How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
Discussion
Bodo said:
Was it period for the Samba bus which started production in 1951, but Fuchs alloys were not available until the early 1970s?
Bodo..look carefully at the pictures..it is a case of clever Photoshop work! You are right about the wheels..I think they appeared around early 1970 on the Porsche 911.Eccles..Yes indeed the modifications can be reversed but why bother to do them in the first place? What does impress is the wonderful skills the owners have in rebuilding their cars with often simply astonishing levels of skill..just do it and leave the cars standard though but, if you're young, living in California and life is on the beach well it's your car!!
HQB said:
Bodo said:
Was it period for the Samba bus which started production in 1951, but Fuchs alloys were not available until the early 1970s?
Bodo..look carefully at the pictures..it is a case of clever Photoshop work! You are right about the wheels..I think they appeared around early 1970 on the Porsche 911.Eccles..Yes indeed the modifications can be reversed but why bother to do them in the first place? What does impress is the wonderful skills the owners have in rebuilding their cars with often simply astonishing levels of skill..just do it and leave the cars standard though but, if you're young, living in California and life is on the beach well it's your car!!
You also have to remember that if the VW 'scene' hadn't taken off, then many of these vehicles would have been lost forever.
eccles said:
HQB said:
shoestring7 said:
A quick look shows that the bloke has chopped and channeled legs!
SS7
How much better it looks on it's correct wheels and suspension! I hate the fad of destroying VW's with stupid wheels etc. which must make them simply dreadful to drive and mighty dangerous in a corner or quick stop. SS7
eccles said:
Whilst I'm no great fan of modded VW's I can't help but think the world would be a very dull place if we all liked the same thing!
You also have to remember that if the VW 'scene' hadn't taken off, then many of these vehicles would have been lost forever.
The trouble is Eccles, my parents and their friends owned VW's from 1950 onwards so I have memories of them from being in a P'ram! My early years were spent maintaining, restoring (it wasn't called that then)and polishing them. From 1958 we had good friends in Germany including the Chief Engineer of the Karmann Ghia works in Osnabruck and one way or another were involved with things VW until as late as 1994. My Microbus memories started in late 1954 when my Dad's friend bought THT 186 which was a fawn over brown passenger bus which he used for taking people to London Airport..maybe one of the first to do such Private Hire work. I now only have pictures and the interior mirror of FTM 594 our 1946 build VW Sedan but they are memories and seeing some "split windows" now modified and chopped about seems dreadful to me..but the current owners don't have those special memories. I've mentioned before that owning a German car in 1950's Britain was a very lonely experience and not without dangers yet the friendship of other owners whom you met was great and often quite a relief.You also have to remember that if the VW 'scene' hadn't taken off, then many of these vehicles would have been lost forever.
Sadly nobody ever saved FTM 594 and I last saw it in about 1967 but the last VW Devon Caravette that was owned by an old family friend is still around so if you own a 1971 Camper, white top, yellow sides ERD 691K and want it's full history from new until 1994 then just ask!
HQB said:
eccles said:
Whilst I'm no great fan of modded VW's I can't help but think the world would be a very dull place if we all liked the same thing!
You also have to remember that if the VW 'scene' hadn't taken off, then many of these vehicles would have been lost forever.
The trouble is Eccles, my parents and their friends owned VW's from 1950 onwards so I have memories of them from being in a P'ram! My early years were spent maintaining, restoring (it wasn't called that then)and polishing them. From 1958 we had good friends in Germany including the Chief Engineer of the Karmann Ghia works in Osnabruck and one way or another were involved with things VW until as late as 1994. My Microbus memories started in late 1954 when my Dad's friend bought THT 186 which was a fawn over brown passenger bus which he used for taking people to London Airport..maybe one of the first to do such Private Hire work. I now only have pictures and the interior mirror of FTM 594 our 1946 build VW Sedan but they are memories and seeing some "split windows" now modified and chopped about seems dreadful to me..but the current owners don't have those special memories. I've mentioned before that owning a German car in 1950's Britain was a very lonely experience and not without dangers yet the friendship of other owners whom you met was great and often quite a relief.You also have to remember that if the VW 'scene' hadn't taken off, then many of these vehicles would have been lost forever.
