How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[STO]

Love the Victor? or is it Magnum. Hot rod in the first pic all it needs is a 10ft CB ariel.

[aeropilot]

STO said:

Love the Victor? or is it Magnum. Hot rod in the first pic all it needs is a 10ft CB ariel.

Victor FD

[sun.and.rain]

Love the "then and now" pics above.

The FD Victor (could be a 3.3 Ventora) custom car has "Loose Lady" signwritten on the front of the bonnet - from the days when custom cars were given names. I may have more pics of it somewhere in a pile of late 70s/early 80s custom car magazines (unless my parents have cleared their loft and thrown them away in the past 30 years).

I've known a few loose ladies in my time but does anyone know more / remember this one?

[manorcom]

Carpark in Birmingham....1950's:

[RichB]

Interesting photo, YMCA car parks?

Anyway, funny how we all moan that cars all look the same these days, yet look at the backs of those ranks of cars, nearly all black and nearly all the same! Oh and aren't they parked well...

[williamp]

Oooh, another great photo! I'll start:

White car, second row between the SS Jaguar and Morris. Reg JLH900. Sloping grill, but its not a Triumph Gloria, which is the only thing I can think of which is similar

And a lovely Riley in the third row.

[aeropilot]

manorcom said:

Carpark in Birmingham....1950's:

I would say more like 1950 itself....rather than in the 1950's....judging by the cars in that photo???

[uk66fastback]

Agreed, VERY early 50s ...

[forsure]

williamp said:

Oooh, another great photo! I'll start:

White car, second row between the SS Jaguar and Morris. Reg JLH900. Sloping grill, but its not a Triumph Gloria, which is the only thing I can think of which is similar

And a lovely Riley in the third row.

I'd say it's a Standard 14 c1948.

The Riley looks like a 1936/7 Kestrel.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

manorcom said:

Carpark in Birmingham....1950's:

Apart from the few at the front...aren't the cars so well lined up facing the same way in each row. Looks almost more like a depot than a car park.

[TR4man]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

manorcom said:

Carpark in Birmingham....1950's:

Apart from the few at the front...aren't the cars so well lined up facing the same way in each row. Looks almost more like a depot than a car park.

Although when I passed my test in 1977, I was taught to always reverse into a parking space - they are not taught that now!

[Sardonicus]

That was probably a key hand over thing at the gate even then people were not that considerate at parking cool pics people

[manorcom]

Old Birmingham Railway station used as a car park 1970's

[Number 5]

manorcom said:

Old Birmingham Railway station used as a car park 1970's

Fascinating

[RichB]

manorcom said:

Old Birmingham Railway station used as a car park 1970's

Snow Hill?

[dryden]

[quote=manorcom]Old Birmingham Railway station used as a car park 1970's

Interesting.... I do not see any foreign cars !

[williamp]

The usual backstreet second hand car dealer in 1971:



A Bullet proof Mercedes770 staff car (original)
W154 race car (original)
1.5 litre supercharged Targa Florio (original)
38/250 (very) original with 4500 miles from new.

[nicanary]

williamp said:

The usual backstreet second hand car dealer in 1971:



A Bullet proof Mercedes770 staff car (original)
W154 race car (original)
1.5 litre supercharged Targa Florio (original)
38/250 (very) original with 4500 miles from new.

It's a W125, but that's nit-picking. Are those Colin Crabbe's old premises? There's a book due out very soon about Crabbe and his life of cars - he was a bona fide Grand Prix entrant at one point. A larger than life man.

[P5BNij]

RichB said:

manorcom said:

Old Birmingham Railway station used as a car park 1970's

Snow Hill?

Yes - the last service from there ran in '72 and it was used as a car park until it was completely demolished in '77. Ten years later a new station was built on the same site. I was watching an episode of 'The Protectors' the other day which was filmed there in '72!

[williamp]

nicanary said:

williamp said:

The usual backstreet second hand car dealer in 1971:



A Bullet proof Mercedes770 staff car (original)
W154 race car (original)
1.5 litre supercharged Targa Florio (original)
38/250 (very) original with 4500 miles from new.

It's a W125, but that's nit-picking. Are those Colin Crabbe's old premises? There's a book due out very soon about Crabbe and his life of cars - he was a bona fide Grand Prix entrant at one point. A larger than life man.

Yes I got it from his books facebook page. It promises to bea great read..