A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[Turbobanana]

GTRene said:

strange name that last car under>

It's a 1950-54 Gutbrod Superior.

[GTRene]

Turbobanana said:

GTRene said:

strange name that last car under>

It's a 1950-54 Gutbrod Superior.

[aeropilot]

Turbobanana said:

GTRene said:

strange name that last car under>

It's a 1950-54 Gutbrod Superior.

Was this the car that inspired the Nissan Figaro styling perhaps.....?



Amazingly, this car appears to be the first ever production car fitted with fuel injection...!!

[Mr Tidy]

centralscot said:

The Fiat estate is with the roof rack is a 124,looks like a special T with the grill and lamps and fiat roundel, Fiat never made a 125 estate.

TBF that's why I thought it was probably a Seat, because AFAIK Fiat never made a 124 Special or Special T estate either (I've still got the brochures somewhere)!

[GTRene]

next set of almost forgotten cars spotted in NL long time ago.

a Morris needed help, wonder why? ;-)



in my early car days I loved those Fiat's, never owned such 124 sport? though





drag race anyone? ;-)



what's lurking in the bushes?



left to die I guess.

[RATATTAK]

centralscot said:

The Fiat estate is with the roof rack is a 124,looks like a special T with the grill and lamps and fiat roundel, Fiat never made a 125 estate.

Must be an FSO 125P estate then

[daqinggregg]

Oslo 1960, headrest fairly unusual for the time, anyone care to have a guess at the car?

[DickyC]

daqinggregg said:

Oslo 1960, headrest fairly unusual for the time, anyone care to have a guess at the car?

Porsche 356

[Dapster]

Looks like it but that hood seems to be protruding very far

[aeropilot]

DickyC said:

daqinggregg said:

Oslo 1960, headrest fairly unusual for the time, anyone care to have a guess at the car?

Porsche 356

Yep, I'm still going for the 356 as well.

Interesting there's a '56 Chevy in the background behind what appears to be a silver PA Cresta.

[DickyC]

Dapster said:

Looks like it but that hood seems to be protruding very far

It was the headrests that convinced me.

[Composer62]

Dapster said:

Looks like it but that hood seems to be protruding very far

Could the roof in the period car be folded forward to accommodate the luggage rack behind it ?

[GTRene]

some English man euh car, needed road help.



I never seen such Fiat, you have some US cars with wood and some English cars, but a Italian like this a surprise for me.





and this 'ugly' Duck, also some Italian I've never seen

[Trip]

aeropilot said:

Was this the car that inspired the Nissan Figaro styling perhaps.....?

As far as I know, yes.

[GTRene]

[Turbobanana]

GTRene said:

The annual Dutch Roadworthiness Test was getting harder to pass, although a majority verdict was acceptable.

[Turbobanana]

GTRene said:

Nice Goggomobil!

[paulyv]

[paulyv]

A few older scans. My uncle and his friend in 1958 setting up lunch in France or Belgium, some other odds-and-ends, and my grandfathers receipt for a driving licence in 1920.

Edited by paulyv on Friday 29th November 00:13

[TarquinMX5]

paulyv said:

A few older scans. My uncle and his friend in 1958 setting up lunch in France or Belgium, some other odds-and-ends, and my grandfathers receipt for a driving licence in 1920.

Edited by paulyv on Friday 29th November 00:13

Now, there's a difference. Nowadays that would likely result in a full road closure for a day! They've recently placed traffic lights, loads of signs, cones and barriers, closing off one lane of a 2-lane residential road near me because they're working on a manhole cover, on the pavement. So far, three days with activity on day one only. Cars park on the pavement on the same stretch of pavement, making more of an obstruction to pedestrians but they don't do anything about that. Nuts.