Dez
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And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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ipswich spottageDez
@dez
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Apr 23, 2007 21:13:04 GMT
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since I moved down here from donny, ive been heard to winge quite often about the lack of general classic or decent modded cars down here in gippeswyk. saw a few decent ones today though  sainsburys car park. I got excited about this one!!!!    a very tidy left hooker 68-72 stacklight, on polish plates. it also had an unusual wood interior trim kit fitted, comprising doortops, centre console, hornpush. never seen that before. not so sure about the velour though  a couple of spaces up was a unkempt looking bentley. mulsanne?  then opposite that a fairly low, tastefully done lupo(?) on ronals  then we saw this on someones drive when we were out and about.  ive spooted a few other things of interest too, but didnt have a camera on me at the time. theres also a stacklight just turned up in my local scrappy when i went down there today to get some tyres for the commer, it looks fairly solid but its parts only. |
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Last Edit: Apr 23, 2007 21:14:44 GMT by Dez
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Apr 23, 2007 21:57:36 GMT
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Nice spots! Ipswich can be strange sometimes, you can go for weeks without seeing anything cool and then in the same afternoon you might spot a mazda 929 coupe a DKW and an opel Kaddett coupe GT/E....... happened to me last year  |
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Apr 23, 2007 22:04:01 GMT
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Life on Mars scene tax must add £££'s to the worth of that Cortina.
I bet there's plenty about, I saw loads on a recent trip down there (must post them soon). I suppose I'm looking at things through my slightly wibblepoo-tinted spec's, but I took a fair few pictures in the areas between Handford Road and Bramford Road then Bramford Road back up to Norwich Road.
Is the silver US-spec 280ZX still about? Belonged to ex-Extreme Noise Terror man Dean, not quite what you'd expect him to be driving.
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
Posts: 11,790
Club RR Member Number: 34
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ipswich spottageDez
@dez
Club Retro Rides Member 34
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Apr 23, 2007 22:21:42 GMT
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haha, there is other people in ipswich then!! not much of a suffolk scene from what ive encountered, unless youre driving a barry'd 1L poverty model 5 door corsa, or a 5 door mondeo with half a bathtub strapped on each end  or a rover, they like 4 series rovers round here for some reason. i suppose id drive past and ignore what a lot of people on here would class as a 'spot' though..... ive not seen the 280zx, but i did see a delorean the other day!! |
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not much of a suffolk scene from what ive encountered... You're 20 miles too far to the East!  I bought Mrs JS's first mk1 Escort from Ipswich, the guy also had a really, really tidy 68 or 69 Camaro. And he had an AVO Escort, but that was at a secret location. Haven't seen Phil Tricker's "The Trickster" Ford Pop about recently either - proper '70s style complete with mural. |
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My fleet:
Suzuki GSX-R600Y SRAD with bald, melted tyres
A borrowed Mondeo
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I know of one or two people in Ipswich well into big six-cyl Datsun/Nissan saloons. Farinas are popular too, mostly with ex-racers like Taffy Gillingham. My old Starlet lives down there, the lad also has a Westy.
Ipswich is arguably better served for vehicle-related things than Norwich, for example – it has a Transport Museum with lots of local stuff in, and it’s home to the wonderful Foxhall Raceway.
I lived there for a few years until 1995, and while I suspect that most of the old stuff I recall from back then will have gone I know that if I avoid squeaky-clean new housing estates and cruise older suburbs, council estates and the areas of Victorian housing close to the centre I’ll find interesting things.
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