Spiny Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 More Spots of the Week from Wales, but I think I know where the 'forgotten' cars of the '90s have gone: K-Reg Citroen BX Diesel Two Peugeot 306's, three 205's and five Peugeot 106's 2 of the original version Nissan Almeras G-reg VW Caddy H-reg Toyota Carina plus J-reg Camry Sierra XR4i Two Mk1 and one Mk2 Escorts Renault 4 camper conversion visiting from the Netherlands Ferrari 512 Testarossa A small convoy of VX220s '57 Vauxhall Victor (unrusty, even around the exhaust pipe!) Those are the ones I remember. I'm trying to forget the dark brown Reliant Kitten! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 29 minutes ago, Spiny said: '57 Vauxhall Victor An FA Victor ? Loved to have seen that . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 I used to own a 59 F model. You could watch it dissolve. Still £30 bought me 18 months and 18000 miles of motoring. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 For the Aussies in the house... a yellow over black Holden Gemini, rear wheel drive model (TC, TD or TE, didn't get a good enough look to be sure). I can't remember the last time that I saw one of them on the street. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 11 hours ago, bzn20 said: An FA Victor ? Loved to have seen that . See one quite regularly - unfortunately it's sticking out from under a tarp in someone's front garden, and what I guess was the original pretty pink colour is now turning rusty red (where there aren't holes that is)...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 15 hours ago, bentwaters81tfw said: F model All Victors were F something . FA was first ,FB of 1963 ish also 1st VX4/90 , FC ,FD FE ,. Think FE was last before Cavalier P was Crestas, PA,PB etc. Not sure if Velox, Viscounts were included with that , think they were as the basic body shape. PE the last before the Carlton/Senator C was vans CA etc. CF the last H Vivas HA etc. HE the last before the Chevette ? Brains hurting ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 The first Victor was just 'F', never 'FA', in line with the 'E' model Velox and Cresta Chassis numbers started FE, in my case 238998. I had an FC as well, and my father had an FE. Crestas and Viscounts ended with the PC. They made a 3300cc FD, the Ventora, and also an FE version. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Two very nice Morris 1000's today. One parked up on the outskirts of Rotherham. This one even had a sunshade over the windscreen, as seen in old Aussie films! I've only seen them rarely over here, they were an accessory back then, but probably not a cheap one. Perhaps as much as a fiver? That was a weeks wages! The other Moggy was about twenty minutes later. An old English white one with a split screen heading North up the A1. Odd thing was, both cars had a luggage rack on the bootlid. I can't remember the last time I saw this on a Moggy, if ever? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan R Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 In our village, there is a chap that owns a very nice 'D' reg E-type FHC and a mint Cresta, I think. I don't think either comes out very often. Beautiful though. Cheers, Alan. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 4 hours ago, bzn20 said: VX4/90 My dad had a FD VX4/90 not long after I passed my test - I loved driving that car! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 My FC was a VX4/90. Wish I still owned it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 3 hours ago, bentwaters81tfw said: The first Victor was just 'F', True until the FB came out but by the time you got yours it was . A bit like the Comet only became Comet 1 once the Comet 2 was designed . Cortina wasn't a Mk1 until the Mk2 although you can argue the actual car called the Cortina 2 on the boot lid titles was built in the Mk1 shape knocking out the previous Mk1 facelift, integrated sidelights and indicator part of the front grill assembly and new interior round front vents different roof pressing thicker C pillar with external vent outlet grills. love confusion . The 1957 Victor F (A) was same time as the 1957 Cresta P (A) and was it's stablemate. I just read through my Daily Mail and Express Motorshow reviews from 54 ish to 1964 The 57 Victor is just that and so is the 2nd Victor , FB isn't mentioned . It will be on workshop manuals I expect. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Got to be honest, when I said '57 Victor I just meant it was the first model - could have been a '58 for all I know (and my first thought on seeing it was that it was a Cresta until I saw a 'Victor; badge on the side). Don't think it was any later as it looked a lot like a scaled down '57 Bel Air and had the "bullet" style front bumper on it as well as fins and exhaust through the bumper at the back. Had a look on the dashcam to see if I could pull of a pic, but unfortunately I've done a reasonable bit of driving since and it's been overwritten As for today's spot, I can offer nothing more exciting than a K-reg Volvo 440 - another one which would have been better left unseen... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 ^ Yep, a Victor 1 with the bullet bumpers. Quite a few revisions for the Victor 2 in 59, which had a cosmetic facelift in 61, but not called a Victor 3. Detroit messed with the original design; the Victor 2 reverted to the original plans, and reduced some of the water traps. Shame they were a rot box. Very comfortable and a fantastic heater. They rolled like a boat at sea, and snapped rear springs regularly. Drum brakes and no servo, but they would stand it on end! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 A red Ford Probe! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 17 hours ago, bentwaters81tfw said: Ford Probe You just jogged my memory .. I saw one the other week at the hospital , Dk Blue . Can't be that many around . Don't know if it was a 24 Valve or 16 V though. BTW when was the last time you saw a Vauxhall Calibra ? I just checked .. How many Probes left in UK 156 16 valves and 236 24 valves Have you been on this site ? It's ace . Once in ,you can't get out …… It's a bit moreish ! https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Today on the Nottingham ringroad. It was large, dark green, had three axles and a huge bonnet. It looked like an ex Soviet radio/radar control vehicle due to the big box with windows on the back. Looks like the invasion is a goer..... 🔫 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 8 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said: Looks like the invasion is a goer Not much fun in Stalingrad , nyet . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 56 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said: It looked like an ex Soviet radio/radar control vehicle due to the big box with windows on the back. Talking of which, does anyone have any idea what this is? Been parked up in a local field for a few years. Doubt it's Soviet as it's RHD, but looks ex military and with all those cooling louvres I'm guessing some kind of electronics bits used to be in the back. And doesn't have a British 'look' to me.... Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 (edited) 27 minutes ago, keefr22 said: Keith Looks like the thing decades before the Ptarmigan battlefield communications truck . I was fitting SAS Ptarmigans out ,new builds in 1985 for 3 months . The Tparmigan's cabin was latched to the truck's flatbed . These must be a lot bigger , look at the housing estate through the windows of the truck in the top photo . Edited August 8, 2019 by bzn20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 24 minutes ago, keefr22 said: Talking of which, does anyone have any idea what this is? Been parked up in a local field for a few years. Doubt it's Soviet as it's RHD, but looks ex military and with all those cooling louvres I'm guessing some kind of electronics bits used to be in the back. And doesn't have a British 'look' to me.... Keith According to the DVLA , it's a 1967 FBW . Google suggests FBW are a Swiss manufacturer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 5 minutes ago, rs2man said: According to the DVLA Why didn't I think of that - only worked there for nearly 30 years!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 9 minutes ago, bzn20 said: These must be a lot bigger It's not that big tbh, about the size of a 3 ton box van? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Franz Brozincevic Wetzikon Found a similar truck on a FBW trucks Google image search . here is part of the description translated from German The vehicle was used as a mobile "center" for the Flab Abt 35 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=FBW+trucks&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimkIrjhPTjAhWqgVwKHUZfB58QsAR6BAgIEAE&biw=1366&bih=632#imgrc=nlxIA4Alx-KQmM:&spf=1565293527181 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 3 minutes ago, keefr22 said: It's not that big tbh, about the size of a 3 ton box van? That was supposed a joke ,kind of … Look at the housing estate through the windows . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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