Received this postcard from my son who is down in Southend-on-Sea working (I think :rolleyes: ) and surprise, surprise there's a Zed on it :dance:

 

Reg No. looks likes BD 224 and it's a UK spec - anyone's here :rofl:

hahahaha

nice spot !

Uk spec....by the sea? Probably turned back into the ferrous ore from whence it came! :rofl:

 

;)

pmsl :d that's awesome! Well spotted by you son :D

Looking at the other cars in the pic, I'd say this was taken some time ago - maybe back when the 300zx was still in production in the UK?

 

Still, it's a great find though :dance:

 

Richard :)

Just to add.......

 

......Southend, those were the days........ :dance:

 

Many a mis-spent youth there when I lived in East London.........Friday and Saturday nights at TOTS; races back down the A127 in my Manta......

 

.....How I loved the late 1980s :cool:

 

Richard :tongue:

Don't think it was long ago,judging by the Chav on the crossing!! :wack:

You had a Manta Richard? :bow:

 

BTW, are those chavs crossing that Pelican Crossing?

and the old man on the left playin with his d1k :rolleyes:

You had a Manta Richard? :bow:........

 

Sure did Si - I was always a Vauxhall/Opel fan before getting bitten by the Jap bug. I still look back on that car with a great fondness........

 

My 1st car was a Mk1 Cav 1.6 RWD (way back in 1987). I had 2 of them, then I got the sports hatch 1.9 version. After a few months I had the Manta, before geting through 2 Mk2 Cav SRis. I then got a 6 month old Astra GTE when I was 19 (back in 1989) but alas it came off worst in an argument with a tree.....

 

I had a couple of Mk3 Cav SRi/CDis until 1993, when I bought a Carina-E GTi (173bhp) and (with the exception of my SLK) have stayed loyal to Japanese cars ever since :cool:

 

Richard :)

Don't think it was long ago,judging by the Chav on the crossing!! :wack:

 

No mate, that's just Essex for you - it's always been that way...... :tongue:

 

.......besides reg number BD 224 is no longer registered at DVLA according to

http://www.rac.co.uk/web/vehiclechecks/?&lid=leftNav&lpos=vehicle-check

 

Richard :(

Hi,

Have a look at the date on the postcard...usually tells you when it was created.

looks like 1998 to me. its at least 96 by the mondeo and the merc van behind look newer still.

cant be much later than that as the senator would have been on the back of a tow truck with the zed.

Sure did Si - I was always a Vauxhall/Opel fan before getting bitten by the Jap bug. I still look back on that car with a great fondness........

 

My 1st car was a Mk1 Cav 1.6 RWD (way back in 1987). I had 2 of them, then I got the sports hatch 1.9 version. After a few months I had the Manta, before geting through 2 Mk2 Cav SRis. I then got a 6 month old Astra GTE when I was 19 (back in 1989) but alas it came off worst in an argument with a tree.....

 

I had a couple of Mk3 Cav SRi/CDis until 1993, when I bought a Carina-E GTi (173bhp) and (with the exception of my SLK) have stayed loyal to Japanese cars ever since :cool:

 

Richard :)

 

Excellent stuff! I always used to have Vauxhalls. Easy to maintain and I have a fondness for the mid-80s stuff like the Astra GTE 16v etc and the Late spec Mantas.

 

The car my Z replaced was this. Bought this when I was 21 after leaving uni..

 

 

A Calibra V6 coughed up its guts and was the new heart to this, originally rather dowdy Cabrio. Fitted a GSi bodykit and imported a very rare saloon style GSi rear bumper which I sourced from South Africa. Only one at the time. Look ok for a Mk3 Astra Cabrio and went well. Sounded great!

 

Excellent stuff! I always used to have Vauxhalls. Easy to maintain and I have a fondness for the mid-80s stuff like the Astra GTE 16v etc and the Late spec Mantas.

 

The car my Z replaced was this. Bought this when I was 21 after leaving uni..

 

Your Astra looks great in the "after" picture once it was colour coded etc....

 

I have that same fondness for the mid-80s - I was a teenager at the time and loved cars like the Manta, Astra GTE, BMW 635, Porsche 928, Jag XJs etc etc :cool:

 

I hated the Fords though - I always thought the XR2/XR3i and Rusty Turbo were :xxx: s cars. I kind of liked the Sierra Cosworth but would not have bought one out of principle :wack:

 

Richard :)

carefull, hijackers get serious time nowdays lol

That car was about a couple of years ago, was not the best of condition and was driven by this massive fat guy with a comb-over.

That car was about a couple of years ago, was not the best of condition and was driven by this massive fat guy with a comb-over.

 

 

Not on holiday from the Midlands was he?? :x: :rofl: :rofl:

wow i used to go to southend quite a lot in the XR2 lol but never remember it looking like that.