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Right, thought it was about time I made some sort of effort to throw up what I've spotted over the last year or so.

Theres plenty of chod around here, but I also need to be careful taking photos. Using my retarded 'stealth' mode (pointing phone camera at cars general direction whilst making it look like I'm checking a text message or something) hasn't always worked, so some/most of my pics are a little on the shite side.

I've put them into order by car make/country of origin as its easier like that, thats how they are filed on my computer and how they are uploaded to photobucket. I'll start by what I upload and go on through the makes.

NOTE - If the photos look they are cut-off from the right-hand side, you can either use the 'view image' option on Firefox or use CTRL + +/- to make the screen bigger or smaller on IE.

Anyway, enough rambling on from me, lets start with some British chod:
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Jaguar Sovereign, untaxed since around 2003.

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Austin Ambassador A-reg, A-reg, ey Reg? etc... This had been here for ages, however it seems to have disappeared a few months ago, its still taxed though.

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I HAZ CRABZ etc.. When I took a pic of this, some other bloke had the same idea and took a pic too, anyone we know?

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Saw this the other day being driven by a pretty large bloke, he didnt look too comfortable :?

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Absolute poverty-spec Metro (I think) not seen these on steelies unless they had wheel trims covering them.

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Truck shite, ERF 180 in Digbeth, had to slide my hand through the bars to get this.

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Mini something or other outside some big posh house. Had to zoom in for pic, hence (non) quality.

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Maestro, been here for some time. Owner seems to have shite laying about, including some huge Vauxhall truck in his rather small front garden. He also has a Mini van, took a pic but cant find it.

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This house has always rotting chod laying around festering.

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This was owned by a mate of mine at one point, he got it to this condition. I last saw it being driven by some young suited-up 20-something lad. I waved at him whilst I was waiting at some lights in the Sterling but he looked at me bewildered. :?

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Riley Elf I think. Was shocked to see this around, had to get some pics

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Rover 2600 Auto, a recent find, doesnt look like its moved for a few years.

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Another 2600 SD1, this featured in some mag at one point.

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Scimiter GTE in Nottingham

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More Dolomitage.....
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For some of our older members......
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A Vauxhall PA Cesta? Quite a famous spot having been seen and snapped by others on other old-car-fan forums and photo hosting sites, apparently its been sitting here for 28 years...........

More to come.................

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Next....

 

A small selection of spots from Brussles. Quality is even more shit as for some reason.

 

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Twingo, my mum was offered a test drive in one of these when they first came out in Belguim, my Dad though took the test drive :lol:

 

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Colt and Merc, FATHA_Sterling wouldnt stop and let me take proper pics of them, cheers Dad :(

 

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More to come later, I'm off to eat.................

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Thanks for the replies guys :D Got more here.

 

Some Blue-oval chod up next:

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Ford Taurus, never seems to move.

 

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Fiesta 1.8D Van near Worcester. This van has been here for a very long time. It had once been put up for sale a few years ago but has sat there ever since, the 'For Sale' sign has faded. I'm surprised it hasnt been lifted yet! :shock:

 

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Got talking to the bloke who owns this, he uses it as his daily and has never seen the point of buying a new car.

 

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This Cortina hasnt moved in a while, parked outside a bungalow I suspect its elderly owned. I wonder if it not moved due to bereavement? It was very clean at one point.

 

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This Cortina never seems to be off this drive, though it is moved and often jacked up, so definiately has some sort of attention.

 

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I like Fiestas like this, clean-cut, low-spec and simple, no frilly bits.

 

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Cruty but rare Sierra.

 

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Nice to see this clean truck earning its keep.

 

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Hippy Transit Van, owned by an old boy I think.

 

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Spotted this parked up at Merry Hill when I worked at the Car Wash there.

 

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Garden ornament.

 

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NOT Garden ornament, despite its appearence this is in regular use.

 

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More later................

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Japanese rammle up next, enjoy:

 

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A very abandonned Pajero. Theres leaving leaving your car out to pasture and there is this! :o

 

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SVX left out to pasture

 

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The owner of this had a couple of Datsun 280zs festering on his drive along with the Gold Jaguar XJS seen in my first post back when he had a garden. Since then he has tarmaced over everything resembling garded and has some shite dotted about, including in what used to be a back garden I couldnt get any good shots of those though.

 

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This Bluebird belongs to a mate of mine.

 

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This Datsun was a bit of sight, very rarely seen though.

 

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This Prelude looked as if it had been parked for a long time, had flat tyres and bashed panels all over the shop, its since disappeared.

 

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This was a bit of spot, I used to see loads of these in Kuwait, this particular car has a pair of Aussie plates on it, I wondered why it was here festering on a driveway in Birmingham.

 

More coming up later.........

