Photos of cars outside the factory...

[aeropilot]

The fabulous and famous Packard factory.......

Sadly lain derelict for over 50 years since the last car left the plant....and a sad symbol of the demise of Detroit in general. I believe work started on demolishing a lot of it a few years ago for redevelopment.

[theadman]

Bora



Interesting in that all but one seem to be Meraks - I wonder what the proportion of Merak sales was to Boras when they were being produced side by side? This photo suggests that late Boras are very rare indeed.

Thanks for posting.

[P5BNij]

theadman said:

Bora



Interesting in that all but one seem to be Meraks - I wonder what the proportion of Merak sales was to Boras when they were being produced side by side? This photo suggests that late Boras are very rare indeed.

Thanks for posting.

Bora, 1971-78 : 564 built in total. Merak, 1972-83 : 1,830 built in total. Sorry I don't have a breakdown of the different engine sizes built.

Cracking shot BTW, and there are several more online taken around the same time.

[AMG Merc]

People, these are fanastic, please keep 'em coming. Would make a great cofee table book!

Apologies for the repost but, for me, these are still a couple of the most salivatory images





... then again there's that line up of Macca F1s

[markoc]

Opposite end of the spectrum than a lot of the posts here, but how many working lives were transformed by his little piece of motoring history? Not a typically PH vehicle and no room for a powerfully built company director to swing a can of red bull, but what a wonderful little car with some thoughtful features and great engineering. I have one on my "to own list".

2 pics, as I'm a sucker for classic commercial vehicles as well. They were just so much more characterful than todays set-square cornered boxes.

[2172cc]

The classic factory publicity pictures I always remember will be of limited production homologation specials , lined up ready for inspection by the FIA. Here's another one of my favorites of the Group B era, the R5 Maxi

Edited by 2172cc on Thursday 8th December 14:40

[Dapster]

Type 2's





Last consignment of T2's landed at Southampton before production ended in Brazil



"Car Tower" in Wolfsburg

[AMG Merc]

Dapster said:

That's very 2001

[Dapster]

Gunk said:

...and 30 years later...

[P5BNij]

Another 'indoor' shot from the home of the fighting bulls...



Bending the rules a bit with this one but I can't resist - Bob Wallace admiring the Miura P400 prototype outside the factory in 1966...



I posted this one in another thread the other day but it fits in here too - various Lamborghini prototypes left out in the sun...



Pass the Cleanex...

[cjb44]

aeropilot said:

Export spec Aces outside AC's Thames Ditton factory.

Hmmmm, brings back lots of memories, spent many happy hours there with Derek Hurlock and others but mainly with dear old Doug in the stores; equate happy hours to - much money spent on every visit to the stores!
What a lovely place it was every body so friendly and treated like one of the family.

[P5BNij]

[Dapster]

RS2s and E500s at the Porsche plant in Zuffenhausen

[Bluebottle911]

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Wow! What a thread.

Not in the same league as most postings, but personal to me. My car outside the TVR factory

[2172cc]

Renault 15's or are they 17's? I could never tell the difference

[Gunk]

2172cc said:

Renault 15's or are they 17's? I could never tell the difference

15 had a rear window and rectangular headlamps, 17 twin headlamps and louvres

[Dapster]

[em177]

Dapster][img said:

It's such a tease when they leave 1 car covered... just coincidence, or for a reason?

[Keep it stiff]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Wow! What a thread.

Not in the same league as most postings, but personal to me. My car outside the TVR factory

Is it looking any better now?