A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[tog]

Escort3500 said:

Could be I guess, though the chap didn’t mention Pininfarina as far as I can remember.

ETA Googling has just turned up this one by Pininfarina

Edited by Escort3500 on Sunday 23 May 14:10

Being picky, that's a Farina body, not Pininfarina. Pinin was Battista Farina's nickname and only became the name of the company at some point in the 60s I think. You can find essentially the same body on an early Bristol or an Alfa 6C as well.

[Escort3500]

tog said:

Escort3500 said:

Could be I guess, though the chap didn’t mention Pininfarina as far as I can remember.

ETA Googling has just turned up this one by Pininfarina

Edited by Escort3500 on Sunday 23 May 14:10

Being picky, that's a Farina body, not Pininfarina. Pinin was Battista Farina's nickname and only became the name of the company at some point in the 60s I think. You can find essentially the same body on an early Bristol or an Alfa 6C as well.

I’ll defer to your beardery, Sir!

[67Dino]

Escort3500 said:

tog said:

Escort3500 said:

Could be I guess, though the chap didn’t mention Pininfarina as far as I can remember.

ETA Googling has just turned up this one by Pininfarina

Edited by Escort3500 on Sunday 23 May 14:10

Being picky, that's a Farina body, not Pininfarina. Pinin was Battista Farina's nickname and only became the name of the company at some point in the 60s I think. You can find essentially the same body on an early Bristol or an Alfa 6C as well.

I’ll defer to your beardery, Sir!

Top quality nerding.

[P5BNij]

Coombe Bridge Road, Kingston Bypass, 1970....

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

Coombe Bridge Road, Kingston Bypass, 1970....

Its actually Coombe Lane Flyover.
The 1800 is parked in Beverley Way.

[Loose_Cannon]

[quote=P5BNij]Coombe Bridge Road, Kingston Bypass, 1970....

The lack of traffic back then seems almost unbelievable now. My morning drive in to work was pure misery today.

Edited by Loose_Cannon on Wednesday 26th May 09:46

[P5BNij]

aeropilot said:

P5BNij said:

Coombe Bridge Road, Kingston Bypass, 1970....

Its actually Coombe Lane Flyover.
The 1800 is parked in Beverley Way.

Thanks - it popped up in a search for images of London in the '60s and '70s

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

aeropilot said:

P5BNij said:

Coombe Bridge Road, Kingston Bypass, 1970....

Its actually Coombe Lane Flyover.
The 1800 is parked in Beverley Way.

Thanks - it popped up in a search for images of London in the '60s and '70s

Looks very different now, 40 years later....

[Lily the Pink]

RichB said:

Escort3500 said:

A gathering in Malton marketplace (N Yorks) in the thirties. The formal parking layout suggests is might be some sort of special event. Guess we’ll never know...

And we say cars all look the same these days

The Ford Model Y (?) on the right looks positively modern in comparison to the others, what with its outrageously non-conformist radiator shell shape.

I wonder in which decade a picture taken from the same angle of the same everyday scene would show the greatest diversity in car shape and design - my guess would be the 60s or 70s.

[Halmyre]

Lily the Pink said:

RichB said:

Escort3500 said:

A gathering in Malton marketplace (N Yorks) in the thirties. The formal parking layout suggests is might be some sort of special event. Guess we’ll never know...

And we say cars all look the same these days

The Ford Model Y (?) on the right looks positively modern in comparison to the others, what with its outrageously non-conformist radiator shell shape.

I wonder in which decade a picture taken from the same angle of the same everyday scene would show the greatest diversity in car shape and design - my guess would be the 60s or 70s.

There was an earlier picture of a car park in Leicester taken in the 60s; everything from old Ford Pops to Austin 1100s but probably covering a period of manufacture of no more than 20 years. The difference in styles was remarkable. Nobody would look twice at a twenty year old car today.

[dandarez]

V6 Pushfit said:

I wonder what the life expectancy was of a chequered flag Marshall:

Looks like he's already lost his right trouser-leg in your pic!

Being serious, I can't think of any being hit, but someone might know?



They didn't, in my watching days, rarely get that close to the cars as the excited one in the film above.
Then again, people can get carried away when they get excited. So, perhaps literally, who knows?

[Joat]

Escort3500 said:

A gathering in Malton marketplace (N Yorks) in the thirties. The formal parking layout suggests is might be some sort of special event. Guess we’ll never know...

A bit of a squeeze with the parking today.

[dandarez]

I'm leaving this one here, at the end of the day, for me - to remind me in the future what a st day it's been.
Been to the funeral of my wife's younger sis (on the right) - this old pic reminds me when sis-in-law was a Ginetta nut (like I've always been).
Not just a pretty face. She could even strip down the Stromberg carbs and put them back running better than ever.
F. cancer!!

[Dan Singh]

dandarez said:

I'm leaving this one here, at the end of the day, for me - to remind me in the future what a st day it's been.
Been to the funeral of my wife's younger sis (on the right) - this old pic reminds me when sis-in-law was a Ginetta nut (like I've always been).
Not just a pretty face. She could even strip down the Stromberg carbs and put them back running better than ever.
F. cancer!!

By coincidence, many years ago my brother sold his G15 to a Ginetta enthusiast girl.

[droopsnoot]

Dan Singh said:

By coincidence, many years ago my brother sold his G15 to a Ginetta enthusiast girl.

Didn't there used to be a prolific poster on PH with a name like that?

[P5BNij]

manorcom said:

P5BNij said:

Any info on this please manorcom... which variant, year, left or right hooker, condition etc? Ta

'92 white 430SE saloon, MIE suspension kit, 60+ K miles, good nick, located in midlands, retired Maserati specialist owned. RHD I think
Regards Keith

Keith you have a PM

[manorcom]

P5BNij said:

manorcom said:

P5BNij said:

Any info on this please manorcom... which variant, year, left or right hooker, condition etc? Ta

'92 white 430SE saloon, MIE suspension kit, 60+ K miles, good nick, located in midlands, retired Maserati specialist owned. RHD I think
Regards Keith

Keith you have a PM

Just checked...No email

[P5BNij]

Odd - I think there should be a notification of the private message I sent when you open up your page on PH

[Cotty]

droopsnoot said:

Dan Singh said:

By coincidence, many years ago my brother sold his G15 to a Ginetta enthusiast girl.

Didn't there used to be a prolific poster on PH with a name like that?

This one, I think you mean
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?h=...

[P5BNij]

manorcom said:

P5BNij said:

manorcom said:

P5BNij said:

Any info on this please manorcom... which variant, year, left or right hooker, condition etc? Ta

'92 white 430SE saloon, MIE suspension kit, 60+ K miles, good nick, located in midlands, retired Maserati specialist owned. RHD I think
Regards Keith

Keith you have a PM

Just checked...No email

I've twigged what's wrong - my account settings still has my old email address and I can't change it, anyway I just wanted to ask you if you knew how much it might be and if you have the contact details of the seller