How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
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Suicide77 said:
A picture of my grandfather sitting on the hood of a brand new 1933(?) Chevy in Texas.
A photo of my great grandfather and great grandmother dear hunting some time in the late 1930's. Not sure of the vehicle make.
Terrific..... A photo of my great grandfather and great grandmother dear hunting some time in the late 1930's. Not sure of the vehicle make.
Top one is earlier than 1933, grille design indicates a 1927-28 Chevy.
Dapster said:
Love the solid gold accouterments on the Camargue but 'kin hell, what's going on with the Lagonda? Ride height, wheel diameter, front lights, bumper?
Presumably the bumper and lights have been changed to make space for the RR grille.Edited by Dapster on Thursday 7th June 22:37
dandarez said:
Hello Pat!
Remember almost 9 years ago on here, this thread, and your dad's E-type reg JEK 11, and then I post saying the registration rings a bell with me?
It was on a Ginetta G21 owned by a friend of mine in the 80s.
I have a bit more info now (friend has just had his new book on Ginetta published) and I asked him about that Loti 6 clone in your pic above. The 'clone' (apart from the nose cone and a couple of other things) to me seems a bit Ginetta G2 - he agrees, the time is also right. However, the nose cone is totally wrong but it looks like it has 15 inch Ballamy wheels which some used and this meant some did cut the (grp) cone down or modify/replace it because the car was now too low to the ground.
Now to the more interesting part - could this be another massive coincidence? - you give your dad's reg of 'where is it now?' as MTR 2.
My friend who has been a Ginetta nut since his schooldays says he has no record of that reg, but... wait for it... could you be mistaken and it was MRT 2? Because the interesting thing, although it's probably just chance/coincidence, is that the number MRT 2 was issued in East Suffolk - the same county as the Walkletts and Campsea Ashe, where they operated (not under the name Ginetta, but Walklett Bros Ltd).
Oh, and now back to your dad's E-type and reg JEK 11 (the author of the new Ginetta book told me this when I mentioned about the registration - he's a mine of info!!).
The G21 was sold direct from the factory, not through a dealer, in May 1974 to a John Knight of Lincoln, who traded in a 1970 Triumph GT6 for the Ginetta. The registration on the invoice was JEK 11 so it's a strong probability that the GT6 also carried that number.
What is interesting is how JEK 11 got from the E-type to the GT6 in Lincoln in less than 6 years?
All interesting stuff Pat ...in this small world!
Yep, I remember the E-Type/Ginetta registration saga very well! It really is a small world. And how can it possibly be 9 years ago!Remember almost 9 years ago on here, this thread, and your dad's E-type reg JEK 11, and then I post saying the registration rings a bell with me?
It was on a Ginetta G21 owned by a friend of mine in the 80s.
I have a bit more info now (friend has just had his new book on Ginetta published) and I asked him about that Loti 6 clone in your pic above. The 'clone' (apart from the nose cone and a couple of other things) to me seems a bit Ginetta G2 - he agrees, the time is also right. However, the nose cone is totally wrong but it looks like it has 15 inch Ballamy wheels which some used and this meant some did cut the (grp) cone down or modify/replace it because the car was now too low to the ground.
Now to the more interesting part - could this be another massive coincidence? - you give your dad's reg of 'where is it now?' as MTR 2.
My friend who has been a Ginetta nut since his schooldays says he has no record of that reg, but... wait for it... could you be mistaken and it was MRT 2? Because the interesting thing, although it's probably just chance/coincidence, is that the number MRT 2 was issued in East Suffolk - the same county as the Walkletts and Campsea Ashe, where they operated (not under the name Ginetta, but Walklett Bros Ltd).
Oh, and now back to your dad's E-type and reg JEK 11 (the author of the new Ginetta book told me this when I mentioned about the registration - he's a mine of info!!).
The G21 was sold direct from the factory, not through a dealer, in May 1974 to a John Knight of Lincoln, who traded in a 1970 Triumph GT6 for the Ginetta. The registration on the invoice was JEK 11 so it's a strong probability that the GT6 also carried that number.
What is interesting is how JEK 11 got from the E-type to the GT6 in Lincoln in less than 6 years?
All interesting stuff Pat ...in this small world!
Anyway, I have done a bit of digging on Dad's Lotus 6 clone.
I am almost certain that the registration was MTR2.
Indeed, a DVLA MOT check on the plate reveals that it is registered to a "CR Specialeri", which is described as an 1172cc car registered in May 1954.
So it may still exist!
That's got to be Dad's old car, as it definitely had a Ford 1172 side valve motor. Dad would have owned it at the very end of the 1950s, possibly very early 1960s.
He used to call it "Brand X". If it had been a Ginetta, I'm pretty sure that he would have mentioned it.
But what is a "CR Specialeri"? I wonder if it was a complete one off, or whether it was part of a very limited run of kits or specials?
bristolracer said:
P5BNij said:
Top test driving monkey Bob Wallace getting an early LP400 Countach ready for a run at the factory in 1973...
Thats how Lamborghini should have left that car. When it hit production it looked more like the granddad of a civic type R
Hello Pat,
re your post a couple above.
My friend has come up with this:
'MRT 2, not a number I know, but it was issued in February 1952 so likely to have been the registration of a donor car.'
I too, have no idea what on earth a "CR Specialeri" is.
I will pass that back to my 'expert' friend, in the hope that he does.
re your post a couple above.
My friend has come up with this:
'MRT 2, not a number I know, but it was issued in February 1952 so likely to have been the registration of a donor car.'
I too, have no idea what on earth a "CR Specialeri" is.I will pass that back to my 'expert' friend, in the hope that he does.
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