A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Funny they've both got Nottingham number plates. It says Wisp, was it made by Raleigh?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Yes

[P5BNij]

Whatever happened to Moss Bros...?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

P5BNij said:

Whatever happened to Moss Bros...?

Still going!

[Mikebentley]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Funny they've both got Nottingham number plates. It says Wisp, was it made by Raleigh?

They look just like a bike I believe Raleigh used to make called an RSW?

[Shezbo]

manorcom said:

Long John Baldry with his preferred method of getting about London:

What a great "period" shot - love that!

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Mikebentley said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Funny they've both got Nottingham number plates. It says Wisp, was it made by Raleigh?

They look just like a bike I believe Raleigh used to make called an RSW?

Article says Wisp?

[williamp]

P5BNij said:

Sir Rog with his daily transport at Pinewood in '76...

[Lulu] The Man with the Golden Rover three thousand five...ah...ive....[/Lulu]

Didnt make it to its first MOT. Didnt he have a Renault 5 as well?

[The Don of Croy]

Mikebentley said:

They look just like a bike I believe Raleigh used to make called an RSW?

First bike I ever rode - blue Raleigh RSW14 iirc. And even then I only sat on the crossbar, legs too short...

[P5BNij]

New extension being built at the Lamborghini factory to accommodate the Urraco production line, with the second Urraco prototype outside (it now lives in the museum)….

[Hurricane52]

Great photo(s). The wheelbase on that prototype looks slightly longer than the production car or am I making it up?

[P5BNij]

Hurricane52 said:

Great photo(s). The wheelbase on that prototype looks slightly longer than the production car or am I making it up?

I see what you mean but I think it's the same as the production versions.

My pinterest feed throws up some amazing images of WW1, WW2 and the cold war, amongst them is this gem... German fighter ace Josef 'Pips' Priller with his BMW 325/55 and Fw190A in 1943...

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

German fighter ace Josef 'Pips' Priller with his BMW 325/55 and Fw190A in 1943...

Its actually a BMW 327/55.

And the photo was actually staged by BMW, as a propaganda photo, as the Fw190A was BMW 801 powered.

Priller, was one of only 3 Luftwaffe pilots to score 100 victories soley in the Western European theatre during WW2. He was also the Luftwaffe pilot with the highest score of victories over Spitfire's....some 68 of his final tally of 101 were Spitfires.

I have a wartime signed photograph in my collection, Priller died in 1961.

Edited by aeropilot on Sunday 17th November 17:01

[P5BNij]

Thanks, interesting stuff. I assumed for some reason that the FW was Daimler Benz powered.

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

Thanks, interesting stuff. I assumed for some reason that the FW was Daimler Benz powered.

That was the Me109.

The BMW 801 was a 42 litre, 14 cyl 2 row air cooled radial engine, and was the first engine to use what we now call an ECU.

[DickyC]

P5BNij said:

Thanks, interesting stuff. I assumed for some reason that the FW was Daimler Benz powered.

Does everyone know the BMW badge represents a moving propeller?

[RichB]

DickyC said:

Does everyone know the BMW badge represents a moving propeller?

I would think most people on Pistonheads would but not everyone in the general population.

[S100HP]

London, 1924 or 1927

https://www.facebook.com/flashbak/videos/296142058...

[Hugo a Gogo]

RichB said:

DickyC said:

Does everyone know the BMW badge represents a moving propeller?

I would think most people on Pistonheads would but not everyone in the general population.

Yeah, but no...
It's a bit of a back-formation they like to publicise, but it just started as part of the Bavarian flag

[nicanary]

S100HP said:

London, 1924 or 1927

https://www.facebook.com/flashbak/videos/296142058...

I saw just one private car. The rest were all trucks, trams and buses, and taxis. Jeremy Corbyn would cream himself.