A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[dontlookdown]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Little video clip of Düsseldorf in 1978, I just drove up this road yesterday! Not too much has changed
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_YtBUznrUfM

Look at the amount of room they were giving each other! What a very well mannered bunch. One might even say Teutonic...

[Venisonpie]

P5BNij said:

I've got tons of photographic material going way back, I might start a thread up in the appropriate place though rather than clog this one up

That would be a great thread.

[bristolracer]

Venisonpie said:

P5BNij said:

I've got tons of photographic material going way back, I might start a thread up in the appropriate place though rather than clog this one up

That would be a great thread.

Yes please , would love to see such a thread

[P5BNij]

I'll start one later gents

Meanwhile can anyone identify the car on Paul McCartney's drive in this Summer 1967 shot....?

[Doyliestag]

I think it is a Scimitar GT

[aeropilot]

Doyliestag said:

I think it is a Scimitar GT

Good shout.
The rear lights, bumper and reversing lights below that certainly look like a GT.

[healeyfan]

Belonged to Paul's brother Mike McGear of Scaffold fame.

[P5BNij]

Thanks all - didn't take long

For those interested I've started a loco shed thread here :

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Edited by P5BNij on Sunday 7th March 16:20

[Dinoboy]

Few from the early 70's.

[john2443]

Borrowed from FB.

The Austin Healey 24 hr record car, sheeted up, and the Streamliner top speed record car loaded up ready to head to Bonneville salt flats.

[finlo]

Dinoboy said:

Few from the early 70's.

I may sound like a heathen but that Espada looks very ungainly! And what's with all the tins of STP?

[dryden]

JAP Magnas (wheels) on the Imp...

[Tyre Smoke]

finlo said:

I may sound like a heathen but that Espada looks very ungainly! And what's with all the tins of STP?

You dutty dutty person! If you've ever seen an Espada in the flesh, it is a true thing of beauty.

[Dinoboy]

Tyre Smoke said:

finlo said:

I may sound like a heathen but that Espada looks very ungainly! And what's with all the tins of STP?

You dutty dutty person! If you've ever seen an Espada in the flesh, it is a true thing of beauty.

And a lot smaller than they look in photos too.
What do we reckon that is behind it,I always thought Monteverdi.

[P5BNij]

If it’s not aMonte it could be a Ferrari 365GTC 2+2.

[aeropilot]

Dinoboy said:

Tyre Smoke said:

finlo said:

I may sound like a heathen but that Espada looks very ungainly! And what's with all the tins of STP?

You dutty dutty person! If you've ever seen an Espada in the flesh, it is a true thing of beauty.

And a lot smaller than they look in photos too.
What do we reckon that is behind it,I always thought Monteverdi.

Looks like a Monte 375 to me.

[nicanary]

aeropilot said:

Dinoboy said:

Tyre Smoke said:

finlo said:

I may sound like a heathen but that Espada looks very ungainly! And what's with all the tins of STP?

You dutty dutty person! If you've ever seen an Espada in the flesh, it is a true thing of beauty.

And a lot smaller than they look in photos too.
What do we reckon that is behind it,I always thought Monteverdi.

Looks like a Monte 375 to me.

With the sloping pods to the headlights I reckon Lambo 400GT.

[aeropilot]

nicanary said:

aeropilot said:

Dinoboy said:

Tyre Smoke said:

finlo said:

I may sound like a heathen but that Espada looks very ungainly! And what's with all the tins of STP?

You dutty dutty person! If you've ever seen an Espada in the flesh, it is a true thing of beauty.

And a lot smaller than they look in photos too.
What do we reckon that is behind it,I always thought Monteverdi.

Looks like a Monte 375 to me.

With the sloping pods to the headlights I reckon Lambo 400GT.

Rear quarter glass size and shape is way to big/long to be a 400GT.

[TarquinMX5]

aeropilot said:

Doyliestag said:

I think it is a Scimitar GT

Good shout.
The rear lights, bumper and reversing lights below that certainly look like a GT.

Hmmm, I'm not so sure; whilst the rear light layout looks very similar, the boot profile looks different to me, with a lip on the lid?

Also, the rear window looks wider in the original picture; it has a Japanese-look to me but no suggestions at the moment.

[aeropilot]

TarquinMX5 said:

aeropilot said:

Doyliestag said:

I think it is a Scimitar GT

Good shout.
The rear lights, bumper and reversing lights below that certainly look like a GT.

Hmmm, I'm not so sure; whilst the rear light layout looks very similar, the boot profile looks different to me, with a lip on the lid?

Also, the rear window looks wider in the original picture; it has a Japanese-look to me but no suggestions at the moment.

Err.......have you not read the post about it belonging to Mike McGear - his brother??

Check out the number plate in the photo, and the number plate in this one