How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
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One of the comments for this photo was "Cool rally jacket"
Which got me thinking. I have never been able to drive in a thick jacket of any kind, and I have only ever owned one such jacket. If I remember right it was a Shell or Esso jacket to which my wife had sewn a Porsche badge. Here I am cleaning my Dolly Sprint nt the 70's looking a suitable prat with said jacket and a deerstalker with the flaps tied under my chin, it was freezing!
The only other similar jacket I had was this Coca Cola thing sometime around 1980. Her on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in LA:
Do any of you guys have pics of you in cool looking jackets?
Which got me thinking. I have never been able to drive in a thick jacket of any kind, and I have only ever owned one such jacket. If I remember right it was a Shell or Esso jacket to which my wife had sewn a Porsche badge. Here I am cleaning my Dolly Sprint nt the 70's looking a suitable prat with said jacket and a deerstalker with the flaps tied under my chin, it was freezing!
The only other similar jacket I had was this Coca Cola thing sometime around 1980. Her on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in LA:
Do any of you guys have pics of you in cool looking jackets?
manorcom said:
One of the comments for this photo was "Cool rally jacket"
Which got me thinking. I have never been able to drive in a thick jacket of any kind, and I have only ever owned one such jacket. If I remember right it was a Shell or Esso jacket to which my wife had sewn a Porsche badge. Here I am cleaning my Dolly Sprint nt the 70's looking a suitable prat with said jacket and a deerstalker with the flaps tied under my chin, it was freezing!
The only other similar jacket I had was this Coca Cola thing sometime around 1980. Her on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in LA:
Do any of you guys have pics of you in cool looking jackets?
There was a separate thread on here a few months back about classic rally jackets of the 70's/early 80's..... Which got me thinking. I have never been able to drive in a thick jacket of any kind, and I have only ever owned one such jacket. If I remember right it was a Shell or Esso jacket to which my wife had sewn a Porsche badge. Here I am cleaning my Dolly Sprint nt the 70's looking a suitable prat with said jacket and a deerstalker with the flaps tied under my chin, it was freezing!
The only other similar jacket I had was this Coca Cola thing sometime around 1980. Her on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in LA:
Do any of you guys have pics of you in cool looking jackets?
swooshiain said:
manorcom said:
This picture was described as :"Hinckley petrol station having delivery in fuel shortage. Police in attendance." It does make me laugh. Look at the spoiler on the Herald?:
Are those mk I Polos in the background?https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Ashby+%26+Mann...
droopsnoot said:
Notwen said:
Stockport, possibly late Seventies or early Eighties ?
The blue Carlton is on a V-suffix, so that means at least 1979. The Saab alongside it looks like it might be newer, but I don't really know Saabs, so maybe not. But at least 79. So, with a V-plate being Aug 1st 79, and it looking like summer, I'd say photo was taken no earlier than spring/summer of 1980..?
Hugo a Gogo said:
is August not summer then?
Thought I'd explained it enough in my post....I was inferring that for it to be summer 79, the Vauxhall and Saab would be brand new & a few weeks old (4-6 weeks at most) to be V-plate, if late summer, so, while entirely possible, I'm suggesting it's more likely to be taken in spring/summer 1980 at the earliest.
duka said:
Old Subaru dealer not far from me, this was pre-impreza days. Sadly the garage is long gone replaced by several residential properties.
can't stand in the way of progress sometimes, the church is still there.... recently converted into offices
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£1.17 litre?? Surely not..??
can't stand in the way of progress sometimes, the church is still there.... recently converted into offices
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williamp said:
duka said:
Old Subaru dealer not far from me, this was pre-impreza days. Sadly the garage is long gone replaced by several residential properties.
can't stand in the way of progress sometimes, the church is still there.... recently converted into offices
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£1.17 litre?? Surely not..??can't stand in the way of progress sometimes, the church is still there.... recently converted into offices
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GallonA few more garages:
Archers Jaguar, Solihull I think:
Mann Egerton, not sure where:
Collier & Co Birmingham somewhere:
Collier again:
Inside Colliers workshops:
Old Square garage 1954:
VW Manchester, William Arnold Ltd:
Lycetts garage Stourbridge 1959:
I can't remember where I got this one. Billed as the first UK Mazda dealer:
Baines Bros garage. Where?:
Archers Jaguar, Solihull I think:
Mann Egerton, not sure where:
Collier & Co Birmingham somewhere:
Collier again:
Inside Colliers workshops:
Old Square garage 1954:
VW Manchester, William Arnold Ltd:
Lycetts garage Stourbridge 1959:
I can't remember where I got this one. Billed as the first UK Mazda dealer:
Baines Bros garage. Where?:
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