A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[Escort3500]

bigothunter said:

Escort3500 said:

Thread deviation. The Mk ll Transit was notorious for rust. My Mk ll was no exception

My MK2 SWB had several rust holes at 11 years old. But vans in daily commercial use were worn out before then anyway.

Yeah, most were knackered before then. I replaced both front wings, both side skirts, lower door skins, the bonnet and the rear arches (twice) on ours, as well as doing plenty of chassis repairs

That said, the front arches on our subsequent Mk 7 Transit were starting to rust after only 6 years, so they didn’t improve much in the later models.

Edited by Escort3500 on Tuesday 26th January 19:05

[Huntsman]

Halmyre said:

P5BNij said:

There's some fantastic imagery out there, I just came across these whilst looking for some other period stuff....

Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdink's manager Gordon Mills with his SIII RR Continental Flying Spur, apparently before dipping his toe into showbiz he was a doctor in the Rhonda valley....

He could so easily have been presenter of a popular BBC car show.

Surely a Cloud III MPW ?

[P5BNij]

Huntsman said:

Halmyre said:

P5BNij said:

There's some fantastic imagery out there, I just came across these whilst looking for some other period stuff....

Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdink's manager Gordon Mills with his SIII RR Continental Flying Spur, apparently before dipping his toe into showbiz he was a doctor in the Rhonda valley....

He could so easily have been presenter of a popular BBC car show.

Surely a Cloud III MPW ?

Yes humble pie eating time again, third time for me today (I'll blame the woozyness currently afflicting me due to having knocked a tooth out whilst working on my Mini yesterday ), for some reason I thought it was a FS variant.

To make amends, here's a period shot of Gina Lollobrigida with her Cloud, not sure if it's a I or a II....

[soxboy]

P5BNij said:

There's some fantastic imagery out there, I just came across these whilst looking for some other period stuff....



And some nice Earls Court motor show stuff from the '60s....

Not just one R16 but two! You tease......

[Huntsman]

P5BNij said:

Huntsman said:

Halmyre said:

P5BNij said:

There's some fantastic imagery out there, I just came across these whilst looking for some other period stuff....

Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdink's manager Gordon Mills with his SIII RR Continental Flying Spur, apparently before dipping his toe into showbiz he was a doctor in the Rhonda valley....

He could so easily have been presenter of a popular BBC car show.

Surely a Cloud III MPW ?

Yes humble pie eating time again, third time for me today (I'll blame the woozyness currently afflicting me due to having knocked a tooth out whilst working on my Mini yesterday ), for some reason I thought it was a FS variant.

To make amends, here's a period shot of Gina Lollobrigida with her Cloud, not sure if it's a I or a II....

The delightful thing about this section of pistonheads is that you can't make a mistake and get away with it, but we're all very polite about.

Those SIII Cloud MPW are perfection.

Not sure if the Lollobrigada is a I or a II. The big change was the engine.

[RATATTAK]

Huntsman said:

Not sure if the Lollobrigida is a I or a II.

A 10 in my book

[Escort3500]

That RR is just so much more elegant than the modern iteration. Sublime.

[Huntsman]

Huntsman said:

The delightful thing about this section of pistonheads is that you can't make a mistake and get away with it, but we're all very polite about.

Those SIII Cloud MPW are perfection.

Not sure if the Lollobrigada is a I or a II. The big change was the engine.

I found online 54 AGF is a Cloud II. So I guess 47 AGF is too.

[john2443]

Escort3500 said:

That RR is just so much more elegant than the modern iteration. Sublime.

I've just realised what the design tool they used for the current cars - Lego!

[Zener]

Huntsman said:

Huntsman said:

The delightful thing about this section of pistonheads is that you can't make a mistake and get away with it, but we're all very polite about.

Those SIII Cloud MPW are perfection.

Not sure if the Lollobrigada is a I or a II. The big change was the engine.

I found online 54 AGF is a Cloud II. So I guess 47 AGF is too.

GF south London prefixes so probably Chelsea etc goes with the brand and owners I guess, not much as changed then

[P5BNij]

Zener said:

Huntsman said:

Huntsman said:

The delightful thing about this section of pistonheads is that you can't make a mistake and get away with it, but we're all very polite about.

Those SIII Cloud MPW are perfection.

Not sure if the Lollobrigada is a I or a II. The big change was the engine.

I found online 54 AGF is a Cloud II. So I guess 47 AGF is too.

GF south London prefixes so probably Chelsea etc goes with the brand and owners I guess, not much as changed then

Thanks .

