A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[hidetheelephants]

The Nova kit car had a similar clamshell.

[daqinggregg]

Not too sure on the date (around 58)



Image caption translation; Havana. Gran Prix Cuba a few weeks before Batista's escape

[bigothunter]

daqinggregg said:

Not too sure on the date (around 58)



Image caption translation; Havana. Gran Prix Cuba a few weeks before Batista's escape

[daqinggregg]

There seems to be rather a lot of Mazda’s, row 3 Jeep Wagoneer, flanked by a couple of Mazda’s, to the right a Ford Bronco.

Turing left at the T-Junction Citroen Traction Avant, row 2 a MG Midget.

Row 2.5, light blue Toyota Crown, in front of the main door to the office building a Renault Dauphine.

[Composer62]

hidetheelephants said:

The Nova kit car had a similar clamshell.

it did indeed, though the roof on the Nova opened forwards.

[Dapster]

daqinggregg said:

There seems to be rather a lot of Mazda’s, row 3 Jeep Wagoneer, flanked by a couple of Mazda’s, to the right a Ford Bronco.

Turing left at the T-Junction Citroen Traction Avant, row 2 a MG Midget.

Row 2.5, light blue Toyota Crown, in front of the main door to the office building a Renault Dauphine.

Couple of Peugeots too - white 404 turning right, next to the Traction Avant, and an early 204, also white, far right of frame?

[gt40steve]

GTRene said:

Chevrolet Corvair Monza GT

designed by Larry Shinoda and Tony Lapine in 1962

had such strange roof/door like many years later also a certain kit-kar had, forgot that name.











don't look at the crazy ugly looking opening headlight system, what did I just said, don't look



this picture/ad looks a bit like that horror movie, "the car" advertisement

One of the Ford GT(40) proposals was similar.

[Milkyway]

Inspirations for the Bond Bug

[5 In a Row]

hidetheelephants said:

The Nova kit car had a similar clamshell.

I saw something very similar to a Nova kit car in Dundee a couple of weeks ago.
If anything it was slightly more angular. Any ideas what it was?

[GTRene]

hidetheelephants said:

The Nova kit car had a similar clamshell.

ah yes, thats the one I had in mind

[GTRene]

gt40steve said:

One of the Ford GT(40) proposals was similar.

ah, nice spot, looks good.

wonder if some still have such idea, I believe I've seen some, ah looked some up, and there are more, but I guess most are just concepts or low volume.

here such Nova looked better in my mind...







this one looks pretty modern

[GTRene]

btw, now 20 or 21 inch and so on are big wheels, but it all has been done before



from that to the future... back then.

[aeropilot]

GTRene said:

this one looks pretty modern

That's the Saab Aero-X concept car from around 2005/06.

[GTRene]

aeropilot said:

GTRene said:

this one looks pretty modern

That's the Saab Aero-X concept car from around 2005/06.

thanks, looks pretty good, and almost 20 years ago, so hm, I thought younger, looks still modern and I see now in closed form a bit like a Chrysler Crossfire

[r5kdt]

daqinggregg said:

aeropilot said:

Almost certainly wonderful Kodachrome slide film in a 35mm camera.

They scan to digital very well on a high quality scanner with the right kit to do it.

Apologies ‘aeropilot’ I have little knowledge about photography, but it would appear the images were taken with this.

Great camera, i started out with one and then moved on to the F3 in the 80's 6 frames a second with the motordrive

[sidewinder500]

gt40steve said:

GTRene said:

Chevrolet Corvair Monza GT

designed by Larry Shinoda and Tony Lapine in 1962

had such strange roof/door like many years later also a certain kit-kar had, forgot that name.











don't look at the crazy ugly looking opening headlight system, what did I just said, don't look



this picture/ad looks a bit like that horror movie, "the car" advertisement

Anatole 'Tony' Lapine went from that to some fame with Porsche, and his masterwork, the 928, was actually inspired by another GM showcar, the Chevrolet Testudo (which was drawn by Giugaro while working for Bertone in 62/63), every day is a school day, didn't know that...
When you see the pics of the Testudo, you can clearly see its lineage for the 928, some 10 years earlier

[dandarez]

What's that old record? Some guys have all the...

apologies if there's a moire effect, it's an old scanned ready for print pic.

[GTRene]

nice one, lovely car and the one in the front does looks not bad, I guess back then, wonder how now

[GTRene]

Triumph Italia

[GTRene]

just came across a Ginetta G4 ad with some old pictures of that car for S









it had some fun in its days I guess.