Sadly nobody ever saved FTM 594 and I last saw it in about 1967 but the last VW Devon Caravette that was owned by an old family friend is still around so if you own a 1971 Camper, white top, yellow sides ERD 691K and want it's full history from new until 1994 then just ask!
If it wasn't for the enthusiasm of the younger generations then there'd far fewer on the road at all.
I have fond memories of owning many minis over the years, I don't like the way many are modified these days with large wheels and wedged open bonnets, but I see it as another mini being actively used and being saved from the scrap yard.
eccles said:
I'm struggling to see your point.....
Oh Eccles..please don't worry about it..all I am saying is that I personally prefer original vehicles. I also appreciate the skills and enthusiasm of the people who build modified ones. I think the way they modify them with crazy wheels and suspension is just a quirk of fashion and done simply to be like everyone else...as for driving it well please do not tell me that they are good because common sense and the most basic engineering knowledge will tell you that they are awful to ride in and dynamically unsafe..and you look stupid bobbing along in them.."cool" perhaps but daft! Further, why do they need an original car to start with because you might just as well build the whole lot brand new? However if that is their way of expressing themselves and of using their skills and money then carry on. I just think you own an old car because it's old with it's history and if you make it into something very different then well all I can say is it's not for me. I agree that some cars have been saved from death in a scrapyard but in effect, the car they were when new is not there any more so it is "lost" anyway. Anyway enough of this....this is way off thread so let's get back to some nice pictures and memories!!
HQB said:
eccles said:
I'm struggling to see your point.....
Oh Eccles..please don't worry about it..all I am saying is that I personally prefer original vehicles. I also appreciate the skills and enthusiasm of the people who build modified ones. I think the way they modify them with crazy wheels and suspension is just a quirk of fashion and done simply to be like everyone else...as for driving it well please do not tell me that they are good because common sense and the most basic engineering knowledge will tell you that they are awful to ride in and dynamically unsafe..and you look stupid bobbing along in them.."cool" perhaps but daft! Further, why do they need an original car to start with because you might just as well build the whole lot brand new? However if that is their way of expressing themselves and of using their skills and money then carry on. I just think you own an old car because it's old with it's history and if you make it into something very different then well all I can say is it's not for me. I agree that some cars have been saved from death in a scrapyard but in effect, the car they were when new is not there any more so it is "lost" anyway. Anyway enough of this....this is way off thread so let's get back to some nice pictures and memories!!
Whist scanning some negatives for my father I came across these taken in Cyprus around 1953/54
Series 1 Landrover before landies had series.
One for you bus fans
And the bikers amongst you
Even something for you lovers of military vehicles
Even a little piece of Americana
Which must have seemed very exotic to the islanders when you consider the typical local transport
Series 1 Landrover before landies had series.
One for you bus fans
And the bikers amongst you
Even something for you lovers of military vehicles
Even a little piece of Americana
Which must have seemed very exotic to the islanders when you consider the typical local transport
radlet6 said:
Whist scanning some negatives for my father I came across these taken in Cyprus around 1953/54
One for you bus fans
I'm surprised nobody has commented on your pictures but the bus is a 1953/4 Bedford SBG with a Mulliner body built to Military specification so almost new when your pictures were taken. I'm not a bus anorack but sometimes you just "know things"!One for you bus fans
HQB said:
radlet6 said:
Whist scanning some negatives for my father I came across these taken in Cyprus around 1953/54
One for you bus fans
I'm surprised nobody has commented on your pictures but the bus is a 1953/4 Bedford SBG with a Mulliner body built to Military specification so almost new when your pictures were taken. I'm not a bus anorack but sometimes you just "know things"!One for you bus fans
But I'm afraid that your bus anorak credentials are plain to see...
HQB said:
radlet6 said:
Whist scanning some negatives for my father I came across these taken in Cyprus around 1953/54
One for you bus fans
I'm surprised nobody has commented on your pictures but the bus is a 1953/4 Bedford SBG with a Mulliner body built to Military specification so almost new when your pictures were taken. I'm not a bus anorack but sometimes you just "know things"!One for you bus fans
The EOKA liked to use these as target practice. 
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