How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[TR4man]

Great photos Manorcom!

[daveenty]

hidetheelephants said:

They're fitted the right way round; the driving axle is at the front and the steering at the back, and they really are as odd to drive as that sounds.

The ones on the flatbed are correct, it's the ones on the trailer which are back to front. To clarify, I meant the ones on the front axles of the dumpers, not the front & rear comparison.

My company actually train operators on these and other machines, so we know how they work

[RichB]

TR4man said:

Wonderful images TR4man, so evocative of the period. Who is the elegant lady, indeed is it the same person and what is the car?

[hidetheelephants]

daveenty said:

The ones on the flatbed are correct, it's the ones on the trailer which are back to front. To clarify, I meant the ones on the front axles of the dumpers, not the front & rear comparison.

My company actually train operators on these and other machines, so we know how they work

Ah, I see said the blind man! TBH I doubt it makes much odds with dumper/tractor tread.

[manorcom]

The modern conventional theory of Construction Equipment tyre tread direction for most is the with the "V" pointing in the direction of movement. i.e. >>>>>> pointing the way. I remember seeing it proved by JCB, if memory serves. But there are theories for their use in the opposite direction. I remember from years ( 1965 thru 2007) in the Plant Hire field that occasionally you would get a request for tyres fitted the "wrong way".
Going back to my pictures, to be honest I think in those days they were just put on any way. As long as it had tyres and it moved you could hire it.
Keith (UK)

[williamp]

great pictures Keith. Any more??

[daveenty]

Vanguard looks good, as does the Oxford behind the Pop, though personally I wasn't a lover of them. Anyone any idea what the car in front of the Vanguard is?

Always fancied a Mk I Consul (or Zephyr) but never got round to owning one. Had a Mk II though, lovely car.

As for the Riley, again, I always wanted one, but had to make do with it's smaller and less powerful stablemate, the Wolseley 1500, which I learnt to drive in.

manorcom said:

The modern conventional theory of Construction Equipment tyre tread direction for most is the with the "V" pointing in the direction of movement. i.e. >>>>>> pointing the way. I remember seeing it proved by JCB, if memory serves. But there are theories for their use in the opposite direction. I remember from years ( 1965 thru 2007) in the Plant Hire field that occasionally you would get a request for tyres fitted the "wrong way".
Going back to my pictures, to be honest I think in those days they were just put on any way. As long as it had tyres and it moved you could hire it.
Keith (UK)

A lot of it is surface dependant, mainly with gradients involved. If you're tipping down a slope, it would be logical to fit the tyres the "wrong way" to assist the empty machine with traction coming back up the hill. No weight over the front wheels = less traction, so the tyres digging in would theoretically help a bit here.

Thanks again for the pictures, really love stuff like this.

[Notwen]

manorcom said:

Dads Vanguard circa 1955:

Brilliant pictures, thanks for sharing.
This picture popped up on my FB feed recently and I forgot about it until I saw your pic.
Stockport town centre

[manorcom]

While I sort out some more pics for you I thought I might share a good find I made some weeks ago. This link is a page on the super nostalgia section of the Birmingham Mail site:
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news...
Click on the gallery...and the pics will pop up.
Loads of old buildings some with cars, I particularly like the shot entitled "Rush-hour-traffic-using-flyover-17th-October-1961". This is Digbeth Flyover in Birmingham a temporary steel construction which lasted for years longer than planned. This shot shows a Coles lorry mounted crane marked Haines for Cranes. I remember this crane in the 70's when I worked for them. It was rusting forlornly in the front yard. I sold it for scrap in about 1974/5.

Edited by manorcom on Friday 9th October 10:13

To continue this interlude watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFGLNvBMmBo

Edited by manorcom on Friday 9th October 10:29

[SPT28]

Not quite as old as some of the pics on this thread, but a few photo's that came with my latest project. Judging by vehicles in the vicinity I reckon on mid-late 80's...





Remember my dad having a pair of these beaded seat covers in his cavalier at the time - hateful things that weren't that comfortable and used to pull the hairs out of my legs when I was allowed to sit in the front without mum knowing

[Fane]

Notwen said:

Brilliant pictures, thanks for sharing.
This picture popped up on my FB feed recently and I forgot about it until I saw your pic.
Stockport town centre

Not much has changed then, traffic wise, on the A6.

[HQB]

daveenty said:

A lot of it is surface dependant, mainly with gradients involved. If you're tipping down a slope, it would be logical to fit the tyres the "wrong way" to assist the empty machine with traction coming back up the hill. No weight over the front wheels = less traction, so the tyres digging in would theoretically help a bit here.

Thanks again for the pictures, really love stuff like this.

Regarding the car in front of the Standard Vanguard, if is a very early and Pre War Citroen Light 15 with the early pattern wheels (which I think look better than any later version!). A rare enough car in theUK when that picture was taken

[vernonderby]

North Midland Motor Club Kitchin Trophy Trial at Rowlee Farm in, I think,1961:

[alancb]

Here's my Anglia 105e in 1971 had a Cortina 1500gt engine with twin 40 webers

[forsure]

HQB said:

Regarding the car in front of the Standard Vanguard, if is a very early and Pre War Citroen Light 15 with the early pattern wheels (which I think look better than any later version!). A rare enough car in theUK when that picture was taken

Well done! Citroen was my first thought, but I didn't recognise those wheels. As you say, rare even then.

[slk 32]

B3ALP said:

Sardonicus said:

B3ALP said:

My First car in the back ground Datsun 120y



Second car at 18 (1985)

Kwacka AR50/80 also IIRC

Yes AR125 LC. That's me on it in with the 1984 white socks

I had a red AR125 too (C 567 CEX where are you now?). The problem with the AR was it came in two versions , restricted and unrestricted . Unlike later bikes like the TZR which you derestrict simply by modding the powervalve , the restricted AR had a complicated reed valve restrictor which meant it was pretty much impossible to liberate any extra horses. I still stuck a micron on mine which meant I could hit 85mph laying on the tank.

A mate had an RD125 tuned by BDK tuning in Lowestoft..that really was crazy,pushing out about 28 bhp. It would even power wheelie two up!!

Happy days!

[vernonderby]

RichB said:

TR4man said:

Wonderful images TR4man, so evocative of the period. Who is the elegant lady, indeed is it the same person and what is the car?

I don't know whether it's the same lady, but they are certainly not the same car. The first one looks like an early thirties Humber; the second has knock-on hubs and looks to be a late thirties SS Jaguar or possibly an MG SA.
Incidentally, the third of TR4man's photos shows an early twenties Armstrong Siddeley, and the fourth one is a Packard.

[iSore]

Unsure if this has been seen before here, but if not, banger racing at Hednesford around 1973. The Consuls look as though they were driven there, the glass kicked out and numbers painted on.

[sun.and.rain]

That's Rod Stewart on the left. Trying out a bit of afternoon motorsport before getting hammered for the next Faces gig. His first Miura's just out of shot.

[MarshPhantom]

iSore said:

Unsure if this has been seen before here, but if not, banger racing at Hednesford around 1973. The Consuls look as though they were driven there, the glass kicked out and numbers painted on.

I was going to say that looks like Hednesford, used to go there a fair as a kid in the 70/80s.