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Siôn Hudson

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3 years

I forgot to wish my Volvo 245 GLT a happy 40th birthday on Friday, so I'm rectifying that now 🥳🥳

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3 years

Had a beautiful visitor to the Driveway of Dreams today 😍

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2 years

One of the photos on the Wikipedia page for the mk1 Astra was taken in autumn 1980 outside Clare College in Cambridge. So of course I had to go and recreate the photo today

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1 year

For those who didn’t manage to get to my video reveal, here are a few photos of my newest automotive purchase: probably the oldest surviving mk5 Escort (built 30/08/90), of course in base Popular trim. I’m one happy boy 😀

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2 years

This fabulous trooper ticked over 200,000 miles today. Still feels as tight and robust as ever, and the 100PS 1.9PD engine punches ridiculously far above its weight.

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3 years

Took my Fiesta back to an early 90s business park, where I’m sure it felt right at home

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10 months

Isn’t the world sometimes a wonderful place? No history came with my mk5 Escort when I bought it, so I wrote to the previous owner to see if he’d kept anything. I had a suspicion he would, given the excellent condition of the car. This pile arrived today: I’m a happy boy!

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3 years

My Volvo 340 is looking sharp after several hours of hard work this afternoon 👍

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3 years

Had a great day at the BMC and BL day at Gaydon today, and the cars that really took my fancy were these SD1s, especially the stunning green one 😍

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1 year

Been working hard on my little Metro for the last couple of days, and it’s now looking absolutely resplendent, and will proudly be displayed in the concours de l’Ordinaire at #FOTU tomorrow

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11 months

Filled up the Escortilicious after 461 miles, and the gauge wasn’t even on the red yet. A comfortable 500-mile tanker I think! Calculated it out at 48mpg too, which is really rather good for a 4-speed

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2 years

I may have done a new car purchase... Facebook Marketplace special, still with its elderly owner of the last 15 years. Heated leather seats, sunroof, carpet on top of the carpet in the boot. Some jobs to do, but 106k miles means plenty of life left Collection on Monday 😀

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2 years

My Fiesta was looking particularly photogenic today

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4 years

Look what’s just arrived 😍

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15 days

And it’s a pass, with no advisories 😀😀😀

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15 days

Right, MOT time for the £250 focus. Wish it (and me) a lot of luck!!!!

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2 years

Well as many of you guessed from the instrument cluster photo, it is indeed a mk1 Astra. Kudos to @JeffRuggles who got it right just from the glovebox photo!

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3 years

Bringing up the class of Waitrose with my Fiesta Popular

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3 years

Just spotted this absolute stunner of a Citroen Dyane. Made my day!

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8 months

My little mk1 Fiesta got spotted over on a Facebook group whilst I was parked up at Asda the other day

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3 years

Some of you may know that my dad has pretty severe Alzheimer’s. My amazing friend @Russelljwallis made this illustration of his beloved Sierra Cosworth which he had to trade in for a Volvo 940 in 1992 when my brother was born! Dad’s face lit up when he saw it, so it meant a lot❤️

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2 years

Spotted this 90s Espace looking smart in the Lidl car park

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2 years

Driving my 345 yesterday and this Amazon pulled up next to it at a petrol station. Owner had a 360 in the past and loved it.

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2 years

On the Eurotunnel and walked a few carriages back to go to the loo. Every other car on the train as far as the eye can see is a grey Kia Niro with 2 men in each. I feel like this could be the start of a spy action movie…

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11 months

Spotted this rather fine Peugeot 405 still earning its living at Tesco in Sandy

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9 months

For those who didn’t watch my reveal video (and I’ll be having words with them), here are a few photos of my new mk2 Cavalier. It’s one owner from new, 55k miles, rustproofted from new, all MOTs, off the road since 2015.

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2 years

Some gratuitous Astra photos from today

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2 years

Well we have made it to Dover! Now waiting for the ferry. Astra has performed faultlessly 😊 #VauxhallCalais

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3 years

Bye bye little Metro, see you in the spring for more adventures! 👋😢

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Siôn Hudson

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4 years

Took my lovely Volvo 345 out for a drive in the countryside today, it really drives so well now after all my work on it, feels tight and sharp.

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3 years

And successfully home! Car drove brilliantly, it’s actually really refined and quiet, pulls well, and very happy on the motorway. So let me introduce you to ‘The GC’, my little Essex-made mk3 Fiesta, registered in the first month of U.K. sales making it one of the earliest

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2 years

A deliciously beige Triumph Acclaim

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8 months

Well the Cavalier successfully made it home from the unit. Drove sooooo well, especially considering this was its first journey since 2015! A few jobs to do to make it perfect, but I’m absolutely delighted, particularly at the refinement and power of it

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15 days

Right, MOT time for the £250 focus. Wish it (and me) a lot of luck!!!!

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2 years

Today’s classic car improvement was re-chroming the badges on the Astra (first pic is the ‘before’ showing they had faded to black over 42 years, except the ‘S’!)

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2 years

2CV avec Oeufs

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2 years

A closer look at the 1980 Ghia, which is on a local CC number plate

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6 months

Narrow old car means I get the winningest space in the multi-storey

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2 years

Saw this over on the old Facebook and it made me chuckle, given the state of the used car market at the moment

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2 years

I had forgotten that my parents had kept my first ‘car’. Could this be a genuine barn find?! 🤣

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1 year

A completely overwhelming and fab day at the @HagertyUK Festival of the Unexceptional today, topped with 2nd place concourse trophy for my little Metro (with its blanking plate glory). Spoke to so many wonderful people too I can’t even begin to list them, and so many nerdgasms!

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2 years

There’s a Twingo on a plane. I repeat: there’s a Twingo on a plane. (I really really want one)

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3 years

I was innocently enjoying a coffee at a McDonalds yesterday thinking life was pretty good, when suddenly my day got truly made by the appearance of this incredible Renault 11 in the car park. Popped over to take some Frenchie photos and a quick chat

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2 years

This Renault 12 had all of the patina

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3 years

Popped to check on this adorable little scamp. Looking forward to better weather so I can drive it!

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2 years

A Fiesta sandwiched between two Dutch Volvos

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3 months

Waitrose always delivers the best local-plate chod

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4 years

The 1980s called and it smells of Lambert & Butlers and petrol fumes

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Siôn Hudson

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11 months

Found the most 1990s Escort company car accessory today. I absolutely love it

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3 years

Doing my Citrobatics

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2 years

A friend is spending time in Costa Rica, and found this 1988 Volvo 480. Knowing I’m a fan, he took some photos for me which delighted the Dutch owner. This must be a total unicorn in that part of the world!

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1 year

My FAWDHS all together for the first time

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2 years

Convince me not to buy this lovely early mk3 Cavalier

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2 years

This stunning GS was owning its strong theme

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Siôn Hudson

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4 years

I didn’t want the green 345 to be getting all the attention, so I took my 245 out for a jaunt this morning so it didn’t feel too left out. Earliest GLT estate in the U.K., as far as I know.

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8 months

Worked hard on the Cavalier today, and so treated myself to a little drive out to catch the last of the daylight. It drives so nicely with lots of poke and comfort. Next job: brake overhaul and new tyres

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2 years

I couldn’t be prouder of this fabulous machine: 460 miles done today towing the flippin’ Exxon Valdez in absolute comfort, without even batting an eyelid. Always tracked straight and true, plenty of pulling power. Heated seats! Pretty darn good for an 18-year-old, £1200 banger

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2 years

Took the green 345 “home” to Ely Cathedral today, which is the place where I first spotted it in 2011 and left a note on the windscreen. Seven years later she agreed to sell it to me, after it had been her daily for 20 years!

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4 months

Favourite car at the Enfield Pageant was this utterly charming Renault 5. Even though it’s a facelift model and a 5-door, it just sang originality and condition and I’d have loved to take it home with me

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Siôn Hudson

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2 years

Hello old friend, part 2

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3 years

Taking the Fiesta for its first exciting outing of 2022

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1 year

This car is going to prove very popular! I’ve had 2 thumbs up and huge smiles in the short journey to Tesco 😀

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2 years

My take-home car from today’s Simply French was this stunning 1973 Renault 5, complete with dash-mount gear change, side exit exhaust, pale bumpers and diamond shaped wheel trims. Utilitarian brilliance at its best.

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9 months

Spotted this Proton in the wild, on the mean streets of Cambridge

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1 year

Fame at last, even if it is the Daily Mail. All requests for comments, interviews or public appearances should be made through my PR department. I’ll have to buy a disguise for my Tesco trip tomorrow, and I’ve already had to close all my curtains to avoid the paps outside.

