How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[Hugo a Gogo]

FIREBIRDC9 said:

You guys might be able to help me then

I recognise some of the cars in the background , Can you help to fill in the gaps.

The White Ford is a Granada , the Maroon car is an Austin Princess.

The green car is a Vauxhall , not sure which one though.

No idea what the Black car on the right is.

Princess was never badged as an Austin Princess, it was just a Princess

[Jimmy Recard]

aeropilot said:

I couldn't remember the rear trim detail well enough as I said, but you've just confirmed by that pic that its NOT a Ventura and is a Victor

Alrighty then

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Hugo a Gogo said:

FIREBIRDC9 said:

You guys might be able to help me then

I recognise some of the cars in the background , Can you help to fill in the gaps.

The White Ford is a Granada , the Maroon car is an Austin Princess.

The green car is a Vauxhall , not sure which one though.

No idea what the Black car on the right is.

Princess was never badged as an Austin Princess, it was just a Princess

It was a bit curious really. When they used the Austin brand they dropped the Princess

[vixen1700]

Must admit I did like the 18/22 cars when I was a kid, especially the Wolseley model with the grille light.

[stu67]

vixen1700 said:

Must admit I did like the 18/22 cars when I was a kid, especially the Wolseley model with the grille light.

Yes, I used to get a lift to school in a rather fetching maroon Wolseley wedge owned by the old boy opposite my home. It seemed wonderfully luxurious compared to my dads Pug 504 at the time, and indeed the grille badge used to fascinate me.

[dinkel]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

It was a bit curious really. When they used the Austin brand they dropped the Princess

I loved the look of this car. My dad bought an Allegro... Rust within 2 years.

[P5BNij]

John Lennon's second Phantom V, during the time he owned it he loaned it out to various people...

[Lordbenny]

No, I haven't still got the jacket!

[iSore]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

It was a bit curious really. When they used the Austin brand they dropped the Princess

They were launched early 1975 as an 1800 or 2200, Austin or Morris plus a Wolseley version. About six months later they were renamed Princess 1800/2200 - no Austin, Morris or Wolseley.

[Martin350]

Lordbenny said:

No, I haven't still got the jacket!

That car must have been damn cool back whenever it was, it still is now!



The jacket, maybe then, but not so now!

[Loose_Cannon]

Love the 127. We went to Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife about 1982 and there was a massive car scene with the the young blades dashing about in very nicely customised Fiats (Seats?), typically 127s decked out with stripes and cool Cromodora alloys etc.

[Sardonicus]

Martin350 said:

Lordbenny said:

No, I haven't still got the jacket!

That car must have been damn cool back whenever it was, it still is now!



The jacket, maybe then, but not so now!

Not seen one of these since way back then actually forgot about them white socks worn with everything I remember those

[Robin Hood]

iSore said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

It was a bit curious really. When they used the Austin brand they dropped the Princess

They were launched early 1975 as an 1800 or 2200, Austin or Morris plus a Wolseley version. About six months later they were renamed Princess 1800/2200 - no Austin, Morris or Wolseley.

I bought a 6 month old ex rental Austin 2200HL auto, NLN 962P, they were the "in thing" at the time. Really comfy cruiser, went to Italy in it.............TWICE!

[nicanary]

Hitchin & Letchworth Carnival - anything interesting in the car park?



PS I'm pretty sure the little sports car right at the back next to a Mini is a Sunbeam-Talbot 10hp.

Edited by nicanary on Friday 4th August 09:51

[iSore]

Robin Hood said:

I bought a 6 month old ex rental Austin 2200HL auto, NLN 962P, they were the "in thing" at the time. Really comfy cruiser, went to Italy in it.............TWICE!

The Princess is one of those cars that, if Citroen had built it, would be a bonafide classic by now (see: CX etc). Early ones could be a disaster; later ones (Princess 2) were vastly better. We had one around 1980/1, a high mileage 2000HL that had already done 70/80 thousand at 2 years old and was a tough old thing. Astonishing interior space, comfy ride and the 2 litre O Series pulled like a train. Blowing the tyres up from the specified 22 psi to 27 transformed the handling and took the slight queasiness from the ride as well. I can still hear the drop gear whine and the hiss from the power steering.

[Allan L]

nicanary said:

Hitchin & Letchworth Carnival - anything interesting in the car park?

PS I'm pretty sure the little sports car right at the back next to a Mini is a Sunbeam-Talbot 10hp.

Ah that seems familiar - haven't been there since 10:30 this morning!
Good Old Days when Eastcheap, Letchworth, was two-way, that car-park was free and Letchworth Urban District Council still existed and occupied the Town Hall (the building on the right) which was built for it.
Can't say I can offer identification of many cars that might be of interest - post 1959 if there's a Mini and I reckon it's a Singer Gazelle to that Mini's left in the back row and if that's not a Sunbeam-Talbot 10 to the right of the Mini I'd bid Singer 4A (or later) roadster.

[Jonny TVR]

iSore said:

Great pic! Notice the inevitable undersealed Mark 1 Granada and the inevitable lopsided Princess!

Its incredible to think most new cars back then only lasted 12 years before being scrapped due to rust

[nicanary]

Allan L said:

nicanary said:

Hitchin & Letchworth Carnival - anything interesting in the car park?

PS I'm pretty sure the little sports car right at the back next to a Mini is a Sunbeam-Talbot 10hp.

Ah that seems familiar - haven't been there since 10:30 this morning!
Good Old Days when Eastcheap, Letchworth, was two-way, that car-park was free and Letchworth Urban District Council still existed and occupied the Town Hall (the building on the right) which was built for it.
Can't say I can offer identification of many cars that might be of interest - post 1959 if there's a Mini and I reckon it's a Singer Gazelle to that Mini's left in the back row and if that's not a Sunbeam-Talbot 10 to the right of the Mini I'd bid Singer 4A (or later) roadster.

To the left side of the carpark there is what could be an Austin 16hp parked next to a Bond Minicar - but what's the estate car on the other side of the Austin? The car partly obscured by 2 adults and a child. I wonder whether it's a converted van (very popular Purchase Tax dodge) or a woodie conversion of a car. The windscreen is very upright.

[Jimmy Recard]

Jonny TVR said:

Its incredible to think most new cars back then only lasted 12 years before being scrapped due to rust

This article is from 2009 so it's not bang up to date:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/aug/1...

But it claims the average scrappage age for a car in the UK then was 13.2 years

[mr alan]

Hugo a Gogo said:

FIREBIRDC9 said:

You guys might be able to help me then

I recognise some of the cars in the background , Can you help to fill in the gaps.

The White Ford is a Granada , the Maroon car is an Austin Princess.

The green car is a Vauxhall , not sure which one though.

No idea what the Black car on the right is.

Princess was never badged as an Austin Princess, it was just a Princess

The green one is a Vauxhall chevette and the black one is a mk2 cortina