A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[964Cup]

aeropilot said:

Err........what is 'period' about that photo?

Last Monday feels like a long time ago.

[Venisonpie]

P5BNij said:

Apologies for the railway oriented photo but I was looking at it just now and noticed the Henlys showroom in the background above Park Street Tunnel, half way up Camden bank coming out of Euston, I didn't realise they had an outlet in this part of London...



The photo was taken in September 1965 - I'm guessing Henlys would've been selling Mk2 and S-Type Jags and Rover P5s at the time. For the railway geeks the loco is Sulzer Type 2 D5019

Is that the rat hole disappearing down to the right?

[NomduJour]

aeropilot said:

They had a huge service centre/workshop at a different location in Camden, which backed onto the Regents Canal

That became the Terry Farrell TV-am studios.

[NomduJour]

[AmgMercedes]

NomduJour said:

That Land Rover is quite random - a Broom Wade (later AirDrive) compressor conversion (for driving pneumatic road drills etc), the grille covers a big oil cooler.

Top bearding there

[P5BNij]

Venisonpie said:

P5BNij said:

Apologies for the railway oriented photo but I was looking at it just now and noticed the Henlys showroom in the background above Park Street Tunnel, half way up Camden bank coming out of Euston, I didn't realise they had an outlet in this part of London...



The photo was taken in September 1965 - I'm guessing Henlys would've been selling Mk2 and S-Type Jags and Rover P5s at the time. For the railway geeks the loco is Sulzer Type 2 D5019

Is that the rat hole disappearing down to the right?

Yes, part of it. Brings back nightmares now I think of it!

[aeropilot]

NomduJour said:

aeropilot said:

They had a huge service centre/workshop at a different location in Camden, which backed onto the Regents Canal

That became the Terry Farrell TV-am studios.

Longer ago than I thought, as those were built late 80's early 90's from dimming memory cells...so was back when it was the old Dingwalls...... blimey I feel old.

[aeropilot]

NomduJour said:

Hah....where the hell did you find that.....!
That's opposite the Elephants Head.

[Cass63]

bigothunter said:

Red and white (Old English?) colour scheme looks great on the Imp

Are those photos taken in marston?

[P5BNij]

[Turbobanana]

What did this mean?

[NomduJour]

First version of the motorway symbol that didn’t catch on.

[bigothunter]

Turbobanana said:

What did this mean?

Abstract symbol signified Motorway status.

[bigothunter]

More early motorway signs

[bigothunter]

Famous Midland Red BMMO CM5 coach which cruised at 80mph between London and Birmingham when the M1 first opened. Overtook most cars as they stormed along, often in the outside lane. Turbo version was credited with a top speed over 85mph.

Exciting times with rapid journey times on Britain's new 'Autobahn' network. We seem to have lost so much ambition in the intervening 57 years. Or maybe we didn't appreciate the value of what had been created and simply gave it away

http://midlandred.net/vehicles/fleetinfo.php?type=...

Edited by bigothunter on Monday 27th June 14:51

[P5BNij]

bigothunter said:

Famous Midland Red BMMO CM5 coach which cruised at 80mph between London and Birmingham when the M1 first opened. Overtook most cars as they stormed along, often in the outside lane. Turbo version was credited with a top speed over 85mph.

Exciting times with rapid journey times on Britain's new 'Autobahn' network. We seem to have lost so much ambition in the intervening 57 years. Or maybe we didn't appreciate the value of what had been created and simply gave it away

http://midlandred.net/vehicles/fleetinfo.php?type=...

Edited by bigothunter on Monday 27th June 14:51

Ford Pop on the grass verge / hard shoulder in that lovely 'Ladybird' style illustration..?

[aeropilot]

bigothunter said:

Exciting times with rapid journey times on Britain's new 'Autobahn' network. We seem to have lost so much ambition in the intervening 57 years. Or maybe we didn't appreciate the value of what had been created and simply gave it away

More a case of the fact that there were only about 5 million vehicles on UK roads in 1960.....

Compared with over 30 million in 2020......

[bigothunter]

P5BNij said:

Ford Pop on the grass verge / hard shoulder in that lovely 'Ladybird' style illustration..?

Eagle eyed or casting Ford aspersions?

Looks like a Jaguar Mk2 in the outside lane (as ever), with Thames Trader behind and Dodge 100 Series (Kew or Parrot Nose) in the other carriageway.

[P5BNij]

bigothunter said:

P5BNij said:

Ford Pop on the grass verge / hard shoulder in that lovely 'Ladybird' style illustration..?

Eagle eyed or casting Ford aspersions?

Looks like a Jaguar Mk2 in the outside lane (as ever), with Thames Trader behind and Dodge 100 Series (Kew or Parrot Nose) in the other carriageway.

Casting eagle eyed aspersions, see

More archive stuff, various locations...

[bigothunter]

aeropilot said:

bigothunter said:

Exciting times with rapid journey times on Britain's new 'Autobahn' network. We seem to have lost so much ambition in the intervening 57 years. Or maybe we didn't appreciate the value of what had been created and simply gave it away

More a case of the fact that there were only about 5 million vehicles on UK roads in 1960.....

Compared with over 30 million in 2020......

Motorway infrastructure unable to cope with demand and no forward planning to address the problem. Like NHS, railway network, housing, education, parking, free air space, power generation and everything else which has gone to pot

I was a kid back then. Suddenly Britain was forging ahead (or so it felt). E-type released, rapid coaches, British motorways to rival autobahns with long journey times halved. Germany capitalised to their benefit but Britain lost the initiative. Key objective of the Third Reich was sufficient 'living space'. Maybe there are just too many Brits occupying a small island...