A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)
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that's surely a made up word. OptionalExtra said:
V6 engines and sunroofs are all very well, but did it have a pair of below-bumper fog lights? 
Nice contrast in size with the Mini.
Type 3 VW behind the Mini. You are totally photoshopping one of these or a R16 into all of these pics you're posting!! Were they the 2 best selling cars in the UK ever? Nice contrast in size with the Mini.
Car_Nut said:
Don’t think that we have one with just a Granada & an R16 in yet, which I have come to discover is the purpose of the thread!
STOP THE CLOCK!!!Hat trick of R16, type 3 and the Granny! All wrapped up in a still from Sweeney for a bit of thread convergence!
Some brilliant images here
https://autos
te.com/topic/9830-all-right-tinkerb...The Executive had rear disc brakes with an odd handbrake mechanism IIRC I'm too young too of owned one but remember that detail 
but when my brother started driving his mate had a Zephyr 2.5 V6 and with four on the tree at only 17 YO, these were the 1st Ford car to use the Essex V6 an engine I have a soft spot for too 
great thread guys 
but when my brother started driving his mate had a Zephyr 2.5 V6 and with four on the tree at only 17 YO, these were the 1st Ford car to use the Essex V6 an engine I have a soft spot for too great thread guys Dapster said:
STOP THE CLOCK!!!
Hat trick of R16, type 3 and the Granny! All wrapped up in a still from Sweeney for a bit of thread convergence!
Some brilliant images here
https://autos
te.com/topic/9830-all-right-tinkerb...
Hat trick of R16, type 3 and the Granny! All wrapped up in a still from Sweeney for a bit of thread convergence!
Some brilliant images here
https://autos
te.com/topic/9830-all-right-tinkerb...
Great sleuthing - we can all go home now! (Not)
soxboy said:
The Don of Croy said:
I laughed when I watched John Sim in ‘Human Traffic’ and he has an old Zodiac to cruise around Cardiff, listening to rap. A different image.
And Oz's at the start of Auf Wiedersehen Pet which didn't quite make it to Germany.Actually, upon reflection, my dad’s Zodiac wasn’t badged Executive. I remember that another boy’s dad DID have Executive on the boot, and we were thus relegated to ‘non-person’ status.
I cannot remember what the differences were...we had the V6, sunroof, auto, and blue vinyl seats (how many vinyl cows gave up their hides for that?). Even the full width reflector.
I won’t be able to rest until I know...
I cannot remember what the differences were...we had the V6, sunroof, auto, and blue vinyl seats (how many vinyl cows gave up their hides for that?). Even the full width reflector.
I won’t be able to rest until I know...
The Don of Croy said:
Actually, upon reflection, my dad’s Zodiac wasn’t badged Executive. I remember that another boy’s dad DID have Executive on the boot, and we were thus relegated to ‘non-person’ status.
I cannot remember what the differences were...we had the V6, sunroof, auto, and blue vinyl seats (how many vinyl cows gave up their hides for that?). Even the full width reflector.
I won’t be able to rest until I know...
I think it was basically cosmetic. More fancy trim, whitewall tyres, different grille and rear panel and a sunroof. I think the front seats were individual (rather than a bench) and more patterned with a button effect. All this is from memory many years ago when my dad’s business partner had a white one. No doubt someone more knowledgeable will be along to correct me I cannot remember what the differences were...we had the V6, sunroof, auto, and blue vinyl seats (how many vinyl cows gave up their hides for that?). Even the full width reflector.
I won’t be able to rest until I know...
Dapster said:
Type 3 VW behind the Mini. You are totally photoshopping one of these or a R16 into all of these pics you're posting!! Were they the 2 best selling cars in the UK ever?
I keep trying to find rarities like Cortinas and Maxis but all these Renaults and VWs are too dominant. I don’t think there are any R16s or Type 3/4s in these photos from 1978, although I think there might be an R6 behind the R4 in the first one.
I think the big lump behind the subtly branded Mazda might also be a Moskvich?
OptionalExtra said:
I don’t think there are any R16s or Type 3/4s in these photos from 1978, although I think there might be an R6 behind the R4 in the first one.
Yes, I agree that the square headlight looks like it belongs to a R6.I'll take the Saab 99 in the first pic and the tasty looking 'Sud Ti with the spotlights in the second.
I think the big lump behind the subtly branded Mazda might also be a Moskvich?
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It sure is a Moskvitch - 412 perhaps but I'm no expert on these awful things. I drove a few examples when I first got my licence and they were all bad. Massive amount of play in the steering and treacherous handling on crossply tyres.
OptionalExtra said:
I keep trying to find rarities like Cortinas and Maxis but all these Renaults and VWs are too dominant.
I scour these photo threads and various flickr accounts trying to spot either model of droopsnoot Vauxhall on the road. Seems like anyone who bought them never parked them anywhere. And no, before anyone brings it up, they didn't rust straight away. There's at least a couple of years that someone could have caught one in the wild.Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff