How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[gothatway]

droopsnoot said:

A slight departure, but I found a local newspaper cutting from 1972 the other day

The "finished in" for each car seems a bit superfluous!

droopsnoot said:

And I rather like the illustration - the little-known Porsche Capri, I think ?

[droopsnoot]

RichB said:

t will be like this. I don't know the exact number produced but six could be about right. Basically a DB2/4 MkIII Convertible with a hardtop. The triple SU engine, known as the DBD as opposed to teh DBA version with twin SUs, was frequent specified on the convertibles so it's no surprise it's in this DB MkIII FHC.

Cheers, I don't think I've seen one of those but I'm not big into Astons, and if there were only six it's hardly surprising.

gothatway said:

And I rather like the illustration - the little-known Porsche Capri, I think ?

Ah, I was thinking Capri with Elan myself.

[eccles]

[quote=droopsnoot

gothatway said:

And I rather like the illustration - the little-known Porsche Capri, I think ?

Ah, I was thinking Capri with Elan myself.

With a hint of Ginetta G21 thrown in.

[P5BNij]

A dose of continental nostalgia, taken in 1970...

Mont Saint Michel...


Guess where...!


Tyrol...


Innsbruck...


Stockholm...

[gothatway]

P5BNij said:

I've never seen a 356 like that - Wikipedia suggests "A unique "Karmann hardtop" or "notchback" 356 B model was produced in 1961 and 1962, essentially a cabriolet-style body with a permanent metal roof." - I guess that must be it. Rather nice.

[RichB]

P5BNij said:

A dose of continental nostalgia, taken in 1970...

Mont Saint Michel...

In the days when you could drive out to it

[johnxjsc1985]

Love this thread the Chester engineering advert takes me back I worked for the parent Co. GB&E

[Spanglepants]

Photo i took in the 80s sometime. In Milton Keynes near what was to become the site of Woodhill Prison, we used to have plenty of new unfinished roads and roundabouts to practice drifting which is what we were taking a break from.
Anyway heres my Rover SD1 manual with my mates Buick Riviera

[Pericoloso]

RichB said:

P5BNij said:

A dose of continental nostalgia, taken in 1970...

Mont Saint Michel...

In the days when you could drive out to it

I went there on family holidays as a child ,so 40+ years ago.

I only vaguely remember the approach to it so I read the Wikipedia about it to see why the road is now gone.....and when.

[Abbott]

Pericoloso said:

RichB said:

P5BNij said:

A dose of continental nostalgia, taken in 1970...

Mont Saint Michel...

In the days when you could drive out to it

I went there on family holidays as a child ,so 40+ years ago.

I only vaguely remember the approach to it so I read the Wikipedia about it to see why the road is now gone.....and when.

The road has not gone but you can no longer drive along it to the island. You now have to park and then take a shuttle bus to the island. It was all part of a major rework of the river outlet to protect the Mont from being silted up and not being an island anymore

[tali1]

Spanglepants said:

Photo i took in the 80s sometime. In Milton Keynes near what was to become the site of Woodhill Prison, we used to have plenty of new unfinished roads and roundabouts to practice drifting which is what we were taking a break from.
Anyway heres my Rover SD1 manual with my mates Buick Riviera

SD1 seems to have a very rare front bumper valance kit

[Spanglepants]

It also had quite a big rear spoiler made of some form of metal? Angle makes it hard to see.
It was a V8, before this i had an early SD1 in brown with beige interior and an auto. Preferred the auto to be honest, the manual had a terrible shift.

tali1 said:

SD1 seems to have a very rare front bumper valance kit

[manorcom]

Some nice early colour pics:

1960's car park somewhere.

Oxford 1969.

Birmingham Bull Ring 1967.

[TR4man]

manorcom said:

Some nice early colour pics:

1960's car park somewhere

Judging by the bottle kilns I'd have suggested somewhere in the Potteries

Can anyone identify this Coupe from the picture?

Edited by TR4man on Saturday 20th October 08:52

[RichB]

TR4man said:

Can anyone identify this Coupe from the picture?

Yes, it's a Standard Vaguard Phase 1

[iSore]

I think he meant the gold thing against the wall...?

Dunno, a Frogeye with a hardtop?

[Bodo]

TR4man said:

Judging by the bottle kilns I'd have suggested somewhere in the Potteries

Can anyone identify this Coupe from the picture?

Edited by TR4man on Saturday 20th October 08:52

a bit too rare for a random car park - moretti 750

[Auntieroll]

The rear overhang and door handles don't look like the Moretti .
Could it be a Frog eye Sprite with an Ashley hard top/ coupe ?

[gforceg]

iSore said:

I think he meant the gold thing against the wall...?

Dunno, a Frogeye with a hardtop?

The mouth looks right but the lights don't. It also has external door handles which I don't think original Sprites had.

[JeremyH5]

Could it be a Honda S600?