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Thanks for the wide berth. Frankly you feel it when a sparrow farts from behind the wheel of a 2CV! I don't recognise that one, but it looks lovely.

 

I'm staggered that the photo came out as well as that. It was doomed by a combination of failing light and a non-adjustable shutter speed. It was indeed lovely, though. I've always wanted to try one, never managed it.

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Woss this? Hasn't moved for years. Parked at a farm near Easthorpe, Colchester.

 

Interesting, I lived in Easthorpe most my life (Before moving to Ipswich 8 years ago :shock: ) and i can't ever recall seeing that before.

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I think it is a ZIL truck to be honest. I see that 3 pin plug was causing mayhem at Copdock

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There's always mayhem at Copdock! Better since the changes, though.

 

Trig; it's actually near Birch, thinking about it. The road that runs on the old airfield Peri-track is my favourite haunt for quasi-legal powerful car shenanigans.

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Birch Airfield, I used to race my car up and down that, I remember in the early 90's watching a fire engine racing up and down the road and doing lock ups, and there used to always be a burnt out car dumped down there, I even had to ring the police once when i drove down there and one had just be torched.

 

And i got caught by the local game keeper shagging a Clacton girl on the back seat of my Fiesta Ghia down there one night as well. :oops:

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I'm so glad I rarely use Crapdock interchange being on the Bangalore Telecon side of Ippy

  • 2 weeks later...
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Two machines today, both of which would be more at home on the high seas.

 

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This Nissan 300C is magnificent in a slightly faded way. I always think it would have been hilarious if Nissan had invented the Infiniti badge early enough for these things. I R A PRESTEEJ DATSUN.

 

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Inside is a veritable massacre of velour and fake-stitched plastic. Quite beautiful. No pics of that, though; quite a curtain-twitchy area, in-car stalking of this one only.

 

This, though, is even better. I know some of you are into boats and stuff, too. Well, this unspeakably beautiful machine is an old offshore racing powerboat of '80s vintage. It's a refugee of the Powerboat Museum, which closed a few years ago. A lot of the old exhibits are still there awaiting collection by their owners, scattered around Watt Tyler Country Park, near Basildon; but are going downhill fast thanks to being left outside.

 

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This thing is in a secure compound, but with bits of old crap stacked against it and water getting in via the open canopies. No idea if she's still engined up.

 

 

 

Embed fail, but here's a video of her in better times. Not running quite at full chat I don't reckon, but sounding bloody awesome.

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This Nissan 300C is magnificent in a slightly faded way. I always think it would have been hilarious if Nissan had invented the Infiniti badge early enough for these things. I R A PRESTEEJ DATSUN.

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Inside is a veritable massacre of velour and fake-stitched plastic. Quite beautiful. No pics of that, though; quite a curtain-twitchy area, in-car stalking of this one only.

 

Om nom nom! Whenever I see these big Datsuns/Nissans I think of this:

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Some epic shite spots there. Ta.

 

Oh, I love the Zil? truck.

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....DFV powered beast wasn't out the back was it?

 

Interesting. I'll show her and ask her to root around a bit next time she's there. She took some photos of a bunch of awesome stuff in the workshops.

 

I want all of it, natch.

  • 1 month later...
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It's been a while, time for a clearout.

 

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1986 is faithfully recreated in this chaps front “gardenâ€Â. Not a bad effort, nice use of a mouldering old carpet in the load compartment, but points deducted for just-out-of-period double glazing.

 

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Old Japanese estate cars are cool, but big, bland, parallel import ones are off the scale. I’d rock this, Amadeus, despite it probably being as dull as those original Phillips bayonet-fitting fluorescent energy-saving light bulbs. You know the ones.

 

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A man with an S-‘reg Manta is a man with all the answers in life. I’ll bet his music centre gleams with burnished aluminium and is encased in the finest teak-effect cabinet.

 

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It’s awesome enough for a second viewing to be necessary, it even has headlamp wipers for extra unbelievability. There’s virtually nothing I dislike about it.

 

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There’s very little I don’t dislike about this Daihatsu, but it must be of sufficiently minority interest to be shite-in-waiting. Unfeasibly unappealing but will probably never break down or ever do anything else interesting.

 

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This Mini has so far been cruelly overlooked by the fibreglass ‘n stickers brigade. I say buy it and turn it into a wholly unconvincing ERA Turbo rep. Why delay the inevitable?

 

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If I was Polish, and wanted to drive to London, I’d almost certainly not have spunked my Zlots on this Safrane. But I’m a loser, this guy’s RIGHT ON, and probably has a Golba Violcar at home for weekend use.

 

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No supermarket own-brand products will ever besmirch the exclusive interior of this Sierra Ghia, GUARANTEED. On shopping duty in Frinton-On-Sea….

 

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….As was this splendid Honda Concerto. Buy it and build a Rover 214 SEi replica, IF YOU DARE.

 

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This Toyota Celica was attracting its fair share of admiring glances outside Wickes DIY. Not over-restored and, dare I say, pleasingly shabby. Bloke who owned it caught me papping, seemed a pleasant enough geezer, hope he can prevent it from sliding into the Scene-It-All-Before arena.

 

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And a Fozda 12esta, which I found more interesting than the R34 Skyline parked in front of it.

 

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Amusingly early Talbot Express.... with a difference. Under the bonnet of this there's been some serious hard graft, with the firewall modified dramatically to accommodate a genuine 1100hp CanAm Porsche 917 engine. The ultimate Q-Camper...

 

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…..This is the only evidence of the throbbing beast within.

 

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Or you could buy an ancient BMW and sidecar combo and tell people you've severed all links to modern society. Why do what THE MAN wants you to do?

 

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Finally; anyone heard of FASTLINE transport? One of their shipments of Extremely Important Fluid may be delayed, having been marooned in this field for several years.

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Great stuff EARL. The Manta is Ace. :D

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I think you will find that all Talbot Camper vans were in fact fitted with those engines. Thats why you dont see many of them about anymore, they have been cannibalised to put into Fiat Uno's.

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I love the look of the early Manta B with chrome bumpers.

 

Here’s that Toyota estate nearly six years ago:

 

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2001 Toyota Mark II 2.5 Estate by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Potentially a bit of a Q-car, as the Mark II is RWD and I think shares some running gear with Supra. There is a disturbingly similar-looking Camry estate (model following my twin-wiper job, only sold here as a saloon):

 

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1999 Toyota Camry 2.2 Estate (Auto Trader, £3995) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

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That Celica is beautiful but the Manta wins it for me, what a good looking car they are!

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Here’s that Toyota estate nearly six years ago....

 

As it happens, I've always had a soft spot for the MarkII. A work colleague I had a long time ago used to drive a white 1990 MarkII, the shape that looked like an enormous Carina. It had a straight-six, two litre lump and LCD dash. But most of all I liked the JDM style "air filtration plant" in the boot, and the stereo with its motorised front panel.

 

And the fact that the owners manual also listed the 2.5 litre twin-turbo model.

 

Anyway:

 

Tonight, on my return from work I was lucky enough to have followed a Renault Fuego for some of the journey. In the dark it looked to be extremely tidy.

 

Il Doovla quoth:-

 

Date of Liability 01 07 2012

Date of First Registration 27 04 1983

Year of Manufacture 1983

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1647cc

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type PETROL

Export Marker N

Vehicle Status Licence Not Due

Vehicle Colour BLUE

 

Sadly, the only image my co-pilot could collect was this.

 

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Enough to prove that I'm not a liar, but that's about it.

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I once popped into the Jesus Christ. The Same Yesterday, Today and Forever working men's club to use the lavatory. Very grim atmosphere.

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i'm not sure which i love more, the blue Manta or the blacl Toyota. I has a yellow toyota fastback of the same vinateg and it fell to pieces on me, with only the gearbox surviving to fine it's way into a hot rod a mate was building

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I once popped into the Jesus Christ. The Same Yesterday, Today and Forever working men's club to use the lavatory. Very grim atmosphere.

 

Jesus Christ. (it's) The Same Yesterday, Today and Forever.

 

Sounds like my average day at work.

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That Celica is beautiful but the Manta wins it for me, what a good looking car they are!

 

Opposite way round for me, I'd lap up that black Celica! Which of course means we could both be happy... Your Manta and my Celica would look well side by side at Chumley 2013, wouldn't they? :lol:

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And a Fozda 12esta, which I found more interesting than the R34 Skyline parked in front of it.

 

I'd completely forgotten about those so-called Mazda 121s. What was that all about?

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I'd completely forgotten about those so-called Mazda 121s. What was that all about?

 

 

A way round the Japanese import quotas that applied back then. These were made in Spain, so were classed as EU-build. Ford had a stake in Mazda at the time.

  • 1 month later...
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So, time to wring the shite out of my mobile phone. Mixed results.

 

Let's start with the worst of the lot. For some reason my driver resolutely refused to slow down to let me photographise it:-

 

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I would have liked it to have been an ancient Honda Acty, but the Rascal will do for now. Also blurry was this:-

 

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XJS Cabriolet, if I was going to have one, and it's OK, I'm not that daft, I won't, it would be just like this one.

