How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
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dandarez said:
Hello again Pat!
Hello again, indeed!I wonder what the story was with JEK11 and how it ended up on a Ginetta?
Anyway, as it's been so long, here's another couple of pics.
Dad bought the white E-type from a chap in Bolton.
Evidently he wasn't too keen on the colour, so he had the dings knocked out of the bonnet and then it was re-painted in a metallic gunmetal colour.
If I recall correctly, it was sold for £900 and replaced with an Elan. I wonder whatever became of it?
This was the Elan...
Here's some more.
Dad with Mum's Sprite.
Mum with her Capri Classic.
Mum with Dad's Anglia.
Mum's Healey 3000.
Mum with the Healey.
Dad with the Healey.
Dad's TR4 with what looks like a Triumph engined Greeves.
My brother and I being towed by Simca Van. Would have been the winter of 1976. WWH 398K, where are you now?
Mum's Sprite again.
3.0 litre Granny on loan from the local dealers.
Mum's Big Healey again.
Dad's Cortina and 500 Triumph.
Mum's with her Ventora, and a young Pat H.
Zodiac, and a slightly less young Pat H.
Dad's TR4.
Dad's TVR Tuscan.
Dad with his Corsair GT.
Dad's Volvo.
Very embarrassing picture of Dad's Éclat. I'm on the right.
Mum's Mk1 Granny
Mum's 3.0 Capri.
Dad's RS2000.
Dad with Éclat.
Dad's Cavalier Coupe.
Mum and Dad with XJS on my wedding day in 1995.
Nice pic of Dad with Mum's Cortina estate. He died 17 years ago from Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma at the ripe old age of 63.
Dad with Mum's Sprite.
Mum with her Capri Classic.
Mum with Dad's Anglia.
Mum's Healey 3000.
Mum with the Healey.
Dad with the Healey.
Dad's TR4 with what looks like a Triumph engined Greeves.
My brother and I being towed by Simca Van. Would have been the winter of 1976. WWH 398K, where are you now?
Mum's Sprite again.
3.0 litre Granny on loan from the local dealers.
Mum's Big Healey again.
Dad's Cortina and 500 Triumph.
Mum's with her Ventora, and a young Pat H.
Zodiac, and a slightly less young Pat H.
Dad's TR4.
Dad's TVR Tuscan.
Dad with his Corsair GT.
Dad's Volvo.
Very embarrassing picture of Dad's Éclat. I'm on the right.
Mum's Mk1 Granny
Mum's 3.0 Capri.
Dad's RS2000.
Dad with Éclat.
Dad's Cavalier Coupe.
Mum and Dad with XJS on my wedding day in 1995.
Nice pic of Dad with Mum's Cortina estate. He died 17 years ago from Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma at the ripe old age of 63.
Here I am in the Ventora at the TVR factory in Hoo Hill, Blackpool in 1970. I guess the yellow Vixen was the factory demonstrator at the time.
Here's Mum having a sneaky look into the factory.
Dad was obviously impressed, as he built this Tuscan V6, which was registered in January 1971.
And here's the same car, as rediscovered in 2015.
Here's Mum having a sneaky look into the factory.
Dad was obviously impressed, as he built this Tuscan V6, which was registered in January 1971.
And here's the same car, as rediscovered in 2015.
What a fantastic collection of images Pat, many thanks for continuing to share them here.
A few observations.... the Healey looks very swish and businesslike on steel wheels rather than wires and the two tone paint sets it off perfectly. The Granny sat on the drive oozes class and the photo itself reminds me of Rodney Bewes' Viva parked outside his new '70s semi in 'Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads', but with more oomph. The TVR looks adorable in all of the pics, I would love to have one of these but asking prices are becoming out of reach now.
I can well imagine your Dad sitting in his favourite chair perusing the various car magazines of the day, choosing his next purchase...
A few observations.... the Healey looks very swish and businesslike on steel wheels rather than wires and the two tone paint sets it off perfectly. The Granny sat on the drive oozes class and the photo itself reminds me of Rodney Bewes' Viva parked outside his new '70s semi in 'Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads', but with more oomph. The TVR looks adorable in all of the pics, I would love to have one of these but asking prices are becoming out of reach now.
I can well imagine your Dad sitting in his favourite chair perusing the various car magazines of the day, choosing his next purchase...
some choice great pics Pat H A few more.
Here's the family fleet in 1987.
Opel Commodore, MR2, 2.8 Capri, 2CV and me in very early aluminium bodied Westfield that Dad and I built.
Mum liked her big Vauxhalls. Here are Mum and Dad with Ventora. Mum heavily pregnant, which dates the pic to spring 1969.
Handsome car, that Ventora.
Here it is near Rivington, on the moors north of Bolton. Near where Gene Hunt's body was buried in Life on Mars....
They got about a bit in it. Here it is on the front at Southport. Mum's still pregnant, so it's early 1969.
Grandma
Big Zodiac. Me and our kid.
Mum's Cortina.
Cortina on Southport beach. Must be about 1973. Me on right.
Granada and big Vauxhall.
For some inexplicable reason, Dad chose this Jowett Javelin van for transporting his trials bikes.
Corsair GT.
An unusual view of that glorious E-Type.
He really regretted selling the 3.8, so eventually replaced it with this 4.2, but said that it wasn't a patch on the earlier Jag.
So they went up to Scotland to have a look at this Roadster, but it was rotten and ten different shades of red, so they came back empty handed.
Here's the family fleet in 1987.
Opel Commodore, MR2, 2.8 Capri, 2CV and me in very early aluminium bodied Westfield that Dad and I built.
Mum liked her big Vauxhalls. Here are Mum and Dad with Ventora. Mum heavily pregnant, which dates the pic to spring 1969.
Handsome car, that Ventora.
Here it is near Rivington, on the moors north of Bolton. Near where Gene Hunt's body was buried in Life on Mars....
They got about a bit in it. Here it is on the front at Southport. Mum's still pregnant, so it's early 1969.
Grandma
Big Zodiac. Me and our kid.
Mum's Cortina.
Cortina on Southport beach. Must be about 1973. Me on right.
Granada and big Vauxhall.
For some inexplicable reason, Dad chose this Jowett Javelin van for transporting his trials bikes.
Corsair GT.
An unusual view of that glorious E-Type.
He really regretted selling the 3.8, so eventually replaced it with this 4.2, but said that it wasn't a patch on the earlier Jag.
So they went up to Scotland to have a look at this Roadster, but it was rotten and ten different shades of red, so they came back empty handed.
aeropilot said:
Hugo a Gogo said:
I remember being sent to a place like that as an apprentice, to collect a long stand
Beats collecting a long weight... 
cos they definitely sent me for a long stand, I fell for it cos stands were things we did indeed use, we had no use for any weights in the job....
Great pictures Pat H. Brave towing a caravan with an Anglia. I see a Ventora (K reg) regularly on the M42 so must be a daily driver. I remember Rivington - going with my cousin on the back of his bike on a Sunday lunchtime to Rivington Barn and doing over 70mph then pulling a wheelie. Scared - you bet I was. Think he had a Kawasaki 750 Turbo then, or maybe a GPZ900R.
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great pics people 
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