How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[Yertis]

NDA said:

The Ford Capri was also my dream car at one point.

I think probably for most of us, of a certain age.

[LordBretSinclair]

A couple more from further along Exmouth sea front.
Same spot but a few years apart

The red and white object in the middle of the photos is an old mine converted to a collection box for charities- still there and collecting !!

Edited by LordBretSinclair on Friday 25th January 15:31

[nicanary]

Riley Kestrel there, but the fastback saloon further up (cream colour) looks even more interesting.

[Johnspex]

nicanary said:

Riley Kestrel there, but the fastback saloon further up (cream colour) looks even more interesting.

I spent ages looking at the colour picture before I realised you meant the one above!
If I had a brain I'd be dangerous.

[droopsnoot]

LordBretSinclair said:

The red and white object in the middle of the photos is an old mine converted to a collection box for charities- still there and collecting !!

I remember seeing mines at various seaside resorts, I don't remember whether they were collecting boxes or just there for display.

[RATATTAK]

droopsnoot said:

LordBretSinclair said:

The red and white object in the middle of the photos is an old mine converted to a collection box for charities- still there and collecting !!

I remember seeing mines at various seaside resorts, I don't remember whether they were collecting boxes or just there for display.

I remember a ww2 mine on display near the clock tower on Skegness promenade in my younger days ... the bloody thing actually exploded and did £2 million pounds worth of improvements ...

[aeropilot]

droopsnoot said:

LordBretSinclair said:

The red and white object in the middle of the photos is an old mine converted to a collection box for charities- still there and collecting !!

I remember seeing mines at various seaside resorts, I don't remember whether they were collecting boxes or just there for display.

Weren't a lot of them RNLI collecting boxes...?
I remember one being outside a typical seaside gift shop in Swanage in the late 60's.

[Cliftonite]

Yertis said:

NDA said:

The Ford Capri was also my dream car at one point.

I think probably for most of us, of a certain age.

"The car you always promised yourself" was the original advertising slogan:

https://porterpress.co.uk/pages/fast-fords-book-re...

[mk1coopers]

I've got fond memories of Capri's, especially as a teenager let loose in my Dad's black MK2 manual 3.0 S, no pictures of that one I can find but this was a friends MK1

Edited by mk1coopers on Saturday 26th January 13:35

[nicanary]

Johnspex said:

nicanary said:

Riley Kestrel there, but the fastback saloon further up (cream colour) looks even more interesting.

I spent ages looking at the colour picture before I realised you meant the one above!
If I had a brain I'd be dangerous.

Rover 75 driving down the road, and the parked cars seem to be (from the bottom) Ford Model Y, Riley Kestrel, Austin A40 van, c.1937 Hillman Minx, Vauxhall LIX (either Wyvern or Velox), what could be a Standard Flying 10/12, c.1938 Hillman Minx, the mystery streamlined coupe, either a Morris 8 or Ford 8 with trailer, Ford Consul, unidentifiable car, Ford Popular.

[rolando]

droopsnoot said:

LordBretSinclair said:

The red and white object in the middle of the photos is an old mine converted to a collection box for charities- still there and collecting !!

I remember seeing mines at various seaside resorts, I don't remember whether they were collecting boxes or just there for display.

Shipwrecked Mariners Society .The Mine to Mine Challenge would make an excellent scatter rally!

[john2443]

Spotted this on the London Marathon promo for 2019 - starts with an early year, maybe the first one.

Edited by john2443 on Tuesday 29th January 08:07

[aeropilot]

john2443 said:

Spotted this on the London Marathon promo for 2019 - starts with an early year, maybe the first one.

Edited by john2443 on Tuesday 29th January 08:07

1981 was the first one, the guy I sat next to at work at the time ran in that first one.

Certainly looks to be that era with the Hertz Matra thingy and the old open face helmet and jacket attire worn by the Met traffic cop motorcyclist.

[Stevesmg]

Dapster said:

The red on white plates are actually trade plates (the export plates of the day would have been the black on white oval plates - three digits, letter "z", dash then 4 digits). If you blow the pic up you can see the first 2 digits on all the readable plates are "04" meaning "dealer - single use".

The W123 was launched in '76 and you can tell by the shape of the headrests and the lack of a passenger door mirror that these are the versions pre the 1981 facelift. Also, these are, from what I can see, ALL the top model 280E. This version came with the chrome strip under the rear lights, and square headlights. You can just make out the shape of the headlights on the cars coming towards us in the line if you blow the pic up.

These cars are ready for delivery, not shipping - hubcaps on, no plastic protectors on the seats etc. The lack of overalls and smart looking dudes gives me the impression that this is a jolly for German dealers getting to drive their first 280E demos back to the shop. The car was launched in January 1976 which would explain the snow.

Edited by Dapster on Thursday 24th January 23:26

Recon that's an auction.

[manorcom]

Came accross this bit of film....Would you believe it.....Jim Clark driving a Reliant!
https://www.macearchive.org/films/midlands-news-27...

[P5BNij]

Aberdeen station in the early '60s...

[RJG46]

Alain Delon and Jane Fonda.

[hilly10]

P5BNij said:

Aberdeen station in the early '60s...

Brilliant picture that, just loving the Rover and the Moggy

[RATATTAK]

P5BNij said:

Aberdeen station in the early '60s...

Sensible parking

[aeropilot]

RJG46 said:

Alain Delon and Jane Fonda.

Doesn't look like Jane Fonda....?

Looks more like Nathalie Delon, his wife, as they married in 1964.