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820 in the Limehouse Link Tunnel opening

Post by TDHFastback » Sun Mar 22, 2015 11:35 am

Whilst at one of our control rooms retrieving CCTV footage for a suspect, I spotted this on the wall.
It is described as taken in th early 90s when the Limehouse Link Tunnel was opened in East london.

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Is it me or do those fog lights look a bit odd?
Shame the reg was blanked out.

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Re: 820 in the Limehouse Link Tunnel opening

Post by dollysprint » Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:23 pm

Foglamps on a mk1 :shock:

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Re: 820 in the Limehouse Link Tunnel opening

Post by deano » Sun Mar 22, 2015 10:52 pm

How do you know its a 820 ??
My Mk1 827 Sterling(1990) had front fogs, I thought they all did...

But these`s ones do look odd,
I think they are too central, too near to the number plate
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Re: 820 in the Limehouse Link Tunnel opening

Post by Austin-Rover » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:17 am

Isn't that an R8 Rover 400?

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Re: 820 in the Limehouse Link Tunnel opening

Post by CHR15E » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:40 am

Austin-Rover wrote:Isn't that an R8 Rover 400?
It does look more like one the more you study the headlights, bumper and grille.
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Re: 820 in the Limehouse Link Tunnel opening

Post by Richard Moss » Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:53 am

That's what I thought - pre-facelift 400
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Re: 820 in the Limehouse Link Tunnel opening

Post by scoobyh123 » Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:15 am

The giveaway on it being an R8 (either 200 or 400) is the body coloured moulding that runs just under the headlamps.

Personally i don't think those are fog lamps at all, i think they are high powered xenon strobe lights, blue in colour and the guy driving it has pips on his shoulder.
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Re: 820 in the Limehouse Link Tunnel opening

Post by BennyVitesse » Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:33 am

That would be my guess too. Hence why its in the control room. A pic of the then 'guv' driving through the new tunnel?

I can't see a bulge on the bonnet so I reckon its a 416 GSi
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Re: 820 in the Limehouse Link Tunnel opening

Post by thamestyres » Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:47 pm

I'd have said an r8 as well doesn't look long enough for an 800.. regards ricky
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Re: 820 in the Limehouse Link Tunnel opening

Post by scoobyh123 » Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:57 pm

BennyVitesse wrote:That would be my guess too. Hence why its in the control room. A pic of the then 'guv' driving through the new tunnel?

I can't see a bulge on the bonnet so I reckon its a 416 GSi
Just thinking, i'm sure my 420GSi (n/asp) didn't have a bonnet bulge, think it was only the Tomcats (220 turbo coupe with targa roof) that originally had bonnet bulges.
Then again, i'm fairly sure the 420 didn't appear until the facelift version so would be a 416 at the largest engine size, possibly a GTi or GSi or even the 200 version (216 GTi maybe) but either way, very lively cars.
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Re: 820 in the Limehouse Link Tunnel opening

Post by midnite » Tue Apr 21, 2015 3:36 pm

defo an r8 400, easy way to tell its not an 800, the grill runs along under the headlights, 800s grill only sits between headlights, leaving them sat on top of the bumper.
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Re: 820 in the Limehouse Link Tunnel opening

Post by vito » Tue Apr 21, 2015 7:51 pm

midnite wrote:defo an r8 400, easy way to tell its not an 800, the grill runs along under the headlights, 800s grill only sits between headlights, leaving them sat on top of the bumper.
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