How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[selnic]

A few years later spotted the same plate on a red F40, looking back would presume the Stratos is not a replica.

Edited by selnic on Tuesday 3rd July 20:00

[P5BNij]

Corner of Abbey Road and Grove End Road in St.John's Wood, 25th September '69, about seven weeks after the famous LP cover shot was taken... the Mini looks like a Mk2 to me and I think there's an early Mk1 Escort in the studio car park behind it...

[lotus-types]

Back when I was an apprentice in the early 60's working on a Mini, I worked at a BMC dealership.

[dryden]

P5BNij said:

Corner of Abbey Road and Grove End Road in St.John's Wood, 25th September '69, about seven weeks after the famous LP cover shot was taken... the Mini looks like a Mk2 to me and I think there's an early Mk1 Escort in the studio car park behind it...

The VW Beetle is still there.

[mhurley]

I'm sure one of these Panthers was in an advert in the late 70s. Can't remember what it advertised

[Bebee]

Loose_Cannon said:

rene7 said:

they don't make 'em like this anymore - some may say thank fk
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Coxons! Still a stop-off every time we visit Seahouses.

Since the 60's we the family catering business had a fleet of MINI Pickup's, When I passed my test in 1983 my first car was a pick up from stock before it was converted into a catering van, we must have had 20 at one time and I'd get a new MINI to drive for a while until it was ready for conversion.
The fiberglass tops got destroyed in the mid 80's along with the cast mould, I remember smashing them them pieces and skipping them......................... worth a few quid now!

[Dapster]

mhurley said:

Where was this pic taken? The silver Golf is left hand drive, and the restaurant on the right of frame seems to be serving "buffet chaud et froid"so probably Paris. Both the Panther and the Rolls are right hand drive on UK plates. There's a Shadow behind the white limo, a cabriolet Golf behind the silver one, and hiding behind that a super cool red Porsche 928.

[droopsnoot]

There's a King George restaurant in Paris, but I couldn't find anything for Lincoln's Bar.

[gothatway]

Bebee said:

Since the 60's we the family catering business had a fleet of MINI Pickup's, When I passed my test in 1983 my first car was a pick up from stock before it was converted into a catering van, we must have had 20 at one time and I'd get a new MINI to drive for a while until it was ready for conversion.

Tut tut. Those will have been Minis, not MINIs.

[RichB]

gothatway said:

Bebee said:

Since the 60's we the family catering business had a fleet of MINI Pickup's, When I passed my test in 1983 my first car was a pick up from stock before it was converted into a catering van, we must have had 20 at one time and I'd get a new MINI to drive for a while until it was ready for conversion.

Tut tut. Those will have been Minis, not MINIs.

but so true...

Demonstrates how well BMW have subsumed the brand.

[Hugo a Gogo]

Dapster said:

mhurley said:

Where was this pic taken? The silver Golf is left hand drive, and the restaurant on the right of frame seems to be serving "buffet chaud et froid"so probably Paris. Both the Panther and the Rolls are right hand drive on UK plates. There's a Shadow behind the white limo, a cabriolet Golf behind the silver one, and hiding behind that a super cool red Porsche 928.

Look like white number plates on the Rolls Shadow and maybe the Porsche, they are serving Stella Artois in the sign across the way in the 'Glacier Restaurant' whatever that is... Also, no yellow headlights, so probably not early 80s Paris

[Dr Interceptor]

I'd say it's almost certainly Paris, unless it's an area of London that's 'Little France'.

Somewhere like this... (Not the right spot, but similar architecture)

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@48.8349816,2.345028...

[droopsnoot]

A Google image search finds that photo on Flickr and described as Panther Six - Paris 1982 : https://www.flickr.com/photos/34352388@N07/4254155...

It also mentions "Triangle D'Or", and there's a spot near there that looks quite similar to me, though with some differences:



https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@48.8725079,2.323970...

Edited by droopsnoot on Thursday 5th July 11:08

[Hugo a Gogo]

but no yellow headlights?

[Hugo a Gogo]

how about this though, which is the 'no entry end' of Rue Lincoln, as in Lincoln's Bar, and it's just off Ave George V
https://goo.gl/maps/jJLmknmuJv62

looks like it, eh?

the doorway, near the bins in the modern one, matches the one above the Shadow's roof

Edited by Hugo a Gogo on Thursday 5th July 11:31

[williamp]

Hugo a Gogo said:

but no yellow headlights?

Yellow bulbs rather then yellow lenses?

[Dr Interceptor]

Hugo a Gogo said:

how about this though, which is the 'no entry end' of Rue Lincoln, as in Lincoln's Bar, and it's just off Ave George V
https://goo.gl/maps/jJLmknmuJv62

looks like it, eh?

the doorway, near the bins in the modern one, matches the one above the Shadow's roof

Looks like the one, top work!

Another then and now (after searching Paris images)...



and the modern view, courtesy of Google.

https://goo.gl/n3tVUs

[EvoDelta]

Hugo a Gogo said:

how about this though, which is the 'no entry end' of Rue Lincoln, as in Lincoln's Bar, and it's just off Ave George V
https://goo.gl/maps/jJLmknmuJv62

looks like it, eh?

the doorway, near the bins in the modern one, matches the one above the Shadow's roof

Edited by Hugo a Gogo on Thursday 5th July 11:31

Yep - definitely it I think.

[Hugo a Gogo]

Dr Interceptor said:

Looks like the one, top work!

Another then and now (after searching Paris images)...



and the modern view, courtesy of Google.

https://goo.gl/n3tVUs

look down to the right for a car that could be in both shots https://goo.gl/maps/GSTberA6kKn

[droopsnoot]

Hugo a Gogo said:

how about this though, which is the 'no entry end' of Rue Lincoln, as in Lincoln's Bar, and it's just off Ave George V
https://goo.gl/maps/jJLmknmuJv62

looks like it, eh?

the doorway, near the bins in the modern one, matches the one above the Shadow's roof

Yes, I'd say that's it.