How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
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manorcom said:
This picture was described as :"Hinckley petrol station having delivery in fuel shortage. Police in attendance." It does make me laugh. Look at the spoiler on the Herald?:
cracking photo, but the fuel shortage was 73, those cars are "s" reg from 77. Maybe they are in strike over the thought of having to sell useless, slow selling, undesirable VW Golfs etc etc insteaddryden said:
manorcom said:
This picture was described as :"Hinckley petrol station having delivery in fuel shortage. Police in attendance." It does make me laugh. Look at the spoiler on the Herald?:
Could be a Vitesse, it has two tail pipes (does not forgive spoilers though) Cool rally jacket.williamp said:
manorcom said:
This picture was described as :"Hinckley petrol station having delivery in fuel shortage. Police in attendance." It does make me laugh. Look at the spoiler on the Herald?:
cracking photo, but the fuel shortage was 73, those cars are "s" reg from 77. SystemParanoia said:
and now
SystemParanoia said:
west-bromwich-high-street-1963
swooshiain said:
manorcom said:
This picture was described as :"Hinckley petrol station having delivery in fuel shortage. Police in attendance." It does make me laugh. Look at the spoiler on the Herald?:
Are those mk I Polos in the background?Edited by Hugo a Gogo on Tuesday 30th August 10:55
Hitch said:
generationx said:
uk66fastback said:
P5BNij said:
)Absolutely iSore. A little more research reveals:
"Many people may not realise it when they watch that exciting truck and car chase in Indiana Jones and The Raiders Of The Lost Ark that the Nazi staff cars were built right here in Hinckley. Producer Stephen Spielberg, of Jaws and Close Encounters fame, wanted a very fast wartime German car for a dramatic highlight. And he wanted two in case one was smashed before filming was over. Existing examples were too expensive. So he called on designer Graig Hinto who owned Classic Cars of Coventry which had its workshop on Southfield Road in Hinckley.
Former racing driver Hinton, who lived at Elmesthorpe, drew up the plans and, in just 10 weeks, he and his workers hand built and trimmed the two. Working almost around the clock they had beaten the deadline by two weeks. The masterpieces, gleaming black replicas of a 1936 Mercedes 320 Wehrmacht, were driven overland to the film set in Tunisia. At the wheels were Mr Hinton and works manager John Brown.
They were based on the chassis of Jaguar Mk IV’s and powered by Jaguar XK 3.8 litre engines developing 220 brake horse power. They rapidly accelerated to 125 miles an hour. Twin side-mounted spare wheels, louvred bonnet, sweeping wings and running boards certainly gave the Hinckley-born film star good looks. Seats were trimmed in the best Connolly hide, there were deep pile carpets, and the dashboard and door cappings were of the finest veneer. “The interest created by this project has been tremendous,” said Mr Hinton. “It has prompted the decision to offer similar vehicles.”
The prices of these were expected to be between £22,500 and £30,000. In our picture Mr Ewart Nichols, cinema manager, (suited) is with the bearded Graig Hinton, proprietor of Classic Cars of Coventry as they pose outside the then last cinema in Hinckley where the film was showing at the time. The Cannon cinema closed in the 1990s"
"Many people may not realise it when they watch that exciting truck and car chase in Indiana Jones and The Raiders Of The Lost Ark that the Nazi staff cars were built right here in Hinckley. Producer Stephen Spielberg, of Jaws and Close Encounters fame, wanted a very fast wartime German car for a dramatic highlight. And he wanted two in case one was smashed before filming was over. Existing examples were too expensive. So he called on designer Graig Hinto who owned Classic Cars of Coventry which had its workshop on Southfield Road in Hinckley.
Former racing driver Hinton, who lived at Elmesthorpe, drew up the plans and, in just 10 weeks, he and his workers hand built and trimmed the two. Working almost around the clock they had beaten the deadline by two weeks. The masterpieces, gleaming black replicas of a 1936 Mercedes 320 Wehrmacht, were driven overland to the film set in Tunisia. At the wheels were Mr Hinton and works manager John Brown.
They were based on the chassis of Jaguar Mk IV’s and powered by Jaguar XK 3.8 litre engines developing 220 brake horse power. They rapidly accelerated to 125 miles an hour. Twin side-mounted spare wheels, louvred bonnet, sweeping wings and running boards certainly gave the Hinckley-born film star good looks. Seats were trimmed in the best Connolly hide, there were deep pile carpets, and the dashboard and door cappings were of the finest veneer. “The interest created by this project has been tremendous,” said Mr Hinton. “It has prompted the decision to offer similar vehicles.”
The prices of these were expected to be between £22,500 and £30,000. In our picture Mr Ewart Nichols, cinema manager, (suited) is with the bearded Graig Hinton, proprietor of Classic Cars of Coventry as they pose outside the then last cinema in Hinckley where the film was showing at the time. The Cannon cinema closed in the 1990s"
The Don of Croy said:
manorcom said:
1975, Low loader with digger hits A5 railway bridge, causes £250k damage, I remember this well.
How times change - such an incident could never happen now...Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 31st August 20:02
P5BNij said:
The Don of Croy said:
manorcom said:
1975, Low loader with digger hits A5 railway bridge, causes £250k damage, I remember this well.
How times change - such an incident could never happen now...Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 31st August 20:02
One of the comments for this photo was "Cool rally jacket"
Which got me thinking. I have never been able to drive in a thick jacket of any kind, and I have only ever owned one such jacket. If I remember right it was a Shell or Esso jacket to which my wife had sewn a Porsche badge. Here I am cleaning my Dolly Sprint nt the 70's looking a suitable prat with said jacket and a deerstalker with the flaps tied under my chin, it was freezing!
The only other similar jacket I had was this Coca Cola thing sometime around 1980. Her on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in LA:
Do any of you guys have pics of you in cool looking jackets?
Which got me thinking. I have never been able to drive in a thick jacket of any kind, and I have only ever owned one such jacket. If I remember right it was a Shell or Esso jacket to which my wife had sewn a Porsche badge. Here I am cleaning my Dolly Sprint nt the 70's looking a suitable prat with said jacket and a deerstalker with the flaps tied under my chin, it was freezing!
The only other similar jacket I had was this Coca Cola thing sometime around 1980. Her on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in LA:
Do any of you guys have pics of you in cool looking jackets?
manorcom said:
One of the comments for this photo was "Cool rally jacket"
Which got me thinking. I have never been able to drive in a thick jacket of any kind, and I have only ever owned one such jacket. If I remember right it was a Shell or Esso jacket to which my wife had sewn a Porsche badge. Here I am cleaning my Dolly Sprint nt the 70's looking a suitable prat with said jacket and a deerstalker with the flaps tied under my chin, it was freezing!
The only other similar jacket I had was this Coca Cola thing sometime around 1980. Her on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in LA:
Do any of you guys have pics of you in cool looking jackets?
There was a separate thread on here a few months back about classic rally jackets of the 70's/early 80's..... Which got me thinking. I have never been able to drive in a thick jacket of any kind, and I have only ever owned one such jacket. If I remember right it was a Shell or Esso jacket to which my wife had sewn a Porsche badge. Here I am cleaning my Dolly Sprint nt the 70's looking a suitable prat with said jacket and a deerstalker with the flaps tied under my chin, it was freezing!
The only other similar jacket I had was this Coca Cola thing sometime around 1980. Her on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in LA:
Do any of you guys have pics of you in cool looking jackets?
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