A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[Mr lestat]

aeropilot said:

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

According to the dvla that’s been off the road since 1997

[bigothunter]

aeropilot said:

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

Strange because that rear screen looks wider and taller than an original Scimitar GT

[TarquinMX5]

I'll accept that the regn no. appears to tie it in to a GT but the rear window still looks bigger (wider) to me with what appears to be a slight reverse kink on the chrome strip at the base of the C pillar. Beaten but not out

[Yertis]

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.

Is there a way of excommunicating from PH people who express such views?

I can tolerate any amount of daft politics or questionable social views, but this is completely outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour.

[52classic]

P5BNij said:

I'll start one later gents

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

Can't let Tarquin take all the flak on this. Despite all of the evidence, that car doesn't look like any Scimitar I've ever seen. Rear screen is nothing like the blue specimen. Looks more metal than GRP and I was thinking Japanese. Then, over on the 'cars spotted' thread we see a NIssan Silvia GSP3.
Right age, rare and stylish, what say you?

[RichB]

52classic said:

<clip> over on the 'cars spotted' thread we see a NIssan Silvia GSP3.
Right age, rare and stylish, what say you?

Post a link to the thread so we can see what you mean.

[aeropilot]

52classic said:

P5BNij said:

I'll start one later gents

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

Can't let Tarquin take all the flak on this. Despite all of the evidence, that car doesn't look like any Scimitar I've ever seen. Rear screen is nothing like the blue specimen. Looks more metal than GRP and I was thinking Japanese. Then, over on the 'cars spotted' thread we see a NIssan Silvia GSP3.
Right age, rare and stylish, what say you?

So, you want to ignore "all the evidence"...?

And go with something that wasn't even on sale in the UK at the time, as the brand/maker didn't even exist in the UK and would have been nigh on impossible to get in mid 60's UK.

Yeah, great idea

I'll go with the overwhelming evidence that shows it as being what it is.

[52classic]

pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=o&f=14o&t=180593781&i=3700 posting by voxy.

All i'm saying is that the rear window is nothing like the rear window on the blue car. It is much bigger and has a metal finisher to it.

That said, the Scimitar front view shows a different roof shape than the blue car also. Perhaps the answer is that there is another model of Scimitar GT with a revised roof.

[eccles]

52classic said:

Can't let Tarquin take all the flak on this. Despite all of the evidence, that car doesn't look like any Scimitar I've ever seen. Rear screen is nothing like the blue specimen. Looks more metal than GRP and I was thinking Japanese. Then, over on the 'cars spotted' thread we see a NIssan Silvia GSP3.
Right age, rare and stylish, what say you?

How about the fact that the bumper and lights are completely different....

[Halmyre]

aeropilot said:

52classic said:

P5BNij said:

I'll start one later gents

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

Can't let Tarquin take all the flak on this. Despite all of the evidence, that car doesn't look like any Scimitar I've ever seen. Rear screen is nothing like the blue specimen. Looks more metal than GRP and I was thinking Japanese. Then, over on the 'cars spotted' thread we see a NIssan Silvia GSP3.
Right age, rare and stylish, what say you?

So, you want to ignore "all the evidence"...?

And go with something that wasn't even on sale in the UK at the time, as the brand/maker didn't even exist in the UK and would have been nigh on impossible to get in mid 60's UK.

Yeah, great idea

I'll go with the overwhelming evidence that shows it as being what it is.

This picture, darker car, is a better match



What looks like a full width window in the Macca pic is reflected light. I had a fiddle about with the image and contrast but to no avail, other than the right hand edge of the rear window looks slightly different to the rest of it. There's also that odd detail on the rear right flank which is probably also a reflection. Lights, boot lock, badge, bumper, exhausts; all match.

[P5BNij]

Worth bearing in mind that the original slightly shaky photo was taken by an excitable young fan waiting outside Macca's gaff with (probably) a very cheap camera, the last thing on her mind would be the car sitting on his drive .

Anyone know how many of those handsome looking GTs were built? They don't seem to come up for sale very often.

[bigothunter]

aeropilot said:

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

Alternative Coupé register ;-) - Page 58 - ScimitarWeb ...
www.scimitarweb.co.uk › sgwrs › viewto...

By a strange coincidence we have an updated photo of GBG 540E, chassis 0528. Last seen on page 56 (with reg no KOV 3F - Chris Gow), this car has a long and complicated history, starting as CCM 1C in the hands of Mike McCartney (McGear). It was dark green and appeared in the film Magical Mystery Tour.

[52classic]

Well done halmyre! That does it for me!

[anonymous-user]

aeropilot said:

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

GBG 540E is yellow and last taxed 1996. Probably in someone’s barn waiting to be found.

[P5BNij]

bigothunter said:

aeropilot said:

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

Alternative Coupé register ;-) - Page 58 - ScimitarWeb ...
www.scimitarweb.co.uk › sgwrs › viewto...

By a strange coincidence we have an updated photo of GBG 540E, chassis 0528. Last seen on page 56 (with reg no KOV 3F - Chris Gow), this car has a long and complicated history, starting as CCM 1C in the hands of Mike McCartney (McGear). It was dark green and appeared in the film Magical Mystery Tour.

I'd forgotten about McGear's own car appearing in MMT, I should have put two and two together earlier. I *think* the yellow Iso Grifo belonged to one of of Lennon's or Harrison's friends who tagged along on the day of filming down in Kent. The making of MMT is far more interesting than the finished film will ever be, and I say that as a Beatles fan.

Edited by P5BNij on Monday 8th March 17:11

Edited by P5BNij on Monday 8th March 17:13

[M3DGE]

Dapster said:

Camden Roundhouse

Great images. Camden Roundhouse is a fantastic venue, run on a not for profit basis. I'm going there in December (for New Model Army in case there are any other fans out there...)

[Yertis]

M3DGE said:

Great images. Camden Roundhouse is a fantastic venue, run on a not for profit basis. I'm going there in December (for New Model Army in case there are any other fans out there...)

I’ve got all the albums and see all the tours, since goodness knows when. Seen Justin do some excellent acoustic sets in pubs too, which is quite amazing thinking about it. Must admit to having gone off the gigs though, same with Killing Joke. Must be age.

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

I *think* the yellow Iso Grifo belonged to one of of Lennon's or Harrison's friends who tagged along on the day of filming down in Kent.

Nope, that is Mike Hailwood's 2nd Iso Grifo (chassis number 162/D) and the replacement Grifo for his white one that got written off in South Africa after loosing an argument with a large Water Buffalo.

[P5BNij]

aeropilot said:

P5BNij said:

I *think* the yellow Iso Grifo belonged to one of of Lennon's or Harrison's friends who tagged along on the day of filming down in Kent.

Nope, that is Mike Hailwood's 2nd Iso Grifo (chassis number 162/D) and the replacement Grifo for his white one that got written off in South Africa after loosing an argument with a large Water Buffalo.

Thanks for the correction

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

aeropilot said:

P5BNij said:

I *think* the yellow Iso Grifo belonged to one of of Lennon's or Harrison's friends who tagged along on the day of filming down in Kent.

Nope, that is Mike Hailwood's 2nd Iso Grifo (chassis number 162/D) and the replacement Grifo for his white one that got written off in South Africa after loosing an argument with a large Water Buffalo.

Thanks for the correction

Given Mike 'the bike' Hailwood's status at that time as probably the greatest motorcycle racer and likely mixing in those swinging sixties celeb party circles, he may well have known and been friends with Harrison, so it entirely possible that version may well be true.