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telstarbox
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Wow!
ExRes
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I remember seeing an Elan in the cars for sale section of my local paper in the early/mid 70s, I rang my insurance broker for a quote and after checking my date of birth, I was late teens, he actually laughed
birchesgreen
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Thats great, looks like the West German ambassador from 1978 just popped to the shops.
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I remember seeing a Mercedes in a small town in East Germany in the 1970s. The driver was ostentatiously showing-off his capitalist wealth!
Sun Chariot
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What a fabulous snare, M - a pre-facelift one
Did you get to see the boot badge? W114 were the six-cylinder variant; W115 were the smaller-engined four-pots.It's certainly tidier than the W114 coupe I saw, locally, a year ago (link to my post).
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Just seen a dark green 1.8i Citroen ZX driving in Guidford (Surrey). Looked like it could still be in use as someone's local daily driver judging by the battle scars and peeling paint, unless it's actually in the very early stages of a restoration project! Didn't catch the reg but it was the...
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Needed more Ferrero Rocher, perhaps.
High Dyke
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Spotted a Rover P6 in Wellingborough yesterday.
It was in Halfords car park, I was parked across the road.
It was in Halfords car park, I was parked across the road.
Sun Chariot
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I don't recall seeing many estates about in the day
Sun Chariot
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A rather splendid 1963 Lambretta Special.
53 weeks ago, I saw a 1959 Vesoa (linked) at that location, six parking-spaces away.
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The 1997/R Vauxhall Calibra I espied on an early August night (post 965) has made its daylight appearance, albeit in grotty deluge.
This car and Peugeot's 406 Coupe were the most handsome affordable mass-made coupe cars of their time, in my view. If only their interior and their grunt + handling had matched it...
53 weeks ago, I saw a 1959 Vesoa (linked) at that location, six parking-spaces away.
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N reg Rover 418SD turbo estate. M1 north near Sheffield. I cn't remember seeing one when they were new, so quite a rare thing.
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I agree. My father had a 1977 Marina saloon and it always seened smaller cabin space than the Ford Cortina. I used to see many Cortina estates Mk3 + Mk4. Marina estates were, as you say, less common.
The 1997/R Vauxhall Calibra I espied on an early August night (post 965) has made its daylight appearance, albeit in grotty deluge.
This car and Peugeot's 406 Coupe were the most handsome affordable mass-made coupe cars of their time, in my view. If only their interior and their grunt + handling had matched it...
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telstarbox
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This looks like a sleeper, or to become one.
Sun Chariot
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Super find. Same colour as my 1986/D reg 2600. Mine was registered October 1986; I haven't seen many 1987/D - and even fewer 1987/E.
Mine went to the scrapyard in spring 2000, btw...
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Any elderly Renault 4 parked opposite Livorno Centrale station yesterday evening....with a rather strange plastic radiator grille. The low evening sun was so strong that the car appeared to be a different colour from the front than from the rear.
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Perhaps I'm missing something, but it looks like the normal plastic grille introduced in 1978.
File:Renault 4 Aardenburg April 2008.JPG - Wikimedia Commons
D6130
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I bow to your superior knowledge!Perhaps I'm missing something, but it looks like the normal plastic grille introduced in 1978.
File:Renault 4 Aardenburg April 2008.JPG - Wikimedia Commons
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61653 HTAFC
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Last week, this P prefix (1996/97) Nissan Micra was spotted in Wakefield. Note the different coloured tailgate, custom wheels, and heart-shaped side indicators!
ExRes
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Love the seat covers, what 'taste', the WUF registration indicates a couple of things, it started life in Brighton and it's a dog
GusB
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It's the leopard print on the seat covers that amuses me. All it needs is fluffy dice and a sun-strip on the windscreen with "Kyron" and "Chardonnay" printed on it.
61653 HTAFC
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The heart-shaped indicators (and the leopard print seat covers, come to think of it) suggest that "Chardonnay" would be above the driver's seat!
A couple from our trip to northern Spain recently.
A very smart Alfa Spider parked up outside a golf course (we were only there for a coffee).
Not sure what age that would be. Would anyone know?
Also, a very tidy Renault 11 outside a beach cafe near Santander.
I thought it was a Fuego at first but I think it is an 11 isn’t it? I didn’t look at the back!
A very smart Alfa Spider parked up outside a golf course (we were only there for a coffee
).Not sure what age that would be. Would anyone know?
Also, a very tidy Renault 11 outside a beach cafe near Santander.
I thought it was a Fuego at first but I think it is an 11 isn’t it? I didn’t look at the back!
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@Cowley - Good catches N! Two cars of my teens. Yes, that is the distinctively-boxy shape of the Renault 11. The Alfa's a Spyder / Spider (pronounced Speeder) 115 series 3, dating it between 1982 and 1990.
Wife and I were in Sevilla last week: not one single older car seen, for goodness' sake!
Wife and I were in Sevilla last week: not one single older car seen, for goodness' sake!
@Cowley - Good catches N! Two cars of my teens. Yes, that is the distinctively-boxy shape of the Renault 11. The Alfa's a Spyder / Spider (pronounced Speeder) 115 series 3, dating it between 1982 and 1990.
Wife and I were in Sevilla last week: not one single older car seen, for goodness' sake!
Ah thanks for that.
We saw quite a few older vehicles, but they were all looked after ones that were in good condition.
I was doing the driving though so I couldn’t get any photos unfortunately.
Sun Chariot
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Which bit of northern Spain did you visit @Cowley ? My wife's very keen on going to San Sebastian, although we'll need to find a better-priced flight, or use Bilbao / another airport and drive to San Sebastian.
I’ll pm you
A neighbour's son recently bought this 1974 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce 2000
He also turns up in a Ferrari 550 Maranello and has a 1998 Honda Integra Type R
He also turns up in a Ferrari 550 Maranello and has a 1998 Honda Integra Type R
A neighbour's son recently bought this 1974 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce 2000
He also turns up in a Ferrari 550 Maranello and has a 1998 Honda Integra Type R
of those three, I’d have the Alfa
Me too. But it would make me want to move to Lake Como.
Si, Baroni!
telstarbox
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Amazing spot on the M25 - a Vauxhall 30-98 which would be at least 99 years old. Sorry no photo!