Old Car Spotting

[Chewing Grass 10,798]

Thought I'd start this thread as I've seen two this weekend I have not seen for donkeys.

1) A Volkswagen Karmann Ghia which like most air-cooled beetle thingies just smelt of unburnt fuel and engine oil.

2) An X plated non fuel injected XR2 that sounded decidedly underwhelming, I mean this should have rusted away years ago!

[SNACR 6,398]

I saw an early nineties Ford Granada, on the M6 outside Birmingham, this week, which is a rare spot. What was noticeable is just how much modern cars have bloated. They dwarfed the Granada, which was considered a big car, in its time.

[MrPin 9,564]

1) Triumph Stag at local garage

2) Ford Capri

3) Rover 3500 P6

[UmBongo 1,725]

Oh yes, this is a hobby of mine when I have the time: go and pap a few old motors.

I have a flickr account. When was the last time you saw a 1980s Honda Integra??

 

[cheeznham 15]

Saw a late Granada in regular use by someone who works at the local tip.

Also a Mk1 cavalier in the surprisingly common (at the time) shade of sort of olive green that Vauxhall had.

[SNACR 6,398]

Subaru Brat pickup was another rare one last week.

[ccc 7,548]

Saw an old Saab 99 last week. Class. Bit messy though. Paint was in a sorry state. 

[Rave 1,479]

As previously recommended to me by SNACR, the forum at autoshite.com is dedicated to spotting, buying and running once unexceptional but now rare cars like these.

I just bought myself a 1996 Peugeot 106 diesel which I plan on keeping on the road as long as possible  .

[Chewing Grass 10,798]

That reminds me  I saw a Peugeot 306 estate from behind about 2 weeks ago. It looked really weird and took me abot 10 seconds to work out what it was because of the panoramic wrap around back window.

Almost space 1999 ish.

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[JFK 6,249]

Saw an old VW Golf - looked like a trabant

Also an old Escort XR3i, must be what early/mid-80s? The bodywork looked OK on it too

[UmBongo 1,725]

56 minutes ago, Rave said:

As previously recommended to me by SNACR, the forum at autoshite.com is dedicated to spotting, buying and running once unexceptional but now rare cars like these.

I just bought myself a 1996 Peugeot 106 diesel which I plan on keeping on the road as long as possible  .

I'm a member of autoshite.com too. Good luck with the Pug. never driven one but lightweight = not too slow and 70 mpg is quite possible.

[Rave 1,479]

It's great, and as you say, not too slow...at least not up to about 40mph, it struggles a bit above that. It seems quite high geared though, you can get it up to 40 in second, albeit with a slightly worrying plume of particulates as your reward. It might be that I have to get used to changing down from 5th to maintain speed on motorway hills, something that isn't usually necessary in my other car, a 3L V6 Mondeo...

You can't really hear the pug engine above the wind noise once you're doing over 50, and it doesn't have a rev counter, so I have no idea what the engine is up to at that sort of speed.

[SirGaz 401]

I went to a car rally yesterday as a mate of mine had took his 1921 Calthorpe 10/4 Tourer along. A very pleasant afternoon with some stunning cars. 

[MrPin 9,564]

12 minutes ago, SirGaz said:

I went to a car rally yesterday as a mate of mine had took his 1921 Calthorpe 10/4 Tourer along. A very pleasant afternoon with some stunning cars. 

That sounds like the sort of vehicle Mr Renting's imaginary uncle might have had. Did it smell of anything "unsavoury"?

[eight 7,327]

13 minutes ago, SirGaz said:

I went to a car rally yesterday as a mate of mine had took his 1921 Calthorpe 10/4 Tourer along. 

I've got one of those. I bought it from auction when it was 80 years old. I do all my own servicing and it just sails through its MOT's! One brake pipe and a bulb in all the years I've had it. I intend to run it into the ground, which should be at least another fifty years, then get another one.

[SNACR 6,398]

5 hours ago, UmBongo said:

I'm a member of autoshite.com too. Good luck with the Pug. never driven one but lightweight = not too slow and 70 mpg is quite possible.

I feel, at present, this forum is lacking anything as epic as their cars and girls thread.

[twocents 9,667]

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[twocents 9,667]

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[eight 7,327]

10 minutes ago, SNACR said:

I feel, at present, this forum is lacking anything as epic as their cars and girls thread.

What's it about?

[UmBongo 1,725]

1 minute ago, SNACR said:

I feel, at present, this forum is lacking anything as epic as their cars and girls thread.

Or the 'girls you like to ****' thread. My contribution was Alison Hannigan (?) from the 'American Pie' films and  'How I met your Mother'. I cannot better that one tbh. Redheads, ftw. I was shocked to find out that she's a few years older than me despite playing younger characters. Same re: Isla Fisher.

I disappeared from AS in 2014 as i upset a few peeps with my new dashcam. Before that I also ruffled a few feathers when I posted a link on hpc. Just started posting again fairly recently but I'm careful what I post.

Funnily enough SNACR, I used to see your cat avatar on hpc and I used to ponder whether or not you were also a member on AS or if it was someone else using the same cat photo.

[Chewing Grass 10,798]

Todays spott was an original unmolested 1989 AUDI 100 Quattro Estate.

[Byron 1,953]

Saw a Stutz bearcat driven into a car rally last month.

[dgul 10,637]

On 2017-6-26 at 12:55, eight said:

I've got one of those. I bought it from auction when it was 80 years old. I do all my own servicing and it just sails through its MOT's! One brake pipe and a bulb in all the years I've had it. I intend to run it into the ground, which should be at least another fifty years, then get another one.

No MoTs on a 1921 car....

Anyway, today I saw a very nice battered series Land Rover.  Pleasingly, it wasn't being driven by a nob, but by a guy with a beard who looked as though it had been on his face for more than 12 months.

[MrPin 9,564]

7 hours ago, Byron said:

Saw a Stutz bearcat driven into a car rally last month.

Pimpworthy!

[Frank Hovis 27,931]

I saw an immaculate old Rolls Royce being chauffeur driven by the sea front yesterday: