How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[manorcom]

Excellent. I think they wil make a film about it and probably call it. Tagora! Tagora! Tagora!

[Rich G]

Enough already! Can we please get back to posting old photos!

[manorcom]

Talking about the Rootes Group. Here is a photo of production at Singer in 1936:

[manorcom]

A few more factory pics:
Browns Lane Jaguar 1966


Austin 1937:


Jensen Motors 1966:


Rootes Ryton:


Triumph 1970:


Standard Triumph gatehouse 1965:


Early Wolseley Adderley Park Works:

[ATTAK Z]

manorcom said:

A few more factory pics:
Browns Lane Jaguar 1966

Ahhh ... don't you just love those thin whitewalls and chrome wires on a dark blue E-Type ?

[manorcom]

More Jaguar:
1956 Browns Lane engine building:


Undated E Type assembly line:

[Sardonicus]

Fantastic Manorcom

[Dr Interceptor]

manorcom said:

Jensen Motors 1966:

Interesting, what's that they're building on the line next to the Cv-8's?

[Dr Interceptor]

Doh, just realised they're Austin-Healeys. Clearly hadn't had my coffee quota yet today.

[Yertis]

manorcom said:

Triumph 1970:

I'm guessing they're going through the machine that added rust.

[P5BNij]

Lovely '60s TVR photo shoot...



Beatle George arrives at Abbey Road in 1968, he's just got out of the Mk1 Austin Mini 'GUU 707C' which he'd bought for wife Patti and painted it orange with matching Mk1 Cosmic alloys...


Unknown location...


Mk2 Woodies at Longbridge, late '67 to late '69 period...


Browns Lane, mid '60s maybe...


Edinburgh Waverley, June '63...


Oxford Street...


Unidentified West London Mews...


Pea souper down the Smoke...


Mk1 Capri with a vinyl roof and Rostyles, yes please...


Nice little '67 Marcos in 'The Saint'...

[manorcom]

And a few more factory pics, let me know when to stop:

Standard Vanguards circa 1950:


Riley Durbar Avenue factory 1948:


Dagenham 1950's:


Triumph Meriden 1970's:

[droopsnoot]

P5BNij said:

Unknown location...

St Ives, Cambs.

[P5BNij]

Thanks Droopsnoot

Bond production designer Ken Adam with his wife and E-Type, 1965...


Screen grab from a Morecambe & Wise sketch with James Hunt driving a Wood & Pickett Mk2 Cooper S, shot in '76 I think...

[S47]

Found this amongst old family pics,
No idea where it was taken looks to be circa 1950-60ish
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[Hitch]

droopsnoot said:

St Ives, Cambs.

Great catch!

[droopsnoot]

Hitch said:

droopsnoot said:

St Ives, Cambs.

Great catch!

I have to confess, the Daily Mail helped to identify it. I just did a Google image search for "Bryants high street shop" and there happened to be an article on their site. I couldn't bear to link to it, so I grabbed a Google streetview image instead.

[manorcom]

S47 said:

Found this amongst old family pics,
No idea where it was taken looks to be circa 1950-60ish
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There is a Ban Hoe Lee hardware listed in Singapore?

[hidetheelephants]

manorcom said:

More Jaguar:
1956 Browns Lane engine building:

This isn't engine building, it's the test/run-in cell; the engines are hooked up to exhausts and froude dynos.

[Pat H]

manorcom said:

Triumph Meriden 1970's:

US Spec 750 Bonnevilles.

The right foot gearchange, drum rear brake and disc front brake means this pic is 1973 or 1974.