How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
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Reminds me of my Dad's first car, it was a 1939 Singer Bantam 9hp bought in 1952 when I was aged 8, CBO 270 it was. Used to go from home in Nottingham to Forest Gate, East London at Christmas and Bank Holiday weekends where my parents originated and where all the relatives lived. Took about 5+ hours including a stop at Huntingdon to make some tea on a Primus stove. A few years later we moved on to a 1952 Ford Prefect E493A model which was GNR 555.
Got no pics of the Singer 9 but it was exactly like this one:
Got no pics of the Singer 9 but it was exactly like this one:
manorcom said:
These are of pics my dad's Austin 7 he bought in 1948. The receipt says he paid 61 pounds for it. Reg OJ 7630.
When I was but a young lad in the early 1950's, my parents would regale me of tales and adventures in their jalopy. They said it was falling to bits when dad bought it. Cars were in very short supply in those days.
Dad used to tell me of his RAF days. The squadron owned a couple of old Austin 7's. When they went into town, they used to chalk the names of the passengers on the bonnet. When you got back to the car you would rub your name off. The last man to return would drive back, drunk or not.
OJ served mom and dad for a few years. They used to tell amusing stories of their adventures in it. The passenger seat was held in with pieces of wire. The seat would turn with mom in it when they went around a corner. Mom would beg dad to go around an opposite corner for her to turn back facing the front. One day, the handbrake lever came off in his hand. He threw it out of the window saying "I never used it anyway!". They used to go out usually with friends. When they got to a hill, the passengers would have to get out and help push it up. Going down was a breeze but a worry as you could run into something because the brakes were so bad. Dad used to park it on a piece of waste ground opposite their house, in the Birmingham slums. People would remark to him that another piece had dropped off yesterday. The day he part-exchanged it in 1950-odd, the chassis snapped and he stood in front of it so the salesman wouldn't notice. He got away with it, and drove out with a Vanguard.
The pictures (above) are in late 1948 in Torquay."
And to think, people complain about 'reliability' on their new cars!When I was but a young lad in the early 1950's, my parents would regale me of tales and adventures in their jalopy. They said it was falling to bits when dad bought it. Cars were in very short supply in those days.
Dad used to tell me of his RAF days. The squadron owned a couple of old Austin 7's. When they went into town, they used to chalk the names of the passengers on the bonnet. When you got back to the car you would rub your name off. The last man to return would drive back, drunk or not.
OJ served mom and dad for a few years. They used to tell amusing stories of their adventures in it. The passenger seat was held in with pieces of wire. The seat would turn with mom in it when they went around a corner. Mom would beg dad to go around an opposite corner for her to turn back facing the front. One day, the handbrake lever came off in his hand. He threw it out of the window saying "I never used it anyway!". They used to go out usually with friends. When they got to a hill, the passengers would have to get out and help push it up. Going down was a breeze but a worry as you could run into something because the brakes were so bad. Dad used to park it on a piece of waste ground opposite their house, in the Birmingham slums. People would remark to him that another piece had dropped off yesterday. The day he part-exchanged it in 1950-odd, the chassis snapped and he stood in front of it so the salesman wouldn't notice. He got away with it, and drove out with a Vanguard.
The pictures (above) are in late 1948 in Torquay."
Talking about reliability the Austin was 14 years old and still going when dad bought it in 1948
I had a new Talbot Horizon in 1979 HFD 977V. Here pictured on a trip to Malta in '81 in Paris:
I passed the car to dad in around '83. The engine got noisier and noisier. With the MOT's getting very costly he part exed it in 1987 for a 3 year old Talbot Solara [SOH 679Y] with George Heath [Talbot], the only garage that would take it in. The day he took it into collect the Solara, as he parked it the front suspension colapsed. The salesman said "Don't worry we are going to scrap it anyway!"
So that is 8 years life! The Solara didn't fair much better, that died late 1994 an11 year life! Neither of them had particularly high mileage.
No wonder Talbot didn't last long. All based on French junk.
I understand that today cars are mostly scrapped due to either engine and/or electrical faults with the average age at 14 years.
I had a new Talbot Horizon in 1979 HFD 977V. Here pictured on a trip to Malta in '81 in Paris:
I passed the car to dad in around '83. The engine got noisier and noisier. With the MOT's getting very costly he part exed it in 1987 for a 3 year old Talbot Solara [SOH 679Y] with George Heath [Talbot], the only garage that would take it in. The day he took it into collect the Solara, as he parked it the front suspension colapsed. The salesman said "Don't worry we are going to scrap it anyway!"
So that is 8 years life! The Solara didn't fair much better, that died late 1994 an11 year life! Neither of them had particularly high mileage.
No wonder Talbot didn't last long. All based on French junk.
I understand that today cars are mostly scrapped due to either engine and/or electrical faults with the average age at 14 years.
Edited by manorcom on Saturday 16th June 13:56
Carsie said:
Loose_Cannon said:
Thanks to this thread I now try and include some human (or pet!) content in all my pictures unless the vehicular subject matter is absolutely spectacular or a complete one off (and we are talking Panther Six here!)
Your wish...
Does anyone know what became of it?
k
GT6 Jonsey said:
Cant remember which of these I may have put up before, some may be duplicates. Rummaging through old family albums found this lot
< Big snip >
Me at the start of my triumph addiction
Love the Lucas Square Eights! As fitted to new Rolls Royce Silver Shadows in the 1970s. And to my old Ford Corsair (courtesy of Halfords)!< Big snip >
Me at the start of my triumph addiction
(And I still have them! Sad!)
TR4man said:
Carsie said:
Loose_Cannon said:
Thanks to this thread I now try and include some human (or pet!) content in all my pictures unless the vehicular subject matter is absolutely spectacular or a complete one off (and we are talking Panther Six here!)
Your wish...Does anyone know what became of it?
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19465/lot/153/
manorcom said:
Show us your spotlights!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hk11_yah/2322107558/...
I still have them and the car!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hk11_yah/35757577950...
Edited by keeef on Monday 18th June 17:41
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