South Coast Meet and a few spots

Now for the spots - mostly in and around the IoW:

Moggy owner also owns these:


One of the last editions?


Maser lives down my street - anyone know the model?


Spotted from passenger side of the missus's car:

-looked and sounded great!

French surfer dudes hanging out in West Wight:

This was simply superb - in incredibly good nick! and check out that interior

Finally, from last trip oop norf:

This is interesting. The body is a 1500 FWD (so pre 76) but the plate is for a 77. Must have sat around for a while before being registered.......

It's got later seats though (headrests) so does not have the standard interior....so maybe the powertrain is also not standard - hence the good noise ;D Could be a nicely tuned up lump under there!


Stratos looks fapping ace but is probably a replica, as the panel gaps are quite accurate and straight. You're also not liable to fall through them ;D

Great selection of pics

Excellent anoraking there lewis - gold star. If I spot it again (it is a small island...) I'll try and get some more piccies.



I had a good look at the Stratos, and was hoping the driver would appear - we stopped off at a one of the services and had to drive on.

However, as lewis has said, it looked superb, and very nicely finished outside but particularily on the inside- which leads me to believe it was a replica - looked better than the real thing!

Thanks for nice comments!

Matt

Ace pics! My parents went to the IOW recently to a little VW gathering with a club they are in (forget which now) and took loads of pics. My Dad said it's an excellent place for old car spotting!

Good to see another meet-up. Looks like our's is moving to Sunday so we can still see the cars.



Amused that you saw this Laurel. Living up to my name I saw it twice last year when driving past Bournemouth/Poole area en route to West Dorset - once on the way down, and again on the way back a week later! On the move both times too.

Fasty is looking much better than it was, and MOT tester said there was nothing to worry about in terms of that side of the work.

The paint, whilst looking good from a distance, has a few areas where it just looks awful - I considered going further but lost impetus - had the car back on the road, was enjoying it etc etc..

I've since heard from a garage owner nearby who is also into older cars that at least 8 seperate people are in the process of sueing for one reason or another - so I'd hope that he gets shut down as a result...

Did all the brakes a month or so ago, now need to start on a full service and need to sort out some rustproofing underneath. Interior will happen eventually...

Fancy swapping your 411?

Qwerty - that jag was luvverly, I reckon the blue workes well thought

Spottedlaurel: I was suitably impresssed at the level of equipment on the car - are they all so high spec?

glad you got it all sorted (ish) Matt, and that most importantly you have the car to drive!
the fastys looking real sweet too
lol @ swapping with the 411, although after the headache its given me recently i would actually almost be tempted lol

What marks it out as a 1500 FWD then?

Mr_Bo11ox - you see the chrome wrap around the tail, that follows the edge of the boot? Only 1500 FWDs have that style rear chrome, that runs down to the bumper and stops. All other Dollies 'wraparound'.

A photographic demonstration is in order ;D





Like so Funny how earlier trim levels always seem to flatter the shape of the car, whereas the later, additional bits break it up and make it less attractive.