How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
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droopsnoot said:
The slides are labelled Richmond, Richmond, Richmond and Horsey Mill. The last one also says BH37, not sure if that's the postcode or something else.
Morf said:
Third one is Richmond in N Yorks. I've got a feeling the first two are as well.
Yes, you're correct. Though I did assume it was Richmond, Surrey rather than Yorkshire.droopsnoot said:
Yes, you're correct. Though I did assume it was Richmond, Surrey rather than Yorkshire.
Missed your first post with the answer!Because I've got nothing better to do this morning, I tracked down the other two Richmond views which are:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.402394,-1.738319...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.403717,-1.742033...
No road works in the last one, so clearly the work hasn't taken that long to do!
23 said:
Wonderful. Any more pictures from the yard?
Depends what you want to see, my dad loved using Kodachrome in the 50s and 60s so I have loads of slides that I am slowly scanning. Here's one form the same yard where he worked in Bolton. Here's a couple from the family business, that's me and my dad by the Thames Trader, must be about 1959
a Jag Mk4? and a Leyland Super Comet about 1958
Edited by jagracer on Friday 7th August 14:16
Going through some old photos at my Dad's house today we came across this picture of his Mini Cooper, apparantly taken on the day he picked it up brand new. A Morris Mini Cooper, tartan red with a black roof.
He later uprated the engine to a 1275 "S", painted the roof white and took it rallying. If I find any pics of it in competition spec I'll post them up.
He later uprated the engine to a 1275 "S", painted the roof white and took it rallying. If I find any pics of it in competition spec I'll post them up.
R_U_LOCAL said:
Going through some old photos at my Dad's house today we came across this picture of his Mini Cooper, apparantly taken on the day he picked it up brand new. A Morris Mini Cooper, tartan red with a black roof.
He later uprated the engine to a 1275 "S", painted the roof white and took it rallying. If I find any pics of it in competition spec I'll post them up.
Great registration for a competition car! : 'Fastest Time of the Day'He later uprated the engine to a 1275 "S", painted the roof white and took it rallying. If I find any pics of it in competition spec I'll post them up.
Spottedlaurel said:
oldnbold said:
I particularly like this one. droopsnoot said:
There's a need for the car to have a valid MOT to transfer the plate off (though I don't know if there was back then), maybe the rust that Lancias had a reputation for crept up and made it uneconomical to deal with.
Those four were Yarmouth, Winslow x 2, and Thame. Here's the final four.
A thought springs to mind,if a similar picture was taken today most of the cars would be silver!Those four were Yarmouth, Winslow x 2, and Thame. Here's the final four.
jagracer said:
Here's one of three Capris I owned, this one is a 3.0S.
and my Granada 3.0GXL, it was my dads car from new and he fitted the Ghia grill to it.
I bought this new, 1100 Escort, the most boring car going and PX'd it for a new XR3 when they were introduced a few months later.
Where the 2 pics at the top taken in Lee? Certainly looks familiar.and my Granada 3.0GXL, it was my dads car from new and he fitted the Ghia grill to it.
I bought this new, 1100 Escort, the most boring car going and PX'd it for a new XR3 when they were introduced a few months later.
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
Well, the Humber has a Huddersfield registration and one of the hotels says 'The Cliff' so I'm narrowing it down to a coastal town in the north of the UK.With it being black and white we can't tell the colour of the stone but wonders if it may even be Scotland.
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