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Another pic from a house clearance so no idea who, when or where? Love the Mk3 Cortina in the background with its filler, primer, odd door and GT wheels! Quite late for mk3 on an R, Looks like an 87 tax disc on the Saab so the Sierra behind must have been reasonably new even though someones had its wheel trims away! Mk4 Cortina lurking on the right..
SilverHarrier said:
Another pic from a house clearance so no idea who, when or where? Love the Mk3 Cortina in the background with its filler, primer, odd door and GT wheels! Quite late for mk3 on an R, Looks like an 87 tax disc on the Saab so the Sierra behind must have been reasonably new even though someones had its wheel trims away! Mk4 Cortina lurking on the right..
Pas28i said:
All nice, £650 back in 97, I remember a couple of years before, a black RS2000 mk2 project was for sale on the roadside for £500, my mates all thought it was rubbish and that I was mad to even think about it!
Didn’t buy it in the end, that and a few other cars since!
What caught my eye was your dads Orion, because my dad had an Orion Ghia with almost the same number plate; C265 BHX.
I passed my test in September 94 and can remember the old man going out to work one day and leaving about £30 and a note saying 'take Orion down the tyre shop and get two part worns fitted, straight there and straight back', I went straight out for a blast and finished off the existing tyres! He flipped when he got home as he'd read the mileage and id done 65 miles on what shoud have been a 2 mile round trip!Didn’t buy it in the end, that and a few other cars since!
What caught my eye was your dads Orion, because my dad had an Orion Ghia with almost the same number plate; C265 BHX.
SilverHarrier said:
Some more random pictures from house clearance so no idea where or when, expect someone may be able to date it from the livery of rail carriage? Apologies there not of cars but will try and get some better ones up later..
I'd be disappointed if someone here can't date it from the machinery as well!
Some nice pictures here, again from house clearance so I don't know the people! The trials bikes look like proper home conversions, possibly from ex military? Might need some help on the bikes too, first Triumph Tiger 80 with the girders?
Matchless G3 with tank held on with bungees and the last two Velocette MSS?
SilverHarrier said:
...expect someone may be able to date it from the livery of rail carriage?
This is BR's InterCity livery, grey over beige and in may people's opinion the best livery they used. It was used on coaches like this from '85 and as this one looks pretty grubby it's probably late '80s. 
Dad always took a camera when out working and would often snap pictures of random old Fords as ive always been into them..
Tidy Mk1 Capri for its age, taken in Thanet early 90s.
Nice RS2000 in rare midnight blue, he seems to think he took that one down Southampton way mid 90s. Shame about the sunroof, was that an aftermarket one or did someone lift it straight out of a Peugeot 205?!!
SilverHarrier said:
Some nice pictures here, again from house clearance so I don't know the people! The trials bikes look like proper home conversions, possibly from ex military? Might need some help on the bikes too, first Triumph Tiger 80 with the girders?
Matchless G3 with tank held on with bungees and the last two Velocette MSS?
)tog said:
SilverHarrier said:
Some more random pictures from house clearance so no idea where or when, expect someone may be able to date it from the livery of rail carriage? Apologies there not of cars but will try and get some better ones up later..
I'd be disappointed if someone here can't date it from the machinery as well!Apologies - missed Rich B's post replying about the livery.... the lighting tower beyond the bridge suggests a marshalling yard or carriage sidings somewhere, the bridge doesn't match any locations I work to / from so might be up north somewhere, possibly Tyne Yard or Healey Mills maybe.
Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 28th February 19:21
Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 28th February 19:22
Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 28th February 19:22
P5BNij said:
The stripey 'Inter-City' livery on the BR Mk1 coach suggests late '80s / early '90s
Apologies - missed Rich B's post replying about the livery.... the lighting tower beyond the bridge suggests a marshalling yard or carriage sidings somewhere, the bridge doesn't match any locations I work to / from so might be up north somewhere, possibly Tyne Yard or Healey Mills maybe.
I think you are right - that looks like the bridge over the south end.Apologies - missed Rich B's post replying about the livery.... the lighting tower beyond the bridge suggests a marshalling yard or carriage sidings somewhere, the bridge doesn't match any locations I work to / from so might be up north somewhere, possibly Tyne Yard or Healey Mills maybe.
More recent photo:
SilverHarrier said:
the Sierra behind must have been reasonably new even though someones had its wheel trims away!
Edited by Dapster on Wednesday 28th February 21:45
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