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

[Barry Cade]

I wonder if he's still got the Charger and Barracuda that he's been dragging around for the last couple of decades.

 

He's certainly not got the Barracuda- He gave me a few Mopar books when I had my Challenger.

[CreepingJesus]

Saw a 'Mog very much like that, up in Blairgowrie the other week. Pre-suffix Aberdeen reg? It was heading down to Coupar Angus for the Horse Fair (mucho shite around that day; couldn't find anywhere to park an artic that would've let me get pics, but I did see a 100E in a back garden...I'll get back to that one someday.).

Wonder if the Supra's suffering engine woes - Merc V8's aren't cheap to fix, no matter how good you are!

Last trip to Watson's was down to Ferryhills Rd. Needed a wiper assembly for a Passat; no Passats, but the guys were very helpful, in pointing me to a Seat with the right one. They charged me a fiver for a pocket full of odds'n'ends (switches, trim clips and a 'new' aerial iirc), and had a laugh at my suggestion of the possibilties for the Pug V6 engine and 'box sat next to a tidy-ish Micra behind the shed. That would've been 5-6 years ago, haven't been back since.

[CreepingJesus]

Speaking of Merc's mighty V8's; I remembered while making some toast just there, that I'd got a couple of pics of an AMG ML55 I'd been after.

So, the burning question; when does an AMG become autoshite?

When you tape the mirror back together, that's when!

In case you think this is me being a bit cruel, consider this...

It's been like that for about a year, and it's worse now, after the winter. The pics of the equally mullered step and petrol flap didn't work out, I reckon Sony-san just couldn't allow the full horror to be captured!

Having said all that...yeah, I'd run it just as is. To me (or more precisely in my hands) that's a Scooby baiting, cop magnet par excellence.

[CreepingJesus]

Been feeling a bit rough today; thankfully, the universe decided to cheer me up a bit with a couple of local motors I'd been after for a while! Have a share of my good cheer peeps:-

Down at heel, but daily driven Mk2 Ashtray

Big'n'butch Nissan Patrol

Out'n'about...

Porker 944 - yes, that's Ikea, and yes, the gentleman concerned did pack a load of flatpack in it, and rope the lid down! Kudos, sir.

The really clean E21 which drew up next to me, while I was waiting for the breakdown bloke. I actually stopped eating my chips for this!

Scoot thing, for them as likes this kinda stuff. I'm not even sure what it is - anything with 10" wheels makes me recoil in horror.

Absurdly clean 'Sud.

Occasionally, the local recovery yard presents a little scene. Not even sure there was much damage on the van, but the Probe'll buff out ok.

Scabby Cossie, on Jersey plates, running 3 alloys + 1 steel. Stank something rotten too.

[Barry Cade]

Scabby Cossie, on Jersey plates, running 3 alloys + 1 steel. Stank something rotten too.

 

Ah, Comet's Korner... I spent most of my youth slithering sidways round there in various Manta's and Mk2 Ezkortz. Spun my Suzuki SC100 about 1647 times there too. it was the place to be!

[CreepingJesus]

Funnily enough, I was just by there again, not half an hour ago. Is it wrong of me to feel slightly disappointed that there's nothing to even trouble a 1.6 Megane? A bunch of polished rotboxes on shagged suspension... Yoof of today, I dunno!

[Barry Cade]

Funnily enough, I was just by there again, not half an hour ago. Is it wrong of me to feel slightly disappointed that there's nothing to even trouble a 1.6 Megane? A bunch of polished rotboxes on shagged suspension... Yoof of today, I dunno!

 

 

Apparently Thursday night is the best.. if you like chavved up 106's and Honda's.. My best memory of way back then was just befor I passed my test ( had a Mk1 Cavalier at the time, with an arc welded on Ascona front end...) we were sitting in my mate's Horizon 1.5GLS at about 3AM , and an RX7 and Mk1 Escort were giving it everything, one on each side of the road, must have been 120+, closely followed by a Senator jam sandwich.

 

Another mate had a 1.7 Marina, which he hated- he used to go as hard as he could along the prom and ram it into 1st to take The korner.... it lasted for weeks. After that finally expired, he bought a B310 Sunny. We used to race home down the Cluny road... the amount of times he didn't make it round that sharp bend, but that old Sunny just wouldn't die either. By this time I had a 2.2 engined Manta- full rally spec with rollcage,LSD and 4 big Cibies, I waz da driftin' King- then I met the girlfriend- now wife of nearly 17 years, and chopped it for an Uno 903 ES.... which I crashed.

[eddyramrod]

Occasionally, the local recovery yard presents a little scene. Not even sure there was much damage on the van,

...By which I think you mean the white thing by the fence? Too late, all the damage was done in the drawing office. I used to drive one of these daily (in flatbed flavour) and 20 years on, my back still hasn't recovered. Just hearing one in the distance makes my left hand ache (homicidal gear lever!).

[CreepingJesus]

@Tiff - heh heh, the Cluny Road...hasn't everybody who's ever driven that road had a hairy moment or two? Lift off/bottoming the suspension out by the clays, that sharp corner, and not forgetting the adverse camber thro' the bends at the Glenrothes end. They gave me a helluva moment with one of White Arrow's old double deck trailers a few years ago!

