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Rugby Cattle Market in the '50s....
Her Maj leaving the old AEI Works at Rugby in 1967, almost everything in the background has now gone...
Rugby town centre in the mid to late '70s, the S-Type Jag and Pug estate are likely long gone, the car park behind them is now the site of the town's gyratory system....
Her Maj leaving the old AEI Works at Rugby in 1967, almost everything in the background has now gone...
Rugby town centre in the mid to late '70s, the S-Type Jag and Pug estate are likely long gone, the car park behind them is now the site of the town's gyratory system....
Strange little car, partly obscured, woman in frame - oh no not this again!
Brilliant guess, I think you have in mind the Fairthorpe GT above rather than the Tripper (which was a beach buggy-esque thing).
However I dont think this is it, and I cant recall Fairthorpe making a convertibe version?
Loose_Cannon said:
Strange little car, partly obscured, woman in frame - oh no not this again!
Brilliant guess, I think you have in mind the Fairthorpe GT above rather than the Tripper (which was a beach buggy-esque thing).
However I dont think this is it, and I cant recall Fairthorpe making a convertibe version?
http://www.classic-kitcars.com/classic-kitcar-deta...
Edited by Halmyre on Thursday 9th January 13:05
Leicester Road in Rugby, 1970s...
Not a brilliant one this but nice all the same, a pair of Mk1 Escorts and the tail end of a Rover P5 3-litre poking out of a driveway in Maple Grove, Rugby in the '70s...
At one time, c.1995 / 96, there no less than seven P5B Coupes rotting away on driveways in and around Rugby (I attempted unsuccessfully to buy two of them) within a couple of years they'd all disappeared. All but one were outside bungalows in parts of town mostly populated by retired folk, I'd wager the owner's had shuttled off this mortal coil and their respective widows just left the cars to stagnate until they were considered beyond saving. One in particular ended up in a similar state as that well known Vignale built Jensen Interceptor in Walcote village, near Lutterworth, which broke its back and pretty much had to be scraped off the pavement with a shovel. This was when a good one with a decent bit of MOT left on it was only about £4000. Although only a small volume car with just 9,018 P5B Coupes built, a surprisingly large number have survived, very likely because of the kind of people who bought them new between '67 and '73, retiring company director types who treated themselves to a proper gentlemen's carriage to see out their twilight years of motoring. Many of these will have been passed down through the family ensuring a good number of them are still around.
Not a brilliant one this but nice all the same, a pair of Mk1 Escorts and the tail end of a Rover P5 3-litre poking out of a driveway in Maple Grove, Rugby in the '70s...
At one time, c.1995 / 96, there no less than seven P5B Coupes rotting away on driveways in and around Rugby (I attempted unsuccessfully to buy two of them) within a couple of years they'd all disappeared. All but one were outside bungalows in parts of town mostly populated by retired folk, I'd wager the owner's had shuttled off this mortal coil and their respective widows just left the cars to stagnate until they were considered beyond saving. One in particular ended up in a similar state as that well known Vignale built Jensen Interceptor in Walcote village, near Lutterworth, which broke its back and pretty much had to be scraped off the pavement with a shovel. This was when a good one with a decent bit of MOT left on it was only about £4000. Although only a small volume car with just 9,018 P5B Coupes built, a surprisingly large number have survived, very likely because of the kind of people who bought them new between '67 and '73, retiring company director types who treated themselves to a proper gentlemen's carriage to see out their twilight years of motoring. Many of these will have been passed down through the family ensuring a good number of them are still around.
Halmyre said:
A Fairthorpe TX-1? External door hinges and soft top.
http://www.classic-kitcars.com/classic-kitcar-deta...
Well found!! I expect the TXB registration means it belonged to Torix Bennett. I'm remembering that he designed some sort of variable camber suspension for the GT.http://www.classic-kitcars.com/classic-kitcar-deta...
Edited by Halmyre on Thursday 9th January 13:05
Halmyre, thanks, you genius!
Never seen this car before ... and I was alive in the '60s too ... wonder how many they made ... ?
Strange little car, partly obscured, woman in frame - oh no not this again!
Brilliant guess, I think you have in mind the Fairthorpe GT above rather than the Tripper (which was a beach buggy-esque thing).
However I dont think this is it, and I cant recall Fairthorpe making a convertibe version? A Fairthorpe TX-1? External door hinges and soft top.
http://www.classic-kitcars.com/classic-kitcar-deta...
Never seen this car before ... and I was alive in the '60s too ... wonder how many they made ... ?
Halmyre said:
Loose_Cannon said:
Strange little car, partly obscured, woman in frame - oh no not this again!
Brilliant guess, I think you have in mind the Fairthorpe GT above rather than the Tripper (which was a beach buggy-esque thing).
However I dont think this is it, and I cant recall Fairthorpe making a convertibe version?
http://www.classic-kitcars.com/classic-kitcar-deta...
Edited by Halmyre on Thursday 9th January 13:05
Kettmark said:
I'm on the phone to the RSPCA. Look at your poor dogs face in the back of that Maxi.
Someone add a caption please.
LOL!Someone add a caption please.
Honey loves riding in and going to shows with my cars.
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[/url]Edited by keeef on Thursday 9th January 16:08
Edited by keeef on Thursday 9th January 16:10
Kettmark said:
keeef said:
Even the one that had sat outside for 15 years wasn't too bad. :-
image by keef, on Flickr
I'm on the phone to the RSPCA. Look at your poor dogs face in the back of that Maxi.image by keef, on FlickrEdited by keeef on Monday 30th December 17:58
Someone add a caption please.
I was going to post this card here and ask if anyone knew about the '02 Turbo...........
High Street, Grantham old postcard mid 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
But happily one of my Flickr contacts gave me a link to some images of it on this PH thread: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
It was road tested by Autocar when new. Presumably just complete chance that it ended up caught on this postcard.
High Street, Grantham old postcard mid 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
But happily one of my Flickr contacts gave me a link to some images of it on this PH thread: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
It was road tested by Autocar when new. Presumably just complete chance that it ended up caught on this postcard.
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