A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[Dan Singh]

Escort3500 said:

Milkyway said:

Saw this & great memories of finding an old abandoned car.
No SORN, so just left to be stripped until the scrappy came to collect it.

Edited by Milkyway on Friday 12th April 09:25

It’s very much a period thing

I used to do that

[Dapster]

Milkyway said:

Saw this & great memories of finding an old abandoned car.
No SORN, so just left to be stripped until the scrappy came to collect it.

Edited by Milkyway on Friday 12th April 09:25

Ha ha! Kid in the drivers seat seems to be mid way through a garroting but who cares!

[RichB]

Escort3500 said:

Milkyway said:

Saw this & great memories of finding an old abandoned car.
No SORN, so just left to be stripped until the scrappy came to collect it.

It’s very much a period thing

Yep, that would have been me in the mid '60s. There was always a dumped banger somewhere to play on and it would usually stay there for the school summer holiday slowly getting ripped apart and then disappear in the autumn.

[Escort3500]

I well remember sitting with a pal in a mangled, abandoned Ford Pop in the sixties as we were shoved off the top of a quite steep slope and accelerating down into a former goods marshalling yard. We were completely unscathed, despite hitting a small bank and almost rolling

[Error_404_Username_not_found]

Escort3500 said:

I well remember sitting with a pal in a mangled, abandoned Ford Pop in the sixties as we were shoved off the top of a quite steep slope and accelerating down into a former goods marshalling yard. We were completely unscathed, despite hitting a small bank and almost rolling

For us it was an Austin A30 missing most of its bodywork. 1965. I was eight but growing up on a farm so I (sort of) knew how to drive.
It was called the Rolls Canardly.
(Rolls downhill but can 'ardly get back uphill).
Until I somehow succeeded in getting the engine to run...
At that point some responsible adults took charge and disposed of it properly.
Eight year olds are not reliable decision makers.

[Escort3500]

Error_404_Username_not_found said:

Escort3500 said:

I well remember sitting with a pal in a mangled, abandoned Ford Pop in the sixties as we were shoved off the top of a quite steep slope and accelerating down into a former goods marshalling yard. We were completely unscathed, despite hitting a small bank and almost rolling

For us it was an Austin A30 missing most of its bodywork. 1965. I was eight but growing up on a farm so I (sort of) knew how to drive.
It was called the Rolls Canardly.
(Rolls downhill but can 'ardly get back uphill).
Until I somehow succeeded in getting the engine to run...
At that point some responsible adults took charge and disposed of it properly.
Eight year olds are not reliable decision makers.

Happy days, jumpers for goalposts etc

[Dan Singh]

My Dad made this for us to play on.


I remember one of the rear wheels collapsed while cornering.

[RichB]

Dan Singh said:

My Dad made this for us to play on.


I remember one of the rear wheels collapsed while cornering.

[Milkyway]

RichB said:

Dan Singh said:

My Dad made this for us to play on.


I remember one of the rear wheels collapsed while cornering.

Downhill, you could get some really good speed up... then realised that the brakes needed upgrading.
(If fitted)

[P5BNij]

For us it was the mortal remains on early '60s Midland Red short wheelbase single decker bus parked up on the edge of a new build housing estate, it slowly disintegrated with a little help from all and sundry in the summer holiday of 1975, until one day it just disappeared.

[lancslad58]

Milkyway said:

RichB said:

Dan Singh said:

My Dad made this for us to play on.


I remember one of the rear wheels collapsed while cornering.

Downhill, you could get some really good speed up... then realised that the brakes needed upgrading.
(If fitted)

Snap, but with added sail power

PICT0383 by Neil M, on Flickr

[Milkyway]

Ironing board as a chassis... Strong & aerodynamic.

Edited by Milkyway on Saturday 13th April 14:05

[bristolracer]

Built loads of those, still got the scars

Also used to build lots of bikes from old frames etc which we would hack about on rough terrain/home made obstacle courses. (pre mountain bikes being a thing)

[hidetheelephants]

Jumps made with bricks and planks were a favourite, no bones broken although I dare say some skinned knees and elbows along with a skelp for putting a hole in a jumper.

[Yertis]

bristolracer said:

Also used to build lots of bikes from old frames etc which we would hack about on rough terrain/home made obstacle courses. (pre mountain bikes being a thing)

Called ‘Trackers’ where I be from. Fitted with ‘cool’ cow-horn handlebars (bought from a long gone bike shop down the bottom of Poole High Street.

[Gavarnie]

On the theme of go-karts, my grandfather back in 1962. No idea where this was or what on earth he was doing...

[hidetheelephants]

Gavarnie said:

On the theme of go-karts, my grandfather back in 1962. No idea where this was or what on earth he was doing...

Judging from the wet road, the dry suit and the helmet not done up he's just hamming it up for the camera. Great pic!

[ClaphamGT3]

Gavarnie said:

On the theme of go-karts, my grandfather back in 1962. No idea where this was or what on earth he was doing...

If 1962, a very early ADO16 in the background

[keeef]

ClaphamGT3 said:

If 1962, a very early ADO16 in the background

It's a Vanden Plas.

[Dan Singh]

I'm not convinced, there's too much of a gap between the overrider and the lamp for it to be a VDP.