How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[aeropilot]

gothatway said:

Any foreigners there, apart from the Opel Kadett ?

Opel Manta

[Dapster]

gothatway said:

Gareth1974 said:

Glasgow St Enoch station

Any foreigners there, apart from the Opel Kadett ?

Behind the Mk 1 Capri is a brown estate, and behind that may be a Volvo 144 saloon?

And on what's on the left between the white ADO16 and the black lorry - little brown hatch back looks like a mk 1 Honda Civic?

[P5BNij]

FF at Earls Court, October '66, '67, '68 or '69...

[Bebee]

The lady in yellow, Isla St Clair? of Generation Game fame...

[aeropilot]

Bebee said:

The lady in yellow, Isla St Clair? of Generation Game fame...

No.

She was still at high school in Scotland in '67 for a start.

[Dr Interceptor]

There was an FF on the stand in 1965 too, a non-running pre-production model. I can't find details on what colours were there each year though...

[P5BNij]

Thanks, I didn't realise the FF was shown in '65 too.

[vixen1700]

gothatway said:

Any foreigners there, apart from the Opel Kadett ?

Fiat 850 in front of the Anglia, top left?

Edited by vixen1700 on Monday 10th September 17:27

[vixen1700]

Dapster said:

And on what's on the left between the white ADO16 and the black lorry - little brown hatch back looks like a mk 1 Honda Civic?

Yep, that looks like a little Civic.

[bristolracer]

gothatway said:

Gareth1974 said:

Glasgow St Enoch station

Any foreigners there, apart from the Opel Kadett ?

I'm guessing this picture is about 1971/72?
Foreigners were still rare, pre common market they were held back by import tariffs, and we were still quite patriotic about buying British made goods.(plenty of them in that photo)
Same all over Europe at that time. The French drove French made cars, The Germans German built cars, the Italians etc..

I used to be fascinated as a kid when we crossed borders, the cars would change, the road rules, the French with their yellow headlamps, having to change your money over. Nowadays the only way to you notice the difference is by the Graffiti and the amount of litter

Love this thread, nostalgia is a wonderful thing

[aeropilot]

bristolracer said:

gothatway said:

Gareth1974 said:

Glasgow St Enoch station

Any foreigners there, apart from the Opel Kadett ?

I'm guessing this picture is about 1971/72?

Maybe a year or so later.......73-ish would be my guess.

[vixen1700]

aeropilot said:

Maybe a year or so later.......73-ish would be my guess.

That was my thought too, but didn't want to sound pedantic over a year.

The yellow Vauxhall Magnum, and the few Mk3 Cortinas are what made me think it was after '72.

Edited to say, then I have doubts because those Chrysler 180s were made as long ago as 1970!

[Dapster]

aeropilot said:

bristolracer said:

gothatway said:

Gareth1974 said:

Glasgow St Enoch station

Any foreigners there, apart from the Opel Kadett ?

I'm guessing this picture is about 1971/72?

Maybe a year or so later.......73-ish would be my guess.

The Honda Civic was launched in the UK in July '72 so given the overcoats, this is autumn '72 or later (or maybe you wear an overcoat in Glasgow in July....?).

I love the scene - in my mind the family have got out of some mundane 70's rubbish like a Viva or a rusting Avenger, and as they walk towards Co-Op or Asda, the father dutifully trudging after his wife casts a longing gaze at the beautiful XJ6 wondering what his life may have been....

[vixen1700]

Dapster said:

The Honda Civic was launched in the UK in July '72 so given the overcoats, this is autumn '72 or later (or maybe you wear an overcoat in Glasgow in July....?).

I love the scene - in my mind the family have got out of some mundane 70's rubbish like a Viva or a rusting Avenger, and as they walk towards Co-Op or Asda, the father dutifully trudging after his wife casts a longing gaze at the beautiful XJ6 wondering what his life may have been....

[Yertis]

Amazing railway station wasn't it? Shame it's all gone. They could have turned it into a giant Sainsbury's car park.

We don't have these massive empty, decaying relics of bygone glory anymore do we.

[bristolracer]

Yertis said:

We don't have these massive empty, decaying relics of bygone glory anymore do we.

There may be a few of them contributing to this thread..................
Favourite thread on PH

[droopsnoot]

vixen1700 said:

The yellow Vauxhall Magnum, and the few Mk3 Cortinas are what made me think it was after '72.

I'd put that as a Viva rather than a Magnum - Magnums all had a side moulding (stainless with a black centre) and that doesn't seem to have it. Might just not show up on the photo, though.

Blue car behind the Opel Manta on the right, is that a Datsun of some type?

Edited by droopsnoot on Monday 10th September 19:07

[vixen1700]

droopsnoot said:

I'd put that as a Viva rather than a Magnum - Magnums all had a side moulding (stainless with a black centre) and that doesn't seem to have it. Might just not show up on the photo, though.

Blue car behind the Opel Manta on the right, is that a Datsun of some type?

Edited by droopsnoot on Monday 10th September 19:07

The wheels made me think Magnum rather than Viva, but I'm no expert at all.

Looks very big for a Datsun of that age, thinking more Toyota Crown Coupe.

[Gareth1974]

aeropilot said:

Maybe a year or so later.......73-ish would be my guess.

May 1974.

Here’s another view, from May 1975

[Gareth1974]

Another good selection of cars, Kelvinbridge subway station June 1972