A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[TarquinMX5]

M3DGE said:

john2443 said:

Dapster said:

Was a common sight around the paddocks of the UK for a while as it was owned by truck and bike racer Steve Parrish

I didn't think that was ever issued - DVLA says number not found so if it was issued has it somehow been withdrawn deleted?

To confirm, this was issued in March 1962 by Bury. If it is not showing as on a car now it may have been withdrawn.

Or on retention.

[generationx]

Keep it stiff said:

I'm not sure why a couple of incomplete Austin 3 litres would be on a stillage outside. MGB's in the background also look incomplete.

Maybe knock-down kits for export?

Or maybe the pre-rusting process

[Turbobanana]

Car_Nut said:

generationx said:

The Aston Martins were absolutely thunderous too.

They certainly were! Although I always loved the Jags and their melodious sound - I always felt that for an n/a V12 they were surprisingly muted - their howl was not that of a classic Ferrari V12.

The Peugeots were not Group C cars they were the first of 3.5 litre cars, that killed it, in my opinion, as a result of an axis between Peugeot, Balestre & Ecclestone. Peugeot knew they were not good enough to face up to the competition in Group C, Balestre wanted to engineer a French Le Mans winner, while Group C was too popular for Ecclestone's liking as a rival to F1, and thus wanted to nobble it as he had the World Touring Car Championship.

So endurance racing has never been what it once was since, and F1 has sunk to a sterile money making franchise for a few fixed teams practically closed off to new entrants.

Edited by Car_Nut on Monday 2nd November 17:08

You are both quite right. I included the 905 in my thoughts as it made much more of an impression than anything else around at the time, even though not a Group C.

[P5BNij]

Just found this lurking in my hard drive....

[Halmyre]

P5BNij said:

Just found this lurking in my hard drive....

Top class Woolarding there.

[OptionalExtra]

Another R16 lurking here in Edinburgh’s New Town, 1979.



Rush hour in Pittenweem, also 1979. Quite an old van there (a Morris?)

[Turbobanana]

P5BNij said:

Just found this lurking in my hard drive....

Mildly disturbing that you have this on your hard drive, Nij. Is there a back story? Nice pre-facelift 16 though.

[keeef]

OptionalExtra said:

Looks to be the base model of an HL I have just bought for spares.

[john2443]

OptionalExtra said:

Rush hour in Pittenweem, also 1979. Quite an old van there (a Morris?)

Morris J type high top, so probably Ice Cream van.

[manorcom]

And now for something completely different?

Can anyone name all the caravan makes in this 1960's picture of Pentewan Sands near St Austell?

[Johnspex]

I imagine you're kidding but at least 4 of them are Sprites.
Probably a couple of Eccles too.

[21st Century Man]

I'm usually good with caravans, but not a clue with those. I was at a steam fair a few years ago with some friends and one of the auto jumble sellers was working out of an old caravan, my mate said "Go on then know it all, what's that?" Without a moments pause I said "Viking Fibreline, 1967". To my eternal shame I was spot on

[Lily the Pink]

At least one of them is a Bluebird. Bound to be, 'cos most of them were in the sites we went to in the 60's.

[P5BNij]

Turbobanana said:

P5BNij said:

Just found this lurking in my hard drive....

Mildly disturbing that you have this on your hard drive, Nij. Is there a back story? Nice pre-facelift 16 though.

I've no idea Turbo, I can't remember where I found it in the first place! (On here somewhere perhaps...?). I need to give my hard drive a bit of a kull....

Useless trivia alert : the first car to appear on screen in The Persuaders was a Renault 16

[21st Century Man]

Johnspex said:

I imagine you're kidding but at least 4 of them are Sprites.
Probably a couple of Eccles too.

I love this statement, because it's got to be true, even if one knows Jack st about the subject

[Car_Nut]

john2443 said:

OptionalExtra said:

Rush hour in Pittenweem, also 1979. Quite an old van there (a Morris?)

Morris J type high top, so probably Ice Cream van.

Thanks lovely photo! My uncle had a more typical J-type van when I was a child - brings back happy memories, including a journey to Brighton with him travelling as the back up vehicle for an entrant on the classic motorbike run - of which more soon....

[Turbobanana]

manorcom said:

Can anyone name all the caravan makes in this 1960's picture of Pentewan Sands near St Austell?

Second row back from the beach, fifth caravan in.

That one's called Matilda. Bound to be. Or Dunroamin'.

[Keep it stiff]

manorcom said:

And now for something completely different?

Can anyone name all the caravan makes in this 1960's picture of Pentewan Sands near St Austell?

Something missing from this picture, where are all the cars? Even if the caravans were static for the season you would expect those using them to be parked alongside.

[eccles]

Keep it stiff said:

manorcom said:

And now for something completely different?

Can anyone name all the caravan makes in this 1960's picture of Pentewan Sands near St Austell?

Something missing from this picture, where are all the cars? Even if the caravans were static for the season you would expect those using them to be parked alongside.

Perhaps quite a few of the caravans are 'static' ie belong to the site..?

[OptionalExtra]

john2443 said:

Morris J type high top, so probably Ice Cream van.

Thanks for confirming the make and model.

I actually wondered whether it might be a mobile shop or even a fish van, as it’s parked in a fishing port town. Even with today’s reduced fleet of boats, the vans still come down from Fife to the Glasgow and Edinburgh areas to sell fresh fish. Long days for the van men going to the fish market in the early hours, driving an hour or two down the road, and getting back late at night to wash down the van and get ready to do it all over again. Can’t beat fresh fish though!

It’s parked outside a butcher’s shop though, so could be completely wrong

Slightly zoomed view here, where you can see a bit of wear and tear.