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Little surprise to find this been off the road for a while, DVLA says unlicensed since 2010. I suppose I should have noticed the badge on the wing, but it was more of a shock was to find that this was a V6 - I'd just assumed a manky old LX.
Car: Ford Cougar V6.
Date of first registration: 29th January 1999.
Registration region: Worcester.
Latest recorded mileage: 80,267 (MOT 2nd October 2019).
Last V5 issued: 31st January 2018.
Date taken: 3rd January 2019.
Album: Carspotting
I remember Alphards in video games I payed many years ago but I never imagined seeing one in person.
Revue V6 aka Petri Penta V6
with Revue C.C Auto 1.8/55 (Petri C.C Auto)
and clip-on Revue CdS meter
(Sold by the German mail order house Quelle)
The V6 was introduced in 1965 and belongs to the generation of just-before-TTL-metering cameras. It was designed for the use with a clip-on exposure meter, so the shutter button is at the front side and the frame counter is beside the rewind crank. You can find similar solutions from Yashica or Miranda. The exposure meter is coupled with the shutter speed dial, so you set the shutter speed at the meter, read out the correct f-stop and transfer it to the aperture ring of the lens. The exposure meter is certainly made by Sekonic and an accurate instrument. The camera itself is not spectacular, but a mechanical monster: inside you can find extra thick tooth wheels and in the bottom the unique design with the camshaft the early Petri cameras are famous for. There is a brake (with true springs, not just a piece of foam) for the returning mirror, so the sound of the shutter/mirror is very crisp. Lenses were mounted with a breech lock, a very solid connection. And on my exemplar the self-timer runs like on the first day, unlike the shutter.
* SLR for 35mm film, 24x36
* Shutter speeds from 1/2 s to 1/500 s and B
* Automatic aperture, lenses have A/M switch
* No displays in the viewfinder
In 1970 the camera was updated by the V6-II, nearly the same camera, but with
built-in hot shoe instead of a clip-on accessory shoe. As far I know it was the last Penta, Petri already introduced the FT EE in 1969, a camera with TTL-metering and shutter priority automatic exposure. The FT EE (and the follower FTE) uses the same bayonet mount like the Penta V cameras (not the first Penta without "V", that one has an M42 mount), but for the automatic exposure "EE"-lenses were required. You can mount the older lenses without "EE" to the FT EE, but then you have stop-down metering only. However, the other way round I can't mount my two "EE" lenses to the V6, but I can't say they are generally incompatible.
Perhaps you've noticed the "gothic" monogram on the prism housing, it consists of the same elements like on the Yashica Electro-X, but it is not exactly the same. While the one on the Yashica can be interpreted as an "Y" (of course), the one here looks like "U" or "V". V for V-series? I have no idea. A fad - Tokyo baroque.
My exemplar shares a flaw with many other Petri cameras. On longer shutter speeds the shutter acts like in "B"-mode: it remains open as long the shutter button is pressed down. If the shutter button is released, the set shutter speed runs and the shutter closes. A fought a little bit with that phenomenon, but not very seriously, because the camera has a second flaw which I can't repair anyway: the first shutter curtain is wavy. As a result it will not always wound up completely to the take-up spool, and the second curtain will run into into it and stop about 1 mm before its final position. So the mirror will not return. I have to push carefully the second curtain with my fingernail to finish the process.
Car: Ford Capri 3.0 S.
Year of manufacture: 1980.
Date of first registration in the UK: 2nd September 1980.
Place of registration: Guildford.
Date of last MOT: 9th October 2021.
Mileage at last MOT: 60,659.
Last change of keeper: 17th June 2022.
Date taken: 8th May 2022.
Location: Badgers Hill, Evesham, Worcestershire, UK.
Album: CCI Nationals May 2022
A fairly significant tick on my 'Renault bingo scorecard' for this year. These have both been lurking at an Alpine specialist's for some time according to Streetview (I'd stumbled across them on there before my journey). There used to be a Peugeot 604 too, but there was just a patch of bare ground there at the time of my visit.
Photos of the Alpines to come later.
Car: Toyota Camry V6.
Year of manufacture: 1997.
Date of first registration in the UK: 1st October 1997.
Place of registration: Maidstone.
Date of last MOT: 19th February 2021.
Mileage at last MOT: 124,694.
Date of last change of keeper: 24th January 1999.
Date taken: 28th July 2021.
Album: Carspotting 2021
Renault 30 TX V6 7-4-1983 JR-58-LY
Renault 25 V6 Turbo 22-5-1990 90-JFX-7
Renault Safrane 3.0-24V V6 RXE 7-1-2000 38-DV-HB
Renault Vel Satis 2006
Renault Talisman 2021
Renault clubs RTC CRS ARCN opening meeting, Renault dealer Van Kesteren in Kampen NL, April 3, 2022
Another well kept early 90's Renault and the only 25 I managed to capture.
Of the other three I saw, two were pre-facelifts, so a bit of a shame I didn't see either of those parked up later on.
I was able to make pictures for AutoJunior. Read out the test drive on autojunior.be. Please like AutoJunior on facebook.
seeing this abandoned & neglected Shelby Ford Mustang GT Boss 302 made me so angry, a whole forest is growing around this high end rare to see in UK "American Muscle" car. The Enfield car auction is less then 10 min drive(5 min when driven correctly) from this spot, all the prick owner has to do it take it there and sell it instead of letting it rot in the open weather, insecure and ripe for valdalism
Go- Ahead London:
Volvo B5TL Euro VI (10.3m) /
Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2 (revised body)
Horse Guards Parade
Saturday 26th October 2013
Place: Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Chinese name: 东南V6菱仕 (dōngnán V6 língshì)
Year of launch: 2012
Soueast was founded in 1995 as a joint venture between the Taiwanese China Motor Corporation [CMC] (25%), Fujian Motor Industry Group (50%) and Mitsubishi Motors (25%). It produced the 1995-2000 Lancer, Minicab and Delica under its own name, which gained a unique front end and rear end through the years. In 2012 Soueast launched the V5 Lingzhi sedan, followed by the V6 Lingshi hatchback in the year after. Both are based on the latest Mitsubishi Lancer, but with a distinctive exterior and interior. In 2014 Soueast finally launched an all-new model, the DX7 Bolang SUV. This new SUV competes with the Haval H6, Changan CS75, Trumpchi GS4, Geely Boyue and the likes. Two years later it was followed by the DX3 compact SUV, currently one of my favourite Chinese cars. With its modern and stylish crossover look it could appeal to European buyers if it would be launched here. Both the DX3 and DX7 are designed in cooperation with Pininfarina. Especially the DX7 has a distinctive look in my opinion, something some competitors lack. Sales of both are very good for Soueast, but still not good enough to compete with the big local carmakers.
Soueast used the Mitsubishi Lancer platform for its new sedan (V5 Lingzhi) and hatchback (V6 Lingshi), with the latter one being based on the Lancer Sportback. Sales of the V6 have always been poor.
Sales figures: carsalesbase.com/china-car-sales-data/soueast/soueast-v6-...