A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[paulyv]

Apologies for it being incomplete but it's rare a Fiat Regata is seen in the wild. Blink and you'll miss it...almost literally - We bought it new in 1985 and by 1989 it was so rusty the rear window was falling in.



Meanwhile in the earlier 80's I am learning to ride watched on by many a family saloon.

[daqinggregg]

^ ^ ^ Right side a VW Santana?

[Dapster]

daqinggregg said:

^ ^ ^ Right side a VW Santana?

Good spot - looks like a fancy pants GX5 with the fog lights. You can just make out the left hand drive wiper set up which most of the rhd VWs of the day had.

[Rob 131 Sport]

Dapster said:

daqinggregg said:

^ ^ ^ Right side a VW Santana?

Good spot - looks like a fancy pants GX5 with the fog lights. You can just make out the left hand drive wiper set up which most of the rhd VWs of the day had.

They were a seriously dull car. I can’t think why anyone would choose one over an Audi 80 or BMW 3 Series. The depreciation on them was also high as a consequence of their lack of desirability.

[I-am-the-reverend]

It might be a Passat GL5 estate - now they were a cracking car.

[P5BNij]

[GTRene]

that a lovely picture, almost a painting.

[Turbobanana]

Agrigento plate, so Sicily.

[Milkyway]

This was ALMOST the original Batmobile,.

[Dapster]

I-am-the-reverend said:

It might be a Passat GL5 estate - now they were a cracking car.

No, it's a Santata. The Passat had the fog lights alongside the headlights against the grill.

They were great cars - my parents had a few Passats - 2 of the earlier B1s, and an estate like this (but a lowly 1.8, not the fancy 5 cyl). There was no way they would have considered a BMW as an alternative - too flash, too expensive. If you wanted good quality, robust, dependable family transport then this sat nicely between the Sierra or Cav and the Volvo 240 / Merc TE.

[P5BNij]

Turbobanana said:

Agrigento plate, so Sicily.

Thanks Turbo - I was going to ask if there's a useful reference for Italian plates then found it all on wiki...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration...

I was intrigued to see this one at 'Viva Italia' at Sywell last year, a genuine UK reg' number on an Italian style plate...





Presumably it's a show plate and not strictly road legal. I'd love to know where the owner got it!

Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 27th March 19:21

[TCEvo]

Via Twitter's Humanoid History account (@humanoidhistory), vehicle storage yard at Baltimore Port circa 1976:

[paulyv]

Amazing picture. I'll not be the one to identify each vehicle. This did however remind me of the many vehicles that used to be stored in a similar manner at the former RAF Grimsby just off the A16 in the early 80s.

[Riley Blue]

I-am-the-reverend said:

It might be a Passat GL5 estate - now they were a cracking car.

They were indeed. I had one as a company car in dark green metallic. It's only problem was that on my rural commute it was virtually invisible against the background hedges and trees so I drove with the lights on most of the time.

[TCEvo]

paulyv said:

Amazing picture. I'll not be the one to identify each vehicle. This did however remind me of the many vehicles that used to be stored in a similar manner at the former RAF Grimsby just off the A16 in the early 80s.

I'm not sure what the cars are - thought maybe Ford Pinto's as they came as a coupe/hatch & saloon and would've been new in the mid-1970's. Assume that someone on here will be able to identify.

[aeropilot]

TCEvo said:

paulyv said:

Amazing picture. I'll not be the one to identify each vehicle. This did however remind me of the many vehicles that used to be stored in a similar manner at the former RAF Grimsby just off the A16 in the early 80s.

I'm not sure what the cars are - thought maybe Ford Pinto's as they came as a coupe/hatch & saloon and would've been new in the mid-1970's. Assume that someone on here will be able to identify.

Depends whether this was an import or an export area....?

I suspect import, so likely European cars waiting for dispatch to dealers, rather than export cars waiting for a ship.

USA wasn't really exporting large quantities of stuff like the Pinto, or much else to ROW in the 70's.

[TCEvo]

aeropilot said:

TCEvo said:

paulyv said:

Amazing picture. I'll not be the one to identify each vehicle. This did however remind me of the many vehicles that used to be stored in a similar manner at the former RAF Grimsby just off the A16 in the early 80s.

I'm not sure what the cars are - thought maybe Ford Pinto's as they came as a coupe/hatch & saloon and would've been new in the mid-1970's. Assume that someone on here will be able to identify.

Depends whether this was an import or an export area....?

I suspect import, so likely European cars waiting for dispatch to dealers, rather than export cars waiting for a ship.

USA wasn't really exporting large quantities of stuff like the Pinto, or much else to ROW in the 70's.

There wasn't any accompanying info with the pic so not sure.

Other thought I had was mid-1970's Mazda's or Toyota's as both would've been imported to the USA & had ranges to include coupes & saloons.

[aeropilot]

TCEvo said:

aeropilot said:

TCEvo said:

paulyv said:

Amazing picture. I'll not be the one to identify each vehicle. This did however remind me of the many vehicles that used to be stored in a similar manner at the former RAF Grimsby just off the A16 in the early 80s.

I'm not sure what the cars are - thought maybe Ford Pinto's as they came as a coupe/hatch & saloon and would've been new in the mid-1970's. Assume that someone on here will be able to identify.

Depends whether this was an import or an export area....?

I suspect import, so likely European cars waiting for dispatch to dealers, rather than export cars waiting for a ship.

USA wasn't really exporting large quantities of stuff like the Pinto, or much else to ROW in the 70's.

There wasn't any accompanying info with the pic so not sure.

Other thought I had was mid-1970's Mazda's or Toyota's as both would've been imported to the USA & had ranges to include coupes & saloons.

As its Baltimore, I would say more likely to be European than Japanese. I would have expected Japanese cars to come into west coast ports and then shipped overland to east coast rather than all the way down through the Panama Canal and then up the east coast...?

[TCEvo]

aeropilot said:

As its Baltimore, I would say more likely to be European than Japanese. I would have expected Japanese cars to come into west coast ports and then shipped overland to east coast rather than all the way down through the Panama Canal and then up the east coast...?

Zooming in gives a little more detail, although I'm still not sure what they are:

[Jordie Barretts sock]

Toyota Crown/Corolla at a guess? And a few Toyota Liftbacks?