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Moving onto some Deutsche autos, nothing particularly fantastic here, I've a load of E34 5-series and Merc 190 pics, but they dont seem 'shitey' enough to include here, therefore I've only uploaded some highlights.

 

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51-plate W124!? Must have been hiding away in some dealership possibly?

 

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This has since been sold on.

 

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This hasnt.

 

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I loved the numer-plate style on this Merc, very 80s. I wanted to take off but when I returned the car had gone :(

 

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From the same garage I saw the Triumph Toledo on slots.

 

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80s wannabe yuppie shite, although parked in 2 different places its not been taxed since 2005.

 

Next up, the wierd and wonderful..........

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Here we've a mixed bag of eastern European, Yank and kit-car stuff. Enjoy:

 

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Whilst waiting for an MOT on the Micra I wondered what the hell this was, turns out to be something called a Calvey-Mitchell (sp?)

 

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Dutton Sierra presumably? in hearing-aid Beige no less.

 

Lada for your delight....

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Autoshite security.

 

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Pontiac, sat since 1998.

 

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Not exactly autoshite, but it has been sat in this position for a quite a while.

 

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Yeee'Ha line-dancing' tache wearing' TransAm

 

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Mexican-gang cruiser

 

Next - Les Francais.....

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Maintenant, Je vous présente; les voitures Francais............

 

Not as much chod here as I first thought, but anyway, I digress.........

 

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All presumably owned by the same owner.

 

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In my day they used to dump cars in the woods/fields, now they dump them in the middle of bleedin' shopping centres.........

 

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Froggy workhorse. FATHA_Sterling used to have one of these in a fetching Navy Blue.

 

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I can never get close enough to the Espace to take a decent pic.

 

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25 Hiding away.

 

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Van on fetching Fuego alloys.

 

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Lotus engineered Horizon, I heard this once burbling up the road, sounded sweet.

 

Coming up - A couple of Vauxhalls and an Opel...........

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Top spotting your Lordship, you may now officially call yourself 'Lord Sterling of Shite' :D Bonus points for the Heathens sun-strip on the Landcrab in the first batch; they lost their track 15 years ago 8) I think the late registered W124 is one of a batch imported from India (although I don't know why?) Sainsbury's Bearwood?; that is a choice part of the world for shite-spotting as you no doubt know. :)

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Vauxhalls and Opels, now I'm sure I had more interesting stuff than this, obviously not. I do have more stuff on an old hard-drive somewhere, but for now, here are a few Vauxhalls:

 

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Spotted this Camper by the North Circular.

 

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Cavalier, bloke was sitting in it so I couldnt exactly get any proper pictures. In fact, this is the 2nd time I have failed to get a good pic of this car :x

 

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Coming up next, the world of VWs, Porsches and so on.................

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Some epic spotting there, you have certainly seen a lot of shite. Same area or all over? The MKI Sierras appeal greatly, good to see one is still in use though, I know of one laid up near me but it is impossible to get a photo of, it's a good few metres up an awkward driveway.

That G reg Ballade is really weird, second time I have seen photos of one which has a plate on it newer than the date they were apparently replaced, confusing...

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Last update of the day. Some VWs and a Porsche of sorts........

 

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VW Fox

 

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Fire up the Quattr...no...Coupe etc.........

 

Some Golfs...

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The Blue one has been sitting around for a while awaiting repairs.

 

I know its not cricket to put up Beetles but a 53-plater is a pretty rare site.

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An undicked with, standard and clean-cut OMG VeeeDUBZ V4N

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Scirocco on Rover 200/400 GTi wheels

 

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As nice as this looks, it is unfortunately in a scrappy up for bits. I was talking to Watanabe about this car the other day, seems a shame to end up there.

 

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Now, this Porsche had been sitting here for a while. I checked the plate on RAC it strangely came back to a 1985 Vauxhall Senator that hadnt been taxed since around the late 90s. I checked it again recently and now comes back to a 1982 'Volvo' DVLA says there is no detail are found. The Porsche disappeared from here a few months ago :?

 

Anyway, thats my contribution for now. I have more rubbish lurking on other discs/phones and so on, I will put them up once I get them together and filed away. Thanks for looking.

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Thanks everyone for the comments.

 

Pillock - I checked on the Database for the Land-Rover, everything including engine, year of manufacture etc comes up as - 'Not Available' even the prices to retax it come up as 'Not Available'

 

Alfisti - Yes Sainsbury's but not quite Bearwood :wink:

 

Tayne - Thanks for that, didnt know what it was.

 

Trigger - Cheers mate. The Lotus Sunbeam seems to come from a pack of Lotus engineerd Horizons plated as 'DAC 7- Y'

 

Brammy - Most of the cars I spotted are within the West Midlands at least, mostly from around the Birmingham area.

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