How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[Bodo]

Almost two weeks no posts. Shirley, the drawers must be full with unpublished period classics pics!?

[radlet6]

Bodo said:

Almost two weeks no posts. Shirley, the drawers must be full with unpublished period classics pics!?

Everyone on holiday?

And don't call me surely.

[LotusOmega375D]

One more image from Germany. OK the car was already 20 years old back then, but another 20 years have since passed, so it's probably relevant now. It was a beige round rear light 2002 manual.

[RichB]

Bodo said:

Almost two weeks no posts. Shirley, the drawers must be full with unpublished period classics pics!?

Shirley this has been on this thread before?

[Johnspex]

RichB said:

Shirley this has been on this thread before?

Shirley nobody still thinks the Shirley joke is still funny.

[carguy88]

Old Morris somewhere in East London

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

carguy88 said:

Old Morris somewhere in East London

Is that a bit of a cheat? (modern photo of old van, turned to b/w?)

[HQB]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

carguy88 said:

Old Morris somewhere in East London

Is that a bit of a cheat? (modern photo of old van, turned to b/w?)

Hmm...well it didn't look like that to me but I see this old ambulance is still registered until next December. I'm thinking this is a "travellers" camper van and the picture taken about the early 1980's. It was probably out of emergency service about 1978/80 so that would seem to tie up. Maybe the owner is reading this though with a bit of a smile!

[DickyC]

HQB said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

carguy88 said:

Old Morris somewhere in East London

Is that a bit of a cheat? (modern photo of old van, turned to b/w?)

Hmm...well it didn't look like that to me but I see this old ambulance is still registered until next December. I'm thinking this is a "travellers" camper van and the picture taken about the early 1980's. It was probably out of emergency service about 1978/80 so that would seem to tie up. Maybe the owner is reading this though with a bit of a smile!

During the filming of a British gangster film?

[Hitch78]

Borat!

[Gompo]

Looks to be modern http://www.flickr.com/photos/16901621@N07/67069506...

Anyone know where it was taken, reminds me of Hackney?

[W124Bob]

Heres an interesting one,no date but post '56 as the Mk2 Ford Consul was introduced that year I think, the car looks great with white walls and sun visor.The loco is an Ivatt 2-6-2 tank loco.

Heres one just dated circa 1950 Greenhill Sheffield apperently a run away coal lorry demolishded the telegraph pole falling between 2 cars doing no damage!I can easily recognise the XK120 Citroen Traction Avanti and an Austin but what else do we have thier is the chap to the right leaning on a Bentley Mk VI and the car next to the XK looks like a Jag Mk IV as for the others particularly the 2 little sports cars I'm sure someone can help.

[ATTAK Z]

W124Bob said:

....... as for the others particularly the 2 little sports cars I'm sure someone can help.

Standard Vanguard in there between the 2 sports cars I think

[nicanary]

I think the large American car is a Buick or La Salle. To the far right are a Triumph Renown and what appears to be a Rover P3 of some sort. The two small sports cars are almost certainly "specials" which were commonplace at the time. These two are so tiny I suspect they are built on Austin 7 chassis.

[carguy88]

Does anyone have old photos of the Ace Cafe? I was upstairs the other day and they have some posters with old photos up there telling the story of the cafe.

[Hugo a Gogo]

39 LaSalle

[Johnspex]

Hugo a Gogo said:

39 LaSalle

[Johnspex]

Johnspex said:

When I was a kid, and I'm 59 now, I used to go to Saturady morning flicks. Is that La Salle the car that I saw Batman drive?

[HQB]

ATTAK Z said:

W124Bob said:

....... as for the others particularly the 2 little sports cars I'm sure someone can help.

Standard Vanguard in there between the 2 sports cars I think

Agreed the Standard Vanguard Phase I from 1949 onwards but the two "specials" are not the home built Austin Seven/ Ford 8 based creations but are rather more professional..the left hand car is I'm sure a 1949 Healey Silverstone Sports and the right hand one looks closely like a Swallow Doretti but the grille is just too narrow so I'm working on that. I do recall the car clearly but not quite the name!

[ATTAK Z]

HQB said:

ATTAK Z said:

W124Bob said:

....... as for the others particularly the 2 little sports cars I'm sure someone can help.

Standard Vanguard in there between the 2 sports cars I think

Agreed the Standard Vanguard Phase I from 1949 onwards but the two "specials" are not the home built Austin Seven/ Ford 8 based creations but are rather more professional..the left hand car is I'm sure a 1949 Healey Silverstone Sports and the right hand one looks closely like a Swallow Doretti but the grille is just too narrow so I'm working on that. I do recall the car clearly but not quite the name!

Yep Swallow was the first thing that came into my mind