Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View

by Butterfield Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:18 am

Nightjar wrote:Oh, and just around the corner, this one's always puzzled me whenever I passed it - A VW camper... but with Porsche 911 hubcaps!

I think that's one of those Mexican-built imports from the 2000s - they were still making Campers in Mexico until recently and a company somewhere in the south west was importing them in small numbers, so that one could be like a 2014 registration or similar.

by Butterfield Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:21 am

Nightjar wrote:
SiberianPrincess’sMidriff wrote:A Man-Gusta?

I had as a child a hand-me-down Matchbox one of those - in fact, I've still got it somewhere. happy

I of course always read the underside as "De

".

by Butterfield Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:23 am

It's exactly this one, though mine is in a rather more played-with condition, and without box.

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by Nightjar Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:28 am

That, my good sir, is a De Tomaso Pantera.

Compared to the Mangusta, they are veritably ten-a-penny. aristojar

by Butterfield Tue Jan 18, 2022 2:03 am

Oh. I didn't realise there were different models.

Then again, I don't tend to specialise in sportscars.

by Butterfield Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:20 am

by Butterfield Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:22 am

Looks a bit Fiat-ish.

EDIT: Looking at older Street View footage from 5 years earlier, the "Fiat" is actually a Volkswagen! gasp

EDIT 2: After a lot of searching, it turns out it's a Volkswagen Type 4 (1968-1974) - a car I didn't even know existed!
gr8 cars of Google Street View - Page 3 Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Guilty%20pleasures%20%E2%80%93%20Volkswagen%20Type%204%20%E2%80%93%20411%20%E2%80%93%203

gr8 cars of Google Street View - Page 3 Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Guilty%20pleasures%20%E2%80%93%20Volkswagen%20Type%204%20%E2%80%93%20411%20%E2%80%93%203

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Type_4

by Butterfield Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:27 am

This small cul-de-sac in Stourbridge is the street that just keeps on giving.

by Butterfield Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:29 am

Bonus image from the end of the cul-de-sac

by Fangirl Three Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:21 am

'I am keeping, how you say, dirty caravan'

by Butterfield Thu Feb 03, 2022 2:54 am

70s Vauxhall Viva near Wolverhampton

by Fangirl Three Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:41 am

That picture was taken 10 years ago too, I walked past the other day and the windows had all been replaced by taped-on plastic sheets.

Interestingly, that same estate also has a road called Tamar Rise, just like the cul-de-sac in Stourbridge that keeps on giving.

by Butterfield Fri Feb 04, 2022 2:02 am

"gr8 houses of Google Street View"? Maybe that would be a bit too personal! I've always found Street View rather invasive, giving one the opportunity to stare at people's houses that one would never do in real life, sometimes being able to see through windows and over the fences into gardens, yet it's all so fascinating at the same time.

by Fangirl Three Fri Feb 04, 2022 7:54 am

There clearly has been something going on with that house these last 30-40 years that isn't a happy story sad yes

I used to walk past an even worse one in Zarnichester, completely overgrown with huge bushes, a light always on in the hall and bits of blue tarpaulin patched all over the roof.

A few years ago the bushes were cut back, but they didn't fix the roof.

I won't post a pic until the feeling of the forum on the 'gr8 houses of GSV' becomes apparent.

by Nightjar Sun Feb 13, 2022 2:19 pm

Following on from the streetviews of houses with electricity pylons in their front gardens...

The next hamlet along, where the substation is located...

hmm