How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[Touring442]

P5BNij said:

I don't think it is - only seven were built, not by the factory but by John Cooper Garages and they had Radford style doors with quarterlights and electric windows, Benelite grilles with integral spotlamps plus lots of extra chrome, full Radford wooden dashboard and leather interior etc, at least one of them had rectangular Cibie headlamps as well (this one survives and does the shows most years).

Some more period Americana...

Those Pontiacs really are an art form.

[Mr Tidy]

Lovely - for some reason I always wanted a 1965 Parisienne!

[Loose_Cannon]

P5BNij your pics especially the last few pages are really good, any particular source? I love seeing period snapshots where the car is still an important part of the family.

[P5BNij]

Loose_Cannon said:

P5BNij your pics especially the last few pages are really good, any particular source? I love seeing period snapshots where the car is still an important part of the family.

A lot of them come via my pinterest feed, they just keep popping up and I save the ones which catch my eye, each image I click on leads to dozens more of the same ilk and so on. I'm also posting old car ads from the same source over in General Gassing, lots of very evocative '60s and '70s stuff in typically American graphic style, I can't stop looking at them at the moment, I'm going through a bit of a yank / muscle car phase for some reason! The images themselves just put me in mind of large open spaces, sunshine, carefree times and woofling V8s...

More of the same...

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

'65 GT350 with the lovely Cragar wheels

[Sardonicus]

Great pics P5BNij 396 Big Block Camaro thats a right ole handful of a car for that young whipper-snapper I bet the accident stats for these young guys and cars like that were alarming ...

[aeropilot]

Sardonicus said:

I bet the accident stats for these young guys and cars like that were alarming

Given people of his age were getting drafted for a tour of duty Vietnam at the time, the BB Camaro was probably safer option.

[P5BNij]

Cape Kennedy, 10th July 1969, Buzz Aldrin arrives early for the Apollo 11 mission in his Corvette... why didn't this generation of 'vettes have a proper opening boot / trunk...?


Sunset Boulevard in the '50s...


Special Mustang promotion...








This looks like one of the limited run 'Pacesetter' Mustangs from '64...


Bobby Kennedy stopping off for some tucker on the campaign trail in 1960...

[Sardonicus]

aeropilot said:

Given people of his age were getting drafted for a tour of duty Vietnam at the time, the BB Camaro was probably safer option.

Yeh your right there Its easy to get carried away with these 60's muscle cars and times images (my fav) but that being called up situation was very real for those young men

[P5BNij]

Mr Tidy said:

Lovely - for some reason I always wanted a 1965 Parisienne!

There's a rare RHD '67 for sale on ebay… https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1967-Pontiac-Parisienne...

Don't really know much about them but I like the look of that... way too large for my garage though.

[FIREBIRDC9]

Keep the Americana coming!

I would be all over an old American Land Yacht if i could!
Sadly the garages here are made for midgets!

[P5BNij]

FIREBIRDC9 said:

Keep the Americana coming!

I would be all over an old American Land Yacht if i could!
Sadly the garages here are made for midgets!

Considering how big the yank-mobile scene is here in the UK it makes me wonder how many of the cars here live on their owner's drive rather than being garaged...! I'm going to the big US show at Stoneleigh this weekend, time to do some 'investigating'

William Shatner with his 'vette...




Babs 'Genie' Eden in her '69 Mach 1...


'cisco in the late '60s...


A Holman & Moody Shelby GT...

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

A Holman & Moody Shelby GT...

Not a Shelby.

That's one of the '65 Holman & Moody built Mustang AFX drag cars, fitted with the, banned by NASCAR, 427ci SOHC engines.

The mighty and massive 427 'cammer'........

[uk66fastback]

P5BNij said:

This looks like one of the limited run 'Pacesetter' Mustangs from '64...

That's a '67 or '68 coupe, so impossible!

[P5BNij]

uk66fastback said:

P5BNij said:

This looks like one of the limited run 'Pacesetter' Mustangs from '64...

That's a '67 or '68 coupe, so impossible!

So it is, I just looked at the stripes and assumed...

[P5BNij]

aeropilot said:

P5BNij said:

A Holman & Moody Shelby GT...

Not a Shelby.

That's one of the '65 Holman & Moody built Mustang AFX drag cars, fitted with the, banned by NASCAR, 427ci SOHC engines.

The mighty and massive 427 'cammer'........

Ta - I bet it flew...!

[Sardonicus]

P5BNij said:

Ta - I bet it flew...!

Motor and a half Big Block Cammer

[P5BNij]

Sardonicus said:

P5BNij said:

Ta - I bet it flew...!

Motor and a half Big Block Cammer

Imagine sidling up to it in your straight six Mustang (nylon rally jacket and open backed leather driving gloves non optional) then watching it vanish from the lights...

Somewhere in Southern California, 1952...

[M3DGE]

P5BNij said:

Mr Tidy said:

Lovely - for some reason I always wanted a 1965 Parisienne!

There's a rare RHD '67 for sale on ebay… https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1967-Pontiac-Parisienne...

Don't really know much about them but I like the look of that... way too large for my garage though.

That looks an utter bargain compared to some of the 70s Fords turning up on Ebay! What a beauty, RHD... no idea what parts would be like, but if I had a big enough garage that would be mine.

[P5BNij]

M3DGE said:

P5BNij said:

Mr Tidy said:

Lovely - for some reason I always wanted a 1965 Parisienne!

There's a rare RHD '67 for sale on ebay… https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1967-Pontiac-Parisienne...

Don't really know much about them but I like the look of that... way too large for my garage though.

That looks an utter bargain compared to some of the 70s Fords turning up on Ebay! What a beauty, RHD... no idea what parts would be like, but if I had a big enough garage that would be mine.

Since I started posting the yank stuff I've been furiously googling for accurate dimensions of various '60s and '70s Fords / Chevies / Dodges / Pontiacs / Buicks etc. I really do fancy this Buick Riviera but it would be a very tight squeeze to get in and out of my garage, the access to which is also slightly awkward for anything bigger than a classic Mustang...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/American-Classic-Car-19...

ETA : I've just remembered the Woodie Allen stand up routine from the '60s about ''cockroaches the size of Buicks...''

Edited by P5BNij on Thursday 18th April 15:44