A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[nicanary]

some bloke said:

Small town NZ in mid 80s - a pretty normal mix of British, Aussie and Japanese cars.

if that's small town, how wide are the roads in big town?

[Jordie Barretts sock]

Huge!

[hidetheelephants]

daqinggregg said:

What is the light coloured convertible, behind the blue Porsche 356?

Good question; WTF is it?

[RichB]

hidetheelephants said:

daqinggregg said:

What is the light coloured convertible, behind the blue Porsche 356?

Good question; WTF is it?

It's a 'de-bumpered' Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider.

[bigothunter]

RichB said:

hidetheelephants said:

daqinggregg said:

What is the light coloured convertible, behind the blue Porsche 356?

Good question; WTF is it?

It's a 'de-bumpered' Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider.

Windscreen is different. Rear wings appear to have a more curved profile too.

[P5BNij]

kmpowell said:

P5BNij said:

stuff

Off-topic (sort of), but you wouldn't happen to be 'Old Oak Trains' who has recently started on YouTube?

No, not me

[RichB]

bigothunter said:

RichB said:

hidetheelephants said:

daqinggregg said:

What is the light coloured convertible, behind the blue Porsche 356?

Good question; WTF is it?

It's a 'de-bumpered' Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider.

Windscreen is different. Rear wings appear to have a more curved profile too.

Yes on the image I posted but Alfa obviously changed the windscreen. It looks very much like the windscreen on this car.

[hidetheelephants]

That's the prototype as far as I can see, although I'm no Alfa beard. The screen on the production car had quite square ends, unless perhaps the first year had the screen with the rounded ends until they decided it was a pain to make or buyers complained about wind noise etc.?

[swisstoni]

The screen said early Corvette to me. Maybe someone was into a bit of customising.

[aeropilot]

swisstoni said:

The screen said early Corvette to me. Maybe someone was into a bit of customising.

No way is that even a customised early Corvette....too small for a start, let alone the amount of fibreglass reshaping to get to that shape from the rear of any 53-60 vette.

[RichB]

hidetheelephants said:

That's the prototype as far as I can see <clip>

I see what you mean, I can't find any other image with that windscreen.

[swisstoni]

aeropilot said:

swisstoni said:

The screen said early Corvette to me. Maybe someone was into a bit of customising.

No way is that even a customised early Corvette....too small for a start, let alone the amount of fibreglass reshaping to get to that shape from the rear of any 53-60 vette.

I meant that the screen might be from an early Corvette. Not the rest of the car.

[aeropilot]

swisstoni said:

aeropilot said:

swisstoni said:

The screen said early Corvette to me. Maybe someone was into a bit of customising.

No way is that even a customised early Corvette....too small for a start, let alone the amount of fibreglass reshaping to get to that shape from the rear of any 53-60 vette.

I meant that the screen might be from an early Corvette. Not the rest of the car.

Aahhhh....... get you where you're coming from now

[nicanary]

Lancia Aurelia B24 ?

[RichB]

nicanary said:

Lancia Aurelia B24 ?

Well done.

[hidetheelephants]

Chapeau.

[bigothunter]

nicanary said:

Lancia Aurelia B24 ?

[RSTurboPaul]

That looks rather nice.

[some bloke]

nicanary said:

if that's small town, how wide are the roads in big town?

Big enough to turn a cart pulled by 6 oxen.

[daqinggregg]

A few images from Hong Kong, 70's