A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[gt40steve]

GTRene said:

Turbobanana said:

You can buy one if you have £POA to spare:

I seem to recall they were asking £100K for it a while ago

huh? never seen an engine fitted like that?
its not really longitudinal nor is it transverse strange one it is.

RS 1600 is similar, but not such an extreme angle.

Edited by gt40steve on Tuesday 19th March 13:51

[P5BNij]

GTRene said:

P5BNij said:

The Bertone factory in 1974...

love those, reminds me of the 2 or 3 they made in aluminium? although the one in the picture is a normal mk1 model I guess, great picture, great Memories from the 5 times I owned one long time ago, 1 bad apple 1500 the rest were 1300 examples.

When our family moved house in '78 one of the neighbours down the road had two X1/9s on the drive, I found out the following week they didn't belong to the parents but instead belonged to their two teenage sons. I can't remember what years they were, but one was pale metallic blue and one was bright orange and both had proper Bertone alloys fitted. Compared to the next door neighbour's '60s Ford Zephyr they looked incredibly exotic at the time.

[bigothunter]

gt40steve said:

RS 1600 is similar.

BDA is a work of art

[Milkyway]

FB: Beaumont Street, Darlington. 1960's.
Remember the shout "scrap lorry"... the higher the stack the better.
( Made our days that did).

[Turbobanana]

gt40steve said:

GTRene said:

Turbobanana said:

You can buy one if you have £POA to spare:

I seem to recall they were asking £100K for it a while ago

huh? never seen an engine fitted like that?
its not really longitudinal nor is it transverse strange one it is.

RS 1600 is similar, but not such an extreme angle.

Edited by gt40steve on Tuesday 19th March 13:51

Have you seen the Lancia D50?



Done to steer the propshaft around the driver rather than under them or between their legs, thus lowering CoG.

[hidetheelephants]

The BRM V16 had a squint engine too; as above it was packaging reasons.

[GTRene]

Turbobanana said:

gt40steve said:

GTRene said:

Turbobanana said:

You can buy one if you have £POA to spare:

I seem to recall they were asking £100K for it a while ago

huh? never seen an engine fitted like that?
its not really longitudinal nor is it transverse strange one it is.

RS 1600 is similar, but not such an extreme angle.

Edited by gt40steve on Tuesday 19th March 13:51

Have you seen the Lancia D50?



Done to steer the propshaft around the driver rather than under them or between their legs, thus lowering CoG.

ow my Gold Oil Diamonds, that looks fugly like it had a sideway accident

[TarquinMX5]

Milkyway said:

FB: Beaumont Street, Darlington. 1960's.
Remember the shout "scrap lorry"... the higher the stack the better.
( Made our days that did).

Could it be early 70s; is that a Triumph 2000 MK2 in centre of the car park? The Anglia, which appears to have a B-suffix, didn't wear well.

[Mr Tidy]

TarquinMX5 said:

The Anglia, which appears to have a B-suffix, didn't wear well.

That's because they didn't!

My mate bought a 1966 one in 1976 and the next thing he bought was an arc welder and pair of front wings, followed by various other repair panels and chassis sections! I think it took him 6 months to get it on the road.

[GTRene]

Fiat made less then a handful aluminium examples from their Fiat X1/9

[Turbobanana]

GTRene said:

Fiat made less then a handful aluminium examples from their Fiat X1/9

Someone help the poor girl on the right - she's struggling.

Not sure why Fiat bothered with a "Superlight" version: if you left them outside long enough the weight would just drop off...

[bigothunter]

Turbobanana said:

GTRene said:

Fiat made less then a handful aluminium examples from their Fiat X1/9

Someone help the poor girl on the right - she's struggling.

Girl on the left looks more substantial

[P5BNij]

[mehere]

A few more from my files...

[TarquinMX5]

mehere said:

A few more from my files...

Is that a Wartburg estate? (outside lane going away from the photographer, behind the nearest truck)

[Jordie Barretts sock]

TarquinMX5 said:

mehere said:

A few more from my files...

Is that a Wartburg estate? (outside lane going away from the photographer, behind the nearest truck)

Well spotted sir! It most certainly is.

[Error_404_Username_not_found]

Check out all the rubber- neckers standing around waiting for the winch cable to part and take a few heads off.

[aeropilot]

Error_404_Username_not_found said:

Check out all the rubber- neckers standing around waiting for the winch cable to part and take a few heads off.

And not a hi-viz jacket or hard hat in sight.

[Milkyway]

A coal powered bus...

[hidetheelephants]

Milkyway said:

A coal powered bus...

Mr Chomondley-Warner explains what's going on.