How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
Discussion
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
To be fair, most cars made in the 70s were jiggered in ten years. (Think Cortinas & Vivas with bodywork rusted through in maybe 4-5 years). We forget how car technology has changed in 40 years or so.
It wasn't unusual to see Ford's with serious outer sill corrosion and strut top mounting corrosion after 6+ years old 
I know Vauxhalls and the like where no different 
DickyC said:
Oldwolf said:
These two pictures are from around 1913, is it just me that finds that amazing?
No, it was an extraordinary time. If you read Siegfried Sassoon's fictionalised autobiography trilogy, Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer and Sherston's Progress, you get a real sense of that period. It's what my late father described as the England we traded for the First World War.SS7
Sardonicus said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
To be fair, most cars made in the 70s were jiggered in ten years. (Think Cortinas & Vivas with bodywork rusted through in maybe 4-5 years). We forget how car technology has changed in 40 years or so.
It wasn't unusual to see Ford's with serious outer sill corrosion and strut top mounting corrosion after 6+ years old I know Vauxhalls and the like where no different As you can see, 1994. Several days later I left St Aygulf at 7pm and was at Le Mans for race week. Did it in 12 hours with no motorway. The best, the absolute best, run I have had in my life. But at Monte Carlo we, er, "stalled" the engine at the lights before the tunnel, then when they went green roared through flat stick. Second time round we parked the cars below the cafés and got a round of applause!
Sardonicus said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
To be fair, most cars made in the 70s were jiggered in ten years. (Think Cortinas & Vivas with bodywork rusted through in maybe 4-5 years). We forget how car technology has changed in 40 years or so.
It wasn't unusual to see Ford's with serious outer sill corrosion and strut top mounting corrosion after 6+ years old I know Vauxhalls and the like where no different My Cortina 2.0GT Mk3 had a sieve-like body at only 7 years old when I bought it, but it's all I could afford (although, as it had had a cheap blow-over spray job, it didn't look too bad when bought
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aeropilot said:
Sardonicus said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
To be fair, most cars made in the 70s were jiggered in ten years. (Think Cortinas & Vivas with bodywork rusted through in maybe 4-5 years). We forget how car technology has changed in 40 years or so.
It wasn't unusual to see Ford's with serious outer sill corrosion and strut top mounting corrosion after 6+ years old I know Vauxhalls and the like where no different My Cortina 2.0GT Mk3 had a sieve-like body at only 7 years old when I bought it, but it's all I could afford (although, as it had had a cheap blow-over spray job, it didn't look too bad when bought
)I particularly remember a white Ford Granada 2.0GL, 80 on a W, it was always a pig to start and when we finally sold it, it failed it's first ever MOT on corrosion. It was three years old.
Balmoral said:
first got into car sales around 1983. We had T/V/W reg cars 79/80/81 on the used car pitch which were only 3-4 years old, absolutely rotten. And nothing but nothing would start if it had been sat for a week or so, flat batteries, choke problems and so on. You got to learn the nack of how to start a certain make or model, as they were all different, a battery pack on a trolley with a set of jump leads and just the right amount of choke or tickle of the throttle. Contrast with anything from the last twenty years or so, which can be left for months and it will start first time just fine, and no rot.
I particularly remember a white Ford Granada 2.0GL, 80 on a W, it was always a pig to start and when we finally sold it, it failed it's first ever MOT on corrosion. It was three years old.
I think a lot of people forget all these points when they look back with their rose tinted specs!I particularly remember a white Ford Granada 2.0GL, 80 on a W, it was always a pig to start and when we finally sold it, it failed it's first ever MOT on corrosion. It was three years old.
mehere said:
Oulton Park, I think - 1960's
Lots of cars to spot here....
[1 SML - on the Jaguar in foreground, is now a Porsche, it seems]
I've had a look through my programme collection, but can't find this one. The small field suggests it's a club meeting.Lots of cars to spot here....
[1 SML - on the Jaguar in foreground, is now a Porsche, it seems]
Probably for "marque" sports cars.
Front row - MGA (?), Morgan, Sunbeam Alpine Harrington, AC Ace
Second row- Morgan, Elite, Austin Healey
Thirs row - Elite, Elite, Morgan, Austin Healey
Back row - TR2 or 3
My first TR5... it was white...
motorway maintenance - 1977 - Highways Traffic Officer ??? - pah! nah.. they wouldnt give us fancy 4x4 company cars in those days - so you stuck yr flashing light on wotever you had!
...trickier when the roof was down tho ..
,.... but I restored it and reverted it to the original blue:
and went to France + Le Mans a few times [1982-ish]
It was restored again much later by a subsequent owner - and the colour changed to red -which seemed a shame really ...
motorway maintenance - 1977 - Highways Traffic Officer ??? - pah! nah.. they wouldnt give us fancy 4x4 company cars in those days - so you stuck yr flashing light on wotever you had!
...trickier when the roof was down tho ..
,.... but I restored it and reverted it to the original blue:
and went to France + Le Mans a few times [1982-ish]
It was restored again much later by a subsequent owner - and the colour changed to red -which seemed a shame really ...
Edited by mehere on Friday 30th January 15:42
This may be not strictly in keeping with this thread, but four years ago I stopped early morning in Eccleshall in Staffordshire to use a cash machine.
I'd parked up in the High Street, got my cash and went to the shops.
Ten minutes later, returning to my TR4 I discovered it had made a friend.
If it weren't for the lamp post, this image could have been from the early sixties.
I'd parked up in the High Street, got my cash and went to the shops.
Ten minutes later, returning to my TR4 I discovered it had made a friend.
If it weren't for the lamp post, this image could have been from the early sixties.
Edited by TR4man on Sunday 15th February 19:29
TR4man said:
This may be not strictly in keeping with this thread, but four years ago I stopped early morning in Eccleshall in Staffordshire to use a cash machine.
I'd parked up in the High Street, got my cash and went to the shops.
Ten minutes later, returning to my TR4 I discovered it had made a friend.
If it weren't for the lamp post, this image could have been from the early sixties.
I'd say the road markings date it more than the lamp post.I'd parked up in the High Street, got my cash and went to the shops.
Ten minutes later, returning to my TR4 I discovered it had made a friend.
If it weren't for the lamp post, this image could have been from the early sixties.
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