How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[iSore]

Veesix75 said:

Mid 80’s to early 90’s, some are becoming classics, some perhaps not......

16 years old, daily transport...



17yrs, passed driving test, rusty but great fun



18yrs, green one fell apart



Moment of madness, wanted an alfasud sprint but bought this..



Came to my senses, now 20 years young..



21 years young..



23 years young, check out this 13inch steel rims and plastic trims....



25 years young, dream car purchased.....still own it.

I had a string of similar Alfas in the 1980's and 1990's. Started off around 1985 with a 1977 1200Ti VSC522R, then a 4 door 1500 Super in the same green as yours, a white 1300Ti on an S (Series 1), various plastic bumper 3/5 doors and a gaggle of Sprints, one being a 1978 1500 with the rare Mangoletsi twin carb conversion.
The best part was that they were incredibly cheap: in 1995 I got given a red C plate Sprint Green Cloverleaf for free as it needed some welding - that cost me about 150 quid.

I had three 75's; started off with a blue D plate 1.8, then a 1990 H plate 2.0TS and then a 1988 3.0 with the standard 'concertina' bumpers, red with Konis and 5 spoke revolution wheels. It was an F plate and they were the first Alfas I had that were not prone to rampant rot.
The 33's were OK if a bit characterless - they made cheap engine donors for Alfasuds.

[P5BNij]

Not mine (I wish...), some found images which I thought worth posting here...

[Johnspex]

anonymous said:

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Anyone can make 'I know stuff but can't tell you what it is " claim in an effort to look cool and knowledgeable .

[Hugo a Gogo]

on youtube, home movie of Glasgow motorway traffic from 1974, brilliant stuff. Lots of Hillman Hunters and Imps, popular 'local' cars at the time, from Linwood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRk3QHzH0NM&fb...

[RJG46]

Johnspex said:

Composer62 said:

RJG46 said:

rallycross said:

anonymous said:

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ouch!

Indeed - "Where's the book Pete" ? to quote someone knowledgeable

I think you'll find he was exonerated. Why do you think he wasn't prosecuted, why you still hear Who songs on the BBC but you don't hear Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris, or Jonathan King, why the Who closed the 2012 Olympics?
Probably pointless asking as you can't alter the mindset of those on here who think they're funny.

I thought he was looking at stuff on the internet rather full paedo stuff like the other names you mention. Hardly exonerated.

Saville wasn't prosecuted either.

[52classic]

Hugo a Gogo said:

on youtube, home movie of Glasgow motorway traffic from 1974, brilliant stuff. Lots of Hillman Hunters and Imps, popular 'local' cars at the time, from Linwood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRk3QHzH0NM&fb...

Just a handful of Japanese stuff and even less European.

My guess on the camera car is a Landcrab. Love the windscreen sticker reminder of the 'new' continental style road signs.

[Johnspex]

RJG46 said:

Johnspex said:

Composer62 said:

RJG46 said:

rallycross said:

anonymous said:

[redacted]

ouch!

Indeed - "Where's the book Pete" ? to quote someone knowledgeable

I think you'll find he was exonerated. Why do you think he wasn't prosecuted, why you still hear Who songs on the BBC but you don't hear Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris, or Jonathan King, why the Who closed the 2012 Olympics?
Probably pointless asking as you can't alter the mindset of those on here who think they're funny.

I thought he was looking at stuff on the internet rather full paedo stuff like the other names you mention. Hardly exonerated.

Saville wasn't prosecuted either.

Cleared of charges then, happy now?

[N7GTX]

Johnspex said:

RJG46 said:

Johnspex said:

Composer62 said:

RJG46 said:

rallycross said:

anonymous said:

[redacted]

ouch!

Indeed - "Where's the book Pete" ? to quote someone knowledgeable

I think you'll find he was exonerated. Why do you think he wasn't prosecuted, why you still hear Who songs on the BBC but you don't hear Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris, or Jonathan King, why the Who closed the 2012 Olympics?
Probably pointless asking as you can't alter the mindset of those on here who think they're funny.

I thought he was looking at stuff on the internet rather full paedo stuff like the other names you mention. Hardly exonerated.

Saville wasn't prosecuted either.

Cleared of charges then, happy now?

Not quite though, eh? It is an offence to look at child pronography, to pay for it, even if it is for 'research purposes'. No porn was found downloaded so the police did not proceed with charges.
However, he accepted a caution and was therefore, fingerprinted, photo'ed etc. Oh, and he was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for 5 years. Hardly cleared.

[Hugo a Gogo]

I'm sure there is a Jimmy Saville/Round-up-the-paedos thread somewhere else, why not try and find it?

[Sardonicus]

N7GTX is just keeping it real nothing wrong with that I would rather that than misinformation especially considering the subject
rock star or otherwise

[N7GTX]

^^^^^^^^

Better change the subject so, Simon, lets see some pics of your old bangers then?

[manorcom]

A great picure of the junction at 5 ways Edgbaston Birmingham 1966. I remember this juncrion it usd to be a nightmare:

[soxboy]

manorcom said:

A great picure of the junction at 5 ways Edgbaston Birmingham 1966. I remember this juncrion it usd to be a nightmare:

3 foreign cars spotted, how very continental!

[RATATTAK]

soxboy said:

3 foreign cars spotted, how very continental!

4 if you include the DS19 behind the Ford Popular ?
I'm ready to be corrected

[Pericoloso]

The FIAT 600 looks worryingly close to the brave Bobby directing this madness...^^^^^

[forsure]

RATATTAK said:

4 if you include the DS19 behind the Ford Popular ?
I'm ready to be corrected

I think so too

[dandarez]

Pericoloso said:

The FIAT 600 looks worryingly close to the brave Bobby directing this madness...^^^^^

That Policeman is probably still alive to this day.
If, however, he had been directing traffic like that 'today' he'd probably be on the front of a bonnet!
Driver's back then were courteous, and more to the point, if a copper indicated or directed you do something back then, you simply did it!

[Yertis]

dandarez said:

That Policeman is probably still alive to this day.
If, however, he had been directing traffic like that 'today' he'd probably be on the front of a bonnet!
Driver's back then were courteous, and more to the point, if a copper indicated or directed you do something back then, you simply did it!

I honestly think most drivers today remain reasonably courteous. Of course there are some total knobs on the road, but in the main motorists coexist with one another pretty well I think. Even in London. Maybe it's just the way I drive

[N7GTX]

dandarez said:

Pericoloso said:

The FIAT 600 looks worryingly close to the brave Bobby directing this madness...^^^^^

That Policeman is probably still alive to this day.
If, however, he had been directing traffic like that 'today' he'd probably be on the front of a bonnet!
Driver's back then were courteous, and more to the point, if a copper indicated or directed you do something back then, you simply did it!

If he is still alive, I wonder how he survived the fumes

[snapper seven]

aeropilot said:

vixen1700 said:

1014.......now since restored back to its as it originally left the Slough factory spec. when first registered as NNO 14C.

Bit late to the party but that is chassis 1072, not 1014 which he owned later in life.