A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[1000 Miglia]

forsure said:

1000 Miglia said:

2 105E Anglias , a Riley Elf , then a ??...I thought Cortina MK2 but back panel looks wrong .^^^^^

HA Viva SL90 ?
]

I'd go with a hard no for that , lights are wrong .

[aeropilot]

forsure said:

1000 Miglia said:

2 105E Anglias , a Riley Elf , then a ??...I thought Cortina MK2 but back panel looks wrong .^^^^^

HA Viva SL90 ?

I agree with this.

[nicanary]

Ford Taunus 12M ?

[finlo]

It is an SL 90.

[TarquinMX5]

1000 Miglia said:

forsure said:

1000 Miglia said:

2 105E Anglias , a Riley Elf , then a ??...I thought Cortina MK2 but back panel looks wrong .^^^^^

HA Viva SL90 ?
]

I'd go with a hard no for that , lights are wrong .

I can see three separate rear lights on each side and the over-rider position looks right, so I'd go with SL90.

[bigothunter]

TarquinMX5 said:

1000 Miglia said:

forsure said:

1000 Miglia said:

2 105E Anglias , a Riley Elf , then a ??...I thought Cortina MK2 but back panel looks wrong .^^^^^

HA Viva SL90 ?
]

I'd go with a hard no for that , lights are wrong .

I can see three separate rear lights on each side and the over-rider position looks right, so I'd go with SL90.

Filler cap is in the correct location for an SL90 too.

[1000 Miglia]

I submit to the forum , I'm rubbish with these pics ,even when I blew it up to 500%

[Milkyway]

1000 Miglia said:

I submit to the forum , I'm rubbish with these pics ,even when I blew it up to 500%

With that infamous green stripe, it looks like a Lotus Viva...quite rare.

Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 18th May 19:43

[bigothunter]

Milkyway said:

With that infamous green stripe, it looks like a Lotus Viva...quite rare.

[Milkyway]

[DickyC]

+1 Simca 1501

[Turbobanana]

Milkyway said:

I'd never heard of the Armstrong 500, so I Googled it.

This was the predecessor to the Bathurst 1000, held for the first 3 years at Phillip Island (until the surface was deemed to rough, whereupon it moved to Mount Panorama).

The poster features the 1964 race which was won by Bob Jane & George Reynolds in a Cortina GT, achieving 130 laps. The Vivas did indeed finish 1st-6th in their class - quite an achievement. Notable Viva drivers included "B. Muir" finishing second: this is of course Brian Muir, who went on to considerable success in British and European Touring Cars and even Le Mans.

The Vivas' main competition in Class A was Hillman Imps, Ford Anglias, 850cc Minis, Beetle 1200s and an NSU Prinz.

[Mr lestat]

Blown up and enhanced I’m also thinking Viva

[bigothunter]

DickyC said:

+1 Simca 1501

Car in the photo only has 2 doors to my eyes.

Simca 1301/1501 was only available with 4 door and estate bodies...

[aeropilot]

Mr lestat said:

Blown up and enhanced I’m also thinking Viva

Which also shows its not a green stripe, its a red stripe with red interior, which was a common Viva SL scheme, plus the rear lights etc now confirm its a HA SL.

[nicanary]

My first car was a Viva SL, SHK497D. No idea why I thought it was something else but the side stripe looks a lot wider in the photo. It was an OK sort of car for a beginner, but I've no clue how it beat Anglias in a race. It cornered like a drunken whale.

[Milkyway]

BSA Ariel 3... moped.

Just seen Henry Cole find one on ‘findfixflog’...
Quote: It was designed for people who were a bit cautious of riding a bike, but It didn’t take off & helped in the demise of BSA.
( Guy / Skid didn’t like it at first... but warmed to it)

After a bit of Spit & polish... 600
( But today, I could see Dominos / Deliveroo etc whizzing around with their boxes on the back).

Edited by Milkyway on Thursday 19th May 16:20

[moffspeed]

bigothunter said:

Car in the photo only has 2 doors to my eyes.

Simca 1301/1501 was only available with 4 door and estate bodies...

Another Viva vote. I was on the N125 between Portimao and Albufeira this afternoon and this old friend still languishes in a field at the side of the road. A very elegant 1501 Estate in metallic green.

Over the years it has gone from “bring a can of petrol and a set of jump leads” to a restoration project. Sad really.

[P5BNij]

Some more yank stuff...

[Composer62]

moffspeed said:

bigothunter said:

Car in the photo only has 2 doors to my eyes.

Simca 1301/1501 was only available with 4 door and estate bodies...

Another Viva vote. I was on the N125 between Portimao and Albufeira this afternoon and this old friend still languishes in a field at the side of the road. A very elegant 1501 Estate in metallic green.

Over the years it has gone from “bring a can of petrol and a set of jump leads” to a restoration project. Sad really.

My dad had an almost identical car from new in the 70s.His was a 1301 and had the most comfortable seats I'd ever encountered It was very unreliable unfortunately and he traded it in for a used Daytona yellow Cortina GXL with a black vinyl roof naturally NWS 306M. I see the Cortina lasted until around 1984 according to the check my registration site.