How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

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williamp

19,213 posts

272 months

Wednesday 26th September 2012
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This thread gets better and better. thanks everyone. Love the old Mercedes lorry: I grew up with models of these. For some reason, they were what my Dad would buy. I'm sure other toys were available!!

And those racing cars. In a few years time I'll show my photos from 90s racing circuits. They should look properly old then! Keep it up everyone

16VJay

235 posts

218 months

Wednesday 26th September 2012
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eccles said:
Shame Moss isn't in a proper Jag, not one of those horrible (IMHO) kit cars.
Looks like an XK120 Drop Head Coupe.....

HQB

168 posts

149 months

Thursday 27th September 2012
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16VJay said:
eccles said:
Shame Moss isn't in a proper Jag, not one of those horrible (IMHO) kit cars.
Looks like an XK120 Drop Head Coupe.....
I think the reason something looks "wrong" is because it has been modified during restoration so has incorrect wheels, wrong shape rear wheel arch and non standard side windows when compared to an original, untouched car.confused

eccles

13,720 posts

221 months

Thursday 27th September 2012
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HQB said:
16VJay said:
eccles said:
Shame Moss isn't in a proper Jag, not one of those horrible (IMHO) kit cars.
Looks like an XK120 Drop Head Coupe.....
I think the reason something looks "wrong" is because it has been modified during restoration so has incorrect wheels, wrong shape rear wheel arch and non standard side windows when compared to an original, untouched car.confused
Excuse my ignorance, but I thought the XK's with that big thick windscreen surround were kit cars. (autotune aristocat?)

LotusOmega375D

7,580 posts

152 months

Thursday 27th September 2012
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The thick frame open model is the Drop Head Coupe with a retractable roof (look behind Biggins).

The cleaner looking thin framed model (as launched) is the Open Two Seater or Roadster which had a completely detachable tent-like roof, but obviously cleaner lines when removed.

That just leaves the Fixed Head Coupe with its elegant curved rear roof line which was subsequently lost on the XK140 and XK150 Fixed Head Coupes

RichB

51,430 posts

283 months

Thursday 27th September 2012
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16VJay said:
eccles said:
Shame Moss isn't in a proper Jag, not one of those horrible (IMHO) kit cars.
Looks like an XK120 Drop Head Coupe.....
Which is why I asked, also the lack of spats make it look different.

thepawbroon

1,146 posts

183 months

Thursday 27th September 2012
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7ss said:
dycecooper said:


Aberdeenshire
Far aboot? Does that road still exist like that?
Hello,

Not sure if anyone else has answered - I think that is the "Devil's Elbow" on the A93 - just below the Ciarnwell Pass / Glenshee Ski Centre on the Blairgowrie side. You can see it on google maps. I think the lower hairpin still exists as part of a wee car park / picnic spot. It's been 4 year since I was last up that road, so I don't remember the details.

I just did a wee google and found this:

"The Devil's Elbow was the name given to the steeply climbing double hairpin bend on the old road through Gleann Beag near its highest point at the Cairnwell pass. In the space of 5 miles (8 km) the height above sea level doubles from 335m (1100 feet) at Spittal of Glen Shee to 670m (2200 feet) at the highest point on the road from Blairgowrie to Braemar. The old road was bypassed by a wider modern road without such dramatic hairpin bends in the 1960s.

Concrete blocks can still be seen in the vicinity which formed part of a World War II defensive line intended to prevent German invaders moving south from a landing in NE Scotland."

And this link - a short TV feature on that section of road. I've not watched it yet...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/landscapes/devils_el...

cheers,

neutral 3

6,356 posts

169 months

Friday 28th September 2012
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1967 Oro Gold Maserati Ghibli 4.7, taken 1974 at High Beach Essex

neutral 3

6,356 posts

169 months

Friday 28th September 2012
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Circa June 1982, Chingford. My first road car a 72 Daytona Yellow Capri 3000GT. How i wish i kept that car.

neutral 3

6,356 posts

169 months

Friday 28th September 2012
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1969, Waltham Abbey Gun Club, ( Now the Swallow ? Hotel ) sitting on the bonnet of my Late Dads first E, a 67 B R Green Series 1 FHC, ( LFL 670F Where Are you now ? ) with his good friend Paul.

cat220

2,762 posts

214 months

Friday 28th September 2012
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Great picture, nice memories!

Alex10391

60 posts

172 months

Saturday 29th September 2012
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smokingtyre said:
This photo was taken when the car was new in 1985/86.

Love that!

xrtsi

3 posts

137 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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neutral 3 said:


Circa June 1982, Chingford. My first road car a 72 Daytona Yellow Capri 3000GT. How i wish i kept that car.
Priory Avenue?

Brilliant thread this, I must scan some of my dad's Riley at the weekend, he'd like this thread!

mikial

1,913 posts

261 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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My old Tiger 260, circa early 1970 `s ...if I remember correctly I`d nudged a lamp post in Redhill , Surrey.

I eventually part exchanged it for a 1972 440 Dodge Challenger .

mikial

1,913 posts

261 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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Another shot of the same car, great memories of this car for me.

dinkel

26,884 posts

257 months

Tuesday 9th October 2012
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mikial said:



My old Tiger 260, circa early 1970 `s ...if I remember correctly I`d nudged a lamp post in Redhill , Surrey.

I eventually part exchanged it for a 1972 440 Dodge Challenger .
Which isn't a bad swap sir.

sunbeam alpine

6,936 posts

187 months

Tuesday 9th October 2012
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dinkel said:
mikial said:



My old Tiger 260, circa early 1970 `s ...if I remember correctly I`d nudged a lamp post in Redhill , Surrey.

I eventually part exchanged it for a 1972 440 Dodge Challenger .
Which isn't a bad swap sir.
Albert - I used to like you!

smile

F355spider

1,395 posts

230 months

Tuesday 9th October 2012
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Dads P&J circa 1989


F355spider

1,395 posts

230 months

Tuesday 9th October 2012
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and after a makeover in the mid ninetees




cjb1

2,000 posts

150 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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neutral 3 said:


Circa June 1982, Chingford. My first road car a 72 Daytona Yellow Capri 3000GT. How i wish i kept that car.
3 litre Capri for your first car!! Insurance must have been astro-flippin-nomical
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