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Butterfield
Posts : 19792 Karma : 416 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View 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. |
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Butterfield
Posts : 19792 Karma : 416 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:21 am | |
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Butterfield
Posts : 19792 Karma : 416 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View 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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Nightjar
Posts : 113155 Karma : 921 Join date : 2018-05-05
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View 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. _________________ Ibble obble black bobble, ibble obble out!
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Butterfield
Posts : 19792 Karma : 416 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View 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. |
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Butterfield
Posts : 19792 Karma : 416 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:20 am | |
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Butterfield
Posts : 19792 Karma : 416 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View 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! 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! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Type_4
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Butterfield
Posts : 19792 Karma : 416 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:27 am | |
| This small cul-de-sac in Stourbridge is the street that just keeps on giving.
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Butterfield
Posts : 19792 Karma : 416 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:29 am | |
| Bonus image from the end of the cul-de-sac
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Fangirl Three
Posts : 11512 Karma : 396 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:21 am | |
| 'I am keeping, how you say, dirty caravan' _________________ ' "Haven't got houses." Where do they live then?'
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Butterfield
Posts : 19792 Karma : 416 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View Thu Feb 03, 2022 2:54 am | |
| 70s Vauxhall Viva near Wolverhampton
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Fangirl Three
Posts : 11512 Karma : 396 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:41 am | |
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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.
_________________ ' "Haven't got houses." Where do they live then?'
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Butterfield
Posts : 19792 Karma : 416 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View 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. |
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Fangirl Three
Posts : 11512 Karma : 396 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View 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 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. _________________ ' "Haven't got houses." Where do they live then?'
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Nightjar
Posts : 113155 Karma : 921 Join date : 2018-05-05
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View 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... _________________ Ibble obble black bobble, ibble obble out!
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Butterfield
Posts : 19792 Karma : 416 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View Sun Feb 13, 2022 2:27 pm | |
| It probably started life as a delightful MK1 Golf in beige before being heavily b*stardised. |
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Butterfield
Posts : 19792 Karma : 416 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View Sun Feb 13, 2022 2:29 pm | |
| Oh yes, it's a Volkswagen Caddy, which would have looked more like this: |
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Butterfield
Posts : 19792 Karma : 416 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View Sun Feb 13, 2022 2:30 pm | |
| I've just seen lots of photos of modified ones. It's a thing. |
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Nightjar
Posts : 113155 Karma : 921 Join date : 2018-05-05
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View Sun Feb 13, 2022 3:20 pm | |
| Ooh, Southall's good... A 3rd Gen Nissan Stanza. A proper Volvo 245. _________________ Ibble obble black bobble, ibble obble out!
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Butterfield
Posts : 19792 Karma : 416 Join date : 2018-05-03
| Subject: Re: gr8 cars of Google Street View Sun Feb 13, 2022 3:29 pm | |
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