How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[W124Bob]

For all you Granada fans http://www.fordgranada.com/gallery.php?id=20 as used by the Sweeney the 1st a Consul GT is still around under restoration.

[lesstatt]

Some random safari park around 1972 ish, also found that the negatives are back to front................ damn

[A9XXC]

My second (Lancia Beta Sedan 1600) and third (Lancia HPEiE 2000) cars about 1988 - First was a 1976 1600 HPE

[Rob Dicky]

A couple of photos from the early 70's of Heckmondwike

[Oelholm]

lesstatt said:

- Both quite valuable cars now! Guess that people would have laughed if they were told that when this picture was taken.

[LeeTVRM]

A couple more from Santa Pod.





Lee

[HQB]

LeeTVRM said:

A couple more from Santa Pod.


Lee

That Vauxhall Ventora must have felt a bit "light" by the end of the straight! I hope the back axle had been beefed up a bit because ours was humming well by 20,000 miles and if he was still on the Firestone F7 Cavalino's, I trust he was carrying a prayer book with him! Directional stability was not their forte!

[LotusOmega375D]

HQB said:

LeeTVRM said:

A couple more from Santa Pod.


Lee

That Vauxhall Ventora must have felt a bit "light" by the end of the straight! I hope the back axle had been beefed up a bit because ours was humming well by 20,000 miles and if he was still on the Firestone F7 Cavalino's, I trust he was carrying a prayer book with him! Directional stability was not their forte!

Just for comparison, a modern-day Ventora at the Pod. I saw this one perform there last week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEAOLrfbrgs

[stuarte]

LeeTVRM said:

A couple more from Santa Pod.



Lee

American muscle not always my cup of tea, but you've got to love that!

[cjb1]

Passed my test in an 1800 mk2, CTU856K !

Sticks. said:

A bit late, being Jan 87 (Redhill) but...

They had a bad reputation for handling but I'm not sure how this was achieved in a 30 zone.



And my MG Metro from that time

[Robin Hood]

stuarte said:

LeeTVRM said:

A couple more from Santa Pod.



Lee

American muscle not always my cup of tea, but you've got to love that!

My son owns a '69 Mach 1 very similar

[LeeTVRM]

For lovers of the American muscle cars some more from Santa Pod....

[stuarte]

Robin Hood said:

My son owns a '69 Mach 1 very similar

Tremendous stuff! The guy down the road from us had a very similar (if not the same) model when i was a kid in the 70s. Don't know how he managed it, but it met a sticky end in his own front garden one day. As did the brick wall, which, until that point, had seperated his garden from the pavement!

[cjb1]

Robin Hood said:

stuarte said:

LeeTVRM said:

A couple more from Santa Pod.

I'm not big on Yank muscle but there are a few that flat my boat, that '69 Mach 1 is amongst them

Lee

American muscle not always my cup of tea, but you've got to love that!

My son owns a '69 Mach 1 very similar

[LeeTVRM]

This is my father and his mother, photo was taken around 1956, any ideas on what the car is on the right hand side?

[daveenty]

Looks like a Ford Prefect to me. Don't think it's a Popular.

ETA: I assume you mean the one they're having their picnic out of?

[nicanary]

E93 Prefect

[LeeTVRM]

Yes the one they are having the picnic out of.

Prefect sounds about right, many thanks.

Lee

[LeeTVRM]

A couple more period classics.

[Hugo a Gogo]

maybe an E93 as said, but could be a E493 Prefect which would have been newer, with headlights built into the wings