A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[LargeRed]

Escort3500 said:

They wheels on the Jensen do look quite wide and the rims more dished than the standard steel ones, so I suspect you're right. Wolfrace were one of the main alloys of choice during this era

..... and Thrush chrome exhaust along the sill .......................those were the days............

[forsure]

TarquinMX5 said:

A very early P5 (fitted with the plastic wind-deflectors but no quarter-lights).

Is it a Simca between the Morris 1000 and Jag?

Yes, Simca 1000. Had my driving lessons and test in one of those.

[Escort3500]

forsure said:

TarquinMX5 said:

A very early P5 (fitted with the plastic wind-deflectors but no quarter-lights).

Is it a Simca between the Morris 1000 and Jag?

Yes, Simca 1000. Had my driving lessons and test in one of those.

And with the later square rear lights

[LargeRed]

forsure said:

Yes, Simca 1000. Had my driving lessons and test in one of those.

Me too, it was my fathers. He had the 1200cc engine and with box square rear lamps. went like a rocket. Well I was only 17.

[P5BNij]

Woodstock in Oxfordshire, early 1974....



I reckon the European car half way along with it's back end sticking out is a Lancia Fulvia saloon.

[TarquinMX5]

I think you're correct; what's to its left, Humber Hawk?

These pictures from the 70s show how few 'foreign' cars there were then; now it would be Audis, BMWs and Mercs. Quite a change.

[Tyre Smoke]

And to the left of the 'Hawk'?

[Huntsman]

williamp said:

Gosh isn't it just. So come on then:

Ghibli
Daytona
DBS V8
V12 e type

What would you have chosen for bombing between girlfriends bedrooms on the Cote d azure back in 69???

Monteverdi.

[RATATTAK]

Tyre Smoke said:

And to the left of the 'Hawk'?

Farina A40 ?

[Tyre Smoke]

Could be, but the headlights look wrong. That could just be a trick of the camera or optical illusion I suppose.

[finlo]

ADO 16 Austin/Morris 1100/1300?

[RATATTAK]

Tyre Smoke said:

Could be, but the headlights look wrong. That could just be a trick of the camera or optical illusion I suppose.

Found one without the chrome headlights

[Tyre Smoke]

Yep. That's it isn't it?

[finlo]

Pretty sure it's a two door 1100 take a look at the forward leaning b pillar.

[RATATTAK]

finlo said:

Pretty sure it's a two door 1100 take a look at the forward leaning b pillar.

Yep I thought that as well so not sure

[Tyre Smoke]

Agree. The camera is making the lights look like they are pointing slightly skyward. But I think that is the chrome surrounds doing something weird optically.

[RichB]

Tyre Smoke said:

And to the left of the 'Hawk'?

Which image are you all talking about?

[Tyre Smoke]

Between the beige Marina and what we think to be a nose in Lancia, there are three cars. One is clearly a nose in 1100/1300 Austin. Then there is another car which we agree now is another Austin, but the headlights look weird and then a nose in Humber Hawk before the Lancia.

[Dan Singh]

RATATTAK said:

finlo said:

Pretty sure it's a two door 1100 take a look at the forward leaning b pillar.

Yep I thought that as well so not sure

Looks like a 2 door 11/1300 to me on the basis of the above, the flare on the wheel arch and the indicator position.

[Gareth1974]

Birmingham Moor Street station