A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

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aeropilot

34,299 posts

226 months

Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Mr lestat said:
aeropilot said:
With a Mk.2 Granny, that has to be 1979/80 just after the Iranian revolution. It was a snowy winter as well, IIRC.


Winter of discontent 78/79
Yes, but specifically the fuel crisis in Jan/Feb '79 due to the loss of Iranian oil production following the Iranian Revolution in early Jan '79.

P5BNij

15,770 posts

105 months

Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Turbobanana said:
P5BNij said:
No details but a nice pic anyway - the smart looking early 1275GT would be knocking on the door of Cooper values today if it survived....

There's a Renault 14 on the left, behind the ADO Estate, so 1976+. My guess is 1977, due to the bunting (Silver Jubilee?).
Good call, I hadn't noticed the bunting wink

There's an early 1275GT in the same colour for sale on facebook, unusual to see one still on hydrolastic suspension too....


Mr lestat

4,318 posts

189 months

Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Milkyway said:
Mr lestat said:
aeropilot said:
With a Mk.2 Granny, that has to be 1979/80 just after the Iranian revolution. It was a snowy winter as well, IIRC.


Winter of discontent 78/79
The original post said 1970...but I thought that may be incorrect.
That Cortina looking a bit worse for wear... even though it is only a few years old. yikes


Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 11th May 13:59
It said 1970’s, pedantic I know

Milkyway

9,291 posts

52 months

Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Mr lestat said:
It said 1970’s, pedantic I know
Apologies; thumbup
I thought that the original post that I copied it from actually stated 1970, but the Cortina & Granada gave the game away... so that’s why I put the 70’s.


Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 11th May 15:09

aeropilot

34,299 posts

226 months

Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Mr lestat said:
Milkyway said:
Mr lestat said:
aeropilot said:
With a Mk.2 Granny, that has to be 1979/80 just after the Iranian revolution. It was a snowy winter as well, IIRC.


Winter of discontent 78/79
The original post said 1970...but I thought that may be incorrect.
That Cortina looking a bit worse for wear... even though it is only a few years old. yikes


Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 11th May 13:59
It said 1970’s, pedantic I know
Yes, but, the 1970's had two fuel crisis, one in 1973, and then the one in early 1979, as mentioned, so the fact that there was a Mk.2 Ganny in shot pointed to it being the 1979 one rather than the 1973 one.



Sticks.

8,707 posts

250 months

Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Turbobanana said:
P5BNij said:
No details but a nice pic anyway - the smart looking early 1275GT would be knocking on the door of Cooper values today if it survived....

There's a Renault 14 on the left, behind the ADO Estate, so 1976+. My guess is 1977, due to the bunting (Silver Jubilee?).
T'interweb said it's Bury St Edmunds, 1981. https://www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk/catalogue/sear...

Mr Tidy

22,065 posts

126 months

Wednesday 11th May 2022
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aeropilot said:
Mr lestat said:
Milkyway said:
Mr lestat said:
aeropilot said:
With a Mk.2 Granny, that has to be 1979/80 just after the Iranian revolution. It was a snowy winter as well, IIRC.


Winter of discontent 78/79
The original post said 1970...but I thought that may be incorrect.
That Cortina looking a bit worse for wear... even though it is only a few years old. yikes


Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 11th May 13:59
It said 1970’s, pedantic I know
Yes, but, the 1970's had two fuel crisis, one in 1973, and then the one in early 1979, as mentioned, so the fact that there was a Mk.2 Ganny in shot pointed to it being the 1979 one rather than the 1973 one.
That takes me back.

When I was 20 in 1979 I bought a Rover P6B 3500S which wasn't the ideal car to have in the 1979/80 oil crisis - as if I cared! laugh

Then I replaced it with a 1978 MK2 Granny Ghia in 1981 on a T plate, but early ones had an S plate so by 1979 the skanky Cortina might have been 5 years old. They don't make them like they used to - thankfully.



aeropilot

34,299 posts

226 months

Thursday 12th May 2022
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Milkyway said:
A bit off piste, but could you imagine doing this today. yikes
My late father did that back in the fifties, and often in a thick pea-souper smog conditions in London, when you could hardly see your hand in front of your face.....he had a few scary near misses.


dandarez

13,246 posts

282 months

Friday 13th May 2022
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aeropilot said:
Milkyway said:
A bit off piste, but could you imagine doing this today. yikes
My late father did that back in the fifties, and often in a thick pea-souper smog conditions in London, when you could hardly see your hand in front of your face.....he had a few scary near misses.
I remember the London smogs even though I was in my pram for the worst just before Xmas 52. Parents regularly went to London because of relatives there.
You know the old saying that history repeats itself. Not the pea-soupers...
wink something nearly as bad made a comeback recently!


Milkyway

9,291 posts

52 months

Friday 13th May 2022
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Safety protection...thought that they could have at least painted them : rolleyes





Edited by Milkyway on Friday 13th May 11:15

Turbobanana

6,160 posts

200 months

Friday 13th May 2022
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Milkyway said:
(In a robotic voice) "Take me to your leader".

Escort3500

11,829 posts

144 months

Friday 13th May 2022
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The copper on point duty in Durham city centre used to have some protection in the fifties (though it looks like some drivers of bigger vehicles might have had a go at him in this pic smile)



It was replaced by a more modern version in the sixties



Edited by Escort3500 on Friday 13th May 18:13

wildone63

989 posts

210 months

Friday 13th May 2022
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Milkyway said:
Safety protection...thought that they could have at least painted them : rolleyes





Edited by Milkyway on Friday 13th May 11:15
aha! so thats where the makers of Dr Who got the idea for Davros the dalek.

Dapster

6,875 posts

179 months

Saturday 14th May 2022
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Amazingly colourful scene from Berlin's Kurfürstendamm (and amusing art installation!)



amongst all the usual suspects and national brand loyalty, I can see in the right hand pic, a blue Alfasud and an SM heading away from us

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Saturday 14th May 2022
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Dapster said:
amongst all the usual suspects and national brand loyalty, I can see in the right hand pic, a blue Alfasud and an SM heading away from us
There's an Alfasud in the left hand picture too. A brown one.

Milkyway

9,291 posts

52 months

Saturday 14th May 2022
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Doofus said:
Dapster said:
amongst all the usual suspects and national brand loyalty, I can see in the right hand pic, a blue Alfasud and an SM heading away from us
There's an Alfasud in the left hand picture too. A brown one.
First ‘grass car’.... Renault 4 ...scratchchin
( I see a real van too)

green911

145 posts

208 months

Saturday 14th May 2022
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Isn't the brown one an Alfetta GTV?
Doofus said:
There's an Alfasud in the left hand picture too. A brown one.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Saturday 14th May 2022
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green911 said:
Isn't the brown one an Alfetta GTV?
Doofus said:
There's an Alfasud in the left hand picture too. A brown one.
I thought it was a 'sud Sprint, but happy to be corrected.

green911

145 posts

208 months

Saturday 14th May 2022
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Could be.

Not sure if I've shared this but my dad worked for an ad agency which had a company car policy of four door saloons. Two of the employees who qualified for a company car went to the Alfa dealer, which I think was on Baker Street and both ordered Alfetta 2000s. One went back later and added GTV to his order. At the time both were the same price. For some reason we did end up with both cars on our driveway at home.

I thought it was a 'sud Sprint, but happy to be corrected.
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TR4man

5,207 posts

173 months

Sunday 15th May 2022
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A couple of photos of Newcastle in Staffordshire in the 1970s.