A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[Notwen]

manorcom said:

1960's Manchester street scene

Gloucester road, Urmston, my Aunt lived nearby.

[droopsnoot]

I must try to do something about the way these are scanned, I am sure I'm not doing justice to whoever took these. Sometimes they're so blurred there's no point scanning them, and sometimes they're fine.

[aeropilot]

droopsnoot said:

Hmmm.......multiple Vixen's at an airshow, circa late 1960's could mean one of the displays by 'Simon Sircus', the 6 x Sea Vixen formation display team of 892 RNAS that flew a number of airshow displays during the summer of 1968.

[P5BNij]

A spot of fun on the Targa Florio, Alfa style... I remember my Dad being that slim wearing shirts of a similar hue...

[Woody.GTJ]

P5BNij said:

A spot of fun on the Targa Florio, Alfa style... I remember my Dad being that slim wearing shirts of a similar hue...

What a great picture!

[RicksAlfas]

It is a good picture. Is he doing a burnout or having a fire?

[Keep it stiff]

RicksAlfas said:

It is a good picture. Is he doing a burnout or having a fire?

Its an Alfa, need you ask!

[DickyC]

Found this in my dad's papers.





Maserati 4CLT ?

Dad used to go to Goodwood fairly regularly in the 50s but that isn't his writing.

Had to look up "de Graffenreid." Baron Emmanuel 'Toulo' de Graffenried was a Swiss racing driver who died in 2007.

[P5BNij]

I think it's a 4CLT/48 Dicky, looks very close to one of the cars in Dicky Crump and Rob de la Rive Box's 1983 book 'Maserati Sports, Racing & GT Cars From 1926'. It's thought twelve were built and they were modified quite a lot as the years passed, being raced until 1951.

Lovely photo - got any more such treasures...?

(bad move digging out the aforementioned book - I need a Maserati in my life now).

Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 16th October 15:25

[DickyC]

P5BNij said:

I think it's a 4CLT/48 Dicky, looks very close to one of the cars in Dicky Crump and Rob de la Rive Box's 1983 book 'Maserati Sports, Racing & GT Cars From 1926'. It's thought twelve were built and they were modified quite a lot as the years passed, being raced until 1951.

Lovely photo - got any more such treasures...?

(bad move digging out the aforementioned book - I need a Maserati in my life now).

Dicky Crump. Marvellous name.

Loads of photos amongst the old boy's papers, P5B. They're all curled and few have any clues written on them. We'll have a Quiz Night in the winter.

Granturismos look like good value at the moment.

[Lily the Pink]

droopsnoot said:

Dunster, I think ?

[rene7]

Found in mummy's holiday snaps
Judging by the Fiats - I'd have to guess late70's Italy somewhere?
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[Lily the Pink]

rene7 said:

Found in mummy's holiday snaps
Judging by the Fiats - I'd have to guess late70's Italy somewhere?
>

Yugoslavia judging by the sign above the hotel entrance, the red star on the ship and the bus/coach at the front

[swooshiain]

Lily the Pink said:

Yugoslavia judging by the sign above the hotel entrance, the red star on the ship and the bus/coach at the front

The bus certainly seems to be from Zagreb!

[williamp]

DickyC said:

Found this in my dad's papers.





Maserati 4CLT ?

Dad used to go to Goodwood fairly regularly in the 50s but that isn't his writing.

Had to look up "de Graffenreid." Baron Emmanuel 'Toulo' de Graffenried was a Swiss racing driver who died in 2007.

The last survuving driver of fhe very first F1 race at Silverstone, I believe

[CharlieAlphaMike]

rene7 said:

Found in mummy's holiday snaps
Judging by the Fiats - I'd have to guess late70's Italy somewhere?
>

It's the Port of Dubrovnik

[DickyC]

williamp said:

The last surviving driver of fhe very first F1 race at Silverstone, I believe

And presumably as a privateer.

Drat. I was born witth insufficient wealth in the wrong decade.

[manorcom]

Horse Guards Parade used as a car park during the 1973 train strikes

[Gareth1974]

California, 1974

[Lily the Pink]

Is that a Ferrari's nose on the left ?