How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[S100HP]

Lille...196... something?

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

In the case of the GT40, a large number of the genuine articles are still active and I'd like to think still could be long into the future. We can but hope anyway.

A golden oldie, Leightonstone High Road in the late '70s...

86p per gallon......I remember those days

[Pericoloso]

The red car between the 2 Dyanes ?
Simca Aronde ?
The Lille pic BTW.

[Balmoral]

aeropilot said:

86p per gallon......I remember those days

£6.85 a gallon? That's more than it is now, probably due to the shortage as per the sign.

[RichB]

Balmoral said:

aeropilot said:

86p per gallon......I remember those days

£6.85 a gallon? That's more than it is now, probably due to the shortage as per the sign.

Gallon not litre!

[Balmoral]

RichB said:

Balmoral said:

aeropilot said:

86p per gallon......I remember those days

£6.85 a gallon? That's more than it is now, probably due to the shortage as per the sign.

Gallon not litre!

Something I've noticed a lot on PH over the years, many people have no understanding of inflation.

[nicanary]

RichB said:

Balmoral said:

aeropilot said:

86p per gallon......I remember those days

£6.85 a gallon? That's more than it is now, probably due to the shortage as per the sign.

Gallon not litre!

Damn Europeans. Time we went back to imperial measures - maybe we should have a vote about it..........

BTW there are no Dyanes in that photo of Lille. There are some Ami 6 or Ami 8 cars.

[RichB]

Balmoral said:

RichB said:

Balmoral said:

aeropilot said:

86p per gallon......I remember those days

£6.85 a gallon? That's more than it is now, probably due to the shortage as per the sign.

Gallon not litre!

Something I've noticed a lot on PH over the years, many people have no understanding of inflation.

Oh I see... you should have used your words.

[Balmoral]

There's quite a big difference between 76, 77 and 78 if you run it through an inflation calculator, but the rate of inflation was pretty high back then. As the Fiat is an S reg I've taken it as 77, but 86p in 75 is £8.53 today.

[Hugo a Gogo]

Balmoral said:

omething I've noticed a lot on PH over the years, many people have no understanding of inflation.

I dunno, some people get pretty pumped up about it

[RichB]

Inflation calculators seem all over the place e.g. the one you used shows it as £8.53 yet the Bank of England would suggest it was £6.85 that's a wide discrepancy I guess it depends on what measure of inflation one uses. Either way it's more than the £5.90 we're currently paying.

[Pericoloso]

Pericoloso said:

The red car between the 2 Dyanes ?
Simca Aronde ?
The Lille pic BTW.

Whilst you lot discuss petrol prices and inflation ,I've answered my own question.

Yes ,it's a Simca.

[Balmoral]

The BoE one isn't too good, it doesn't do to the penny and is only up to 2017.

I use this one which I find is much better.

http://inflation.iamkate.com

Apologies for the thread hijack with my pedantry

Edited by Balmoral on Wednesday 5th December 22:15

[HQB]

Pericoloso said:

Whilst you lot discuss petrol prices and inflation ,I've answered my own question.

Yes ,it's a Simca.

Yes it is...even if nobody is listening to you!! ??
As for petrol prices...in 1956 standard BP regular was 4/6d per gallon so 4 gallons cost my father 18/- and yet his wages as a “well paid” salesman for the SWEB was around £6 per week, that means it was roughly 14% of his wages. Today maybe he would be earning £600 per week so that petrol should cost about £84 but in fact it is more like £25 so in real terms, much cheaper!????

[vixen1700]

P5BNij said:

In the case of the GT40, a large number of the genuine articles are still active and I'd like to think still could be long into the future. We can but hope anyway.

A golden oldie, Leightonstone High Road in the late '70s...

Leytonstone! Where I was born and live!

To the left of that shot was the showroom of Hills of Leytonstone, a great little classic car dealer in the mid to late '80s. Went years ago and is now just anonymous looking flats.
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Edited by vixen1700 on Thursday 6th December 08:19

[aeropilot]

Balmoral said:

There's quite a big difference between 76, 77 and 78 if you run it through an inflation calculator, but the rate of inflation was pretty high back then. As the Fiat is an S reg I've taken it as 77, but 86p in 75 is £8.53 today.

The one I just used, says £1 in 1978 equates to £5.57 in 2018......so, the one you used must be very pessimistic to equate 86p to over 8 quid over the same time frame!!??

[52classic]

I think the petrol station pic is 1979 when there was a petrol shortage resulting from the price of Iranian oil doubling overnight. Quite how that caused a shortage I don't know, but I do remember a massive 'crisis' over it.

Random recollection from the oil crisis before it - 1973 I think - was the massive drop in value of large engined cars. I was a regular in BCA Cardiff in those days. How about a MK4 Zodiac Executive around 5 years old, selling for 12 quid! Empty tank mind!

[Balmoral]

aeropilot said:

Balmoral said:

There's quite a big difference between 76, 77 and 78 if you run it through an inflation calculator, but the rate of inflation was pretty high back then. As the Fiat is an S reg I've taken it as 77, but 86p in 75 is £8.53 today.

The one I just used, says £1 in 1978 equates to £5.57 in 2018......so, the one you used must be very pessimistic to equate 86p to over 8 quid over the same time frame!!??

The numbers are not pessimistic, they are definitive, they are what they are, that's the maths. In 1975 the rate of inflation was damn near 25% that's why it's over £8 if you start from 75 but not so much if you start from 78, I did actually explain that.

[aeropilot]

52classic said:

I think the petrol station pic is 1979 when there was a petrol shortage resulting from the price of Iranian oil doubling overnight.

Exactly.

Which is why I took it from 1978, not 1975.....but hey ho.

[droopsnoot]

vixen1700 said:

To the left of that shot was the showroom of Hills of Leytonstone

Indeed, a clue in the photo too. And two Viva HCs, an estate and a saloon.

I found some old negatives from school projects and various things from around 1979/80/81 the other day. There are very few car-related ones, but here's a couple. First, an XJC (last taxed 1985) and a 3-series (last taxed 1990), possibly from a holiday in Bognor Regis:






Next, a shot from behind the local market, with a truck in it. Doesn't half look grim in black and white.



Finally, I think this is from a test film while being taught about depth of field, judging by other images with it. Local school staff car park.

Edited by droopsnoot on Thursday 6th December 11:14