A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[williamp]

Dover 1970.



If it wasnt for the salty sea air...

[defblade]

Milkyway said:

It must be Fish Friday...

Edited by Milkyway on Friday 29th March 10:45

a) "Fish and chips" and "Cake and chips" are redundant as they are simply the individual items added together.

b) Cake and chips!!! CAKE and chips!!! How did that ever stop being a thing?! Fantastic!

c) Chicken was properly expensive in the '70s before serious mass production. I remember nothing was wasted from ours, Mum would be boiling the bones for soup. I think this speaks to something wrong with modern food production...

d) What's the special, mate?

[Catweazle]

defblade said:

Milkyway said:

It must be Fish Friday...

Edited by Milkyway on Friday 29th March 10:45

a) "Fish and chips" and "Cake and chips" are redundant as they are simply the individual items added together.

b) Cake and chips!!! CAKE and chips!!! How did that ever stop being a thing?! Fantastic!

c) Chicken was properly expensive in the '70s before serious mass production. I remember nothing was wasted from ours, Mum would be boiling the bones for soup. I think this speaks to something wrong with modern food production...

d) What's the special, mate?

I don't want to disappoint you but I think it's a fishcake.

[defblade]

Catweazle said:

I don't want to disappoint you but I think it's a fishcake.

Oh.

[Sticks.]

defblade said:

c) Chicken was properly expensive in the '70s before serious mass production. I remember nothing was wasted from ours, Mum would be boiling the bones for soup. I think this speaks to something wrong with modern food production...

Napoleon soup - made from the bony parts.

[hidetheelephants]

defblade said:

Catweazle said:

I don't want to disappoint you but I think it's a fishcake.

Oh.

Definitely that. Cheaper than actual fish and what was available prior to Findus' polar explorers finding the Arctic Finger Fish and commencing their brutal industrial trawling operation.

[GTRene]

[P5BNij]

1981...

[Yertis]

Sticks. said:

Napoleon soup - made from the bony parts.

Well I appreciated it anyway

[Catweazle]

hidetheelephants said:

defblade said:

Catweazle said:

I don't want to disappoint you but I think it's a fishcake.

Oh.

Definitely that. Cheaper than actual fish and what was available prior to Findus' polar explorers finding the Arctic Finger Fish and commencing their brutal industrial trawling operation.

Yeah, we condemn the Chinese for the horrific practice of shark finning but barely raise a whisper about cutting the fish's fingers off.

[hidetheelephants]

Catweazle said:

hidetheelephants said:

defblade said:

Catweazle said:

I don't want to disappoint you but I think it's a fishcake.

Oh.

Definitely that. Cheaper than actual fish and what was available prior to Findus' polar explorers finding the Arctic Finger Fish and commencing their brutal industrial trawling operation.

Yeah, we condemn the Chinese for the horrific practice of shark finning but barely raise a whisper about cutting the fish's fingers off.

[Dapster]

hidetheelephants said:

Catweazle said:

hidetheelephants said:

defblade said:

Catweazle said:

I don't want to disappoint you but I think it's a fishcake.

Oh.

Definitely that. Cheaper than actual fish and what was available prior to Findus' polar explorers finding the Arctic Finger Fish and commencing their brutal industrial trawling operation.

Yeah, we condemn the Chinese for the horrific practice of shark finning but barely raise a whisper about cutting the fish's fingers off.

It's the chicken balls that I worry about. I wonder if they use the rest of the chicken?

Why is the white one a leftie? The others are RHD. Small taillights on the BMW. A year before the facelift and the larger rear lamps.

[theadman]

Rob 131 Sport said:

Dapster said:

daqinggregg said:

^ ^ ^ Right side a VW Santana?

Good spot - looks like a fancy pants GX5 with the fog lights. You can just make out the left hand drive wiper set up which most of the rhd VWs of the day had.

They were a seriously dull car. I can’t think why anyone would choose one over an Audi 80 or BMW 3 Series. The depreciation on them was also high as a consequence of their lack of desirability.

Sorry to be late to the party...but I have to disagree. I had both a Santana 1.8LX and a GX5 as company cars. The LX was pretty dowdy, but compared to the contemporary Audi 80 it was a revelation. The 80 was slow and dim witted (I had several of those as company cars as well), but the Santana handled far better, in a slightly FWD terminal understeery sort of way. It felt alive in every respect compared to the Audi.

The GX5 was a lovely place to be if you had to drive to far flung bits of the UK. Great motorway cruiser and fun on sweeping A roads, but admittedly, B roads weren't its forte. The smaller 2.0 litre 5 pot in the GX was a really good engine, much smoother than the 2.2.

No, the Santana wasn't a great car, but it was pretty competent and in my view, a better driver's car than the Audi 80 (until the 80 Sport was launched around 1984 with the GTI engine...Audi pulled the rabbit out of the hat with that one!)

[Rob 131 Sport]

theadman said:

Rob 131 Sport said:

Dapster said:

daqinggregg said:

^ ^ ^ Right side a VW Santana?

Good spot - looks like a fancy pants GX5 with the fog lights. You can just make out the left hand drive wiper set up which most of the rhd VWs of the day had.

They were a seriously dull car. I can’t think why anyone would choose one over an Audi 80 or BMW 3 Series. The depreciation on them was also high as a consequence of their lack of desirability.

Sorry to be late to the party...but I have to disagree. I had both a Santana 1.8LX and a GX5 as company cars. The LX was pretty dowdy, but compared to the contemporary Audi 80 it was a revelation. The 80 was slow and dim witted (I had several of those as company cars as well), but the Santana handled far better, in a slightly FWD terminal understeery sort of way. It felt alive in every respect compared to the Audi.

The GX5 was a lovely place to be if you had to drive to far flung bits of the UK. Great motorway cruiser and fun on sweeping A roads, but admittedly, B roads weren't its forte. The smaller 2.0 litre 5 pot in the GX was a really good engine, much smoother than the 2.2.

No, the Santana wasn't a great car, but it was pretty competent and in my view, a better driver's car than the Audi 80 (until the 80 Sport was launched around 1984 with the GTI engine...Audi pulled the rabbit out of the hat with that one!)

Didn’t they just with that sporty styling and striped seats. They also looked best in red. The 1985 facelift spoilt the original Sport looks in my opinion.

[P5BNij]

[GTRene]

great pictures, also a nice Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider by Touring with a hardtop I guess?

[wobblyweb]

Combination I helped to build early 70,s Parker Velo, registration AUP 43L . Originally fitted with a Velocette engine then later a Honda 500 four.
Amazing thing to ride.

[bristolracer]

Is the motorcycle combination a thing these days?
I don’t recall having seen a modern bike with a sidecar.

I remember in the 80s when they changed the bike licence rules, people side stepped the changes by adding those “side winder” things to their bikes for a while. Since then, I don’t think I’ve seen a proper sidecar on any bike.

[littleredrooster]

bristolracer said:

Is the motorcycle combination a thing these days?
I don’t recall having seen a modern bike with a sidecar.

I remember in the 80s when they changed the bike licence rules, people side stepped the changes by adding those “side winder” things to their bikes for a while. Since then, I don’t think I’ve seen a proper sidecar on any bike.

Bro-in-law has had various outfits (as they are called) for the past fifty-five years.

A good mate still makes sporty outfits - Google 'Merlin sidecars', cracking kit!

[Escort3500]