How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
Discussion
ndevlin87 said:
Here's me, my mum and my sister at a country fair, circa 1989, with our family 3 series behind. Still have the car today.
6 cylinder? (The car, not Mum!). Think I spy a lip spoiler, plus the alloys, nice colour, very nice car.On another note, we've all tried to picnic on long grass - it's a British thing about battling the elements, no? Nothing sits flat, food slides off the pathetic paper plates, drinks spill, there's always some unruly stubborn weed pokes through to stab you, and the sun doesn't shine. Then just as you settle - food out, ready to eat, the wasps appear.
Love a good picnic, I does.
The Don of Croy said:
On another note, we've all tried to picnic on long grass - it's a British thing about battling the elements, no? Nothing sits flat, food slides off the pathetic paper plates, drinks spill, there's always some unruly stubborn weed pokes through to stab you, and the sun doesn't shine. Then just as you settle - food out, ready to eat, the wasps appear.
Is there a more uncomfortable surface to sit on as a kid than a dry grassy field in shorts? And you always drop a chicken drummer and it comes back looking like a Persian cat with it's coating of grass clippings.Still the 3 series is lovely. Did it have a gigantic BT Celnet handset on the transmission tunnel?
The Don of Croy said:
On another note, we've all tried to picnic on long grass - it's a British thing about battling the elements, no? Nothing sits flat, food slides off the pathetic paper plates, drinks spill, there's always some unruly stubborn weed pokes through to stab you, and the sun doesn't shine. Then just as you settle - food out, ready to eat, the wasps appear.
Love a good picnic, I does.
I have been searching for a picture I know I have somewhere of my dad trying to light a meths powered primus stove in the grass alongside his old Austin 7 in around 1952. I remember "picnicking" in the 50's, with that primus, a large travelling rug and a basket full of sarnies and some home made cake. Moms printed flared dress and dad still wearing a tie. I still have the Ever Ready portable radio somewhere which used to be playing Family Favourites with Cliff Michelmore, Jean Metcalfe, Bill Crozier in Cologne in the background...........Love a good picnic, I does.
Them were the days eh?
Ah yes, the joys of picnics on grass. Happy memories for children and parents alike.
This was actually at Donnington in 1993 with my daughter and our Riley. Hannah and I always took a picnic when we went out for drives in the country or to motorsport events. A lot of fun we had. There weren't many toddlers who could recognise interesting cars like little Hannah could - her Mother says that I brainwashed her!
This was actually at Donnington in 1993 with my daughter and our Riley. Hannah and I always took a picnic when we went out for drives in the country or to motorsport events. A lot of fun we had. There weren't many toddlers who could recognise interesting cars like little Hannah could - her Mother says that I brainwashed her!
Calculon said:
Would love to see more pictures of the car from the time and how it is now if you have the time.
Thanks for all the nice comments, it is a favourite childhood photo of mine. Yes it's a 6 cylinder 325i, with leather trim, go faster stripes and an accessory spoiler, well spotted! My dad bought it new (a few months before I was born) after seeing a pre production version in a magazine, it was (I think) the first e30 convertible sold in Ireland. The dealer apparently begged him to keep it for an extra week to display in the showroom, as they weren't expecting another in for months. Anyway, he kept it for a couple of years, then passed it on to my mum, who used it for about 15 more years, before it became a summer weekend car. Then I was lucky enough to be able to learn to drive in it, and it was my every day car until 2 years ago, when it became a summer car once again. No intention of ever selling it, so many great memories.
I do have some other photos from its early years, I'll have to search them out. There's one of me sitting in the driver's seat as a toddler, and another on my first day of primary school. But here are some more recent photos:
In Bruges, Belgium on a road trip round Europe
On the North Coast, Northern Ireland
How it looks today
The interior, complete with giant phone between the seats, and tacked on aftermarket alarm on the dash
And finally, with it's replacement as my daily driver
daveenty said:
manorcom said:
Who remembers the BSA factory in Birmingham?
This last picture is now MSL Performance, Mercedes specialists (amongst other stuff).
lesstatt said:
aeropilot said:
Old USA advert for WD-40.....
Couldn't do this today.....
Funny but I don't believe that's an actual advert, esp in politically correct mad America, regardless of when it was meant to be outCouldn't do this today.....
Snopes.com said:
Origins: An image purportedly showing a 1964 print advertisement for the WD-40 brand of spray lubricant began circulating on the internet in November 2014. One of the first places the image popped up was in a "funny photos" thread on the US Message Board, where a user posted it on 4 November 2014 asserting it was an advertisement from 1960. However, the date of the putative ad was changed as the image was shared on sites such as Imgur, Facebook, and Reddit, with the most common claim being the ad dated from 1964:
In addition to the questionable date associated with the image, there are several aspects of the advertisement that ring false. First, this is the only image available on the Internet showing the notable WD-40 ad; if the ad were genuine, there should be more than one photograph documenting its existence. Second, aspects of this image
suggest it isn't a photograph at all: While the paper advertisement appears old and crinkled, the lettering remains straight, indicating the text is probably nothing more than a digital overlay placed onto an "old wrinkled page" background image. Finally, the image describes the product as "WD 40" when its name is, and always had been, properly rendered as WD-40 (or WD*40), and it makes reference to a "red knob" that wasn't yet a feature of the product (the distinctive red cap that now tops cans of WD-40 was originally black).
Even though the image of the "1964" WD-40 surfaced in 2014, the ad copy it uses has been around for much longer. In 2000, the website Yuks R Us posted a series of dumb ad jokes, one of which was the very same sexual ad for WD-40. Nonetheless the company still appreciates the humor: after someone shared the photo in question on WD-40's Facebook page, the company simply replied: "AWESOME!!!"
In addition to the questionable date associated with the image, there are several aspects of the advertisement that ring false. First, this is the only image available on the Internet showing the notable WD-40 ad; if the ad were genuine, there should be more than one photograph documenting its existence. Second, aspects of this image
suggest it isn't a photograph at all: While the paper advertisement appears old and crinkled, the lettering remains straight, indicating the text is probably nothing more than a digital overlay placed onto an "old wrinkled page" background image. Finally, the image describes the product as "WD 40" when its name is, and always had been, properly rendered as WD-40 (or WD*40), and it makes reference to a "red knob" that wasn't yet a feature of the product (the distinctive red cap that now tops cans of WD-40 was originally black).
Even though the image of the "1964" WD-40 surfaced in 2014, the ad copy it uses has been around for much longer. In 2000, the website Yuks R Us posted a series of dumb ad jokes, one of which was the very same sexual ad for WD-40. Nonetheless the company still appreciates the humor: after someone shared the photo in question on WD-40's Facebook page, the company simply replied: "AWESOME!!!"
jeremyc said:
lesstatt said:
aeropilot said:
Old USA advert for WD-40.....
Couldn't do this today.....
Funny but I don't believe that's an actual advert, esp in politically correct mad America, regardless of when it was meant to be outCouldn't do this today.....
Snopes.com said:
Origins: An image purportedly showing a 1964 print advertisement for the WD-40 brand of spray lubricant began circulating on the internet in November 2014. One of the first places the image popped up was in a "funny photos" thread on the US Message Board, where a user posted it on 4 November 2014 asserting it was an advertisement from 1960. However, the date of the putative ad was changed as the image was shared on sites such as Imgur, Facebook, and Reddit, with the most common claim being the ad dated from 1964:
In addition to the questionable date associated with the image, there are several aspects of the advertisement that ring false. First, this is the only image available on the Internet showing the notable WD-40 ad; if the ad were genuine, there should be more than one photograph documenting its existence. Second, aspects of this image
suggest it isn't a photograph at all: While the paper advertisement appears old and crinkled, the lettering remains straight, indicating the text is probably nothing more than a digital overlay placed onto an "old wrinkled page" background image. Finally, the image describes the product as "WD 40" when its name is, and always had been, properly rendered as WD-40 (or WD*40), and it makes reference to a "red knob" that wasn't yet a feature of the product (the distinctive red cap that now tops cans of WD-40 was originally black).
Even though the image of the "1964" WD-40 surfaced in 2014, the ad copy it uses has been around for much longer. In 2000, the website Yuks R Us posted a series of dumb ad jokes, one of which was the very same sexual ad for WD-40. Nonetheless the company still appreciates the humor: after someone shared the photo in question on WD-40's Facebook page, the company simply replied: "AWESOME!!!"
In addition to the questionable date associated with the image, there are several aspects of the advertisement that ring false. First, this is the only image available on the Internet showing the notable WD-40 ad; if the ad were genuine, there should be more than one photograph documenting its existence. Second, aspects of this image
suggest it isn't a photograph at all: While the paper advertisement appears old and crinkled, the lettering remains straight, indicating the text is probably nothing more than a digital overlay placed onto an "old wrinkled page" background image. Finally, the image describes the product as "WD 40" when its name is, and always had been, properly rendered as WD-40 (or WD*40), and it makes reference to a "red knob" that wasn't yet a feature of the product (the distinctive red cap that now tops cans of WD-40 was originally black).
Even though the image of the "1964" WD-40 surfaced in 2014, the ad copy it uses has been around for much longer. In 2000, the website Yuks R Us posted a series of dumb ad jokes, one of which was the very same sexual ad for WD-40. Nonetheless the company still appreciates the humor: after someone shared the photo in question on WD-40's Facebook page, the company simply replied: "AWESOME!!!"
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