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Jun 19, 2005 19:27:43 GMT
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qwality retro motor spotting... so far we have pair of ex-bt commer vans mk1 granada fiat x1/9 mk2 'tina capri 2.0iS on a dagenham reg plate mk3 tina like my grandads old one merc thing (sorry no good on them!) i like the way the good guys drive fords and the villans always drive something foreign... get on men 'n' motors now! cos top gear ain't on till 9!  |
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Jun 19, 2005 21:08:59 GMT
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not if you aint got sattelite or freeview  |
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
Posts: 7,272
Club RR Member Number: 140
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Jun 19, 2005 22:40:21 GMT
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I loved that gold 1600E cortina, sweet as.
Pillock, your point about the bad guys is wrong, one of them drove a MK3 tina.
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Jun 20, 2005 13:42:37 GMT
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must have been a baddie pretending to be a good guy  |
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Jun 20, 2005 15:27:09 GMT
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The Sweeny's just as good............
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 I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people I don't like. |
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Jun 20, 2005 17:49:36 GMT
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Dagenham plates? If memory serves, do they end in HK? 90s Ford Press cars used to end in "OO" I seem to remember *geek*
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Jun 20, 2005 19:52:27 GMT
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aaaah or do they? OR DO THEY?  my mum won an Escort Convertible - 1993/94 i think it was - nothing exciting, it was a 'Dash' special edition, gutless 1.4 in a heavy car. It was durly presented to her by the local dealer, and it was wearing the reg K86 CAR - i was all geeky at this age and found out that this was a Chelmsford reg. More than that, the chappie at the dealer told me that Ford liked to use CAR plates on their 'special' cars and it was close enough to Dagenham to get them registered as such. I've seen a few other press cars with -AR plates too. |
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Jun 20, 2005 20:15:25 GMT
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Sweeney...on now, loadsa Mk1 transit action, and what was that Aston convertible doing on a rotten Saarf London industrial estate?
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Jun 20, 2005 20:33:12 GMT
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aaaah or do they? OR DO THEY? my mum won an Escort Convertible - 1993/94 i think it was - nothing exciting, it was a 'Dash' special edition, gutless 1.4 in a heavy car. It was durly presented to her by the local dealer, and it was wearing the reg K86 CAR - i was all geeky at this age and found out that this was a Chelmsford reg. More than that, the chappie at the dealer told me that Ford liked to use CAR plates on their 'special' cars and it was close enough to Dagenham to get them registered as such. I've seen a few other press cars with -AR plates too. Curse you *shakes fist* ;D Now I'll have to go trawling through old mags... I know for sure that "OO" was used a lot on Mk5 Escort RS2000s and early aero-Granadas etc. CCC Magazine had a "YOO"-plated RS2000 that they used a lot in the Ford RS2000 challenge... About 1990ish? I think I'm trawling the real depths of my car geekery here... I'd start a seperate thread but fear it'll reveal my true sadness! Who else remembers: OPR 911 TU 18 (I think? TU something anyway) THE 928S all numberplates that appeared on more than one car in road test reviews... the manufacturers swapped the plates from one demonstrator to another... No prizes, but my unadulterated admiration for anyone sad enough to know the TU one ;D |
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Last Edit: Jun 20, 2005 20:34:36 GMT by DarrenW
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Jun 20, 2005 21:50:21 GMT
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Who else remembers: OPR 911 TU 18 (I think? TU something anyway) THE 928S You need an I-spy book for those area codes! Incedentally...the TU 18 was 1800 TU wasn't it, found on Rolls Royces. What about 911 HUL? I think that was found on Porsches for years. Of course there was the famous 100 MPH...as found on...(I know the answer but who else does?) |
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Jun 20, 2005 21:52:41 GMT
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Who else remembers: OPR 911 TU 18 (I think? TU something anyway) THE 928S You need an I-spy book for those area codes! Incedentally...the TU 18 was 1800 TU wasn't it, found on Rolls Royces. What about 911 HUL? I think that was found on Porsches for years. Of course there was the famous 100 MPH...as found on...(I know the answer but who else does?) Yeah, 1800 TU. Rolls Royce ;D 100MPH was always on Bristols! 911HUL, forgot about that! |
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Jun 20, 2005 21:52:43 GMT
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HA!  |
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Jun 20, 2005 21:54:37 GMT
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Hah hah! Excellent!
I've got an early 80s (I think) copy of MOTOR with a white 911 SC on the cover, sure the reg was OPR911... Must dig it out!
oh, and I'm glad I'm not the only one that knows about these things!
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Last Edit: Jun 20, 2005 21:55:19 GMT by DarrenW
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Jun 20, 2005 21:56:17 GMT
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Last Edit: Jun 20, 2005 22:06:50 GMT by rmad
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Jun 20, 2005 22:12:07 GMT
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OPR 911 & 911 HUL both still feature on a number of porsches on my bedroom wall at my parents house they were always put on porsche press cars as I recall
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