How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[lesstatt]

[lesstatt]

Last one, not me though, not seen that guy since around 1986

Edited by lesstatt on Thursday 31st December 11:39

[iSore]

Okay, so this was taken a few weeks ago. Sorry.

[Bodo]

lesstatt said:

Good pictures!

[RichB]

iSore said:

Okay, so this was taken a few weeks ago. Sorry.

Wrong thread. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=942...

[lesstatt]

Something has gone wrong here, the Land Rover is mine but the comment isn't, that pic was around 1985

[tf007071]

When did you last see one of these on the road, let alone as modified as this one?

Taken at Ragley Hall in early 1987 (possibly 1988). The weather was lovely, hence the assistance needed to even get out of the paddock let alone keep it on track. I'm pretty sure we saw at least one car get 100 yards or more away from the track at one point in the day...

Some interesting cars in the paddock in the background too.







It did dry up a bit - note the track is now dry...



And this also came out to play...

[iSore]

RichB said:

Wrong thread. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=942...

Sorry Mr 34'000 posts.

Jesus..............

[velocemitch]

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am I the only one who instantly thought of Wendy Craig and the TV series Butterflys ?

[TR4man]

Wonderful pictures of the AC.

I'm pretty sure that Robin Rew also offered turbo conversions for road cars also as the standard car wasn't particularly rapid.

I'll bet the current owner of that 288GTO would have palpitations if he knew he's car was up to such antics a few years ago!

[TR4man]

velocemitch said:

lesstatt said:

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am I the only one who instantly thought of Wendy Craig and the TV series Butterflys ?

Wasn't that a Mk 1?

[eccles]

TR4man said:

velocemitch said:

lesstatt said:

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am I the only one who instantly thought of Wendy Craig and the TV series Butterflys ?

Wasn't that a Mk 1?

It think in the later series it was a MkII.
I usually associate Butterflies with a MkI Granada and a multi coloured Mini.

[cjb44]

TR4man said:

Wonderful pictures of the AC.

I'm pretty sure that Robin Rew also offered turbo conversions for road cars also as the standard car wasn't particularly rapid.

I'll bet the current owner of that 288GTO would have palpitations if he knew he's car was up to such antics a few years ago!

The Robin Rew car is alive and well, there are a lot of ME3000's about with modified engines. Barrie Bird modified his considerably with triple webbers, hairy cam, tubular manifold etc. used to frighten the s..t out of me.

[wildcat45]

velocemitch]esstatt said:

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am I the only one who instantly thought of Wendy Craig and the TV series Butterflys ?

It made me think of being ten and going into Jessups on Wharf Road in Stamford to blag the latest Ford range brochure. 'It's for my Dad honest.' Then round to Marshalls on St Paul's street with the same story for a Rover SD1 brochure.

[wildcat45]

olly22n said:

We bought our Sierra xr4x4 from jessups. I think Marshalls was before my time but there is only one place it could be on St. Paul's.

I left Stamford in 1982 but used to visit still. Marshals was around until at least the late 1980s. Had a tiny showroom on the street and a slightly bigger one - not much bigger - set back from the road.


It's now a school shop - the small showroom - and the rest looks derelict/under redevelopment according to Google

Edited by wildcat45 on Saturday 2nd January 09:23

Edited by wildcat45 on Saturday 2nd January 09:24

[iSore]

eccles said:

It think in the later series it was a MkII.
I usually associate Butterflies with a MkI Granada and a multi coloured Mini.

The guy who drove both (a Jade green Mark I and some sort of Mark II) is now doing the Stannah star lift advert.

[iSore]

eccles said:

It think in the later series it was a MkII.
I usually associate Butterflies with a MkI Granada and a multi coloured Mini.

The guy who drove both (a Jade green Mark I and some sort of Mark II) is now doing the Stannah star lift advert.

[wildcat45]

He was called Leonard.

[oldnbold]

wildcat45 said:

olly22n said:

We bought our Sierra xr4x4 from jessups. I think Marshalls was before my time but there is only one place it could be on St. Paul's.

I left Stamford in 1982 but used to visit still. Marshals was around until at least the late 1980s. Had a tiny showroom on the street and a slightly bigger one - not much bigger - set back from the road.


It's now a school shop - the small showroom - and the rest looks derelict/under redevelopment according to Google

Edited by wildcat45 on Saturday 2nd January 09:23

Edited by wildcat45 on Saturday 2nd January 09:24

I arrived in Stamford in '86 and still live here, when the BL dealer closed the site became a hand car wash for many years and as you say is now being redeveloped as housing.

The Ford dealer, TC Harrison, on Wharf Road is still there although on the opposite side of the road. They sold off the original site for housing development and built a brand new showroom across the road about 10 years ago.

[ClaphamGT3]

wildcat45 said:

He was called Leonard.

Leonard was the Principal. The chauffeur was called Thomas