A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[Dapster]

Good spot on the Volvo - didn't notice it was a 5 door.

White car looks like a Mk 2 Cortina 2 door.

[Notwen]

Notwen said:

Ahh, summer time on the beach, remember those days when you could go near other people...

There's at least one Mk3 Escort, between the light coloured Mini Clubman Estate(?) and Chrysler Alpine (just to the right of the Landie and the lady by the Fiat)

[Dapster]

Notwen said:

Notwen said:

Ahh, summer time on the beach, remember those days when you could go near other people...

There's at least one Mk3 Escort, between the light coloured Mini Clubman Estate(?) and Chrysler Alpine (just to the right of the Landie and the lady by the Fiat)

I thought so but does it have enough of a notch? Car in the b&w pic seems to have a flatter rear boot but everything else does seem to match up - C pillar etc You'd think there'd be dozens in the picture though....

[Turbobanana]

soxboy said:

Dapster said:

Notwen said:

Ahh, summer time on the beach, remember those days when you could go near other people...

Love that! Could be any summer bank holiday jaunt from my youth - burning hot seats, Mr Whippy on the beach and a mandatory fight with my big sis on the way home!

I think that's a Type 3 Fastback next to the Landy. Maybe a series 1 XJ a few to the right. The Cortina is T and I can't see anything to say it's not summer '79 or '80. The Capri looks pretty battered for a 2 or 3 year old car.

Local Ford dealer has done well!

There's a Volvo 345 which was released in 1980 model year (according to Wikipedia)

Just ahead and to the right of that (beyond the lady walking): Mk3 Escort 3 door? September 1980 if so...

ETA Dammit, beaten to it...

[aeropilot]

Dapster said:

Notwen said:

Notwen said:

Ahh, summer time on the beach, remember those days when you could go near other people...

There's at least one Mk3 Escort, between the light coloured Mini Clubman Estate(?) and Chrysler Alpine (just to the right of the Landie and the lady by the Fiat)

I thought so but does it have enough of a notch? Car in the b&w pic seems to have a flatter rear boot but everything else does seem to match up - C pillar etc You'd think there'd be dozens in the picture though....

Yep, looks like a 3-dr Mk.3 Escort to me.

I reckon photo dates to about 1981/82.

[P5BNij]

Abbey Street Garage in Rugby, taken from the old Great Central railway line embankment, the American cars belong to the family who ran the garage....

[Yertis]

aeropilot said:

Yep, looks like a 3-dr Mk.3 Escort to me.

I reckon photo dates to about 1981/82.

I agree – there was a brief period when the Escort 'Erika' was new, exotic and remarkable (among my little group of friends).

[P5BNij]

On, or rather just off, the A5 at Kilsby c.1960....

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

Abbey Street Garage in Rugby, taken from the old Great Central railway line embankment, the American cars belong to the family who ran the garage....

Obviously a yank car specialist, with the 63/64 Galaxie fastback in the foreground and the Pontiac or Caddy (?) across the road in the background.

[Halmyre]

P5BNij said:

On, or rather just off, the A5 at Kilsby c.1960....

Well, yes sir, strictly speaking you ARE parallel...

[Dapster]

P5BNij said:

Abbey Street Garage in Rugby, taken from the old Great Central railway line embankment, the American cars belong to the family who ran the garage....

Audi 100 C2 and Cav on the forecourt, mk 2 Capri in the showroom. I reckon around '78 ish.

[bigothunter]

P5BNij said:

On, or rather just off, the A5 at Kilsby c.1960....

DRIVER UNDER INSTRUCTION - the air must have turned blue

[bigothunter]

I can't find a 'period' classic films thread so took the liberty of posting this historic video here. I found this footage fascinating - hope you do too (no sound)

[Cliftonite]

droopsnoot said:

P5BNij said:

Thanks, but I was referring to the beach pic that notwen posted above mine

Polzeath, North Cornwall. Probably.

[aeropilot]

bigothunter said:

I can't find a 'period' classic films thread so took the liberty of posting this historic video here. I found this footage fascinating - hope you do too (no sound)

Lovely.

Quite poignant really given it was filmed in Aug 1939, likely just a matter of a few weeks or even days before the start of WW2, so its a rare colour snapshot of the final days of an England that would never be the same again.

[RATATTAK]

aeropilot said:

Lovely.

Quite poignant really given it was filmed in Aug 1939, likely just a matter of a few weeks or even days before the start of WW2, so its a rare colour snapshot of the final days of an England that would never be the same again.

Yeah, note the barrage balloon ...

[Turbobanana]

bigothunter said:

I can't find a 'period' classic films thread so took the liberty of posting this historic video here. I found this footage fascinating - hope you do too (no sound)

Thanks for posting - loved that.

Fascinating to see everyday folk going about their business in a time long before I was born. Always surprises me how much traffic there was then, although I guess this was a major north-south arterial road then.

Loved the fact that the film-maker casually abandons his / her car wherever and makes the traffic go round it...

[aeropilot]

RATATTAK said:

aeropilot said:

Lovely.

Quite poignant really given it was filmed in Aug 1939, likely just a matter of a few weeks or even days before the start of WW2, so its a rare colour snapshot of the final days of an England that would never be the same again.

Yeah, note the barrage balloon ...

And all the black/white and white painted kerb markings, all done prior to impending black-out regulations. We'd been preparing for it for most of the summer, but in the hope it wouldn't happen.

[P5BNij]

Southam, Warwickshire in the '60s....

[bigothunter]

Pleased that Great North Road footage went down well. Here's one from August 1953 for motor sport enthusiasts. Oulton Park is still the best UK circuit IMHO