How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
Discussion
theadman said:
Browns Lane, mid '60s maybe...
I think that would be 1961 - all the cars have outside bonnet locks. I'm not sure how many outside lock cars were built but I suspect that 54 you can see represent a good chunk of the production.
Just what you'd want to see if you were a customer, your new E-Type sitting on parade outside in the pouring rain! I think that would be 1961 - all the cars have outside bonnet locks. I'm not sure how many outside lock cars were built but I suspect that 54 you can see represent a good chunk of the production.
1962 Brands Hatch International 6-hour race. Car #25 was a Ford Anglia 1200 Super entered by Andrews Garage (Southwick) Ltd and driven by Alan Mann and Tony Hegbourne.
The board claims 2nd in class - the main opposition was another Anglia driven by Anita Taylor and Peter Arundell, and an MG 1100 driven by Alan Foster and Andrew Hedges, so I reckon one of those two won the class.
The board claims 2nd in class - the main opposition was another Anglia driven by Anita Taylor and Peter Arundell, and an MG 1100 driven by Alan Foster and Andrew Hedges, so I reckon one of those two won the class.
manorcom said:
I wasn't thinking of the Spitfire in the picture. I was looking at the bowser truck, thinking of what people would think of it if one turned up at a Classic Car show today.
It looks to be very aerodynamic for its purpose and I bet a hoot to drive?
yes but it's a modern photo, not a period photo. And that bowser is a modern invention, not an original WW2 era bowser. Probably made by some hipster somewhere...It looks to be very aerodynamic for its purpose and I bet a hoot to drive?
williamp said:
And that bowser is a modern invention, not an original WW2 era bowser. Probably made by some hipster somewhere...
No it's not, it's a pre-war civilian fuel and oil combination bowser, many of which were pressed into service with the RAF early in the war to meet the needs of a service that was lacking equipment.(that actual one maybe indeed a modern reproduction, but it's of a genuine type used in the early war period)
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