A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[Milkyway]

More info...
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Edited by Milkyway on Thursday 21st March 03:47

[RSTurboPaul]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

TarquinMX5 said:

mehere said:

A few more from my files...

Is that a Wartburg estate? (outside lane going away from the photographer, behind the nearest truck)

Well spotted sir! It most certainly is.

I see Walts in hi-viz closing off half the motorway for a minor obstruction at the edge of the hard shoulder is not as new a thing as I thought it was

[P5BNij]

Brussells auto show, 1972...

[paulyv]

P5BNij said:

Brussells auto show, 1972...

Ah smashing. I was lucky enough to have one of these until last year. Lovely car.

[paulyv]

A little artsy taken by myself in 1990. Garage and Volvo dealership in Louth, Lincolnshire. Sadly we cannot see how much the petrol was.

Time lapse so a few ghostly cars:

[Dapster]

Is that a gold Shuv-It? So post '75 then? And a red Saab 99 far right?




You can just make out the numbers....

Looks like 36.9 (pence per litre) and what must be £1.67 and £1.49 per gallon.

Lovely Audi 100 C3 left of frame amongst the Volvos

Edited by Dapster on Sunday 24th March 16:11

[21st Century Man]

Dapster said:

Looks like 36.9 (pence per litre) and what must be £1.67 and £1.49 per gallon.

Assuming 1975 that's damn near twelve quid a gallon inflation adjusted.

[Jordie Barretts sock]

21st Century Man said:

Dapster said:

Looks like 36.9 (pence per litre) and what must be £1.67 and £1.49 per gallon.

Assuming 1975 that's damn near twelve quid a gallon inflation adjusted.

No mate. He said it was 1990.

[P5BNij]

paulyv said:

P5BNij said:

Brussells auto show, 1972...

Ah smashing. I was lucky enough to have one of these until last year. Lovely car.

My uncle's mate bought one new in '73 and kept it until 1984, a very impressive car all round.

Somewhere in Italy in the early '60s...

[21st Century Man]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

21st Century Man said:

Dapster said:

Looks like 36.9 (pence per litre) and what must be £1.67 and £1.49 per gallon.

Assuming 1975 that's damn near twelve quid a gallon inflation adjusted.

No mate. He said it was 1990.

I thought it seemed a lot!

[hidetheelephants]

P5BNij said:

My uncle's mate bought one new in '73 and kept it until 1984, a very impressive car all round.

Somewhere in Italy in the early '60s...

Lancia Aurelia and Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint

[Escort3500]

Meanwhile, back home…

[eccles]

Looks like it's outside a barrack block

[aeropilot]

eccles said:

Looks like it's outside a barrack block

In Germany as well I think looking at the architecture.....and

MGA has white walls and looks to be LHD, and the Healey is LHD drive as well.

[Riley Blue]

aeropilot said:

eccles said:

Looks like it's outside a barrack block

In Germany as well I think looking at the architecture.....and

MGA has white walls and looks to be LHD, and the Healey is LHD drive as well.

The dustbins don't look German to me and the number plates, if BAOR issued, aren't the format that was in use by the 1960s though I reckon that photo is probably earlier; nice collection of tax-free cars - even the MM.

[aeropilot]

Riley Blue said:

aeropilot said:

eccles said:

Looks like it's outside a barrack block

In Germany as well I think looking at the architecture.....and

MGA has white walls and looks to be LHD, and the Healey is LHD drive as well.

The dustbins don't look German to me and the number plates, if BAOR issued, aren't the format that was in use by the 1960s though I reckon that photo is probably earlier; nice collection of tax-free cars - even the MM.

That building looks very 1930's built German......
I reckon late 50's the photo was taken (ironically same time my uncle was out there with BOAR for his last tour before retirement from the Army after he did his twenty-two...)

[Dan Singh]

aeropilot said:

Riley Blue said:

aeropilot said:

eccles said:

Looks like it's outside a barrack block

In Germany as well I think looking at the architecture.....and

MGA has white walls and looks to be LHD, and the Healey is LHD drive as well.

The dustbins don't look German to me and the number plates, if BAOR issued, aren't the format that was in use by the 1960s though I reckon that photo is probably earlier; nice collection of tax-free cars - even the MM.

That building looks very 1930's built German......
I reckon late 50's the photo was taken (ironically same time my uncle was out there with BOAR for his last tour before retirement from the Army after he did his twenty-two...)

Reminds me of the horrible grey flats you see in Scotland, but the weather looks too good for it to be there.

[RSTurboPaul]

Dan Singh said:

aeropilot said:

Riley Blue said:

aeropilot said:

eccles said:

Looks like it's outside a barrack block

In Germany as well I think looking at the architecture.....and

MGA has white walls and looks to be LHD, and the Healey is LHD drive as well.

The dustbins don't look German to me and the number plates, if BAOR issued, aren't the format that was in use by the 1960s though I reckon that photo is probably earlier; nice collection of tax-free cars - even the MM.

That building looks very 1930's built German......
I reckon late 50's the photo was taken (ironically same time my uncle was out there with BOAR for his last tour before retirement from the Army after he did his twenty-two...)

Reminds me of the horrible grey flats you see in Scotland, but the weather looks too good for it to be there.

You read my mind lol

[Escort3500]

Unfortunately I don’t know where the photo was taken, but it came from a British nostalgia FB group

[RustyMX5]

I like the fact that the owners are diligently cleaning the sports cars whilst the MM seems to be getting not attention at all. Although it does look clean so maybe that was done first