How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[BryanC]

Can I join in ?

My first car in 1965 - a Wolseley 14/40 1500cc



Then my second car - a 1937 MG TA about 1968




and finally car no. 4 - a Morgan 4/4 series V competition with the late Mrs C in about 1975. Happy days - sold when the arabs rationed petrol and the high compression pistons wouldn't run on less that 5 star petrol.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Very nice BryanC

[Martin350]

Me in 1980, I think in Bristol.
Seeing a Ferrari back then was a very rare and exciting thing to happen!

[Dapster]

Martin350 said:

Me in 1980, I think in Bristol.
Seeing a Ferrari back then was a very rare and exciting thing to happen!

What was the price of the 308 in 1980? £20k? A steel bodied 308 in top condition is now about £100k - £120k, so a x5 to x6 increase. The scabby mark 1 escort in the background has probably given a return of x10 in the same time!! Who'd have thunk it.

[Martin350]

Good guess!

I just dug out 'Car' magazine from September 1979 and the list price for the 308 GTS was £19,901.

Escorts (Mk2) ranged from £2,661 (1100 Popular) to £5,160 (RS2000 Custom).

[LordBretSinclair]

Longnose said:

Not sure if this qualifies or not, but this is me on 10 September 1972 at Brands Hatch. It must have been one of the few occasions when I overtook somebody else!

Great photo!!!

In a similar vein - yours truly at Silverstone in 1985.

I still have the car but unfortunately not the hair !!!!!!

[srob]

Dapster said:

Martin350 said:

Me in 1980, I think in Bristol.
Seeing a Ferrari back then was a very rare and exciting thing to happen!

What was the price of the 308 in 1980? £20k? A steel bodied 308 in top condition is now about £100k - £120k, so a x5 to x6 increase. The scabby mark 1 escort in the background has probably given a return of x10 in the same time!! Who'd have thunk it.

My old man paid £1000 for a 1928 Royal Enfield sidecar outfit in 1980. It's probably worth around 20x that now

[TR4man]

Dapster said:

Martin350 said:

Me in 1980, I think in Bristol.
Seeing a Ferrari back then was a very rare and exciting thing to happen!

What was the price of the 308 in 1980? £20k? A steel bodied 308 in top condition is now about £100k - £120k, so a x5 to x6 increase. The scabby mark 1 escort in the background has probably given a return of x10 in the same time!! Who'd have thunk it.

Yes, but I'll wager that the Escort has long since been scrapped, whereas there would be a good chance that the 308 is still on the road.

[entwistlecymru]

Ignore the cars in the background and it could almost be 1985.


That's my Carlton

[Number 5]

entwistlecymru said:

Ignore the cars in the background and it could almost be 1985.


That's my Carlton

And the fuel prices

[lesstatt]

entwistlecymru said:

Ignore the cars in the background and it could almost be 1985.


That's my Carlton

Unless that actually is 1985 it's the wrong thread

[threespires]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Very nice BryanC

Yes, I agree

[iSore]

TR4man said:

Yes, but I'll wager that the Escort has long since been scrapped, whereas there would be a good chance that the 308 is still on the road.

If the Escort was an RS1600 or a Twin Cam, the value wouldn't be a lot less than the 308!

308/328 cars were undervalued for so long - it wasn't so long ago that they were 25 grand.

[Sardonicus]

iSore said:

If the Escort was an RS1600 or a Twin Cam, the value wouldn't be a lot less than the 308!

308/328 cars were undervalued for so long - it wasn't so long ago that they were 25 grand.

I remeber going to some Earls Court show in the late 80's and there was a very nice black 308 with genuine 60kish for 10k

[TR4man]

My Mum and Dad in the mid 1960s with their Triumph 2000 registration BVT305C

[TR4man]

iSore said:

TR4man said:

My Grandad's old Austin Cambridge 848 PEH in the mid 1960s

Morris Oxford!

Series V I think, 59-61.

Here is another view - I'm the little sprog in the front.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

TR4man said:

My Mum and Dad in the mid 1960s with their Triumph 2000 registration BVT305C

Registered Stoke in 1965

Great pictures, that's what this thread is all about!

[srob]

Any more old motorbikes?

[TR4man]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

TR4man said:

My Mum and Dad in the mid 1960s with their Triumph 2000 registration BVT305C

Registered Stoke in 1965

Great pictures, that's what this thread is all about!

Yes, I can remember that it was bought from a dealer called Byatts in Fenton. My dad worked in the Potteries even though we lived just over the county border in Alsager.

[Notwen]

Taken from my FB feed this morning, early 60's picture taken of what is now (and has been for 50ish years) the site of Stockport Shopping Precinct.