A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

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mehere

309 posts

149 months

Tuesday 31st October 2023
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Penny Whistle said:
Do you not think you should at the very least credit the photographer, who explicitly asks people not to steal his images ?
Of course, but it's me one and the same smile .

Although 'have now removed from the ''other place'' since I discovered that they have already been ''stolen'' so bleah to that.

eccles

13,747 posts

224 months

Tuesday 31st October 2023
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aeropilot said:
gt40steve said:
mehere said:
Obviously a very hot day.... smile


What's the newest car we can see, the Escort estate? So 1968 onwards?
I'd go for 1969.

No Mk3 Cortina's, or Marina, Maxi etc., so summer of '69 is my guess.
Is that a dark green Marina on the slip road, next to the white HA Viva?

Actually, scrub that, it looks like another Viva.

Penny Whistle

5,783 posts

172 months

Tuesday 31st October 2023
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mehere said:
Penny Whistle said:
Do you not think you should at the very least credit the photographer, who explicitly asks people not to steal his images ?
Of course, but it's me one and the same smile .

Although 'have now removed from the ''other place'' since I discovered that they have already been ''stolen'' so bleah to that.
My apologies.

mehere

309 posts

149 months

Tuesday 31st October 2023
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Penny Whistle said:
My apologies.
No problem - I , perhaps, should have explained before smile

Mr Tidy

22,727 posts

129 months

Tuesday 31st October 2023
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2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
Oh, when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
One of Bryan Adams' good ones. thumbup

The Don of Croy

6,014 posts

161 months

Wednesday 1st November 2023
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mehere said:
Obviously a very hot day.... smile


I'm liking the attitude of the people top left of image walking along the line painted to mark the 'fast lane' boundary heading t'other way. There's three of them I think, must have made driving past at 70+ interesting.

Where is it, M1?

aeropilot

34,925 posts

229 months

Wednesday 1st November 2023
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The Don of Croy said:
mehere said:
Obviously a very hot day.... smile


I'm liking the attitude of the people top left of image walking along the line painted to mark the 'fast lane' boundary heading t'other way. There's three of them I think, must have made driving past at 70+ interesting.

Where is it, M1?
No idea, some one must know.........my guess would be M5 heading down to the south west?

NomduJour

19,198 posts

261 months

Wednesday 1st November 2023
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Think it’s Strensham on the M5.

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,303 posts

237 months

Wednesday 1st November 2023
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NomduJour said:
Think it’s Strensham on the M5.
Looks more like Leicester Forest East to me? Does Strenshsham straddle the motorway?

NomduJour

19,198 posts

261 months

Wednesday 1st November 2023
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It was demolished when the M5 was widened.

NomduJour

19,198 posts

261 months

Wednesday 1st November 2023
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mehere

309 posts

149 months

Wednesday 1st November 2023
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NomduJour said:
Think it’s Strensham on the M5.
Yes, Strensham M5 - most of this old NB site is now a Maintenance depot.

Here it is being built :-


2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,303 posts

237 months

Wednesday 1st November 2023
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NomduJour said:
It was demolished when the M5 was widened.
thumbup

Dapster

7,035 posts

182 months

Wednesday 1st November 2023
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NomduJour said:
Assuming that Dave's late for a sales call in Bristol and maxxing out his brand new Cav with a sunroof, that pic must be 30 years old. Also the pre-facelift Renault 5 giving it some must have been a rare sight even then

I-am-the-reverend

693 posts

37 months

Thursday 2nd November 2023
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eccles said:
aeropilot said:
gt40steve said:
mehere said:
Obviously a very hot day.... smile


What's the newest car we can see, the Escort estate? So 1968 onwards?
I'd go for 1969.

No Mk3 Cortina's, or Marina, Maxi etc., so summer of '69 is my guess.
Is that a dark green Marina on the slip road, next to the white HA Viva?

Actually, scrub that, it looks like another Viva.
The Marina arrived in spring 1971 and you couldn't actually buy a Mark III Cortina until about the same time due to the huge Dagenham strike - there were very few about in 1970. I'd say the latest it could be is early-mid 1971.

Some of my old cars there - a Trafalgar blue MG1300 Mark II 2 door and a very early (1959) 105E Anglia Deluxe in Morocco beige.

mehere

309 posts

149 months

Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Dapster said:
Assuming that Dave's late for a sales call in Bristol and maxxing out his brand new Cav with a sunroof, that pic must be 30 years old.
Dave will be even later - as he is heading for Birmingham !

Widening here was 1991-1994.

PomBstard

6,848 posts

244 months

Friday 3rd November 2023
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Also nearly 30 years ago, from Wheels June 94…

EB110 going across some bridge and parked opposite some building or whatever…




The Don of Croy

6,014 posts

161 months

Friday 3rd November 2023
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PomBstard said:
Also nearly 30 years ago, from Wheels June 94…

EB110 going across some bridge and parked opposite some building or whatever…
Is it the Dorman Long bridge?

Mark_Blanchard

764 posts

257 months

Friday 3rd November 2023
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Took these shots of the Bulldog and Lagonda on a day trip to London,1984.




NomduJour

19,198 posts

261 months

Friday 3rd November 2023
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Lagonda is on Prince Consort Road, but where’s the Bulldog?