My other half has a studio just down from the Korner; I might go for a photo mission some night, with the good camera. Get some arty shots. And laugh at the neds from the vicinity of the kettle. Qualitee!

@Eddy - I was meaning the Merc, I kinda forgot there was a rolled Ashtray in the middle there! I've had the pleasure of driving one of those - dogleg first iirc, with a dire warning sticker about not pulling away in 2nd, on the engine cover. I'm sure I read that the seats on Merc's CV's were designed orthopedically, to force you into good posture - designed by Torquemada, possibly! Their vans haven't ever done it for me, but the big trucks are comfy places to be.

[mk2_craig]

Scabby Cossie, on Jersey plates, running 3 alloys + 1 steel. Stank something rotten too.

 

Think I've got a photo of that one a few weeks ago, sat on a local dealer's forecourt with £7995 in the windscreen. Paint looked clean like, but defo resprayed, missing the front foglamps.

 

Will get round to posting sooner or later...

[CreepingJesus]

I'd consider myself well done, if I'd paid just shy of £8k for that one.

The paint was definitely quite flat, and what with the one steel (n/s/f), and its' less than steady progress, I did wonder what was going on. I was behind it for maybe a couple of miles (Dysart down to where the pic was taken, for those who know the area), long enough to realise that it was a gen Cossie, albeit sounding a bit rough, and smelling like burning, off the throttle.

Call it half the price, and I'd see it as a rolling resto.

[CreepingJesus]

Some more pics, just 'cos it's Friday, and I'm avoiding stuff.

 

A lovely Pug 205 GL...cor blimey!

 

Is it wrong of me to feel that this Rascal/Carry thing needs saved?

 

Very clean Kwak Z550F.

[CreepingJesus]

Couple of shots, just 'cos. (Well actually, last pics from Sony-san. Trying to get the hang of new phone, now!)

 

 

[CreepingJesus]

This one's a bit tasty, I'm hoping it comes out to play on Sunday night!

[trigger]

That Capri is amazing!, Checker plate spotlight brackets for the win!

[CreepingJesus]

Pity the photo's slightly blurry (I couldn't keep a straight face, 'cos the security guys not in the picture were trying to out-do each other with Capri facts, all of which were wrong...), 'cos the little red dots on the Wellers are dice valve covers. The car's that much of a class act. An accessory shop from 1985 called, and they answered.

 

Also: how do I get rid of the "80's update" bit in the title? It's really bloody annoying!

[tonedepear]

Edit the title on the first post, I think?

[CreepingJesus]

^Cheers for pointing that out Tony. Hard to believe I was a qualified IT instructor once upon a time. Win 98 time, to be precise

Anyhoo. Some spots, and in honour of the fact that a)T in the Park takes place a short way from here, and that I can't afford to go, and that c) half the music will be gash anyway; I'm having "A Shite In The Park". My choice of music, appropriate to each pic. -ish. (See? Didn't I say it would all make sense? It's still just a bad dream to everyone except me)

 

Blur..."Beetle Bum"

 

Iron Maiden..."The Trooper" Except, if you look closely it isn't. But really it is...

 

The Cure..."Mint Car" (Had to be done, didn't it? )

 

QOTSA..."Broken Box"

 

AC/DC..."Back In Black"

 

Fun Lovin' Criminals..."Scooby Snacks"* Well, it's a mystery bus isn't it? I haven't got a clue what it is.

 

Queen..."White Queen"

 

The Almighty..."Prayin' To The Red Light"

 

Eddie And The Hot Rods..."Turning Japanese"

...I really think so...

 

Gun..."Welcome To The Real World"

 

And in the acoustic tent, The Byrds..."Eight Miles High"

 

Now if someone could organise that for the park behind our house, for next weekend, that would be smashing.

Free beer for 'Shiters? Everyone else pays £15.30 a jar.

*Thanks Kay.

[warren t claim]

Wasn't Turning Japanese written by the Vapours? Top pics though!

[CreepingJesus]

Wasn't Turning Japanese written by the Vapours? Top pics though!

 

'Twas. But you've got to have a covers band, right? It was never in a month of Sundays, me being a twat.

[mk2_craig]

Nice spots. I saw that TR7 on a visit back in May, think it was behind the restaraunt next to the BP garage on the way into Dalgety Bay. No photo though

 

The Scimitar, can't quite make out the plate on it but is that a G prefix? Would be an extremely late example if so.

[CreepingJesus]

The Scim's a Middlebridge one, on a G-plate. I don't think any picture could capture just how good this car is. I remember seeing a few at the time, and this one's better than how it left the factory! It looks as if it's hewn from a solid block of obsidian. Very lovely.

The TR7 does indeed kick around Spaghetti Bay - I followed it down to the Tesco to get that pic, on the thin pretext of going to the cash machine! I first saw it a few months ago, broken down on the main road by the rail halt, so not 100 yards from where you saw it. Hence why I picked 'Broken Box' for it.

[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...