A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)
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ClaphamGT3 said:
Turbobanana said:
52classic said:
Fair cop on the 309 but I am very surprised that the scene is even later - 1987.
Can I still have my 'one year out' T shirt tho'?
Yes, yes you can. I only knew about the 309 as I used to sell Peugeots. The 216 Vitesse is ace though, isn't it? Pre-facelift though: the later ones (with the better alloys) looked even better.Can I still have my 'one year out' T shirt tho'?
M3DGE said:
Odd. Do you have anything to prove it (do the owners club have records of production dates for Vin numbers, if the paperwork is missing?)
Well, original index mark was an M plate (ROL471M). 
All manufacturer's records were destroyed in a fire unfortunately.
I assumed DVLA would have a record of the original index mark against the private plate?
Edited by keeef on Sunday 19th January 19:55
droopsnoot said:
Yes, I believe it's the date that it was first registered with that registration. I know a chap with a HA Viva that was showing a first registration sometime in the mid-80s, because the plate had been changed. Came to light because he needed to get the date of manufacture added to the V5 in order to get VED exemption.
It's not important with a 1974 vehicle as 1976 is now Historic Vehicle anyway and they do show date of manufacture correctly, but just annoying that it shows up as two years younger than it is. DVLA really need to clarify that date of first registration is not exactly correct. Strangely on my imported Maxi it shows two fields :-
Date of first registration
and
Date of first registration with DVLA
Edited by keeef on Sunday 19th January 20:08
Most folk dream of finding an E type Jag or a Mk1 Ford Escort. I'd like this to have survived in a lockup somewhere :-
https://sainsburyarchive.org.uk/catalogue/search/s...
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Picture is from 1981 in Southampton.
https://sainsburyarchive.org.uk/catalogue/search/s...
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Edited by keeef on Monday 20th January 02:28
Dapster said:
Great spot and you may be right on that. The 5 has a gutter that runs all the way to the rear window which the 7 doesn't.
I think you are both getting carried away, if you look at the proportions relative to the Mini, and the shape of the rear window, it looks to me like an SE model 3 series of the time.Stuart70 said:
I think you are both getting carried away, if you look at the proportions relative to the Mini, and the shape of the rear window, it looks to me like an SE model 3 series of the time.
It's definitely a 7-series - E23.A 4-door 3-series of the time would be an E30. The rear pillar of an E30 is much thinner.
crankshaft said:
Stuart70 said:
I think you are both getting carried away, if you look at the proportions relative to the Mini, and the shape of the rear window, it looks to me like an SE model 3 series of the time.
It's definitely a 7-series - E23.A 4-door 3-series of the time would be an E30. The rear pillar of an E30 is much thinner.
You are spot on. Specsavers is calling me...
Stuart70 said:
Dapster said:
Great spot and you may be right on that. The 5 has a gutter that runs all the way to the rear window which the 7 doesn't.
I think you are both getting carried away, if you look at the proportions relative to the Mini, and the shape of the rear window, it looks to me like an SE model 3 series of the time.Also, the vent on the C pillar of the car in the pic, the 5 and the 7 are all on the trailing edge of the pillar, but not on the 3.
P5BNij said:
neutral 3 said:
Ragtops are different though... odd!
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