How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[DavidY]

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. Quite how that caused a shortage I don't know, but I do remember a massive 'crisis' over it.

Overthrow of the Shah of Iran (Friendly towards the west) and its replacement Islamic republic under the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

[vixen1700]

droopsnoot said:

Indeed, a clue in the photo too. And two Viva HCs, an estate and a saloon.
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Well Hills was a huge Toyota dealer out of shot but behind the petrol pumps. They had another branch in Woodford.

The classic car dealership was quite a late addition. I spent every Saturday morning having a look to see what was new in.

[Dapster]

droopsnoot said:

That's a remarkably shabby looking Beemer given that it's probably only 2 or 3 years old, at a time when a 2 door 3 series was a seriously premium priced bit of kit!

[vixen1700]

P5BNij said:

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Same view ten minutes ago.

[Hugo a Gogo]

Dapster said:

That's a remarkably shabby looking Beemer given that it's probably only 2 or 3 years old, at a time when a 2 door 3 series was a seriously premium priced bit of kit!

As opposed to a four door E21?

[P5BNij]

vixen1700 said:

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

I apologise most profusely Kimosabe!


Found these today, a couple of my home town of Rugby, this one I think is from c.1978 / 79 when S-Type Jags could be had for the price of a bag of crisps, the printer's workshop was demolished very soon after to make way for a gyratory system and the building on the left is Rugby School...



Clifton Road with the now long gone East Warwickshire College sometime in the '80s, there were still a lot of '70s Fords about round here in those days...

[RATATTAK]

My old 525i - the last time I crashed a car it was this one

[soxboy]

RATATTAK said:

My old 525i - the last time I crashed a car it was this one

Wot no alloys?? Or were you going for an aerodynamic look with the bodykit and wheeltrims?

[Russian Troll Bot]

Car park during the 1974 Washington bus driver strikes

[Balmoral]

Do we have to identify ALL of them?

[Russian Troll Bot]

Balmoral said:

Do we have to identify ALL of them?

Generally I'd say I'm quite good at ID'ing cars, but 90% of those 70's Yank Tanks really do look the same

[Balmoral]

Dozens of Beetles and Variants, a couple of TR6? (look too small for American?) a 124 Spider, couple of 911 and I think a Moggy Thou of all things?

Edited by Balmoral on Thursday 6th December 20:13

[Hugo a Gogo]

Bottom right looks like a blue Hillman Avenger, so a Plymouth Cricket probably (exotica? Pah!)

Over on the left is a big Mercedes , maybe a 300SEL, looking like a baby amongst the yank land yachts

[Russian Troll Bot]

Looks like a Civic/Datsun 100A on the right centre by the hashed markings and another TR6 above it. Interesting to see the almost complete lack of vans, pickups and 4x4s as well. On the far lower left just above the yellow car there seems to be a TR3/Morgan of some description.

[Balmoral]

Is that a Morgan about a third up on the left edge?

[bristolracer]

No going home early

Green car 2 ahead of the VW van opel rekord?

[Sardonicus]

RATATTAK said:

My old 525i - the last time I crashed a car it was this one

M535i wannabe

[RATATTAK]

Sardonicus said:

535i wannabe

I had a black 535 before the 525

[dryden]

Balmoral said:

Is that a Morgan about a third up on the left edge?

I think it is an MG TF...

[Dapster]

Mick and his Aston



Keef and his 400i



Inspecting a 288 GTO



Mick and Marianne, Morgan





Rod and the Muira



Keith's 400 sold at Southerby's last year for €345k - which seems to be about 5 times the market value of a concours car!

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/ff17/auction/lo...

Edited by Dapster on Friday 7th December 01:20