The man at the end of my road™

[red5]

Evening all, have spent some time on the road for the last couple of weeks in the day (unusual for me - I melt in direct sunlight) and wish to share some electronic images of vehicles I deemed worthy of recording said image. Yadda yadda.



Shite caravan being towed by some old heap, couldn't see or overtake to get a pic as I was mostly in a Fronterror



Looked old-ish, but H plate gives the game away.



That mobile Cinema thing. Drive it !





Not one, but two Mpi's. Feel the luuurve.



Not a fan normally, but ...



An Ace Ace. Quite fancy a old racer. Loads of dents/dings and patches on it.

[Alexg]

What's the deal with that ministry of technology thing? It looks fantastic!

[Lankytim]

What's the deal with that ministry of technology thing? It looks fantastic!

 

It was on THE ONE show a few months ago (I think!) There ware a handful converted into mobile cinemas which travelled about showing public information films to factory workers. I think this is the only one left in existence.

[Volksy]

What's the deal with that ministry of technology thing? It looks fantastic!

 

http://www.vintagemobilecinema.co.uk/

[seth]

Great cinema spot! Such a shame its not being driven. Perhaps they daren't risk it on long journeys as I guess if they're booked in somewhere a no show wouldn't be popular.

 

Here's a couple of my shots from Goodwood Vintage last year.

 

 

 

[Minimad5]

Great selection of pictures, thanks for taking the time out and uploading them

 

Have to say that mobile cinema is real interesting, never even knew they existed

[Angrydicky]

I saw the Mobile Cinema on the back of a lorry near Colchester in January, it's being exhibited all round the country at the moment.

 

I think the vintage caravan in the first pic is owned by someone on the Old Classic Car forum, he's certainly in that area of the country. If it is him, the towcar is a Wolseley 1500

[Richard]

It must be absolute hell to drive with that massive glass bubble and only these tiny sliding windows for ventilation.

[michael1703]

Wonder if theyve got a bit of sponsorship off the beeb for that cinema?

 

Your average Joe couldnt afford to haul that around the country

[retrogeezer]

Loving the old caravan and that mobile cinema concoction...

[red5]

 

Mooooooke. Driver had a LOT of coats on. Lovely.

 

 

13/60 Convertible (genuine) - been sat in a lock up for approx 20- odd years as far as we can tell. Should be on road shortly.

 

 

Car engined bike thing. Direct drive !

 

 

Mk3 1.3 Ghia 5dr with standard (locally) 666 plate.

 

 

Some upturned pram thing on the works car park. Staff by the look of it.

[Split_Pin]

Wow @ the Escort.

 

Vehicles with '666' plates either seem to catch fire or survive an awfully long time

[eddyramrod]

You can't kill them.....

[red5]

Seen on the way home - couldn't get closer at the time - some bloke taking pictures of my classic Fords would make me somewhat suspicious to be fair....

 

 

 

 

Seen on way to work. Cheered me up no end.

 

[SambaS]

that escort ghia is beautiful as are the two other mk3s!

[mk2_craig]

 

Shite caravan being towed by some old heap, couldn't see or overtake to get a pic as I was mostly in a Fronterror

 

Mild amount of internet trawlage produced this:

 

 

So Angry Dicky is bob on!

 

+1 on the Escort Ghia - always regret parting with my mk3 when I see a half decent example like that.

[red5]

Tales from the helm of a Fronterror part one...

 

 

 

 

Passed this on way to work....

Still plying it's trade. Looked tidy as well. But, there's more. Literally 10 yards further on a landmark is back - missed it previously numerous times...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But, wait.....to the left, the left man !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like someone has spooked the herd....it's a bloody stampede of the feckers...

[pocket.calculator]

I saw the Bedford Mobile Cinema at Vintage at Goodwood a couple of years ago, too. Gorgeous thing, it is.

[CreepingJesus]

Looks like someone has spooked the herd....it's a bloody stampede of the feckers...

Class...

 

Great spots, and I'll '+1' for the Landy being an SV. Unless somebody's chucked all the right bits on an ordinary Defender.

[stuboy]

some good spots

[red5]

 

Daily driver - Traveller under the cover...75 for added Rover-ness

 

 

 

 

Love/hate for me. I chose the poorly rated, undervalued and despised everytime.

 

The other one is a 2CV..

 

Bonus shot showing the resigned look my dog has as we stop at random places for chod pics.....

 

 

 

 

Always fancied a big Triumph.

 

 

 

 

Also posted in the Six thread - might be...

 

And so ends tonights episode of 'Tales from a Fronterror'

[boobydoo]

Could you pop back to the Triumph owner and ask why he wanted to put black and white plates on a car that would never have had them in the first place and then went and ordered them in a font that didn't exist on b/w plates anyway. I'm confused.

 

Also I take it the inhabitants of no 109 are averse to any form of gardening?

[red5]

Tales from the tiller of a Range Rover -

 

 

 

Apologies for crap picture - mad fumbling with phone to get that one whilst holding up traffic.

 

Anyways, 1st update for a while. Sorry and all that.

[red5]

Metrot Van !

 

 

 

Spotted on way to work. Which led to -

[red5]

More Metrot Van. Check out my badass wheels man. And stuff.

 

 

 

 

See the tree - that's deliberate, honest. Arty and suchlike, or a comment on the motor car's role in the Destruction of Forestsâ„¢. Etc.

[red5]

And finally...

 

 

 

** Add own caption here **

[shedvan]

Isn't that Metro a car with blacked out windows rather than a Metro van? Looking at the window frames I reckon it is and I think early Metro vans before the face-lift were badged as Morris. [/anorak]

[red5]

Entirely possible - although didn't look like blacked out windows from my vantage point, fairly sure (therefore probably wrong) they were body coloured. Will endeavor to have a closer look if spotted again.

 

Esp with 'city' badging...

[shedvan]

Just looking at the picture I think* I can make out a darker black outline on the rear window/panel, a Morris Metro/Van would be very cool indeed, I wonder how many are still about? The ever dodgy How Many Left? website reckons 5 on the road

[chaseracer]

Worcester!