Photos of cars outside the factory...

[aeropilot]

Old Merc said:

The late great Des O'Dell (almost)outside the Rootes competition department at Coventry.

I'd say that's inside the Humber Road Comp building


This is outside

My Sunbeam-Lotus parked in front of Des's 309GTi company car when I paid a visit to see Des back in Nov 1989.

[AMG Merc]

Old Merc said:

suffolk009 said:

Unrelatedly, I found this. Okay it's inside, but...

My dream car!! If they all survived in good condition what would that row of Mercs be worth today? £10million?

OMG what a vision this photo is

[BajaBill]

1945



and 70 years later with 7 of the 14 surviving Morgans:



Photos from Steve Uprichard and Richard Atherton.

[P5BNij]

[Old Merc]

aeropilot said:

Old Merc said:

The late great Des O'Dell (almost)outside the Rootes competition department at Coventry.

I'd say that's inside the Humber Road Comp building


This is outside

My Sunbeam-Lotus parked in front of Des's 309GTi company car when I paid a visit to see Des back in Nov 1989.

That`s the place,I`ve been there many times during the 205GTI rally championship.I even had keys to the place when we ran their 106 rally and I was part of their rally team.



I think this is the same place in the 60`s ??

Edited by Old Merc on Thursday 1st December 15:33

[The Surveyor]

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Oh my, those 904's are gorgeous

[aeropilot]

Old Merc said:

aeropilot said:

Old Merc said:

The late great Des O'Dell (almost)outside the Rootes competition department at Coventry.

I'd say that's inside the Humber Road Comp building


This is outside

My Sunbeam-Lotus parked in front of Des's 309GTi company car when I paid a visit to see Des back in Nov 1989.

That`s the place,I`ve been there many times during the 205GTI rally championship.I even had keys to the place when we ran their 106 rally and I was part of their rally team.



I think this is the same place in the 60`s ??

Edited by Old Merc on Thursday 1st December 15:33

Yup, it is.

Sadly all long gone and now a housing estate

[Old Merc]

Another shot of the inside.



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[Gunk]

[2172cc]

Gunk said:

Already had one on page 1 of the thread.

[Gunk]

2172cc said:

Already had one on page 1 of the thread.

Never mind, nice to see them again!

[bigtrev200]

When I was a nipper (that's me on the right) my old man had a couple of 604 TI V6s and I've got great memories of them. Even as a kid I remember how bouncy the seats were, and on long journeys I used the transmission hump in the rear footwell as a jump for my Matchbox cars (car seats in the early 80s? I don't think so).

Old Merc said:

Blue62 said:

Old Merc said:

This photo brings back memories for me.In the 70`s I was service manager at this Peugeot Dealer,the MD and the sales manager were out for the day,so I was in charge.The phone went and the guy on the end just said "I would like to order four Peugeot 604`s please". I replied "is that you John taking the piss".Luckily for me the guy saw the funny side and four 604`s were delivered to Castrol Research for testing their new oils.

Possibly my favourite so far, I used to think the 604 was so cool but no idea why now, had similar feelings towards Triumph 2500 and Vauxhall Victors, nice memories.

The 604 had everything,fully loaded with all the extras(of the time),a big V6 luxury car,full of leather.When they replaced the triple carburetors with Bosch fuel injection it was right up there with Merc`s & BMW,and it was half the price of them.
Trouble was the name,if you were a successful businessman you arrived in a Mercedes or a BMW,not a PEUGEOT.Peugeot`s were for farmers and country folk.The 604 was not a sales success.

[Gunk]

Staying with the French theme.

[OldEngineer]

Old Merc said:

This photo brings back memories for me.In the 70`s I was service manager at this Peugeot Dealer,the MD and the sales manager were out for the day,so I was in charge.The phone went and the guy on the end just said "I would like to order four Peugeot 604`s please". I replied "is that you John taking the piss".Luckily for me the guy saw the funny side and four 604`s were delivered to Castrol Research for testing their new oils.

Around the same time I was the Customer Relations Manager at Peugeot (PAUK). We had to scrap a number of 604s because of damage during the cross channel ferry. The operator had tied down the rear end by the tow hook at the end of the boot. The continual pounding during the crossing had the front bouncing and gradually bending the car. The first we knew about it was some dealers complaining that they couldn't open the rear doors!

By the way, did you know the 604 used the same front doors as the 504? And the rear suspension is what made them ride very well. There were two heavy weights at the leading edge of the subframe that bounced out of phase with the suspension movement and isolated a lot of harshness.

[2172cc]

Many of these Citroen BX4TC were later scrapped.

[Dapster]

bigtrev200 said:

Brilliant! And that's a mk1 Passat in the background. My dad had one - a blue 1974 one in "LS" trim level: JBT 153N

[Total loss]

AMG Merc said:

Anglade said:

Doesn't really fit OP's criteria for this thread; but such a good photo...

No, good enough Great photo but what are they!

The factory (outside shot) is already on here

[AMG Merc]

Total loss said:

AMG Merc said:

Anglade said:

Doesn't really fit OP's criteria for this thread; but such a good photo...

No, good enough Great photo but what are they!

The factory (outside shot) is already on here

SO, you're gonna make me trawl through 5 pages to find out - cruel dude?!

[aeropilot]

AMG Merc said:

Total loss said:

AMG Merc said:

Anglade said:

Doesn't really fit OP's criteria for this thread; but such a good photo...

No, good enough Great photo but what are they!

The factory (outside shot) is already on here

SO, you're gonna make me trawl through 5 pages to find out - cruel dude?!

McLaren MP4-12C

[RichardM5]

AMG Merc said:

Total loss said:

AMG Merc said:

Anglade said:

Doesn't really fit OP's criteria for this thread; but such a good photo...

No, good enough Great photo but what are they!

The factory (outside shot) is already on here

SO, you're gonna make me trawl through 5 pages to find out - cruel dude?!

I think the clue is in the file name "Mclaren+mp4-12c+(34).jpg"