Stumbled across the wackiest specialist in Devon today
Stumbled across the wackiest specialist in Devon today
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silverback mike

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11,292 posts

273 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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Completely bonkers place, Oaktree Grarage in Newton Poppleford, Devon. Apparently been there for years and years. Loads of exotica peppered around and the proprietor Crispin a complete apparent eccentric. What a find. Anyone over the years been there?

I was on my way to SCS Porsche in Honiton when I spotted a delapidated purple 964 festering outside what appeared to be a shed so investigated. What a find!!!!!!

BertBert

20,687 posts

231 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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That'll be Crispin Manners then, rather well known smile

silverback mike

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11,292 posts

273 months

Friday 17th June 2022
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New to me but what a chap!

BertBert

20,687 posts

231 months

Friday 17th June 2022
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silverback mike said:
New to me but what a chap!
yes indeed!

simonsti

277 posts

164 months

Friday 17th June 2022
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My 996 turbo had a couple of service stamps from there years ago, never been though.

Paul Dishman

5,169 posts

257 months

Friday 17th June 2022
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silverback mike said:
Completely bonkers place, Oaktree Grarage in Newton Poppleford, Devon. Apparently been there for years and years. Loads of exotica peppered around and the proprietor Crispin a complete apparent eccentric. What a find. Anyone over the years been there?

I was on my way to SCS Porsche in Honiton when I spotted a delapidated purple 964 festering outside what appeared to be a shed so investigated. What a find!!!!!!
Top chap. I've been a customer of Crispin since 1990, wouldn't go anywhere else.

ChrisW.

7,880 posts

275 months

Friday 17th June 2022
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My 964RS had some Oaktree stamps in the service handbook ...

tr7v8

7,504 posts

248 months

Friday 17th June 2022
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I knew a 944 owner who'd used Crispin & that was quite a while ago

lasuze

54 posts

183 months

Saturday 18th June 2022
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Top bloke Crispin

What he doesn't know about air cooled Porsche is not worth knowing

Think you will find he owns a rather special little Porsche !

silverback mike

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273 months

Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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tr7v8 said:
I knew a 944 owner who'd used Crispin & that was quite a while ago
Hello chum! Didn’t I buy an Alfa Romeo from you a few years back? biggrin

tr7v8

7,504 posts

248 months

Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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silverback mike said:
tr7v8 said:
I knew a 944 owner who'd used Crispin & that was quite a while ago
Hello chum! Didn’t I buy an Alfa Romeo from you a few years back? biggrin
Yes Mike you did a 156 SW 2.4JTD you picked it up in Bracknell, that must have been 18 years ago now as I was contracting in Bracknell in those days.
It was X48AUX last MOT was 2006 so presumably now gone to Alfa heaven :-(
Shame as it was a great car.

The 944 owner I was thinking about was Fen Coul who quite a while ago moved to NZ & shortly after had a bad MTB accident & is now in a wheel chair permanently.

silverback mike

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11,292 posts

273 months

Sunday 26th June 2022
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tr7v8 said:
Yes Mike you did a 156 SW 2.4JTD you picked it up in Bracknell, that must have been 18 years ago now as I was contracting in Bracknell in those days.
It was X48AUX last MOT was 2006 so presumably now gone to Alfa heaven :-(
Shame as it was a great car.

The 944 owner I was thinking about was Fen Coul who quite a while ago moved to NZ & shortly after had a bad MTB accident & is now in a wheel chair permanently.
Goodness where does time go! Yes indeed a good car, remember it well!