A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[scs1]

Dad with his Standard Avon Bluebird in the early fifties.

[scs1]

My first car with Sally the fox terrier bonnet mascot.
Taken about seventy years ago !!.

[scs1]

Dad with one of his favourite cars,
A Citroen Light Fifteen.

[bigothunter]

scs1 said:

Dad with one of his favourite cars,
A Citroen Light Fifteen.

Made in Slough

[RATATTAK]

scs1 said:

Dad with one of his favourite cars,
A Citroen Light Fifteen.

My first car ... cost me £35.00

[scs1]

bigothunter said:

Made in Slough

Yes indeed.
I remember going with dad to get the odd spare part from the factory on the Slough Trading Estate.

[P5BNij]

Earls Court Motor Show, 1965 or 66, the one off Jensen P66 convertible....

[TarquinMX5]

I'll go with 1965; I think the Interceptor was launched at the '66 show.

[P5BNij]

TarquinMX5 said:

I'll go with 1965; I think the Interceptor was launched at the '66 show.

Looking at it again I agree, also on the right is what looks like a Silver Cloud III or S Series Bentley which both ceased production around the end of '65 / early '66 I think.

Another interesting oldie....

[P5BNij]

May 1966....

[bigothunter]

P5BNij said:

May 1966....

Four door A35

[TarquinMX5]

P5BNij said:

TarquinMX5 said:

I'll go with 1965; I think the Interceptor was launched at the '66 show.

Looking at it again I agree, also on the right is what looks like a Silver Cloud III or S Series Bentley which both ceased production around the end of '65 / early '66 I think.

Another interesting oldie....

The Jensen motorshow picture was definitely 1965; I have a photo (in Jensen book) of the P66 convertible and a 4wd C-V8 (never marketed, effectively a test-bed for the later FF) at the '65 show. The stand was in a corner, with Amphicar to the left in your shot.

It looks like it could be a MK1 Cortina in front of the Rolls/Bentley, last exhibited at the motorshow in 1965. Interestingly (well, to me ) , the Silver Shadow was also first exhibited at the '65 show, so the likelihood is that the Rolls/Bentley shown is a coachbuilt one.

Re the single seater; 09 is a French dept in the Pyrénées, I wonder if the photo was taken in Pau which, whilst not in Dept 09, is not far away.

[Coatesy351]

Princes Highway Melbourne 1984

[LargeRed]

reminds me of the Monty Python sketch.....

"King Otto: Uh, oh, you must, oh... go down to the town and get me twenty Rothmans.

Prince Walter: What, now?

King Otto: No, tomorrow morning!"

[P5BNij]

Rome, 1969....







(An early appearance of the flash new reflective 'engraved' or 'mirrorline' number plates)

[bristolracer]

P5BNij said:

Rome, 1969....







(An early appearance of the flash new reflective 'engraved' or 'mirrorline' number plates)

If he drove from London thats about 100 gallons of five star

[Lily the Pink]

P5BNij said:

Rome, 1969....







(An early appearance of the flash new reflective 'engraved' or 'mirrorline' number plates)

LHD on GB plates. But more intriguing - what's going on with the hatch in the first photo - is it some sort of cover inside the glass (not in the other photos) ?

[JeremyH5]

Lily the Pink said:

LHD on GB plates. But more intriguing - what's going on with the hatch in the first photo - is it some sort of cover inside the glass (not in the other photos) ?

That’s the rear parcel shelf that lifts with the glass hatch. Not sure if it was detachable, headache for dog?

[P5BNij]

JeremyH5 said:

Lily the Pink said:

LHD on GB plates. But more intriguing - what's going on with the hatch in the first photo - is it some sort of cover inside the glass (not in the other photos) ?

That’s the rear parcel shelf that lifts with the glass hatch. Not sure if it was detachable, headache for dog?

Yes it was detachable, according to the period road test reviews

[P5BNij]

Photo c/o Dave Ford : Damdykes level crossing near Cramlington, Northumbria, November 1990....