How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[vixen1700]

P5BNij said:

^^ I'd say yes, an XJ-C. What about the yellow car a few to the left of it...? SD1 maybe..?

That's the TVR.

[P5BNij]

vixen1700 said:

P5BNij said:

^^ I'd say yes, an XJ-C. What about the yellow car a few to the left of it...? SD1 maybe..?

That's the TVR.

Thanks - missed your previous reply

Bristol Temple Meads, 1977, photo c/o Dave Ford...

[Jonny TVR]

P5BNij said:

^^ I'd say yes, an XJ-C. What about the yellow car a few to the left of it...? SD1 maybe..?

Regent Street 1975...



Hillside Gardens, Highgate late '60s...

Two kids in the front seat with no seat belts ... those were the days!

[Speed 3]

Jonny TVR said:

Two kids in the front seat with no seat belts ... those were the days!

Saw that just the other day near us in a modern hatch, with one hanging out of a back window too. My wife was going nuts, the woman driving couldn't have given a toss.

[P5BNij]

Speed 3 said:

Jonny TVR said:

Two kids in the front seat with no seat belts ... those were the days!

Saw that just the other day near us in a modern hatch, with one hanging out of a back window too. My wife was going nuts, the woman driving couldn't have given a toss.

Another example, shocking...!

[LordBretSinclair]

P5BNij said:

Is it an early Midget or a Sprite ???

The clue is there for those in the know

[finlo]

P5BNij said:

^^ I'd say yes, an XJ-C. What about the yellow car a few to the left of it...? SD1 maybe..?

Regent Street 1975...



Hillside Gardens, Highgate late '60s...

Were the prisoners on display en route to the Nick in that black Mariah or was it an early Popemobile?

[LordBretSinclair]

finlo said:

Were the prisoners on display en route to the Nick in that black Mariah or was it an early Popemobile?

That's the riot squad van "looking after" the doctors protest further down the street

[P5BNij]

LordBretSinclair said:

P5BNij said:

Is it an early Midget or a Sprite ???

The clue is there for those in the know

Ooh a brain teaser.... something to do with the shape of the rear wheel arch m'Lord...?

[aeropilot]

finlo said:

Were the prisoners on display en route to the Nick in that black Mariah or was it an early Popemobile?

Not a prisoner van, its an early Mobile Control Unit. It was park up at protests/demos etc and officers would stand up on a raised platform inside with their heads in the raised glass box on the roof giving a raised up 360 degree view over heads at ground level.

[finlo]

P5BNij said:

Ooh a brain teaser.... something to do with the shape of the rear wheel arch m'Lord...?

Austin Healy sprite?

[Dr Interceptor]

LordBretSinclair said:

Is it an early Midget or a Sprite ???

The clue is there for those in the know

AH Sprite - wouldn’t the Midget have had a chrome trim up the centre of the bonnet?

[david.h]

Why were the Doctors complaining about the Polis?

[LordBretSinclair]

Dr Interceptor said:

LordBretSinclair said:

Is it an early Midget or a Sprite ???

The clue is there for those in the know

AH Sprite - wouldn’t the Midget have had a chrome trim up the centre of the bonnet?

We have a winner (just) !!!!!!!!
Close enough Jon

The Midget would also have a chrome strip down the side (nerd mode off).

[DickyC]

MkIII? The MkII had sliding windiws and didn't have external door handles as per the Frogeye.

[LordBretSinclair]

Spot on Dicky.

A MkIII Sprite (similar to the Midget MkII, they were always one "Mark" out because of the Frogeye)

[DickyC]

Kids and no seat belts in the picture reminded me of my mum's Frogeye where if she took my brother and me out in it I sat facing the wrong way with my feet in the boot and my back to the backs of the seats.

Feet in the boot? No bootlid. You tipped the seats forward to access the boot space.

[DickyC]

LordBretSinclair said:

Spot on Dicky.

I'm getting all nostalgic.

[droopsnoot]

I'm pretty sure these are all in Liverpool, but I'm not exactly sure exactly where. I thought the first one was standing opposite Lime Street station and looking south, but maybe not. Late seventies, or possibly very early eighties.

[aeropilot]

david.h said:

Why were the Doctors complaining about the Polis?