How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
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Pat H said:
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.
Haven't got time to look, but it looks like the houses around the Burnside area of Fleet... Looks like Dad's Lotus in the background.
Photo almost certainly taken in Fleet, Hampshire, just in case anyone recognises the street.
Pat H said:
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.
Great stuff, and notice the lack of cars on the street Looks like Dad's Lotus in the background.
Photo almost certainly taken in Fleet, Hampshire, just in case anyone recognises the street.
I know its hardly a city but .......nicanary said:
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.And an Austin A55 Cambridge on the left. Not sure about the car on the drive further up though.
Spottedlaurel said:
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.
I was just going to try to see a bigger version of the photo to read the sign on the side of the building, then I realised it was your watermark.Birmingham SuperPrix John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 956 in 1984
Birmingham SuperPrix John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 956 - 1984
Birmingham SuperPrix John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 956 - 1984
threespires said:
Birmingham SuperPrix John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 956 in 1984
Birmingham SuperPrix John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 956 - 1984
I went there!Birmingham SuperPrix John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 956 - 1984
haven`t got any photos though 
STO said:
threespires said:
Birmingham SuperPrix John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 956 in 1984
Birmingham SuperPrix John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 956 - 1984
I went there!Birmingham SuperPrix John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 956 - 1984 haven`t got any photos though Edited by threespires on Saturday 3rd October 21:12
cool pics
P5BNij said:
Not sure if we've had these before but in for a penny, in for a pound - London street scenes from the '60s and early '70s...
Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur...
is that an S800 Honda on the other side of the street in the first pic, and maybe a 57 Chrysler in the 2nd?Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur...
Hugo a Gogo said:
cool pics
Yes, agree with Honda in the first pic.P5BNij said:
Not sure if we've had these before but in for a penny, in for a pound - London street scenes from the '60s and early '70s...
Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur...
is that an S800 Honda on the other side of the street in the first pic, and maybe a 57 Chrysler in the 2nd?Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur...
My guess would be '57 Desoto in the second.
Currently off sick at moment recovering from an operation and now getting very bored. I have read PH for years but never felt need to post. Just came across this brilliant thread and decided to dig out some of my old pictures from the loft. Unfortunately not as exotic as some of the cars on here but happy memories for me all the same.
First car in 1983 at 17 year old.
Escort Mexico in 1984
Sunbeam Lotus taken at British Telecom in 1986
Sutton Park
also Sutton Park 1989
Couldn't shake off the Sunbeams
First car in 1983 at 17 year old.
Escort Mexico in 1984
Sunbeam Lotus taken at British Telecom in 1986
Sutton Park
also Sutton Park 1989
Couldn't shake off the Sunbeams
Harky71 said:
Currently off sick at moment recovering from an operation and now getting very bored. I have read PH for years but never felt need to post. Just came across this brilliant thread and decided to dig out some of my old pictures from the loft. Unfortunately not as exotic as some of the cars on here but happy memories for me all the same.
First car in 1983 at 17 year old.
Escort Mexico in 1984
Sunbeam Lotus taken at British Telecom in 1986
Sutton Park
also Sutton Park 1989
Couldn't shake off the Sunbeams
Hope you get better soon. Perfect, that's what this thread is all about!First car in 1983 at 17 year old.
Escort Mexico in 1984
Sunbeam Lotus taken at British Telecom in 1986
Sutton Park
also Sutton Park 1989
Couldn't shake off the Sunbeams
Harky71 said:
Currently off sick at moment recovering from an operation and now getting very bored. I have read PH for years but never felt need to post. Just came across this brilliant thread and decided to dig out some of my old pictures from the loft. Unfortunately not as exotic as some of the cars on here but happy memories for me all the same.
First car in 1983 at 17 year old.
Escort Mexico in 1984
Sunbeam Lotus taken at British Telecom in 1986
Sutton Park
also Sutton Park 1989
Couldn't shake off the Sunbeams
Would that be Sutton Park as in Sutton Coldfield / Streetly area..? There's a freight only stretch of railway line which cuts right through the middle of the park, I work trains along it two or three times a week and just before it gets to Aldridge it crosses the Chester Road, a few hundred yards from the railway bridge there used to be an Alfa Romeo Dealer which also dealt in various other Italian exotics. Complete and utter trivia I know, but every time I cross over that road I think of all those fabulous cars which would have passed along it back in the 60s and 70s.First car in 1983 at 17 year old.
Escort Mexico in 1984
Sunbeam Lotus taken at British Telecom in 1986
Sutton Park
also Sutton Park 1989
Couldn't shake off the Sunbeams
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