Horsetan Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 (edited) all i know is they arrived in a transporter from who knows where but there do seem to be a large number of old er left hookers passing through old mk2 escort tuther month .the Etype had a comprehensive pre start check list taped to the steering wheel I read that the European collectors are starting to snap these things up as the Euro to sterling rate is favourable to them now. There was a bunch of Germans who travelled the distance to a recent auction here, specifically to go after some old Rileys. They weren't successful. Edited May 1, 2017 by Horsetan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Streak Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) Seeing the references to the Ford Granada, I thought you might want to make a comparison with the Australian Ford Falcon. Here are 1980 examples of both. That was the year when the two cars looked more alike than ever before or since: The only obvious external difference is the size of the side windows, those on the Falcon being deeper, which I think suits the car better. Of course the obvious under the bonnet difference was that not too many Granada's had the option of a 5.8 litre V8 Either. My Brother bought an ex Pursuit X D Falcon from the Police Auctions with the 5.8 (351 cubic inches in old money) and it went like Stink and with the uprated police suspension it handled quite reasonably. (Well for something with a live rear axle and about a gazillion kilo's of Cast Iron V8 up front). At the time the "civilian" version with the 5.8 option was known as the ESP but the police version just seemed to have that bit of extra grunt !! Not that flash on fuel economy with a bl**dy great 4 barrel carby that sucked 780 cfm (cubic feet air minute) at full noise. Of course petrol was cheap and jobs were plentiful back then. Perhaps my glasses have more of a red tinge too !!! Edited May 2, 2017 by The Blue Streak 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) Two golden oldies seen in the car park down at Toddington this morning... Volvo 142 still with its original 'Hills' style number plate on the rear... Trusty old Moggy... Edited May 2, 2017 by Rugd1022 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn1 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Nice to see the Volvo - my dad had a 1969 Volvo 144, lovely car. Les 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Two golden oldies seen in the car park down at Toddington this morning... Volvo 142 still with its original 'Hills' style number plate on the rear... DSCF0660.jpg DSCF0661.jpg DSCF0662.jpg That Volvo clearly isn't given any special treatment! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2017 Seldom saw a 142, so rare indeed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Some beauties here: http://vintagestyle.eu/a-true-timeless-muse-francoise-hardy/ 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Some 1970s American nostalgia. http://www.vintag.es/2016/01/50-snapshots-of-people-posing-next-to.html 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 The final picture of the day is the surprise of the holiday so far, tucked away in garage yard was this P5B coupe. Apologise for the poor photo I couldn't get any closer, pretty sure my memory says the registration is PMC 322L however DVLA has no record and that number is available to purchase. 20170429_133841-1.jpg PMC922L is showing on the DVLA website as untaxed since 01 November 1990. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) If you can put up with Mrs Mills bashing on the old Ivories there's some classics and classic petrol pumps (not to mention 1950's fashions) to be had here. and then there's this... Ferrari 156, Goodwood, Festival of Speed 2014 by Andy, on Flickr P Edited May 3, 2017 by Porcy Mane 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) A spot of Mini based nostalgia... Rare Radford hatchback... Rarer still, a Stewart & Ardern Minisprint... cut down bodyshell aside it has some nice period extras / mods, the P700 headlamps with extra thick chrome rims, and the combined sidelight / indicators look familiar but I can't remember which other cars had them... BMC Farinas maybe...? Edited May 3, 2017 by Rugd1022 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 A spot of Mini based nostalgia... Rare Radford hatchback... W& P or Radford Hatchback.jpg The numberplate - or rather its first three letters - is one thing I'd have got rid of. .....the combined sidelight / indicators look familiar but I can't remember which other cars had them... BMC Farinas maybe...? S&A MINISPRINT.jpg Morris Minors, for a start. Morris Oxfords, possibly. A40s? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 A spot of Mini based nostalgia... Oh well, here goes... I guess I should own up to being in charge of this monstrosity for about six weeks. If only I could have stuck some Minilights shod with knobblies on it. That would have at least made the embarrassment of driving it bearable. