Wobland Spottage

[mercrocker]

Gladdens my heart, seeing that.

[treehugger]

Gladdens my heart, seeing that.

It was in the car park at work last night when I left at ten. Suspect it is the same brummie man on the night shift who sometimes brings a moggy minor, it's parked in the same spot. Trouble is I have no chance to ask him about it.

[treehugger]

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[mercrocker]

Ah, Grand Prix rather than Catalina....Nice. There was one in the village where I lived, same year and colour, but that was 1979 and was shot then so will be razor blades long ago.....

[59Impala]

I had a 1963 Grand Prix back in 1983/4, it was black with a superb black interior. It was an Antwerp built car so speedo in KM but it was pretty loaded with power steering/brakes/windows/seat/antenna, tilt steering wheel, eight lug wheels too. Power came from a well worn 389ci V8 via an auto box that when cold had to be manually shifted otherwise it would miss second, once warm it was fine. It liked its fluids to be checked and topped up but ran well, indeed one day I was returning from a show with friends in Chargers, Camaros etc who were pissing about but I got fed and just passed them doing an easy 100mph, they were quite surprised. It did have a couple of holes in the chassis just by the rear wheels plus another couple of holes in the back bumper which were fixed by putting a Chicago radio station's decals over them. I liked the car, one cold winter's night I was returning from the Chelsea Cruise and decided to try the radio and there I was, clad in my 50s overcoat, Bobby Darin singing Mack the Knife and the GP running perfectly. It was just a really nice few minutes. I sold the car (for a profit) to a young guy from Ealing and have never seen it since. I'd like another. Oh I delivered the GP to him from SE London with my mate following in his RHD 64 Impala convertible. GP delivered we decided to call in at an American spares shop called Gary's Shack which is where I first saw a lovely 61 Impala bubbletop coupe which was for sale. A while later it was mine...

[Scruffy Bodger]

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This one's a cheat but I love the way mine, my sisters and my old man's cars set them apart from the electric Pug, electric Jag and Range Rover that was parked outside my other sisters house.

We parked just up the road to keep the riff raff out the way.

[Scruffy Bodger]

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Being driven by a young lad who's dad has apparently given it him, lucky little fucker and it's a manual! It could fo with a bit of fettling and the paint needs seeing to but still good to be seen being used.

Apparently it got kept because when he was little he overheard his dad saying he was going to sell it. They found him locked inside the car screaming and refusing to get out so it stayed

[Scruffy Bodger]

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I spotted this the other week.but forgot to post it. Someone has invested in a moving advertising billboard.