A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[bigothunter]

Dapster said:

V6 Pushfit said:

I seem to recognise this . N London?

Did a bit of digging. Abbeydale Road, Sheffield. Original photo taken in 1973 -

Much safer now the road is blocked

[JeremyH5]

bigothunter said:

Dapster said:

V6 Pushfit said:

I seem to recognise this . N London?

Did a bit of digging. Abbeydale Road, Sheffield. Original photo taken in 1973 -

Much safer now the road is blocked

Oh well spotted Dapster. I’ve been looking at that photo and thinking I know that place. I even tried street view but it looked different somehow. Thanks for pointing out that I’m not yet too daft

[P5BNij]

'Smallsville' USA, 1966, Chevies and Fords abound...

[PomBstard]

JeremyH5 said:

bigothunter said:

Dapster said:

V6 Pushfit said:

I seem to recognise this . N London?

Did a bit of digging. Abbeydale Road, Sheffield. Original photo taken in 1973 -

Much safer now the road is blocked

Oh well spotted Dapster. I’ve been looking at that photo and thinking I know that place. I even tried street view but it looked different somehow. Thanks for pointing out that I’m not yet too daft

Same here - near the Robin Hood? Lived for a bit just off Abbeydale, closer to Nether Edge

[Escort3500]

Zut alors/merde…

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Escort3500 said:

Zut alors/merde…

Is that Dutch?

[Isimmo]

Escort3500 said:

Zut alors/merde…

Gosh, considerable damage to the Chevy Truck, it’s scratched the paint on the bumper….

[Composer62]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Escort3500 said:

Zut alors/merde…

Is that Dutch?

It looks more like the truck belongs to someone from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with a name like that

[bigothunter]

Isimmo said:

Escort3500 said:

Zut alors/merde…

Gosh, considerable damage to the Chevy Truck, it’s scratched the paint on the bumper….

Whereas the 2CV folded like a tin can

[dandarez]

Escort3500 said:

Zut alors/merde…

My French is st, but here goes...

Oh la vache!

La pare-brise
2CV(ere) you are going.

[P5BNij]

I posted this one in an earlier volume but as it's the fifty eighth anniversary of the Mustang's launch I thought it deserved another airing - this car was sold to 22 year old teacher Gail Brown (now Wise) on 17/4/64 and she still owns it...

[DickyC]

Just found these in my bits and bobs. Taken in Bamford & Martin's works in Chelsea, where the first eighty or so Aston Martins were built.







Prototype / Team Car / Chassis B2? Possibly all three. Broken up in 1936.

Points for the name of the road.

[moffspeed]

Henniker Mews ??

[DickyC]

moffspeed said:

Henniker Mews ??

Ten points.

IIRC developers had a go at renaming it Vantage Place or somesuch, but I can't find any reference to it.

[Dapster]

P5BNij said:

I posted this one in an earlier volume but as it's the fifty eighth anniversary of the Mustang's launch I thought it deserved another airing - this car was sold to 22 year old teacher Gail Brown (now Wise) on 17/4/64 and she still owns it...

Indeed she does!



https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/img/za/en...

[NomduJour]

DickyC said:

Ten points.

IIRC developers had a go at renaming it Vantage Place or somesuch, but I can't find any reference to it.

That’s the development behind 53 Abingdon Road:

[DickyC]

NomduJour said:

DickyC said:

Ten points.

IIRC developers had a go at renaming it Vantage Place or somesuch, but I can't find any reference to it.

That’s the development behind 53 Abingdon Road:

Thanks, NdJ. I had never been able to fathom that out.

[P5BNij]

Dapster said:

P5BNij said:

I posted this one in an earlier volume but as it's the fifty eighth anniversary of the Mustang's launch I thought it deserved another airing - this car was sold to 22 year old teacher Gail Brown (now Wise) on 17/4/64 and she still owns it...

Indeed she does!



https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/img/za/en...

And the first one built was bought by a Canadian pilot...

[Escort3500]

Meanwhile, back in Blighty, other Ford owners weren’t so careful

[dandarez]

DickyC said:

moffspeed said:

Henniker Mews ??

Ten points.

IIRC developers had a go at renaming it Vantage Place or somesuch, but I can't find any reference to it.

Aston started there (Henniker Mews) in 1913 if I have my yrs right.

11 yrs earlier and another famous Brit roaming the back roads of a south coast town.

'Smile love, we're on camera.'