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Siôn Hudson

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3 years

Had a visit from this adorable super early mk1 Twingo today. It was like an orgasm of the early 90s. Utterly glorious ❤️

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3 years

Couple of shameless shots of my mk3 Fiesta at the FOTU. It turns out that my passenger mirror blanking plate has a lot of fans 🥰

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11 months

A few Astra beauty shots taken on the way home this afternoon

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2 years

A lovely brown mini spotted at Aldi this weekend

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2 years

Been recording a new video on this yellow beast today, but several technical issues meant I ran out of light so have to re-do bits tomorrow. Grrr 🤣

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1 year

My mk5 Escort wheel still has the original factory weight, which confirms my suspicion that two of the tyres are original!!

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Siôn Hudson

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4 years

Unbelievable scenes at Tesco this afternoon. Look at this absolute LEGend, living up to its number plate. My #chodspot of the year (so far) will take a lot to beat!

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Siôn Hudson

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1 year

In an odd place with my mk1. Struggling to bond with it: as a driving experience it’s just so loud and lairy. Engine is always harsh, exhaust is always droning. It’s fast and brash, it feels like a hooligan, & there’s nothing sweet about it. It’s delight to work on tho. Is it me?

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1 year

Today I managed to drive my mk1 Fiesta to the petrol station for the first time. This is a huge step in the car's restoration, and is now a rolling-resto rather than a pile of parts on my driveway. Hurrah. Let's hope it starts and manages to run again tomorrow!

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2 years

Spotted this rather lovely mk3 Cavalier this morning. Looking very petite next to a modern A-Class…

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2 years

This is my second car of the show: a base mk1 Astra, which means it’s the saloon body style. I completely adore these, because of the engineering involved in deleting the hatchback in order to make the base more miserly. I’ll forgive it the wrong wheels. Love love. Want want.

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2 years

Passed my driving test 20 years ago today. Goodness how can I be that old

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5 months

Why hello there Mr Green

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2 years

XM vs Xantia. Which one will rise first? Only one way to find out: FIGHT!!! 🤣🤣

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2 years

Spotted this lovely mk3 Fiesta Popular Plus 5-door on the M6 Toll yesterday. Almost as early as my Popular, but not quite

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2 years

Spotted this lovely 1984 Mini on my travels in Northern Ireland today

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1 year

Brought an old friend out yesterday for the first time in a few years. Started straight up after the float bowl filled up, and drove 25 mins up to my storage unit. A perfectly set up variomatic whisking you along some country roads really is a thing of poetic beauty

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2 years

On holiday in the Peak District and spotted this old skool garage

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14 days

Heading out in the Astra as it’s a lovely evening

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3 years

In Soviet Russia, 1970s Ladas are 21-plate for YOU!

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2 months

Lovely day out in this absolute stunner. There’s something about it that attracts so many smiles and comments.

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1 year

Spotted this rather smart Bavarian in Singapore

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2 years

Jim @thealso has finally been reunited with his Panda! He’s cleaning it like an adoring father

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2 years

Scoring reasonably high on the ideal parking spaces bingo card

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2 years

One of my cars of the show today was this stunning CX Pallas which arrived late in the day

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1 year

My take on today’s farewell to the Ford Fiesta is that it’s very much the end of an era: generations of people saw the Fiesta as a byword for fuss-free and accessible transport that transcended social class (in a way that other Fords didn’t). Here are my two little nuggets of joy

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Siôn Hudson

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3 years

Most exciting chod spotted so far is this epic Renault 18

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3 months

Been having fun with my diamond white 1990 mk5 Escort recreating some photos I took back in 2002 with my diamond white mk6 Escort. Thanks to @thealso for his photography and patience

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8 months

Spotted this 309 in Tesco earlier today

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2 years

Little car display at a local village show. Reckon the Mexico is genuine?

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2 years

At a car show today in Amlwch, Anglesey. Great turnout, and here are a few tweets with some of my favourites coming starting with this lovely mk1 XR2

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6 months

Look who’s come out to play!! Gave it a bit of a wash after months in the barn

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2 years

So McDonald’s have a special edition meal called a ‘Chicken Fiesta’. It just had to happen

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2 years

Happy with the progress of gently restoring my newly acquired mk1 Fiesta back to original spec. Episode 2 of the restoration series is now on the Tubez for your enjoyment

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4 years

What better place to start than this utterly sublime launch year mk3 Escort in a gorgeous powder blue. The steering wheels on these early low-spec models make me very happy

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4 years

Today’s small victory: fixing the washer function on the headlamps of my ‘85 Volvo 340

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