Quite a number of celebs / high worth types cars had 'GF' markers in the '60s, some of which passed though the hands of Brian Epstein's company Brydor, Beatles George and John both had Radford Cooper Ss in this range, LGF 695D and LGF 696D respectively. The former still belongs to George's family but John's car disappeared in '68 with all sorts of rumours about its whereabouts since then. PH : utter trivia matters

Abbey Road, 24/11/66....



Abbey Road, 20/12/66....

[Huntsman]

P5BNij said:

Zener said:

Huntsman said:

Huntsman said:

The delightful thing about this section of pistonheads is that you can't make a mistake and get away with it, but we're all very polite about.

Those SIII Cloud MPW are perfection.

Not sure if the Lollobrigada is a I or a II. The big change was the engine.

I found online 54 AGF is a Cloud II. So I guess 47 AGF is too.

GF south London prefixes so probably Chelsea etc goes with the brand and owners I guess, not much as changed then

Thanks .

Quite a number of celebs / high worth types cars had 'GF' markers in the '60s, some of which passed though the hands of Brian Epstein's company Brydor, Beatles George and John both had Radford Cooper Ss in this range, LGF 695D and LGF 696D respectively. The former still belongs to George's family but John's car disappeared in '68 with all sorts of rumours about its whereabouts since then. PH : utter trivia matters

Abbey Road, 24/11/66....



Abbey Road, 20/12/66....

Impressive nerding.

[aeropilot]

Zener said:

Huntsman said:

Huntsman said:

The delightful thing about this section of pistonheads is that you can't make a mistake and get away with it, but we're all very polite about.

Those SIII Cloud MPW are perfection.

Not sure if the Lollobrigada is a I or a II. The big change was the engine.

I found online 54 AGF is a Cloud II. So I guess 47 AGF is too.

GF south London prefixes so probably Chelsea etc goes with the brand and owners I guess, not much as changed then

GF was only South West London after 1974. Prior to that it was a general Greater London code, not specific to just one area office.

[Gareth1974]

Thundersley Invacar

[Lily the Pink]

Gareth1974 said:

Thundersley Invacar

City of Truro with the Scarborough Spa Express (1986 ?). P5NB will be along shortly to correct me, I'm sure !

[Gareth1974]

Lily the Pink said:

City of Truro with the Scarborough Spa Express (1986 ?). P5NB will be along shortly to correct me, I'm sure !

Correct!

[P5BNij]

Lily the Pink said:

Gareth1974 said:

Thundersley Invacar

City of Truro with the Scarborough Spa Express (1986 ?). P5NB will be along shortly to correct me, I'm sure !

Alas not as far as that particular pic is concerned! But (there's always a but!) for bonus useless trivia I can add that in the '50s, during it's last years on BR as a mainline certified museum piece, some wags decided to paint one side of it in BR lined out black livery as a joke just to upset the GWR purists. It didn't go down well!

[Escort3500]

Lily the Pink said:

Gareth1974 said:

Thundersley Invacar

City of Truro with the Scarborough Spa Express (1986 ?). P5NB will be along shortly to correct me, I'm sure !

And steaming out of Malton on its way to Scarborough

[RichB]

P5BNij said:

Lily the Pink said:

Gareth1974 said:

City of Truro with the Scarborough Spa Express (1986 ?). P5NB will be along shortly to correct me, I'm sure !

Alas not as far as that particular pic is concerned! But (there's always a but!) for bonus useless trivia I can add that in the '50s, during it's last years on BR as a mainline certified museum piece, some wags decided to paint one side of it in BR lined out black livery as a joke just to upset the GWR purists. It didn't go down well!

Sorry P5NB that was in the mid-'80s (not during the '50s) and was done by some chaps at Bridgenorth on the Severn Valley Railway.

[P5BNij]

RichB said:

P5BNij said:

Lily the Pink said:

Gareth1974 said:

City of Truro with the Scarborough Spa Express (1986 ?). P5NB will be along shortly to correct me, I'm sure !

Alas not as far as that particular pic is concerned! But (there's always a but!) for bonus useless trivia I can add that in the '50s, during it's last years on BR as a mainline certified museum piece, some wags decided to paint one side of it in BR lined out black livery as a joke just to upset the GWR purists. It didn't go down well!

Sorry P5NB that was in the mid-'80s (not during the '50s) and was done by some chaps at Bridgenorth on the Severn Valley Railway.

Thanks for the correction, I thought it had been done back in BR days