How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[The_Blue_Dragon]

I'm Just in the middle of scanning all my nans old photos that have been found out since she's moved into a home and saw this. Thought some may like it

[Dand E Lion]

My father's first car



He sold it in 1955 and spent £40 on a 1932 BSA 3 wheeler, which I wish he had kept!

[Aerate]

Scanning in my mum's photos - I think she may have had mild petrolhead tendencies...



Glyndebourne 1965 - A Jag of some sort and a Vauxhall (?)



A broken-down bus somewhere in Turkey in 1965 (major kudos if anyone can identify the bus)



She and her friend decided to drive across North Africa in a Mini Moke - this is Libya in 1966 (God knows how they managed to bring their dog!)



Domesticity begins - a Mini, the in-laws and my father. The photo is captioned PTB 678G if anyone wants to find out if its still about.



Can't quite decide if this photo is supposed to be of their friend, their Rover or their friends' house. Anyway its a P6 in the mid-seventies so it counts.



Yours truly and the first of several Citron GS's in around 1979, this one was an estate and followed a short-lived series of Austin 1300s. Don't know why I'm in a life-jacket, its at least a mile to the sea, perhaps its something to do with the quality of the Citroen's ride?

[P5BNij]

Great stuff Aerate... the Jag in the first photo is a MkX.

[Willhire89]

Dand E Lion said:

My father's first car



He sold it in 1955 and spent £40 on a 1932 BSA 3 wheeler, which I wish he had kept!

Do you know the history of that - was it a Cammy or SV? - either way a sporty looking body for a Minor

Was it a special? ...after all they were an MG M type in all but the body.

[RichB]

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[Robin Hood]

P5BNij said:

Great stuff Aerate... the Jag in the first photo is a MkX.

Vauxhall is a PB Cresta or Velox.

[Dand E Lion]

Aerate said:

Scanning in my mum's photos - I think she may have had mild petrolhead tendencies...



Glyndebourne 1965 - A Jag of some sort and a Vauxhall (?)



A broken-down bus somewhere in Turkey in 1965 (major kudos if anyone can identify the bus)

A Vauxhall Cresta?

We lived in Izmir in the early 1970s so had my father still been with us, he could probably have identified the dolmus/bus!

[Cliftonite]

Robin Hood said:

Vauxhall is a PB Cresta or Velox.

It says 'Cresta' on the bootlid!

[ChrisDT]

Going through my late granddads pictures and came across these, some of the cars he used to build when he worked for Alan Mann Racing back in the day. Some of you may appreciate them.

[AH33]

Hugo a Gogo said:

lots of cars to spot

and the location?

I'D HAVE GOT THAT.

Since someone else did, you'll have to take my word for it.

[Dand E Lion]

Just idling through this thread, as you do

P5BNij said:

Another random London shot...

and the similarity struck me to this which I posted recently on the thread of classics in action!

[anothernameitist]

Aerate said:

Scanning in my mum's photos - I think she may have had mild petrolhead tendencies...



Glyndebourne 1965 - A Jag of some sort and a Vauxhall (?)



A broken-down bus somewhere in Turkey in 1965 (major kudos if anyone can identify the bus)



She and her friend decided to drive across North Africa in a Mini Moke - this is Libya in 1966 (God knows how they managed to bring their dog!)



Domesticity begins - a Mini, the in-laws and my father. The photo is captioned PTB 678G if anyone wants to find out if its still about.



Can't quite decide if this photo is supposed to be of their friend, their Rover or their friends' house. Anyway its a P6 in the mid-seventies so it counts.



Yours truly and the first of several Citron GS's in around 1979, this one was an estate and followed a short-lived series of Austin 1300s. Don't know why I'm in a life-jacket, its at least a mile to the sea, perhaps its something to do with the quality of the Citroen's ride?

Is the bus a Turkish BMC?

[droopsnoot]

ChrisDT said:

I thought we had a contender for the "another what car?" thread there for a minute. Still, just goes to show how many strange and unusual things were being built and makes it even more likely it might turn out to be a one-off. Unless the above is something really famous and I've just destroyed what little car-cred I might once have had.

[P5BNij]

droopsnoot said:

ChrisDT said:

I thought we had a contender for the "another what car?" thread there for a minute. Still, just goes to show how many strange and unusual things were being built and makes it even more likely it might turn out to be a one-off. Unless the above is something really famous and I've just destroyed what little car-cred I might once have had.

One of the Ed Straker / Commander Foster jobs from UFO! Blimey that car takes me back...

[david.h]

I think the bus looks as if is an Opel Blitz derivative, although there was a smaller Merc about that time (can't remember the type, sorry!)
David

[spitfire-ian]

A few coaches and cars in this picture taken by my late father in law at Heathrow Airport in 1963.


Heathrow (London) Airport 1963 by Ian, on Flickr

[NickGibbs]

Driving looks pretty scary back in the Sixties. This is a Ford picture, perhaps used in an Anglia campaign? Looks like everyone's been directed onto the verge

[shoestring7]

Aerate said:

Scanning in my mum's photos - I think she may have had mild petrolhead tendencies...




A broken-down bus somewhere in Turkey in 1965 (major kudos if anyone can identify the bus)

Mercedes L319 based minibus?

SS7

[Loose_Cannon]

P5BNij said:

droopsnoot said:

ChrisDT said:

I thought we had a contender for the "another what car?" thread there for a minute. Still, just goes to show how many strange and unusual things were being built and makes it even more likely it might turn out to be a one-off. Unless the above is something really famous and I've just destroyed what little car-cred I might once have had.

One of the Ed Straker / Commander Foster jobs from UFO! Blimey that car takes me back...

Fantastic picture, nice to see these in the throes of construction, any more??

This one looks to be one of the three used in Doppelganger (I don't think this one made it to UFO), I think it was unearthed recently and now owned by Gerry Anderson's son!

The other 2 exist in perilous states of dilapidation with "enthusiasts" who would rather they rotted than sell them.