A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[Hugo a Gogo]

Those seats look they'd be terribly uncomfortable after a very short time

[P5BNij]

A happy customer picks up his new 3500GT from the Maserati factory, in the background lurks the work's racing team's transporter....

[ivanhoew]

P5BNij said:

A happy customer picks up his new 3500GT from the Maserati factory, in the background lurks the work's racing team's transporter....

why does that make me think of charlie croker ?

[OptionalExtra]

Rateone said:

That's Banchory in Aberdeenshire. Not changed that much

Certainly is.

Anyone recognise the car partially visible in this 1970s shot from nearby. I can’t quite place it.

[kimducati]

OptionalExtra said:

Certainly is.

Anyone recognise the car partially visible in this 1970s shot from nearby. I can’t quite place it.

I vote VW K70
Kim

[finlo]

kimducati said:

OptionalExtra said:

Certainly is.

Anyone recognise the car partially visible in this 1970s shot from nearby. I can’t quite place it.

I vote VW K70
Kim

But was actually an NSU and kick-started the demise of VW's god awful air cooled engine's.

[OptionalExtra]

I’m pretty sure you’re right. I’m getting deja vu because I’m sure I asked about a different photo of one before, and then forgot that they existed...

[Dapster]

finlo said:

But was actually an NSU and kick-started the demise of VW's god awful air cooled engine's.

The car was ready to be launched at the '69 Geneva show as the "NSU K70" whilst VW were in the final negotiations over the NSU take over. Once that was completed, the car was rebadged "VW" and launched under that brand. There were a tiny number of pre-production NSU K70s built but I don't think they were ever sold

[Keep it stiff]

Dapster said:

The car was ready to be launched at the '69 Geneva show as the "NSU K70" whilst VW were in the final negotiations over the NSU take over. Once that was completed, the car was rebadged "VW" and launched under that brand. There were a tiny number of pre-production NSU K70s built but I don't think they were ever sold

Curious advertising picture with the driver taking a pxss alongside it!

[21st Century Man]

Keep it stiff said:

Curious advertising picture with the driver taking a pxss alongside it!

Notes user name.

[Turbobanana]

Keep it stiff said:

Dapster said:

The car was ready to be launched at the '69 Geneva show as the "NSU K70" whilst VW were in the final negotiations over the NSU take over. Once that was completed, the car was rebadged "VW" and launched under that brand. There were a tiny number of pre-production NSU K70s built but I don't think they were ever sold

Curious advertising picture with the driver taking a pxss alongside it!

Well, it was VW's first water-cooled car, after all

[bristolracer]

Curiously I saw a NSU Prinz on the M4 this morning

[Zener]

See a K70 at a recent VW fest style meet at Santa Pod not standard however lowered, alloys etc, not seen one for years

[OptionalExtra]

A couple of photos from south of the border that have found their way into the Historic Environment Scotland archives via Sir Basil Spence’s archive:

Cheapside, Manchester, c. 1963.

Something American, two cars back, with the fins, or just faux-American styling?



Britannia House, Heathrow Airport, c. 1961.

[RATATTAK]

OptionalExtra said:

Something American, two cars back, with the fins, or just faux-American styling?

Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth of some sort ?

ETA 1960±

Edited by RATATTAK on Thursday 10th June 18:10

[droopsnoot]

Here's a few slides I picked up the other day. No markings on the slides other than "Liberal" on one of them, so I can't put a date on them.

[aeropilot]

droopsnoot said:

Lovely '59 Chevy Bel-Air Hardtop in the foreground

[generationx]

aeropilot said:

droopsnoot said:

Lovely '59 Chevy Bel-Air Hardtop in the foreground

Yes that’s great, so evocative!

[aeropilot]

generationx said:

aeropilot said:

droopsnoot said:

Lovely '59 Chevy Bel-Air Hardtop in the foreground

Yes that’s great, so evocative!

Actually, I think its more likely an Impala than a Bel-Air being a 2-dr HT.

[bigothunter]

droopsnoot said:

Here's a few slides I picked up the other day. No markings on the slides other than "Liberal" on one of them, so I can't put a date on them.

Just love those huge parking lots in the States, with their generous parking bays. But amused by the regular oil stains back then