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Rarer still, a Stewart & Ardern Minisprint... cut down bodyshell aside it has some nice period extras / mods, the P700 headlamps with extra thick chrome rims, and the combined sidelight / indicators look familiar but I can't remember which other cars had them... BMC Farinas maybe...? S&A MINISPRINT.jpg Austin A40 (Farina) Austin A60 Austin A99 Austin Lancer (Series II) Morris Major (Series II) Morris Major Elite Morris Oxford (Series VI) MGA 1600 Riley One-Point-Five (Mk II and III) Wolseley 1500 (Mk II and III) Wolseley 6/99 Wolseley 6/110 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2017 Oh well, here goes... I guess I should own up to being in charge of this monstrosity for about six weeks. If only I could have stuck some Minilights shod with knobblies on it. That would have at least made the embarrassment of driving it bearable. tHATmOKE.jpg P I rather like Mokes. But I wouldn't want one that colour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I rather like Mokes. But I wouldn't want one that colour. I love them. Even the far more practical Kub kit version. It was just that one. The embarrassment was even more acute when i used to get a toot from the driver of this Inni. One of the few times I was glad to be wearing a baseball cap in the hope that the pulled down peak would save me from being recognised elsewhere. Strange how my ex loved the colour and loved the thought of me driving to the local panadería to pick up the bread. At least I can think back now and it puts a smile on my face. I have driven considerably worse. A Citroën Mehari for instance. P 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) ...I have driven considerably worse. A Citroën Mehari for instance.... My God. You really have lived (to tell the tale). ....and there's an electric version. Apparently. Edited May 3, 2017 by Horsetan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Thanks for putting me right on those BMC indicators gents.... I've recently fitted a pair of non-BMC type lenses to the Jap Mini, also seen on coachbuilt Minis of the '60s and '70s, Aston DB4s/5s etc, flatter and neater than the standard Mini fare... Meanwhile, back in 1966 the new-fangled wind-up windows arrived with the MkIII Riley Elf (and Wolesley Hornet of course) three years before any other Mini variant, with a nod to British Rail for some reason...! That same year a very young Ian McShane pootled around swinging London in a spruced up Mk1 Morris Mini 850 in the BFI film 'The Pleasure Girls', complete with expensive Webasto sunroof, Benelite spotlamp grille, chromed wing mirrors, headlamp eyebrows and poncified 'Styla' wheel trims, no doubt almost doubling the cost of the basic car... Fast forward to 1970 and this late Mk2 Cooper S cost more than six times as much as a basic 850 once it'd been through the Radford, Freestone & Webb workshop in Park Royal... When the same car was shown off to journalists in August '70 it was parked up near the GW Mainline close to Wormwood Scrubs for a photo session... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn1 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I thought I would post a picture of 'Doris', my 1948 Austin Devon. I've owned her for twenty two years, and in that time she's been used for a few friends weddings, and my own wedding - when we had two Devons! Here she is a couple of weeks ago waiting to take the happy couple to the reception. I always make sure that Mrs Unicorn is following with a reserve car, but we've never needed it. Les 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Some 1970s American nostalgia. http://www.vintag.es/2016/01/50-snapshots-of-people-posing-next-to.html Forget the cars or the girls. Did we really look like that? Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) They could have least stuck 165/70 SP sports on the Dunlop rims instead of those 145's. One I've had the pleasure of: No doubt you've seen the full version of this Dunlop Promo. Edited May 3, 2017 by Porcy Mane 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 '731 HOP' is the oldest surviving 1071 Cooper S and was one of the BMC press cars, loaned out ot the producers of Dangerman in a good spot of publicity. I saw it in the flesh at Stoneleigh a while ago and it's a real period gem in Surf Blue with an Old English White roof. Lovely! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Thanks for putting me right on those BMC indicators gents.... I've recently fitted a pair of non-BMC type lenses to the Jap Mini, also seen on coachbuilt Minis of the '60s and '70s, Aston DB4s/5s etc, flatter and neater than the standard Mini fare... JAP DSCF0718.jpg My Austin A30 had flat glass red rear lenses like that (no flashers though). As I modified it, I changed them to the more pointed type, which were used on the later A35, along with orange ones for flashers (front and rear), and white ones for reverse. All glass take note, I have seen plastic copies on sale. Stewart 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted May 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2017 And those flat lenses were specified by the GPO for the rear of all their Morris Minor Vans. When I restored my van I fitted some new old stock ones, which had 'GPO batch sampled' markings on the rubber boots! Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 My Austin A30 had flat glass red rear lenses like that (no flashers though). As I modified it, I changed them to the more pointed type, which were used on the later A35, along with orange ones for flashers (front and rear), and white ones for reverse. All glass take note, I have seen plastic copies on sale. Stewart My Land Rover SIIa FC had those as side, tail/stop and indicator lamps. The rears were quickly replaced with a pair of large, modern (in 1986) trailer lamps when Dad and I realised that they were near invisible in misty (not even proper fog) conditions. sacrelige now, but this was a working vehicle used in all conditions in modern traffic. One of the indicators was reused as an unmissable oil-pressure warning light positioned right in front of the driver, short oval track style. My MkII Spitfire had the pointy variant of such lamps, which proved to be rather more reliable than the identical units fitted to 1960s Daleks, Davros having made the mistake of fitting Lucas electrics to his creations and then compounding the error by beginning his invasion of Earth in rainy old England. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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