A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[anonymous-user]

dandarez said:

Extremely bright young engineer pictured c.1964.

What engine is that? Certainly not A7!

[5pen]

Roy C said:

Probably a 1934 or 1935 SS2 1½-Litre (pre-SS Jaguar).

Thank you!

[LargeRed]

dandarez said:

Extremely bright young engineer pictured c.1964.

those were the days when you fixed up your motor in a very nice silk smoking jacket.


Whats under the tarp in the background.

[Huntsman]

LargeRed said:

Whats under the tarp in the background.

The Mystery car that's not an Alpine.

[Stevepolly]

aeropilot said:

Trafalgar Sq - Spring 1976.

The number 15 routemaster going to the White Horse Eastham, my old stomping ground.

Edited by Stevepolly on Monday 2nd August 10:57

[anonymous-user]

Stevepolly said:

The number 15 routemaster going to the White Horse Eastham, my old stopping ground.

Stomping

[Stevepolly]

My mum, sometime in the late 50's early 60's,
Posing by someone's car in High Wycombe.
what is the yank?

Edited by Stevepolly on Monday 2nd August 10:59

[aeropilot]

Stevepolly said:

My mum, sometime in the late 50's early 60's,
Posing by someone's car in High Wycombe.
what is the yank?

Edited by Stevepolly on Monday 2nd August 10:59

A 1957 Pontiac Chieftain.

[RichB]

Stevepolly said:

My mum, sometime in the late 50's early 60's,
Posing by someone's car in High Wycombe.

Perhaps the owner was based at the RAF Dawes Hill which was used mainly by the US Military ?

[dandarez]

LargeRed said:

dandarez said:

Extremely bright young engineer pictured c.1964.

those were the days when you fixed up your motor in a very nice silk smoking jacket.


Whats under the tarp in the background.

I've no idea what was under the tarp. However, he's wearing a 'cardigan' not a silk smoking jacket!

[dandarez]

V6 Pushfit said:

dandarez said:

Extremely bright young engineer pictured c.1964.

What engine is that? Certainly not A7!

No it's not, but it is an Austin 7 Special. 'Very special!'
The engine had only been launched the year prior and it didn't sit up front.
I can't think, well I don't have to think, of anyone else who ever attempted this.
There were other tuners who jumped at tuning this particular new engine, but nobody ever suggested nor thought of putting it 'up front'.

He then went on to build a prototype sports car in the front room of his semi detached, where he lived with his mum and a couple of guys who rented as a bedsit.
Mum was told to move upstairs as were his friends moved to other rooms - why?
So the front room could be his makeshift 'garage'.
When built the idea was to demolish the front bay window and wall and 'drive the car out!' then rebuild the frontage.
In the end this didn't happen, the 'car' was manhandled on to its side and got through the front door, and finished off outside under a shelter.
The house was No. 22 Chinbrook Road, Grove Pk, London. Wonder if who lives there now realises it was the birthplace of a new sports car company?

Any wiser?

Edited by dandarez on Monday 2nd August 17:37

[CobolMan]

Hazard a guess at it being a Coventry Climax from an Imp, I thought the car maker is Lotus but 1964 is too late.

Edited by CobolMan on Monday 2nd August 18:07

[eccles]

dandarez said:

V6 Pushfit said:

dandarez said:

Extremely bright young engineer pictured c.1964.

What engine is that? Certainly not A7!

No it's not, but it is an Austin 7 Special. 'Very special!'
The engine had only been launched the year prior and it didn't sit up front.
I can't think, well I don't have to think, of anyone else who ever attempted this.
There were other tuners who jumped at tuning this particular new engine, but nobody ever suggested nor thought of putting it 'up front'.

He then went on to build a prototype sports car in the front room of his semi detached, where he lived with his mum and a couple of guys who rented as a bedsit.
Mum was told to move upstairs as were his friends moved to other rooms - why?
So the front room could be his makeshift 'garage'.
When built the idea was to demolish the front bay window and wall and 'drive the car out!' then rebuild the frontage.
In the end this didn't happen, the 'car' was manhandled on to its side and got through the front door, and finished off outside under a shelter.
The house was No. 22 Chinbrook Road, Grove Pk, London. Wonder if who lives there now realises it was the birthplace of a new sports car company?

Any wiser?

Edited by dandarez on Monday 2nd August 17:37

Ginetta?

[john2443]

Frank Costin?

[aeropilot]

RichB said:

Stevepolly said:

My mum, sometime in the late 50's early 60's,
Posing by someone's car in High Wycombe.

Perhaps the owner was based at the RAF Dawes Hill which was used mainly by the US Military ?

That would be my guess as well.

[RichB]

john2443 said:

Frank Costin?

Nah, he'd have been 44 in '64 and that young chap looks mid 20s.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Stevepolly said:

aeropilot said:

Trafalgar Sq - Spring 1976.

The number 15 routemaster going to the White Horse Eastham, my old stomping ground.

Crikey, that picture struck a chord. My first car was a blue R5 TL, HLY 111N. I used to drive around there (well, around everywhere really) and thought that was me when I first saw it.

Actually, on closer inspection, that car has much smarter seats than my no-headrest cheapies had.

[Tyre Smoke]

That Anglia is a long way from home, Cornwall plates.

[JeremyH5]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Stevepolly said:

aeropilot said:

Trafalgar Sq - Spring 1976.

The number 15 routemaster going to the White Horse Eastham, my old stomping ground.

Crikey, that picture struck a chord. My first car was a blue R5 TL, HLY 111N. I used to drive around there (well, around everywhere really) and thought that was me when I first saw it.

Actually, on closer inspection, that car has much smarter seats than my no-headrest cheapies had.

It’s a TS. I had one in those colours on a T reg as my second car.

[Dapster]

JeremyH5 said:

It’s a TS. I had one in those colours on a T reg as my second car.

My history master at school had an absolute billy basic left hand drive 5 imported from France - first gen. Still had the yellow headlight bulbs. I remember it had the side exit exhaust and dash mounted gearlever a la 2CV like this one which made it a pre '73