A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)
Discussion
Johnspex said:
52classic said:
4th pic, in the background.... AC Invacar?
Definitely.Good old A.C.....
moffspeed said:
Johnspex said:
52classic said:
4th pic, in the background.... AC Invacar?
Definitely.Good old A.C.....
Stick Legs said:
My inner nerd is intrigued by the AM solution to headlight wipers back then - rotaries! Spookily I was just thinking of those on the way to work this morning on a grotty back road in the pouring rain..... sad, sad.
If you don't mind I will repost these on another forum as the reg number of this is ringing a bell with regard to a current owner.
Loose_Cannon said:
Stick Legs said:
My inner nerd is intrigued by the AM solution to headlight wipers back then - rotaries! Spookily I was just thinking of those on the way to work this morning on a grotty back road in the pouring rain..... sad, sad.If you don't mind I will repost these on another forum as the reg number of this is ringing a bell with regard to a current owner.
Halmyre said:
Loose_Cannon said:
Stick Legs said:
My inner nerd is intrigued by the AM solution to headlight wipers back then - rotaries! Spookily I was just thinking of those on the way to work this morning on a grotty back road in the pouring rain..... sad, sad.If you don't mind I will repost these on another forum as the reg number of this is ringing a bell with regard to a current owner.
one weird rotary set which packed up and I couldn't fix were on a friend's imported FSO - god, that car was a joke, we bought it secondhand for next to nothing at a car auction as a stop gap for him to get to work - after he rolled his new Skoda Estelle
at a roundabout only yards from his house in Benson, Oxon in the late 80s! (the story appeared in the local paper to cause him more embarrassment). When he tried to get rid of the FSO it was little surprise he couldn't find a buyer. I recall us passing a garage forecourt petrol station in Farmoor, Oxon when we'd been driving around to see if we could offload it, and saying 'see if they'll buy it?' He parked up and went in and I sat in the car. As he came out to get back in the car the garage owner and workers followed all pissing themselves and pointing at his car!
If only I'd had a mobile then for that snap! FSO went to the scrappy in the end.edit
Just did a search and here's a youtube vid - and there is even one of that weird FSO wiper set up. The Saab headlamp wiper looks like it would work if you checked the blade rubbers regularly.
Have a giggle!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-eFMn3wrko
Edited by dandarez on Thursday 29th April 22:37
Got given one of those in 1985 a 78 S plate in a darker shade I was too young to get insured and it occasionally lost drive D so off to the scrap yard it went made good money IIRC and sold the wheels to a tyre shop , was a lovely smooth ole barge 
but then I had a modified Imp at the time so not surprised I came to that conclusion the Euro V6 chocolate camshaft eater and timing chain woes this one was on carbs
but then I had a modified Imp at the time so not surprised I came to that conclusion the Euro V6 chocolate camshaft eater and timing chain woes this one was on carbs 
Loose_Cannon said:
My inner nerd is intrigued by the AM solution to headlight wipers back then - rotaries! Spookily I was just thinking of those on the way to work this morning on a grotty back road in the pouring rain..... sad, sad.
If you don't mind I will repost these on another forum as the reg number of this is ringing a bell with regard to a current owner.
Please do!If you don't mind I will repost these on another forum as the reg number of this is ringing a bell with regard to a current owner.
Happy to hear it’s still going strong.
So nearly bought this and have muchos regret now!
aeropilot said:
Escort3500 said:
Buick I think, possible a '55?
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