A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[bigothunter]

Turbobanana said:

I'm sure it isn't one, but don't forget that there was an Ital 2.0HLS auto that "accelerated from 0-60 faster than a SAAB 900 GLS" and was "styled in Turin by ItalDesign".

Original TV ad from 1981 (which lulls you into a false sense of anticipation because it opens with a Maserati Merak):

What an outrageous advert - all about aggressive driving and speed. Incredibly dangerous and non PC. Never get away with that image today

[Turbobanana]

TCEvo said:

Turbobanana said:

john2443 said:

1980s traffic light Grand Prix. It's a fair guess who was 3rd, not sure about P1 and P2!

I'm sure it isn't one, but don't forget that there was an Ital 2.0HLS auto that "accelerated from 0-60 faster than a SAAB 900 GLS" and was "styled in Turin by ItalDesign".

Original TV ad from 1981 (which lulls you into a false sense of anticipation because it opens with a Maserati Merak):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQiBeoK2llc

I assumed that the Ital was likely to be heading left & over Blackfriars so not a contender.

Being Essex biased my money's on the Ford.

The winner certainly won't be what looks like a BR Class 20x DMU on the buffer stops.

[NomduJour]

Turbobanana said:

The winner certainly won't be what looks like a BR Class 20x DMU on the buffer stops.

It’s got a few years to make it across the bridge:

[RichB]

NomduJour said:

Turbobanana said:

The winner certainly won't be what looks like a BR Class 20x DMU on the buffer stops.

It’s got a few years to make it across the bridge:

Is that going in or coming out? That may be my grandad's cafe on corner on the right under the bridge.

[NomduJour]

Heading north from the pub, across the bottom of Ludgate Hill.

[Dapster]

Renault 11 is an E plate so about '87 or later.

[NomduJour]

It’s 1990:

[aeropilot]

bigothunter said:

Dapster said:

The Cav is newer and the pilot is wearing a tie - he's clearly late for a sales meeting in Reading so he'll be in second before Cortina man has even lifted the clutch.

Nah - the Cav is all wheelspin and tyre smoke

Yeah, they had terrible traction off the line, front end used to lift with weight transfer to the rear leaving the fronts spinning for England.
Horrible bloody cars.....

[gt40steve]

P5BNij said:

Thanks

A commercial interlude...

XR3 / XR3i behind the fence above the HA van, so 1980 on, those vans looking their age by then.

[Milkyway]

gt40steve said:

XR3 / XR3i behind the fence above the HA van, so 1980 on, those vans looking their age by then.

WWW.LTD

[gt40steve]

Good morning.

[DickyC]

RichB said:

Hard to believe but my grandma used to make his lunch for him and take it to him from their house in Battersea. Seemed odd, what with him running a cafe. Apparently he would give waifs and strays a hot dinner if they had no money. One day he arrived home with some chap he'd met in the cafe and said he'd be staying until he got back on his feet again. This would have been late 1920s - different time eh?

Lovely story.

[Davyf]

gt40steve said:

XR3 / XR3i behind the fence above the HA van, so 1980 on, those vans looking their age by then.

You must give me the name of your optician, I wish I could see details like that

[gt40steve]

Davyf said:

You must give me the name of your optician, I wish I could see details like that

Black window surrounds & crucially satin Black (tape) on the tailgate around the rear screen.

Quite a distinctive flat roof profile and big windows.
RS1600i & RS Turbo didn't have the black rear screen surround.

[lukeharding]

NomduJour said:

Here’s one sneaking into shot on the right:

I wonder what happened to this one from the NCM auction.

[I-am-the-reverend]

Montythedog said:

I-am-the-reverend said:

Left to right:

Slate green, Crystal green, Nautilus blue.

I should get out more/I'm old.

You choose!

Vauxhall is leaf green. I had an Astra on an A reg same colour

I actually feel better for getting one wrong.

[Milkyway]

lukeharding said:

NomduJour said:

Here’s one sneaking into shot on the right:

I wonder what happened to this one from the NCM auction.

In the early 80’s, the unit next door built these, a big market in Saudis Arabia... Julie Andrews had a convertible made too.
They also chopped the roofs off Daytona’s to make them into convertibles as well.
It was great seeing them in various stages of undress. & then the finished article.
Our company later moved to a new & larger unit. they moved into next door... & soon became Overfinch.
Lovely to see their ‘Rangies’... they also looked after a Rally 6R4 too. We machined a couple of driveshafts for it, as the ‘standard’ ones kept snapping.

Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 10th January 13:55

[NomduJour]

lukeharding said:

I wonder what happened to this one from the NCM auction.

Imagine most buyers put them in the back of the barn and are trying to forget about it, given the prices made.

[5 In a Row]

gt40steve said:

P5BNij said:

Thanks

A commercial interlude...

XR3 / XR3i behind the fence above the HA van, so 1980 on, those vans looking their age by then.

The car to the right of the XR3 looks like a Montego so that'd make it 1984 at the earliest.

[Dapster]

P5BNij said:

Thanks

A commercial interlude...

Possibly the junction with Earl St - totally redeveloped and unrecognisable now. Very expensive real estate.