A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[P5BNij]

There's some fantastic imagery out there, I just came across these whilst looking for some other period stuff....

Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdink's manager Gordon Mills with his SIII RR Continental Flying Spur, apparently before dipping his toe into showbiz he was a doctor in the Rhonda valley....



And some nice Earls Court motor show stuff from the '60s....





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[Halmyre]

P5BNij said:

There's some fantastic imagery out there, I just came across these whilst looking for some other period stuff....

Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdink's manager Gordon Mills with his SIII RR Continental Flying Spur, apparently before dipping his toe into showbiz he was a doctor in the Rhonda valley....

He could so easily have been presenter of a popular BBC car show.

[Loose_Cannon]

While the bunnies were bent over the bonnet, budding photographers were obviously everywhere.

[Johnspex]

Loose_Cannon said:

While the bunnies were bent over the bonnet, budding photographers were obviously everywhere.

Penthouse Pets rather than Playboy Bunnies, I think.

[Loose_Cannon]

P5BNij said:

There's some fantastic imagery out there

I agree, but would like to understand the business of image banks better. There seems to be vast archives sitting doing practically nothing behind paywalls.

Some appear public-friendly like Shutterstock, where you can buy an image for "personal use" (fnarr fnarr) for a reasonable sum, tens of pounds. Others like Getty have rates so outrageous and terms of use so unfathomable and restrictive I cant understand how magazines and websites bother with them.

[RicksAlfas]

P5BNij said:

The chap looking at the booted beauty on the DBS bonnet appears to have an early iphone.

[Dapster]

bigothunter said:

Getting expensive though. LWB with 150hp diesel has appeal

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/classic_cars.php?c...

Hipsters love a bit of 70's van action so prices are mental



https://classiccarauctions.co.uk/events/2020-aucti...


I notice Gordon Mills/William Woolard has a Renault 16 parked in the background!!

[P5BNij]

RicksAlfas said:

P5BNij said:

The chap looking at the booted beauty on the DBS bonnet appears to have an early iphone.

'Eagle eyed Rick strikes again!'


Earls Court in October '59 with that year's Miss World....

[Bodo]

bigothunter said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

P5BNij said:

A slightly different take on period motorsport stuff, at Barcelona, 1975....



I wonder how many Transits of this period are left now...?

Quite a lot is your answer!

Getting expensive though. LWB with 150hp diesel has appeal

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/classic_cars.php?c...

There's quite a number left in AT/CH/DE with low mileage, garaged all time, and moved twice a year for 40 years - like the example in the ad.



https://www.feuerwehr-daun.de/wp/geschichte/


https://feuerwehr-wettersbach.de/site/historisches...

Background is, almost every village has a voluntary fire brigade which has at least one vehicle and a fire station, starting from the size of a bigger garage. The first vehicle they have in their pool is some kind of van.

Fighting fires has become more of a theoretical mission since telephones are widely available and fire engines (from council services) can travel many villages far in a couple of minutes.

The voluntary fire brigade is more of a social club (besides churches and shooting clubs) where locals meet and Walts are being integrated into society at an early stage.

These vans are used only for training, transporting beer to the Feuerwehr Fest, and helping a cat down a tree once per year. Typical examples are being replaced after 30...40 years not because they are used up, but because they can't find a workshop to keep them repaired. Usually, they have between 10 and 40k km on the odo.

ETA: prices are moderate because so many are available. Depending on type, auction results start at €1.5k and go up to 12k for a mint VW Bus Syncro. Here's a Tran for €5k https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id...

Edited by Bodo on Tuesday 26th January 16:34

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Whenever I come across a Mk1 Transit Haynes manual it pretty much always sells straight away. I take that as a sign that there are still plenty about.

[aeropilot]

bigothunter said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

P5BNij said:

A slightly different take on period motorsport stuff, at Barcelona, 1975....



I wonder how many Transits of this period are left now...?

Quite a lot is your answer!

Getting expensive though. LWB with 150hp diesel has appeal

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/classic_cars.php?c...

Love that low mileage LWB LHD ex-fire van.

As the ad says, that's ripe for a Boreham style conversion into a period service barge.....just needs an Essex V6 and the 4-spd + overdrive gearbox from a Mk.IV Zodiac. (that may not be easy to find though)

[P5BNij]

We had a few at Old Oak depot in the '80s for shuttling back and forth to Paddington every hour or so....

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

That'll be a MK 2

[Escort3500]

Thread deviation. The Mk ll Transit was notorious for rust. My Mk ll was no exception

[bigothunter]

P5BNij said:

We had a few at Old Oak depot in the '80s for shuttling back and forth to Paddington every hour or so....

Fairly sure LWB had the option of steel or rubber rear wheel arch extensions. Van in the photo appears to have rubber ones.

[bigothunter]

Dapster said:

Hipsters love a bit of 70's van action so prices are mental



https://classiccarauctions.co.uk/events/2020-aucti...

Simple, functional, tough but absolutely brilliant. Revolutionised the van market. Seems we have lost our way since then

[P5BNij]

bigothunter said:

P5BNij said:

We had a few at Old Oak depot in the '80s for shuttling back and forth to Paddington every hour or so....

Fairly sure LWB had the option of steel or rubber rear wheel arch extensions. Van in the photo appears to have rubber ones.

It needed them the way the chap in the photo drove it (his nickname was 'side saddle'), he scraped a fair bit of the armco on the A40(M) sometimes!

[bigothunter]

Escort3500 said:

Thread deviation. The Mk ll Transit was notorious for rust. My Mk ll was no exception

My MK2 SWB had several rust holes at 11 years old. But vans in daily commercial use were worn out before then anyway.

[21st Century Man]

It's been yonks since I saw an old Transit, even a 2nd gen, let alone a mki or mkii. Ditto LDV 400's or Convoys.

[Mr lestat]

Escort3500 said:

Thread deviation. The Mk ll Transit was notorious for rust. My Mk ll was no exception

Yes indeed, that looks a bit ropey along the bottom of the doors and the sill area.