How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[SystemParanoia]

ATTAK Z said:

manorcom said:

A few more factory pics:
Browns Lane Jaguar 1966

Ahhh ... don't you just love those thin whitewalls and chrome wires on a dark blue E-Type ?

Never mind that.. someone needs to find a bloody broom!!

[theadman]

Browns Lane, mid '60s maybe...


I think that would be 1961 - all the cars have outside bonnet locks. I'm not sure how many outside lock cars were built but I suspect that 54 you can see represent a good chunk of the production.

[RichB]

theadman said:

Browns Lane, mid '60s maybe...


I think that would be 1961 - all the cars have outside bonnet locks. I'm not sure how many outside lock cars were built but I suspect that 54 you can see represent a good chunk of the production.

Just what you'd want to see if you were a customer, your new E-Type sitting on parade outside in the pouring rain!

[Hitch]

That was PDI. Just making sure that the rain got into all of the right places to get the rust going good and early!

[RichB]

Hitch said:

That was PDI. Just making sure that the rain got into all of the right places to get the rust going good and early!

[manorcom]

Nice pic of a Lotus from the 1963 Motor Show:


A Pic I found ages ago, I think it is an Alan Mann Racing Saloon:

Edited by manorcom on Friday 21st October 03:24

[nicanary]

1962 Brands Hatch International 6-hour race. Car #25 was a Ford Anglia 1200 Super entered by Andrews Garage (Southwick) Ltd and driven by Alan Mann and Tony Hegbourne.

The board claims 2nd in class - the main opposition was another Anglia driven by Anita Taylor and Peter Arundell, and an MG 1100 driven by Alan Foster and Andrew Hedges, so I reckon one of those two won the class.

[Notwen]

Stockport, the Bus Station stands there now.

[Damp Logs]

T N Robinson -Electrical Wholesalers- still there
That's building hasn't changed one bit😀

[wildone63]

P5BNij said:

Lovely '60s TVR photo shoot...

That could easily be Bodie & Doyle from The Proffesionals tv series about 10 year before they became famous.

[manorcom]

That TVR is still under a SORN. So awaiting restoration?

And now for something completely different:

[eccles]

Not sure that last pic is exactly in the spirit of the thread...

[manorcom]

I wasn't thinking of the Spitfire in the picture. I was looking at the bowser truck, thinking of what people would think of it if one turned up at a Classic Car show today.
It looks to be very aerodynamic for its purpose and I bet a hoot to drive?

[Matt]

[quote=manorcom]That TVR is still under a SORN. So awaiting restoration?

Yes, it is undergoing a (slow) restoration.

Matt

[williamp]

manorcom said:

I wasn't thinking of the Spitfire in the picture. I was looking at the bowser truck, thinking of what people would think of it if one turned up at a Classic Car show today.
It looks to be very aerodynamic for its purpose and I bet a hoot to drive?

yes but it's a modern photo, not a period photo. And that bowser is a modern invention, not an original WW2 era bowser. Probably made by some hipster somewhere...

[aeropilot]

williamp said:

And that bowser is a modern invention, not an original WW2 era bowser. Probably made by some hipster somewhere...

No it's not, it's a pre-war civilian fuel and oil combination bowser, many of which were pressed into service with the RAF early in the war to meet the needs of a service that was lacking equipment.
(that actual one maybe indeed a modern reproduction, but it's of a genuine type used in the early war period)

[lesstatt]

However it still isn't correct for this thread, old period pictures only, not pictures of things that are old

[Hugo a Gogo]

Notwen said:

Stockport, the Bus Station stands there now.

I do like a nice Bristol LH

[The Don of Croy]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Notwen said:

Stockport, the Bus Station stands there now.

I do like a nice Bristol LH

Two of them, better still...

[aeropilot]

D-Type Jag taking part in Pikes peak Hillclimb perhaps.....???

I wonder which one and when...??