 

On a foray into the big smoke I found two sultry, sexy Swedes, snoozing in the shadows.

 

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The Ovlov was out of tax (by aaages) and full of absolute shit. Looks glorously shabby. This, though....

 

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.....was lovely. Turbo 16 with just enough patina and four doors. Splendid.

 

I took this photo on Friday, by today I assume it will have been swallowed by some kind of "scene"...

 

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... I imagine some young n'er-do-well is driving it eratically, listening to loud "pop" music as we speak, prior to desecrating a war memorial somewhere.

 

Obligatory Rover:

 

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I've just bought a new house. It's my new ambition to arrange that the garden looks like this one day:

 

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The moment I find a nice MkII Granny estate I'll take the wheels off to recreate this scene. (bonus Rover P4, too)

 

Oriental chod that's plunged into obscurity time:

 

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Shuttle! Smashing (and blurry). Here it is again!

 

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And, what's this cheeky little swine?

 

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Glory be! I wonder if this marvellously giffer-preserved Carina has any idea how much I like it? Locally registered and a shoe-in for my great Museum Of Cars That Nobody's Terribly Interested In, Or Has Been, Ever.

 

1986 is well pissed off that some scrote's nicking its 2002....

 

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Big bumpers suggest US import, appalling taste suggests from New Jersey. WHAT ON EARTH ARE THOSE WHEELS ALL ABOUT? I don't understand.

 

I'll leave you with a mean and moody nighttime shot of a Nissan Bluebird, you lucky, lucky people.

 

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1986 is well pissed off that some scrote's nicking its 2002....

 

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Big bumpers suggest US import, appalling taste suggests from New Jersey. WHAT ON EARTH ARE THOSE WHEELS ALL ABOUT? I don't understand.

 

BMWs imported into Canada got those wheels, according to the episode of Wheeler Dealers where they did the 635.

 

Skip to 25 seconds in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSE9iliqw

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Entirely possible, but do remember that everything Mike Brewer says has an asterisk after it.

 

Yeah yeah I wouldnt trust the fat little fucker either, but have you ever seen those wheels on another beemer on this side of the planet?

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Entirely possible, but do remember that everything Mike Brewer says has an asterisk after it.

 

Yeah yeah I wouldnt trust the fat little fucker either, but have you ever seen those wheels on another beemer on this side of the planet?

 

I've seen a few on Golfs. The PCD will be the same. The Dubber crowd would be spaffing into their pineapple trainers big style if a set of those appeared of the scene with centre caps. According to my soft porn Grays tuning catalogue (c.1986) they're ATS Centras.

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Oriental chod that's plunged into obscurity time:

 

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Shuttle! Smashing (and blurry). Here it is again!

 

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8) I spotted a near identical Civic Shuttle last weekend:

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I love the Carina II and the Concerto. :D J-tin for the win. 8)

  • 3 weeks later...
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I finded more shat, and took terrible photos of it.

 

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Here's a Carina II, not being used as a quasi-licenced minicab in Colchester. I can think of few more appropriate applications for door-edge protectors.

 

Trivia time: My Audi had a personalised number plate before I bought it, which was also G***CAR. True story.

 

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A parasitic Triumph 1300/1500 lunching on a beavertail. The truck had the name of a Triumph specialist, so its cargo is evidently in safe hands.

Now to bring on the Volvos:

 

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P1800ES looking sharp in Tract Bronze.

 

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"Poshest giffer in the bowls league" spec 760 Estate with those epic early wheeltrims, photographised by RoadworkUK elite nightstalker division. (OMG I can't believe how shit these photos are) Who also recorded...:

 

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Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, in brilliantly shabby de-bumpered, wide-wheeled, darkened glass "stick it to the man" flavour. I would totally rock one of these, if I was INSANE and HATED HAVING ANY MONEY. Ever.

 

I love old airfields, for the tangible sense of the ghosts of fighters past, the sense of decaying history and the fact that loads of random old toss gets parked on them. At one such airfield this Astra lives:

 

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Dead opposite this little field of dreams:

 

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And this little lot. Nice if you like E30s or the occasional Monza; which I do, as it happens. Especially in Metallic Infected Colon Burgundy.

 

 

I'll save the best* til last.

 

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Spotted just around the corner from the absolute shit-tip of a house that I bought and is slowly being demolished upwards into being; this heavily breathed-upon Maestro Turbo. It looks like it has Motobuilds' entire catalogue nailed to it, including a (silly looking) quad-headlamp conversion (Not pictured. Soz) etc, etc. I'm willing to lay down serious Dollaz on the fact that it's ludicrously quick and that its owner is a confirmed mentalist.

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