A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[Dapster]

velocemitch said:

The seats look like the unique bat wings only used on the series 1.

Quotes like this remind me why this is the best thread on the best forum on the internet!

[vetrof]

Dapster said:

....... though strangely no VWs.

.......

Not a Mk 1 Golf top left? Thought it was an Imp at first, but looks too big, and obviously isn't when zoomed in.

[Dapster]

vetrof said:

Dapster said:

....... though strangely no VWs.

.......

Not a Mk 1 Golf top left? Thought it was an Imp at first, but looks too big, and obviously isn't when zoomed in.

Very early pre facelift Peugeot 104 I thought

[vetrof]

I think you're right. Trim above the number plate clinches it.

[The Don of Croy]

CRA1G said:

aeropilot said:

daqinggregg said:

Great picture Dapster, is that a Fiat 131 Supermirafiori to the left of the Scimitar?

Yep, looks like a 131 Supermirafiori to me.

I remember the 131 supermirafiori very well indeed....! Not long after passing my test when I was 17 i borrowed my dad's T reg Estate one night with my girlfriend after dropping her off on my way home I rolled it down an embankment and wrote it off. .... I walked away with a headache...

Likewise my dad had a 131Supermirafiori saloon we kept for 5+ years, by when the tin worm had really got established. Good car to drive, even as an auto, and luxury velour seats. AKM875T.

I didn’t know the Super came in estate form - I thought that was the Mirafiori?

[velocemitch]

131 Mirafiori popped up for sale on my Facebook feed yesterday.
Looked like a bargain too.
Typically for Facebook I can’t find it now.

[JeremyH5]

aeropilot said:

I think you've lost a decade there.....

I did rather, didn’t I? Sorry

[Venisonpie]

aeropilot said:

daqinggregg said:

Great picture Dapster, is that a Fiat 131 Supermirafiori to the left of the Scimitar?

Yep, looks like a 131 Supermirafiori to me.

I wonder if it might be a 131 1300 rather than a supermirafiori. The rear screen trim looks chrome and I think the supermirafiori's had black surrounding trim. The wheels look narrower than the alloys from a super too.

[TCEvo]

High Street, Ingatestone, Essex; circa mid-1991.

Citroen AX GT & Toyota Celica parked outside the Co-Op. Range Rover a bit further up. Outside chance that the policeman in the helmet's my mates dad.

[vixen1700]

That was the time I lived with my ex down the road in Mountnessing.

Used to go jet-skiing in Ingatestone.

[TCEvo]

vixen1700 said:

That was the time I lived with my ex down the road in Mountnessing.

Used to go jet-skiing in Ingatestone.

Small world - I know where that (jet skiing) would've been.

[williamp]

Lancia delta behind the Golf?

And, if course the Montego Countryman..

[Dapster]

williamp said:

Lancia delta behind the Golf?

And, if course the Montego Countryman..

Looks like a Peugeot 305 Estate behind the Golf and what a great looking car the Mk2 Granada was, especially in the "considerably richer than yaw" Ghia X trim which this one looks like it is. Essex royalty right there in the Range Rover!

Smal world indeed. I spent 5 happy years living 2 miles from there in Stock; great driving roads around there, brilliant village pubs, beautiful villages, fast train to London. What's not to like?

Edited by Dapster on Sunday 12th July 14:05

[loafer123]

Is that the back of a red Toyota Celica on the right?

[The Don of Croy]

loafer123 said:

Is that the back of a red Toyota Celica on the right?

Looks like it.

Nice area - my Ford Friend lives just up the A12 near Witham and he would have been past here twice a day at 90mph (traffic allowing) in his XR4x4 cheap lease.

He’s now 10 years into retirement and still enjoying a dirt cheap lease car that’s replaced every six months. Only downside it has to be a Ford.

[TCEvo]

Dapster said:

williamp said:

Lancia delta behind the Golf?

And, if course the Montego Countryman..

Looks like a Peugeot 305 Estate behind the Golf and what a great looking car the Mk2 Granada was, especially in the "considerably richer than yaw" Ghia X trim which this one looks like it is. Essex royalty right there in the Range Rover!

Smal world indeed. I spent 5 happy years living 2 miles from there in Stock; great driving roads around there, brilliant village pubs, beautiful villages, fast train to London. What's not to like?

Edited by Dapster on Sunday 12th July 14:05

Still my stomping ground - the Rangies now outnumber everything else though.

Until fairly recently there was a Montego Countryman still operating as a minicab in nearby Chelmsford.

That pic was from one of my parents photo albums.

[TCEvo]

The Don of Croy said:

loafer123 said:

Is that the back of a red Toyota Celica on the right?

Looks like it.

Nice area - my Ford Friend lives just up the A12 near Witham and he would have been past here twice a day at 90mph (traffic allowing) in his XR4x4 cheap lease.

He’s now 10 years into retirement and still enjoying a dirt cheap lease car that’s replaced every six months. Only downside it has to be a Ford.

Growing up around here there were loads of people who had Ford deals - still have a couple of mates who benefit via family connections.

[21st Century Man]

Enlighten me. What are the clues that suggest it's a Countryman? I like to think I know LM11's inside out and I'm not picking much up to suggest what specific derivative it is, other than an LX?

[droopsnoot]

21st Century Man said:

Enlighten me. What are the clues that suggest it's a Countryman? I like to think I know LM11's inside out and I'm not picking much up to suggest what specific derivative it is, other than an LX?

Countryman is just BL-speak for "estate", isn't it? The white Montego is clearly an estate version. Or is it a more precisely-defined model?

[loafer123]

21st Century Man said:

Enlighten me. What are the clues that suggest it's a Countryman? I like to think I know LM11's inside out and I'm not picking much up to suggest what specific derivative it is, other than an LX?

I think it is the roof rails.

My mum had a late model one, and it had more bits and pieces than this earlier one.