How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

soxboy said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

This was in a book I bought

Anybody know where it might be?

Well, the Humber has a Huddersfield registration and one of the hotels says 'The Cliff' so I'm narrowing it down to a coastal town in the north of the UK.

With it being black and white we can't tell the colour of the stone but wonders if it may even be Scotland.

Good eyes! I thought it said golf on first look

[iSore]

guru_1071 said:

very nice, superior morris model as well!

would be great to see the other photos of it

Noo, the Austin was much nicer with the winged front badge and the stylised boot script. B reg could even be a Hydrolastic one as well. My Old Man had an Island blue/white Cooper 998 on a D plate back in 1970. Long gone now, like this one.

[mehere]

1983 - Camping in Devon with class bird [although it's difficult to see her here, I will grant you...]

[RichB]

mehere said:

1983 - Camping in Devon with class bird [although it's difficult to see her here, I will grant you...]

Love the colour matched tent.

[mehere]

RichB said:

Love the colour matched tent.

Cute eh ?:-

Triumph described it as "Pharoh Gold" - and a very late TR7.. and, for the boring ones (like me), late enough to have symbols on the warning lights [rather than words]

[Spottedlaurel]

Is this E-Type familiar to anyone with a long memory? I imagine these shots were taken in Preston.

1971-75 Jaguar E-Type Series 3 V12 MDL21 c.1980/81 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Or maybe someone will know the registration from the car it's on now, a 2005 Maserati Quattroporte according to Cartell and DVLA.

[B3ALP]

My First car in the back ground Datsun 120y



Second car at 18 (1985)

[RichB]

Spottedlaurel said:

1971-75 Jaguar E-Type Series 3 V12 MDL21 c.1980/81 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Love the British Leyland panel fit on the boot lid.

[Sardonicus]

B3ALP said:

My First car in the back ground Datsun 120y



Second car at 18 (1985)

Kwacka AR50/80 also IIRC

[crankshaft]

Sardonicus said:

;) Kwacka AR50/80 also IIRC

Close! AR125 - had one of those in '86-87.

[Sardonicus]

crankshaft said:

Close! AR125 - had one of those in '86-87.

[B3ALP]

Sardonicus said:

B3ALP said:

My First car in the back ground Datsun 120y



Second car at 18 (1985)

Kwacka AR50/80 also IIRC

Yes AR125 LC. That's me on it in with the 1984 white socks

[Riley Blue]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

soxboy said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

This was in a book I bought

Anybody know where it might be?

Well, the Humber has a Huddersfield registration and one of the hotels says 'The Cliff' so I'm narrowing it down to a coastal town in the north of the UK.

With it being black and white we can't tell the colour of the stone but wonders if it may even be Scotland.

Good eyes! I thought it said golf on first look

To me it looks like the far hotel is Adelphi or, more likely though it's concealed by the jutting out window, The Adelphi.

[Oldwolf]

Loose_Cannon said:

Me too, it epitomizes that period perfectly and the simple pleasures of motoring freedom denied the current youth by over zealous insurance premiums. I paid £200 at 19 y.o. for the insurance on my 2 litre Mk2 Capri Ghia in the mid 80s. The only reason I didn't get a 3 litre S was I thought £300 per annum was unreasonable!

Wow! My Fiat Uno 55S (yes 55hp!) was £600 to insure at 17 in 1988, that was expensive

[Spottedlaurel]

Still scanning in the batch I purchased:

1977 Jaguar XJ-S V12 DCK960S c.1980/81 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1978/79 Mercedes 350 SE NBV796T c.1980/81 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Both of the above appear to be at the same place.

1973 Mercedes 250 Auto GFA144L c.1980/81 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

This one lasted longer than most of those I've been able to trace, DVLA saying it was last taxed in 1997.

1979 Citroen GS Club 1220 BTB42T c.1980/81 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

By contrast, this one only made it to 1986. Does anyone recognise the location? Probably in/around Preston, and I think some sort of civic/further education building.

1981 Audi 80 LS HBV557W c.181 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Interesting to think this neat but fairly unassuming model is the forerunner to today's A4.

[Pat H]

Here's a pic of my Dad and Granddad back in what must have been the mid 1960s.

Looks like Dad's Lotus in the background.

Photo almost certainly taken in Fleet, Hampshire, just in case anyone recognises the street.

[FlipFlopGriff]

Your dad has one big ear
Is that an Isetta behind?
FFG

[daveenty]

FlipFlopGriff said:

Is that an Isetta behind?

Looks more like a Messerschmitt to me. (KR 200?)

[forsure]

Yes, definitely a Messerschmitt.

And an Austin A55 Cambridge on the left. Not sure about the car on the drive further up though.

[nicanary]

forsure said:

Yes, definitely a Messerschmitt.

And an Austin A55 Cambridge on the left. Not sure about the car on the drive further up though.

My first thought was a mid-50s Humber Hawk or Super Snipe with 2-tone paintwork.