How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
Discussion
austin said:
Does anyone in the VSCC know about this lot?
my dad has been member of the vscc for years, and my granddad was one of the founder members of the riley club, the Trinty does a full show season every year & did a 400 mile run last year.my dad does go to the occasional vscc meets, and we go to Cadwell nearly every year
guru_1071 said:
my dad has been member of the vscc for years, and my granddad was one of the founder members of the riley club, the Trinty does a full show season every year & did a 400 mile run last year.
my dad does go to the occasional vscc meets, and we go to Cadwell nearly every year
Austin..this page should interest a number of Forumists...is it acceptable to arrange a "link"? I have to say that I had not so far heard of a Riley Trinity....but am mighty impressed at the life, usage and true VSCC way it has been owned. A perfect story for the Bulletin surely!my dad does go to the occasional vscc meets, and we go to Cadwell nearly every year
williamp said:
lovely. You keep mentionnuing using the Jensen "hard". I keep having these images of the noise as the tacho swing upwards towards some unseen horizon. Lovely stuff!
Oh, they'll take a bit of punishment without complaint but the tacho will struggle to rev much past 4500rpm.SV8Predator said:
williamp said:
lovely. You keep mentionnuing using the Jensen "hard". I keep having these images of the noise as the tacho swing upwards towards some unseen horizon. Lovely stuff!
Oh, they'll take a bit of punishment without complaint but the tacho will struggle to rev much past 4500rpm.guru_1071 said:
been scanning a load of old slides...
my grandads Jensen 541R in about 1970, just after my dad had repainted it. note the Austin A40 headlamp surrounds - the only 541r ive ever seen to have them fitted. this was a brute of a car, my grandad drove it as it should be driven - i lusted after this car when i was little, and still do, one day it will be back on the road (been in storage for years!)
my grandads DS in the late 1960's on holiday in the check republic (i think)
what could possibly go wrong when lifting it onto a boat?
thats right.....the car lifter ripped both rear wings off........
the rest of the european tour was done with the wings strapped onto the roof rack.....
here is it getting some attention at home
my grandad loved this car, eventually it was so rotten it had to be broken up - he replaced it with the Jensen. i still own the roof rack and use it now!
this is his Riley RMA, he loved rileys and owned many prewar ones, this one was run late 1950's / early 1960's it was eventually replaced by the DS
after the DS died, and before the Jensen he was 'in between' cars, so he had to borrow my dads MG to go on holiday with my granmother
this car was infamous, as once my dad jammed the brakes on at a set of lights and the passenger seat broke and my grandmother slid under the dash and broke her nose - i think my dad had to sell it very shortly after!
heres a picture of my dads motorbike, its a triumph cub (i think)
more soon
Weren't the DS rear wings intentionally removable - just held on by one large bolt? Perhaps this was the reason for their demise.my grandads Jensen 541R in about 1970, just after my dad had repainted it. note the Austin A40 headlamp surrounds - the only 541r ive ever seen to have them fitted. this was a brute of a car, my grandad drove it as it should be driven - i lusted after this car when i was little, and still do, one day it will be back on the road (been in storage for years!)
my grandads DS in the late 1960's on holiday in the check republic (i think)
what could possibly go wrong when lifting it onto a boat?
thats right.....the car lifter ripped both rear wings off........
the rest of the european tour was done with the wings strapped onto the roof rack.....
here is it getting some attention at home
my grandad loved this car, eventually it was so rotten it had to be broken up - he replaced it with the Jensen. i still own the roof rack and use it now!
this is his Riley RMA, he loved rileys and owned many prewar ones, this one was run late 1950's / early 1960's it was eventually replaced by the DS
after the DS died, and before the Jensen he was 'in between' cars, so he had to borrow my dads MG to go on holiday with my granmother
this car was infamous, as once my dad jammed the brakes on at a set of lights and the passenger seat broke and my grandmother slid under the dash and broke her nose - i think my dad had to sell it very shortly after!
heres a picture of my dads motorbike, its a triumph cub (i think)
more soon
Edited by guru_1071 on Friday 20th January 13:41
I had one of those when we first got married, bought it off my Mum & Dad as we were skint, a 1300 LE Coupé complete with gold body, chocolate brown vinyl roof and brown and orange 'LE' stripes. It was a dreadful car.
lowdrag said:
The ex-SWMBO with the car of doom - one of the first 1275cc Marinas. From memory the picture was taken somewhere between Edinburgh and Newcastle.
VFK44 said:
Guru1071, I've sent you an email about the Jensen - I noticed the copy that Pistonheads sent to me went straight into my Spam folder so you might need to check there!
Stephen.
stephenStephen.
ive replied.
in doing so, ive lost the pictures that i posted above from my photobuckets
grrr!!!!
Heres a few of my early cars.
I was always a big Vauxhall fan hence the two novas, but then fell in love with the Renault 5 GT turbo, of which I owned three in the end.
My 1st Nova, a 1986 1.3 SR (taken at Oulton Park) around 1990.
My 2nd Nova, a 1991 1.4 SR, was no where near as much fun (or as quick) as the earlier 1.3!
My Beloved 1990 Renault 5 GT turbo 'Raider'. Came to a sad end after a volvo pulled out on me without looking!
I was always a big Vauxhall fan hence the two novas, but then fell in love with the Renault 5 GT turbo, of which I owned three in the end.
My 1st Nova, a 1986 1.3 SR (taken at Oulton Park) around 1990.
My 2nd Nova, a 1991 1.4 SR, was no where near as much fun (or as quick) as the earlier 1.3!
My Beloved 1990 Renault 5 GT turbo 'Raider'. Came to a sad end after a volvo pulled out on me without looking!
Here are a few of the cars I have owned through the decades
My first car was a Hillman Super Minx which I bought when I was 16 and it cost me a fiver
Sadly the engine used more oil than petrol so plan B was buy another car to pass my test and I bagged this Viva for £20
My HB with my brothers Ford Poplar
The headlamps and side/indicators are from a Humber Super Snipe
Front grill canabalised from a FD VX490
Sold the HB and bought my Marina TC
Sold the TC after 6 years and bought the Sunbeam
My first car was a Hillman Super Minx which I bought when I was 16 and it cost me a fiver
Sadly the engine used more oil than petrol so plan B was buy another car to pass my test and I bagged this Viva for £20
My HB with my brothers Ford Poplar
The headlamps and side/indicators are from a Humber Super Snipe
Front grill canabalised from a FD VX490
Sold the HB and bought my Marina TC
Sold the TC after 6 years and bought the Sunbeam
Sold the Sunbeam after 4 years and bought my first brand new car.
Renault 11 which I kept for 13 years. It was sold locally and is still on sorn, too good to break
The only picture I have of my Renault 25 and the 11 behind it
Next was a Vauxhall Senator, sadly at this time video was all the rage and I don't have any photographs
These pictures were taken from the video so apologies for the quality
A few of pictures of the Renault Safranne
Porsche 944 2.7 The car I loved to hate
Finally my Fathers Mercedes 220b fintail
Renault 11 which I kept for 13 years. It was sold locally and is still on sorn, too good to break
The only picture I have of my Renault 25 and the 11 behind it
Next was a Vauxhall Senator, sadly at this time video was all the rage and I don't have any photographs
These pictures were taken from the video so apologies for the quality
A few of pictures of the Renault Safranne
Porsche 944 2.7 The car I loved to hate
Finally my Fathers Mercedes 220b fintail
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