A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

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aeropilot

34,293 posts

226 months

Friday 7th May 2021
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Johnspex said:
aeropilot said:
RichB said:
Ah, used to go to Northolt swimming baths when they were new. Had a girlfriend who lived in Greenford and we used to like the Litten in Oldfield Lane... beer
Hah, nearly drowned in Northolt swimming pool as a young kid, got fished out by the instructor who had to drive in laugh

The Litten Tree was my local when in my late teens, only had half a mile stagger home from there smile
I had my wedding reception there.
It was a sad day when they demolished it frown

RichB

51,430 posts

283 months

Friday 7th May 2021
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aeropilot said:
... (the Litten) It was a sad day when they demolished it frown
I remember giving my first 'proper' girlfriend her Christmas present there back in '73 (and no that's not a euphemism). I thought the Litten was quite posh and romantic with all the twinkly Xmas lights so I took here there just before Christmas and sealed an ongoing relationship with gift wrapped perfume. Probably cheap and nasty but it was the first time I'd ever bought a girl perfume hehe

p.s. I don't think it had the 'tree' bit in its name in the '70s.

p.p.s. I am digressing... I drove a 1956 MG ZB Magnette at the time.

Escort3500

11,827 posts

144 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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A street scene from Scarborough with the wonderful Rowntree’s department store; demolished in the late eighties to be replaced by an utterly characterless shopping mall.

The Series ll Humber Super Snipe adds a shot of American-style glamour to the street scene. But what’s the car approaching the camera from the left? My initial thoughts were an Opel or Borgward, but Googling produced no match so it’s over to the PH community...


Dan Singh

829 posts

49 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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I think you were on the right lines with Borgward, looks like a P100.

Dapster

6,867 posts

179 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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Escort3500 said:
A street scene from Scarborough with the wonderful Rowntree’s department store; demolished in the late eighties to be replaced by an utterly characterless shopping mall.

Unless it was dilapidated and dangerous, it beggars belief that buildings like that were pulled down and replaced

johnpsanderson

494 posts

199 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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Dan Singh said:
I think you were on the right lines with Borgward, looks like a P100.
Presumably the photo is too old for it to be a Landcrab?

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,230 posts

234 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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Dapster said:
Unless it was dilapidated and dangerous, it beggars belief that buildings like that were pulled down and replaced
This



Was replaced by this in Nottingham:



weeping

moffspeed

2,664 posts

206 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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I was thinking Cresta PA/Velox but the radiator grille seems to have a crossbar which the VXs didn’t- unless it is a trick of the light.

Defo not a Landcrab though.

Onwards...

Escort3500

11,827 posts

144 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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Dapster said:
Escort3500 said:
A street scene from Scarborough with the wonderful Rowntree’s department store; demolished in the late eighties to be replaced by an utterly characterless shopping mall.

Unless it was dilapidated and dangerous, it beggars belief that buildings like that were pulled down and replaced
I’m not aware it was structurally unsound/hazardous. It was replaced by this excrescence... furious


21st Century Man

40,659 posts

247 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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We committed a huge number of crimes against heritage in those days, albeit sometimes with the best of intentions. I live in a World Heritage site, we still have our East Mill, but the others were demolished in the sixties which is now much regretted. Our North Mill rivalled St Paul's.

52classic

2,441 posts

209 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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Escort3500 said:
A street scene from Scarborough with the wonderful Rowntree’s department store; demolished in the late eighties to be replaced by an utterly characterless shopping mall.

The Series ll Humber Super Snipe adds a shot of American-style glamour to the street scene. But what’s the car approaching the camera from the left? My initial thoughts were an Opel or Borgward, but Googling produced no match so it’s over to the PH community...

Opel Kapitan? I remember a lovely Dinky Toys model of one.

Trip

51 posts

89 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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It's definitely no Kapitän, neither P- nor P-LV-series. Looks american or .... even russian(?) to me.

52classic

2,441 posts

209 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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The model I had in mind was a P2. Still not sure it isn't TBH. Do we think that it has a foreign number plate or UK?

Lily the Pink

5,783 posts

169 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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Trip said:
It's definitely no Kapitän, neither P- nor P-LV-series. Looks american or .... even russian(?) to me.
i'm also thinking Eastern Bloc, or possibly American. Grill looks remarkably like a Mark1 Cortina, but the bumper's wrong.

RichB

51,430 posts

283 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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Lily the Pink said:
Trip said:
It's definitely no Kapitän, neither P- nor P-LV-series. Looks american or .... even russian(?) to me.
i'm also thinking Eastern Bloc, or possibly American. Grill looks remarkably like a Mark1 Cortina, but the bumper's wrong.
You mentioning Cortina made me think of Ford Taunus P4 ...


aeropilot

34,293 posts

226 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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Trip said:
Looks american or .... even russian(?) to me.
Definately not American.

RATATTAK

10,586 posts

188 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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moffspeed said:
I was thinking Cresta PA/Velox but the radiator grille seems to have a crossbar which the VXs didn’t- unless it is a trick of the light.
The proportions seem to support your opinion ... I'm looking in particular at the headlights and the central dip of the front bumper. The 'crossbar' could be a badge bar which was a popular 'custom' addition in the sixties. Maybe.


Escort3500

11,827 posts

144 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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RATATTAK said:
moffspeed said:
I was thinking Cresta PA/Velox but the radiator grille seems to have a crossbar which the VXs didn’t- unless it is a trick of the light.
The proportions seem to support your opinion ... I'm looking in particular at the headlights and the central dip of the front bumper. The 'crossbar' could be a badge bar which was a popular 'custom' addition in the sixties. Maybe.
Think you may be right. Looks to be chrome side trim and a hint of the distinctive A-post they had

aeropilot

34,293 posts

226 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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RATATTAK said:
moffspeed said:
I was thinking Cresta PA/Velox but the radiator grille seems to have a crossbar which the VXs didn’t- unless it is a trick of the light.
The proportions seem to support your opinion ... I'm looking in particular at the headlights and the central dip of the front bumper. The 'crossbar' could be a badge bar which was a popular 'custom' addition in the sixties. Maybe.
Early PA Velox, seems most likely as you say, with dipped bumper etc and you can just make out the rear fins as well.

TarquinMX5

1,918 posts

79 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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My first thought yesterday was Cresta but zooming-in just blurred it; an early PA Velox or Cresta is a far more likely sight in Scarborough at the time than any 'foreign' stuff, particularly something such as Borgward.

I can't make out the fins but the front bumper looks right and the more I look at it, the more I think that the centre 'strip' in the grille is just a reflection of the light. So, seems to be the most likely?


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