smoking the car parks and industrial estates of Fife!

I wondered if the SD1 was Cort's one, but I don't think it is. His is undergoing surgery at the mo', isn't it?

[CreepingJesus]

Right. Time for some more scabby old turkeys, and cheap'n'nasty crackers.

 

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...

...a Toyota Paseo. "Cheers hen, just...erm...what I always wanted"

 

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed...

...the little lord JeSHUT THE FUCK UP! If the Son of God had been born in the back of a Citroen XM 'Onyx', the wise men would've brought LHM, some spheres, and a multimeter. Much better gifts, I think, and maybe a religion I could get on with, would've evolved.

 

Hark the herald angels sing...

...'hark', my hairy arse. Acclaim, more like. Rubbish pic, but I was trying to hold up the traffic and talk to my maw-in-law at the time.

 

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart, but the very next day...

...I realised it was a Model T's worth of Tennents pisswater talking, and regretted the quick shag behind the bus shelter. But I confessed to God on the great white telephone for a good hour, so it's ok. And the doctor's said he can sort the crabs out.

 

God rest ye, merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay...

...WHOA! I'll stop you there Frank. Perfectly normal Subaru tiny-van from behind;

What the fuck is going on with the front??? Too right I'm dismayed.

 

Hither page, and stand by me, if thou knowst it telling...

...to yonder Renault fix a note, 'please phone me if you're selling'...

 

Joy to the world! A Morgan's come...

...to Tesco's in Dundee.

 

Well, enough stupidity for now. The 'Shiters Crimbo sing-song endeth here. All the best for Christmas + the New Year.

[Richard]

Is that Tennents van really a Model T, or an Albany Twenties from the 1970s with a Triumph engine and Morris Minor front suspension? Like this one in Cupar.

 

IMAG0188 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

Did you spot the Subaru outside Ninewells Hospital? I see it there most times I go. I'm pretty sure I saw it on the same day I saw this one in one of the Ninewells car parks, which means there are two people driving them. As far as I know it's a standard factory model, called a Sambar Classic Dias.

 

IMAG0015 by RichardB5, on Flickr

[CreepingJesus]

TBH, I looked at the 'T' only insofar as to check it didn't have discs on the front. The ones that used Tranny + LDV/Sherpa bits may have beam axles, but there's no hiding them discs! It would definitely be more Autoshite if a company that big had to resort to using a kit car for promos...

Yes, the Subaru thingy was parked in Ninewells Av. Haven't been into the hospital in many years, so I haven't seen the one you posted. Somehow it looks a bit nicer than the dark blue one. I actually stopped to see if someone had grafted some chromework from a BL-era Riley on to it!

Must go for a good old 'Shite hunting session in Dundee, I've only ever scratched the surface so far...

[Richard]

I've studied your picture a bit more and I am 99% sure it's an Albany. Maybe it's because anybody could jump in this and drive, while the real thing isn't so straightforward. The scary thing is that the Albany is well on the way to being as old as it originally pretended to be.

[Barry Cade]

Fisher and Donaldson in Cupar DO have an original and genuine Model T van... I MOT'd it a few years ago- nearly putting it through the back wall 'cos the accelerator's in the middle, which no one mentioned...

[Waderider]

It's an Albany - leastways it's not a Model T - I used to work there.

[CreepingJesus]

Thanks chaps; I reckon it's more interesting that it isn't an actual T. I must read up a bit on Albany, I hadn't heard of them before. In fact, I'd roll in one.

A virtual Fisher + Donaldson cake all round.

[CreepingJesus]

MAJER BOLLICKS ALERT. YOU HAZ BIN WORNED

 

Transit County, trying to look inconspicuous. And failing. Spotted it 500yds away. Haha you.

 

Boggo Skoda Pickup. Not lowered, original colour bonnet, no sticker bomb. Fail

 

Colin Chapman reckoned big wings kept the back end of his racers down. Not sure weighing them down was part of the idea. Fail

 

Tata Safari with leather interior? WTF? Abandoned in a remote Yorkshire farmyard on a Sunday morning fail.

 

Fancy plate, not fancy car. It's either fail, or the reek of old money. I was amazed to take this pic (and the one that appeared elsewhere) in the middle of a crowd of pensioners, who seemed completely oblivious! Geriatric comprehension fail.

 

V70 in 'Not The Only Big-ass Old Estate In Homebase Car Park Fail' Shocker. Must try harder. 6-wheel CX methinks.

 

"Mr Paint guy, please respray my car pink, here's 15p"..."No, pinker than that"..."Do you stock PPG Hi-Viz Fail Pink?"

 

Surprising how few of these are left - this little bambino's mega tidy. I'd rock that, I could winch it into the V70's loadbay for shit'n'giggles. My sister had one years ago, but you didn't need to know that. TMI fail.

 

Felly...Magic it is, takes entire wheelchairs up its' rusty rear end nae bother. Leg fail.

 

I love taking pics of old gits in shit cars, it's like shooting fish in a barrel. Not a fucking clue. Geriatric comprehension fail Pt 2.

 

Shitty pic, I know, but I was genuinely pleased to see this old stager. Leyland 344. Not preserved or mollycoddled - it's gritting the yard at Co-op's RDC at Newhouse. K-plate...'74 K. I was actually pulled up by some random bloke while taking this. The conversation went thusly;

He "What you taking pictures of that old shite for?"

Me "'Cos it's an interesting old rarity"

He "How?"

Me "Built along the road at Bathgate, near enough 40 year old"

He "Built at Bathgate? Did they make tractors there?"

Me "Aye..." :roll

He "Is it worth anything then?"

Me "Wouldn't have thought so, it's just an interesting old thing"

He (slightly crestfallen) "Oh...right"

Me "Cheerio..."

Some people, eh? I dunno...failure to appreciate the industrial heritage of your nation fail.

 

Utterly minging E.European reg'd 626, with bin bag window. Qualz. Swapped grim E.Europe for Broxburn and got their window panned in fail.

 

Clogging up the streets of Auld Reekie with bloody great artics has its' advantages... Bus/truck/twat in Volvo V50 interface fail.

 

And an occasional 'Not Really Shite But Quite Interesting' motah - Project Kahn Rangie. Inconspicuosity (?) fail Pt 2

Or possibly 'plate fail.

 

Oh go then, one more. You twisted my arm. Mostly rust and gaffer tape Primera, owned by a really cheerful Irish bloke, who was made up that I gave him the last of my 50p's worth of airline time. Which promptly expired. Generosity fail.

More fail-o-log when shit passes my lens, folks. It amuses me if nothing else... ePic pHAil

[Tayne]

 

Colin Chapman reckoned big wings kept the back end of his racers down. Not sure weighing them down was part of the idea. Fail

 

Did Colin Chapman do a lot of work for Toyota?

 

Sports car ID fail.

[RoadworkUK]

Thread not full of fail fail. You had me at the Transit County.

[CreepingJesus]

Did Colin Chapman do a lot of work for Toyota?

Thinking about it, Frank Costin would've been a better reference! Besides, I'm reliably informed* that Toyota's sports car designers have a shrine to CC which they worship regularly. A cravat, and a lock of hair; that's all they have, and it's all they need.

 

You had me at the Transit County.

It had me too. I've a feeling I know who owns it too - he knows about AS. Maybe I'll flush him out if he's ghosting...

[doug]

Also spotted that Hillman thing last week at Monte Carlo start in Clydebank.