A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

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Scrump

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166 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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JeremyH5

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143 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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P5BNij said:
Greaves Sidings a few miles south of Leamington in November 1980, can anyone identify the fastback coupe....?



Bonus period trivia - one of the signalmen here was Nigel Fletcher, a member of Lt.Pigeon who had a hit fifty years ago with 'Mouldy Old Dough' wink
Skoda I think.

TarquinMX5

2,089 posts

88 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Yes, probably a S110R, the 'sports' version smile.

Edited by TarquinMX5 on Saturday 19th February 19:15

finlo

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211 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Yep a 110R.

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

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243 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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finlo said:
Yep a 110R.
Originally designed to have the engine in the front?

Mr lestat

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198 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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This is the front, ugly looking thing

finlo

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Saturday 19th February 2022
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2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
finlo said:
Yep a 110R.
Originally designed to have the engine in the front?
No idea as they're not my bag but they were were prolific when I were a lad.

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,631 posts

243 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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finlo said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
finlo said:
Yep a 110R.
Originally designed to have the engine in the front?
No idea as they're not my bag but they were were prolific when I were a lad.
"have you got a petrol cap for a Skoda?" "sounds like a fair swap"

"why do Skodas have heated rear screens?" "to keep your hands warms when pushing it"

We forget how rubbish Skodas were! I believe the above car is the only car Autocar declared to be dangerous on a test drive.

Milkyway

10,095 posts

61 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
finlo said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
finlo said:
Yep a 110R.
Originally designed to have the engine in the front?
No idea as they're not my bag but they were were prolific when I were a lad.
"have you got a petrol cap for a Skoda?" "sounds like a fair swap"

"why do Skodas have heated rear screens?" "to keep your hands warms when pushing it"

We forget how rubbish Skodas were! I believe the above car is the only car Autocar declared to be dangerous on a test drive.
Back in the 80’s, a friend of ours used to race one on the grass.
It’s got the makings for an EV conversion... it’s got the looks & the position for the charge point already.


Edited by Milkyway on Saturday 19th February 16:20

hidetheelephants

27,890 posts

201 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Yet they consistently did well in their class at rallying. The handling was best addressed by putting a bag of sand or two in the front.

finlo

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Saturday 19th February 2022
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hidetheelephants said:
Yet they consistently did well in their class at rallying. The handling was best addressed by putting a bag of sand or two in the front.
Yes I remember that at the time but subsequently told it was because they were the only thing in that class!

Milkyway

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61 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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hidetheelephants said:
Yet they consistently did well in their class at rallying. The handling was best addressed by putting a bag of sand or two in the front.
Common practice for the Imps too... so I have been told.
I did put a ‘few’ turfs in the back of my 205 diesel once... instant power steering.


Edited by Milkyway on Saturday 19th February 16:28

RichB

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292 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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JeremyH5 said:
Everyone is talking about the car in front of the Alpine in dapster’s original post. We all know the red Alpine is an Alpine. wink
Oh that one, yes it's a Humber Scepter MkIII biglaugh

bristolracer

5,646 posts

157 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Mr lestat said:


This is the front, ugly looking thing
Quite futuristic looking for the time
Wrap around bumpers, aerodynamic shape.
Flush those headlights into the wings and it wouldnt look out of place in the 90s early 00s

Being East european there were pretty shonky at the time, hence all the Skoda jokes, which still put people off to this day.



ritmo

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179 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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re the Brabham 'fan car' mentioned earlier... its a popular recollection (repeated by motoring journalists that should know better) that the car was banned - it wasnt it was withdrawn. At the time Bernie E was was gathering the teams together under FOCA. The car was legal but other teams protested it. Bernie voluntarily withdrew the car after one event in order not to antagonise the other team principals and scupper his FOCA plans.
Gordon Murray is also adamant that the stories that the car spat debris out of the back of the car at competitors are nonsense because this would be physically impossible - im not sure of the physics of it but he ought to know.
I wish modern Formula one rules allowed such innovative thinking.

bigothunter

12,199 posts

68 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Mr lestat said:


This is the front, ugly looking thing
In stunning light brown / dark mustard whistle




Derivative Škoda 130 RS going well in more recent times biggrin


bigothunter

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68 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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ritmo said:
re the Brabham 'fan car' mentioned earlier... its a popular recollection (repeated by motoring journalists that should know better) that the car was banned - it wasnt it was withdrawn. At the time Bernie E was was gathering the teams together under FOCA. The car was legal but other teams protested it. Bernie voluntarily withdrew the car after one event in order not to antagonise the other team principals and scupper his FOCA plans.
Gordon Murray is also adamant that the stories that the car spat debris out of the back of the car at competitors are nonsense because this would be physically impossible - im not sure of the physics of it but he ought to know.
I wish modern Formula one rules allowed such innovative thinking.
Brabham Fan Car (BT46) reaches 44 years old this year. That's very sobering for all old farts. I was a young man back then whistle


LanceRS

2,182 posts

145 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Apart from being an old Skoda, it suffers as many did from attempts to make an original design look newer that it is. Generally, adding bits and pieces means that they ended up with cars that were neither one thing or another.

finlo

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211 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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LanceRS said:
Apart from being an old Skoda, it suffers as many did from attempts to make an original design look newer that it is. Generally, adding bits and pieces means that they ended up with cars that were neither one thing or another.
Rear window louvres and in-grill spotlights looking like a Halfords reject!

Edited by finlo on Saturday 19th February 21:27

The Don of Croy

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167 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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I think I read in Performance Car back in’t 1990’s that they viewed the Skoda as a poor mans’ 911, a tail heavy wee beastie that’ll catch you out if you overdo it.

Or I was suffering from benzene fumes in the Mini. Again.