How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[canucklehead]

wow. supercool wagon. supercool parents too.

Bodo said:

My parents in 1974

[lowdrag]

Before anyone asks, there doesn't seem to be a bike equivalent, so here we are. Nearly 24 years ago. I hammered around the orchard, then tried a friend's bike, forgetting it was on road tyres. The inevitable happened, the exhaust was on my leg, and I have the mark to this day. But do I get a Gold Star for the post?

[Bebee]

lowdrag said:

do I get a Gold Star for the post?

No, you get a bottle of champagne and a glass, and as if by magic..............

[BrightYellowTVR]

a few of my cars

My first car a 1.3 Astra

1.6 Astra SR

309GTI Loved this car

[mehere]

1980's Motorway Traffic [M5]

Cavaliers and Escorts and Metros...

[Pat H]

lowdrag said:

Before anyone asks, there doesn't seem to be a bike equivalent, so here we are. Nearly 24 years ago. I hammered around the orchard, then tried a friend's bike, forgetting it was on road tyres. The inevitable happened, the exhaust was on my leg, and I have the mark to this day. But do I get a Gold Star for the post?

Hardly Gold Stars, but here are three bikes which show my elder daughter growing up:

1976 750 Bonneville back in 1998.



1974 750 Trident back in 2000.



And, to bring it almost up to date, here she is on her moped in 2012.

[LordBretSinclair]

As Tony has started us off on 2 wheels here's yours truly in 1966 !!!!!!

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

LordBretSinclair said:

As Tony has started us off on 2 wheels here's yours truly in 1966 !!!!!!

[hidetheelephants]

LordBretSinclair said:

As Tony has started us off on 2 wheels here's yours truly in 1966 !!!!!!

Could you actually see where you were going with all that bling hanging off the front?

[Le TVR]

hidetheelephants said:

LordBretSinclair said:

As Tony has started us off on 2 wheels here's yours truly in 1966 !!!!!!

Could you actually see where you were going with all that bling hanging off the front?

No but he could see where he'd been

[lowdrag]

Here's my last bike in 1997 which is as chalk is to cheese. A VFR 800. Smooth, plenty of torque, could scratch but was a superb long distance tourer. We did the circuit of Wales one day and while friends on their R1 &6s were complaining of sore behinds, I was serene. So comfortable. But I can't remember who the girl is!

[RichB]

lowdrag said:

...I can't remember who the girl is!

Or what are those big orange shoes she's wearing?

[Bebee]

RichB said:

lowdrag said:

...I can't remember who the girl is!

Or what are those big orange shoes she's wearing?

that may give an indication of who she is.

[MarshPhantom]

Bebee said:

RichB said:

lowdrag said:

...I can't remember who the girl is!

Or what are those big orange shoes she's wearing?

that may give an indication of who she is.

Is it Sue Zuki?

[Fane]

lowdrag said:

I hammered around the orchard

That's a lot of sausages.

[Sad Weevil]

1970, just setting off for a trip to Yugoslavia, '57 BSA A7




Same year, me with my mother's new Austin 1300:

[manorcom]

Apologies if I have posted this before. A very grainy Polaroid picture looking out the window of work at 1161 Chester Road, Erdington, Birmingham looking at the Hardy Spicer main office with my '67 Sprite in the foreground. Taken around 1969/70. It is now a retail park!

Edited by manorcom on Friday 30th October 15:40

[RichB]

MarshPhantom said:

Bebee said:

RichB said:

lowdrag said:

...I can't remember who the girl is!

Or what are those big orange shoes she's wearing?

that may give an indication of who she is.

Is it Sue Zuki?

[manorcom]

The AA Headquarters Edgbaston, Birmingham, 1968

[alpinemauve]

Herne Bay,.