Older cars you have seen

[notverydeep]

Over the past couple of months a brown Reliant Scimitar has appeared in a field just north of Brookmans Park (between Potters Bar and Hatfield) on the East Coast Mainline. It is easily visible close to the western fence of the line, located adjacent what appears to be a small holding of some kind. There are other old vehicles located in close proximity. Despite the location, the car does not appear to be derelict.

 

[dgl]

A 52 plate Mitsubushi Delica spotted in Beaminster

 

[Bald Rick]

Over the past couple of months a brown Reliant Scimitar has appeared in a field just north of Brookmans Park (between Potters Bar and Hatfield) on the East Coast Mainline. It is easily visible close to the western fence of the line, located adjacent what appears to be a small holding of some kind. There are other old vehicles located in close proximity. Despite the location, the car does not appear to be derelict.

Not so very far from there, a certain Captain Deltic used to own a Reliant Scimitar…

 

[90019]

You're forgetting what you have to say whenever a Scimitar is mentioned!

Not so very far from there, a certain Captain Deltic used to own a Reliant Scimitar…

Princess Anne had one of those, you know.

 

[birchesgreen]

G reg Peugeot 205 today

Looked fine body wise though sounded like a bag of spanners.

 

[TheSel]

Humber Sceptre Mk I - Morrisons car park, Southport this afternoon.

 

[telstarbox]

Very nice!

 

[Ted633]

‘A’ reg sierra spotted yesterday on the M20, being loaded on a recovery truck!

 

[KT550]

An April 1963 Morris 1000
and an extremely tidy looking Ford Escort Mexico (April 1980, V suffix) seen today at a garage in Horley. Both with fresh MOT's.

 

[gazthomas]

A 52 plate Mitsubushi Delica spotted in Beaminster

Had a couple of those looking after us in Mongolia last year!

 

[dgl]

A Y reg Suzuki Carry this morning.

 

[RuddA]

Overtook a G reg Toyota Carina II on the M23 this evening.
Not a model I remember when new.

 

[david1212]

H reg (August 1990 - July 1991) Nissan Micra. Looked very tidy apart from some rust on the wheels, just the steel wheels and a cap on the hub so I guess if not the base model near the bottom of the range.

 

[DelW]

On Sunday a Y prefix Rover 200, and today a very smart looking black and yellow Citroën 2CV with an E prefix (1987ish). Possibly a custom paint job, though I didn't get a long look as I was driving the other way.

 

[Gag Halfrunt]

Possibly a custom paint job

Or perhaps a special edition.

 

[dgl]

A couple of 02/52 Nissan Elgrand's and a Triumph 2000 on a Y plate.

 

[birchesgreen]

Something seen very rarely now but in my youth they seemed like every other car...

M reg Metro, still going strong

 

[Sun Chariot]

On Sunday a Y prefix Rover 200, and today a very smart looking black and yellow Citroën 2CV with an E prefix (1987ish). Possibly a custom paint job, though I didn't get a long look as I was driving the other way.

I remember Citroen offered a yellow 2CV to tie-in with 1981's James Bond film For Your Eyes Only.
In the film, Bond is forced to use a bright yellow 2CV (owned by Melina Havelock, played by Carole Bouquet) after his own gadget - Lotus Esprit Turbo - is destroyed by self-destruction.

 

[Bald Rick]

I remember Citroen offered a yellow 2CV to tie-in with 1981's James Bond film For Your Eyes Only.
In the film, Bond is forced to use a bright yellow 2CV (owned by Melina Havelock, played by Carole Bouquet) after his own gadget - Lotus Esprit Turbo - is destroyed by self-destruction.

Et Voilà

 

[GusB]

A couple of 02/52 Nissan Elgrand's and a Triumph 2000 on a Y plate.

It couldn't have been a Y plate; those Triumphs were well out of production before both the Y suffix and prefix.

 

[ls2270]

It couldn't have been a Y plate; those Triumphs were well out of production before both the Y suffix and prefix.

Exactly! As a youngster the man next door had a red one and it was an M suffix plate (same age as me!) I wonder if the earlier poster saw it had a suffix plate starting with Y and thought that was the year letter?

 

[90019]

On Sunday a Y prefix Rover 200, and today a very smart looking black and yellow Citroën 2CV with an E prefix (1987ish). Possibly a custom paint job, though I didn't get a long look as I was driving the other way.

Sounds like it may have been a 2CV Charleston.

 

[DelW]

Sounds like it may have been a 2CV Charleston.

Yes, that looks like it! I've seen the dark red version of that, but I don't remember having seen it in the yellow before.

https://live.staticflickr.com/7033/6475532811_fe74b1e14d_b.jpg

(Image of 2CV car)

 

[telstarbox]

Y reg Jag saloon in maroon, in Kent today.

 

[Cowley]

I saw an F reg white Citroen BX in Mousehole, Cornwall a few days ago. It had moss growing around the rear windows and it looked pretty rough.

However I saw that it had moved a couple of days later. So it’s obviously still in use!

 

[Bishopstone]

Passed on the A23 today by an H-prefix Lancia Delta Integrale, sounding throaty and looking immaculate in yellow.

 

[Sun Chariot]

Passed on the A23 today by an H-prefix Lancia Delta Integrale, sounding throaty and looking immaculate in yellow.

I am swooning. Mind you, their price and rarity these days, I wouldn't dare take it on busy public roads!

I saw an F reg white Citroen BX in Mousehole, Cornwall a few days ago. It had moss growing around the rear windows and it looked pretty rough.

However I saw that it had moved a couple of days later. So it’s obviously still in use!

BXs seem very rare beasts nowadays. I've not seen more than half a dozen on the roads, this century.
Mind you, another 1980s car of my teen yoof - the Renault Fuego - I've not seen any this century!

 

[Cowley]

BXs seem very rare beasts nowadays. I've not seen more than half a dozen on the roads, this century.

Not me. You’d imagine that the repair bills/MOT would be way more expensive than getting a replacement?

Mind you, another 1980s car of my teen yoof - the Renault Fuego - I've not seen any this century!

There can’t be more than a handful of those still in existence surely?

 

[Sun Chariot]

Attached are current taxed Renault Fuego numbers and ditto for the GTI-spec Citrioen BXs (other BX models still taxed as well). I was very surprised to see as many of both.

 

[Bishopstone]

Talk of the Renault Fuego reminds me that a chap living locally has *two* Renault 17 in his garage, at least one of which is roadworthy and seen pottering about occasionally.

I consider myself a car nerd, but I didn’t recollect this coupe model until I did some research, having seen the contents of the garage!