Westcountry shite volume 3 (updated 11/10/08)

4,678 · April 21, 2008

Welcome to the latest thrilling installment of of spottings from way out West! first off a MK1 Transit camper still giving good service in the Exeter area....

Just a few miles from Lands End, hope its not end of the Road for this Sunbeam Rapier....

Alongside the salubrious Bodmin Industrial Estate premises of the rather inbred used car dealer I acquired my Brothers Mondano from a few weeks ago was this motheaten old Anglia....

Delightful A60 in 'Hillbilly' Torrington

Closeby was a fetching collection of FX4 remains....

And a new feature, in a slight variation on the 'cat piss tarp challenge', is the 'collapsing outbuilding challenge' any ideas what it is?....

4.8k · April 21, 2008

That Angula don't look like the Harry Potter car which is the only type of Angula I is familiar with!.....

2,352 · April 21, 2008

"Anglia" is a Prefect surely?! That Rapier is a Series 2 I think going on the side trim. Mega rare. Looks too good (ie not rusty enough) to be on a final journey surely. Lets hope not!A60 will probably be not much longer for this world I reckon And in the falling down barn, Morris perhaps? It sure looks familiar as in maybe it was featured in a mag not that long ago?

33,760 · April 21, 2008

Alongside the salubrious Bodmin Industrial Estate premises of the rather inbred used car dealer I acquired my Brothers Mondano from a few weeks ago was this motheaten old Anglia....

I much prefer this shape of Anglia/Prefect

April 21, 2008

The Transit is brilliant - nicely battered, much more "real" than some mint condition restored thing! I approve.

4.8k · April 21, 2008

For some reason I'm thinking Ford V8 Pilot, probably something to do with the long bonnet. No doubt I'm way off the mark but everything before the 70s isn't my fortÃƒÂ©!

4,256 · April 22, 2008

plastic sheet challenge is Hillman Minx prob. late 40'sAnd I can almost remember my dad's first new car, a 1952 FORD PREFECT just like the black one above. I think he didn't like it much as it was underpowered for our hills and was replaced by a 1953 Vauxhall Velox (which I can remember)

4.1k · April 22, 2008

10 out of 10 for these spots. Quality!

4,678 · May 9, 2008

Some noteable stuff from the last week or so, love the colour scheme of this A40 seen at Weymouth Harbour....

Old giffers in their old device with the old top down (nice Harold & Hilda matching headgear!)

COR! 1800S blandcrab

Honda Civic in a Torquay driveway....

Scene alert!....

Tesco carpark Rotary Maz....

4.1k · May 9, 2008

Great stuff! What's the old device, something by Alvis or Lagonda?

May 9, 2008

Great stuff! What's the old device, something by Alvis or Lagonda?

Lagonda v12 1938.The vehicle details for EYY 2 are: Date of Liability 01 07 2008 Date of First Registration 01 10 1938 Year of Manufacture Not Available Cylinder Capacity (cc) 4480CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Licence Not Due Vehicle Colour MAROON

4.1k · May 10, 2008

Cheers!

4,256 · May 11, 2008

saw that blue 1800 and me old heart missed a beat. 1800s same colour and interior as mine, even the same wing mirrors and '71 j plate.I know my one is dead. but............great spots !

4,678 · July 8, 2008

The spottage has been a bit thin on the ground down here lately, still here's a few from the last week or so, bad beemer....

You just can't polish a turd! shite car, shit modz

Oldskool Ford in matt rattlecan black

Tidy Opel....

Strada auto....

July 8, 2008

Rare car-Still look good to me Come on regieritmo get yours back on the road

12,815 · July 8, 2008

That Strada is stunning! How mint is it??The 528i has come a long way - it was registered in Scot Land which explains the rust.Do you frequent Torrington often? An old XJ6 of mine was sent there for a head gasket job and the c**t sold it. BOF***T, a white 3.4 Series 3 with a black vinyl roof and red leathers.

4.8k · July 8, 2008

That's actually the spit of mine, bar the colour. If it was orangey red, V reg...oh & 65CL rather than 75CL as that one appears to be. But details, details, it's near enough!Think that was on the eBay thread last year, it's the right year & colour - can't be many!BS6, was it you who had another Mk1 Strada on one of your spotted threads within the last 2 or 3 months? A good ratio if it was!

4.8k · July 8, 2008

You just can't polish a turd! shite car, shit modz

Question is, is it or is it not a BRM....hard to say due to the 'barryness!' If it is though then that's actually quite a tasty little car they've ruined! Although, changing the colour & the exterior looks like a bit too much trouble to go to for these boys, so I would say they've just found an orange BRM spoiler somewhere & tacked on some silver wing mirrors - job done!

July 9, 2008

That Strada is indeed a thing of beauty. Can't be many left like that.Noticed a US one a while back on jalopnik/dots for the other end of the spectrum..http://jalopnik.com/371002/1981-fiat-strada

3.7k · July 9, 2008

Question is, is it or is it not a BRM....hard to say due to the 'barryness!' If it is though then that's actually quite a tasty little car they've ruined! Although, changing the colour & the exterior looks like a bit too much trouble to go to for these boys, so I would say they've just found an orange BRM spoiler somewhere & tacked on some silver wing mirrors - job done!

All BRMs are 3-door, and in a British Racing Green-ish shade, it's called 'Brooklands' IIRC.So no.

4,678 · July 9, 2008

BS6, was it you who had another Mk1 Strada on one of your spotted threads within the last 2 or 3 months? A good ratio if it was!

Yes Reg, I did spot another MK1 Strada a few months back, in exactly the same place as this one!....

4,678 · July 15, 2008

Seen in Bournemouth, a 105E with a an ultra rare 'Kings continental kit' period accessory, consisting of the external spare wheel carrier and wheel spats only ever seen these on mk1/2 Consuls, Zephyrs/Zodiacs.

Rank Renner 21....

Bedford removals van still giving stirling service to a Weymouth firm....

The most inappropriately named special edition car ever? an Escort 'Bonus'....

Yet another old Plymouth Pub closes its doors for the last time as a new existance as 'affordable accomodation' beckons, the old Toyamota was perfectly placed for a pic!....

Nearby was this Alfa just about clinging to life....

And this! the most undesirable Crapi ever, yes its a 1300

Some hot caged Allegroidal action in Southeast Cornwall....

2.3k · July 16, 2008

Seen in Bournemouth, a 105E with a an ultra rare 'Kings continental kit' period accessory, consisting of the external spare wheel carrier and wheel spats only ever seen these on mk1/2 Consuls, Zephyrs/Zodiacs.

Pity they had to sell the number plate in order to buy the spats!

47,367 · July 16, 2008

Why is that bedford truck calling itself a Marsden?

2,866 · July 16, 2008

According to a quick google search, Marsden specialised in "pantechnicon bodies for removal companies. They usually use the Bedford chassis."

4,678 · August 17, 2008

A random update consisting of a few 'Street' spots and a couple of shows attended over the last month or so, here's a collection of old Fords including my Zodiac, all the other cars belong to like minded friends in the Plymouth area as we set off from the Tamar bridge to attend the 'Boconnoc steam fair' near Lostwithiel in Cornwall....

At said show, British lorries don't get much better than this stunning Atkinson Borderer with Gardner power!....

COR! lovely 'on the stick' Westminster sounded awesome

This Princess 3 litre didn't sound so good, being powered by a Mazda 4 cylinder oil burner donk!....

Bedford TJ tipper....

Shite sportscar, strangely appealing Turner....

A rare surviving example of the 'Rowe hillmaster' which was built in Cornwall between approx 1954 to 1962, this one is powered by a Meadows 4DC diesel....