How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[GT6 Jonsey]

Mum and dad

Mum with dads first TR

Starting point of my unhealthy obsession with anything triumph. Me working on the old mans vitesse in 1980

[GT6 Jonsey]

Dad with his first of many Triumphs

Anyone know the car ?


Me and my younger brother and sister all very excited about the purchase of dads 2.8 Celica Surpa

[Willhire89]

^^^^^ Late thirties Derby Bentley 4.25-litre Sports Saloon

[vixen1700]

GT6 Jonsey said:

That's a great picture.

[P5BNij]

Had this lurking in my hard drive for a while, somewhere up north perhaps...?

[anotherjohnv]

uk66fastback said:

I feel I should know where the Abingdon one is as I lived there for nine years ('76-'85), but I think that bit went early 70s for the one-way system (which I think bizarrely is now two-way again) ...

bath street I think .. still there but blocked off by that one way street (stratton way) that's now 2 way (Abingdon schoolboy late 60's!)

[hidetheelephants]

P5BNij said:

Had this lurking in my hard drive for a while, somewhere up north perhaps...?

The DVLA don't recognise GUB843K so it probably went to the crusher before the DVLA supercomputer became sentient in 1983 or thereabouts, but UB is a Leeds registration, so oop north seems likely.

[manorcom]

On that theme of the Police car, I found a few recently, these were titled Birmingham Police through the years:




Plus a Velocette LE, the "Noddy Bike":

And finally a nice Jaguar Police car at Leatherslade farm during the Great Train Robbery enquiry:

[MarshPhantom]

Second pic from bottom is Blackheath, SE London.

[Bodo]

manorcom said:

And finally a nice Jaguar Police car at Leatherslade farm during the Great Train Robbery enquiry:

Nevermind the Jaguar, that's an 80in Land-Rover in the background. And an 88in.

[Nik da Greek]

Velocette LE, the legendary Whispering Death Not seen one of those horrible pressed-steel monstrosities for ages. I always thought it was a cruel joke giving them to the coppers and expecting them to not die in the process of running down perps

[RichB]

Bodo said:

manorcom said:

And finally a nice Jaguar Police car at Leatherslade farm during the Great Train Robbery enquiry:

Nevermind the Jaguar, that's an 80in Land-Rover in the background. And an 88in.

I have to say I find the Jag far more appealing that concerning myself with 8" of Land-Rover chassis

[P5BNij]

manorcom said:

And finally a nice Jaguar Police car at Leatherslade farm during the Great Train Robbery enquiry:

One of the two Landrovers they used plus that ex-Army truck still exists, the cab of the truck was painted yellow at the farm, Gordon Goody caught a few drops on his shoes which was used in evidence against him during the trial. Strangely, both Landies wore the same reg' number. Bruce Reynolds' original plan was to used a fleet of ten Mk2 Jags but the idea was dropped when he realised they might look a bit suspect at 3am down a dark country lane!

More period shots taken on the morning of the robbery, including the same Jag seen at the farm...







The Mk1 Lotus Cortina which Reynolds' used to recce the route from the farm to the bridge and back again is still around too (BMK 723A), a few years ago it was up for auction.

[aeropilot]

MarshPhantom said:

Second pic from bottom is Blackheath, SE London.

Yup, Met.Pol LE....1964 registered, must be among the last batch for the Met?

My late father did his 'Noddy' course at Hendon Driving School in 1960, and got knocked off it by a drunk driver the following year.

[Sardonicus]

MarshPhantom said:

Second pic from bottom is Blackheath, SE London.

Certainly is good spot

[P5BNij]

Macca in his Radford Cooper S with Lennon at Abbey Road, early '67...


Beatle George at Heathrow in October '66 with his black Fezza 275GTB...


Clapton with George's psychedelic Radford Cooper S at Abbey Road, late '68, George sold it to Eric but bought it back a few years later...


The Lennons with newly acquired 911 in October '67, which he crashed and sold on soon afterwards...


Twigs with her first Mini in '67...


One for the bad parking thread maybe... Macca in Savile Row with his Radford S in '68...


Late '65 in the car park at Abbey Road, Lennon has just passed his test in George Martin's Herald, the following day he went out and bought a Ferrari 330GTC...


Lennon's RR Phantom V outside his Weighbridge gaff in Spring '67, plus Cyn's BMC 1100 parked up near the garage...


Jagger's DB6 gets a thump in town, 1966...

Edited by P5BNij on Saturday 5th March 20:44

[Bodo]

RichB said:

Bodo said:

manorcom said:

And finally a nice Jaguar Police car at Leatherslade farm during the Great Train Robbery enquiry:

Nevermind the Jaguar, that's an 80in Land-Rover in the background. And an 88in.

I have to say I find the Jag far more appealing that concerning myself with 8" of Land-Rover chassis

Doesn't stop me to post more images of the Land-Rovers used in the robbery:

An its doors. They fall off every now and then.

On the left is the Monopoly they played with real money from the loot.

Here, have two of their cars they bought after the robbery:

[RichB]

Bodo said:

Doesn't stop me to post more images of the Land-Rovers used in the robbery:

Never mind those, is that a Vauxhall Viva van at the front of the line

[manorcom]

Other Train Robbery shots

[aeropilot]

RichB said:

Bodo said:

Doesn't stop me to post more images of the Land-Rovers used in the robbery:

Never mind those, is that a Vauxhall Viva van at the front of the line

Looks more like an A55 van to me.....