COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2
Discussion
droopsnoot said:
P6 and Beetle? P6 and Renault 4? P6 and X1/9?
I claim foul! And local knowledge 
That Renault 4 is miles along under the arches from there I've watched that P6 get more and more dilapidated over the years. Sad times. I've often wondered what made them stick it on top of a shipping container when it was specially designed to have quick-release bodywork and it would have been easier to pull it off and flog it. Not much use now after over a decade sat up in the rain with the boot open. Funnily enough, they must like it cos they moved it do a different shipping container a year or two back
Evangelion said:
Presumably the two new Beetles, Cooper S, Mercedeses etc, belong to employees rather than having been brought in for scrapping!
I think it might have changed hands lately because they seem to be breaking a whole passel of Nu Minis. Maybe those tales of camtensioner failure haven't been exaggerated after all... It used to figure mostly in Fiats and Alfas and suchIt's a good area for spotting old relics going to die; just along towards Elephant there used to be a Fulvia that looked really good and worth saving. Then it vanished. The breakers round by Gipsy Hill have a Wolseley Hornet or a Riley Elf on top of a shipping container (must be a local means of advertising or something) and a few old aircooled Beetles
droopsnoot said:
Nik da Greek said:
droopsnoot said:
P6 and Beetle? P6 and Renault 4? P6 and X1/9?
I claim foul! And local knowledge That Renault 4 is miles along under the arches from there 
I meant the Beetle and the P6 on the shipping container. That's only two things because
a) I'm a f
kwit, didn't look closely at my own photo and hadn't actually noticed the X1/9 
b) there is an R4 there, but it's parked way down along the arches, isn't in this photograph as far as I know and therefore means you either have astonishing powers of guru-level ESP or know the area and have spotted the R4 yourself. Or both
Wish I'd never bothered now
Baffled 
Nik da Greek said:
b) there is an R4 there, but it's parked way down along the arches, isn't in this photograph as far as I know and therefore means you either have astonishing powers of guru-level ESP or know the area and have spotted the R4 yourself. Or both
Sit in the P6 on top of the container. Get out of the drivers door, jump over the gap / fence, walk along the green container and there's a silver Mercedes estate in front of it. To the right of that, there's an R4. 
I've never been to Loughborough to my knowledge.
Good photo, though, and nice to see those people have a great view out of their apartments. Please keep bothering.
Edited by droopsnoot on Friday 13th May 13:04
This pops up as the third result on a Google image search for HWM:
http://www.conrod.co.uk/pics/reg/hwm1.jpg
I take it that's the one!
http://www.conrod.co.uk/pics/reg/hwm1.jpg
I take it that's the one!
The Facel Vega was an interesting car - French, but powered by an American V8.
I remember building a model of a 1959 Facel Vega Excellence. It was a 4-door, 4/5-seater pillarless coupe, and I read somewhere that if they opened too many doors at once, the car flexed so much that they wouldn't shut again.
(I didn't spot either of these, found them on Google Images.)
I remember building a model of a 1959 Facel Vega Excellence. It was a 4-door, 4/5-seater pillarless coupe, and I read somewhere that if they opened too many doors at once, the car flexed so much that they wouldn't shut again.
(I didn't spot either of these, found them on Google Images.)
Edited by Evangelion on Saturday 14th May 08:12
Edited by Evangelion on Saturday 14th May 08:13
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