Rugd1022 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Chapel Street in Rugby, 1974... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted February 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 18, 2020 11 hours ago, PhilJ W said: The Riley 1.5/Wolseley 1500 was basically a Morris Minor in a posh frock with the 1500 B series engine. And none the worse for it. My Dad test drove a a Wolseley 1500 for sale in a dealership in the mid-80s, it was lovely inside and only about £700. It would have been a practical everyday commute car - we already used a Minor Convertible as our second car - but we'd also just bought a '49 side-valve Minor........ we were running out of space on the drive. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Australia also got Morris (Major/Major Elite) and Austin (Lancer) versions of the Wolseley/Riley big Minor. Whilst I'm not up on the detail, I believe later ones got the 1622 version of the B-Series. The Major Elite was distinguished by growing a set of decidedly daft fins. Majors are still surprisingly common, although I've only seen a couple of Lancers outside of captivity over the last 23 years. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacol Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 13 hours ago, PatB said: Australia also got Morris (Major/Major Elite) and Austin (Lancer) versions of the Wolseley/Riley big Minor. Whilst I'm not up on the detail, I believe later ones got the 1622 version of the B-Series. The Major Elite was distinguished by growing a set of decidedly daft fins. Majors are still surprisingly common, although I've only seen a couple of Lancers outside of captivity over the last 23 years. My first car in the late 60's was a Morris Major Deluxe. I think deluxe because it had a two tone paint job, chartreuse & english grey. All i remember was that it regularly had problems with the fuel pump. Traded it in on a Toyota Crown 2000 Deluxe. (See a pattern here). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted February 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2020 Found this amazing collection of Brit cars . 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 20 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Chapel Street in Rugby, 1974... Rugby at its busiest.... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted February 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2020 21 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Chapel Street in Rugby, 1974... Reminds me of the car we had when we got married in 1977, a Damask Red 1275GT.......not a patch on the Cooper S, well I say that but it was almost a direct copy of the Mk3 under the square styling........just not the same nostalgic image I guess. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 23 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Chapel Street in Rugby, 1974... Another photo that takes me back. The Co-op store and offices were in the building on the left - that's where you went to collect the "divi". A look at Google maps street view shows a much changed place, with a lot more parking! Also of interest in the photo are the road surface and markings, in a condition that you rarely see modelled. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Fat Controller said: Rugby at its busiest.... After a visit from the Mysterons by the looks of it! Mike. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 The pre-fab style shack on the right was the old grocery shop, I remember when you walked in through the front door the lovely aroma of fresh fruit and veg hit you like a train, I can almost smell it now....! (The picture is also a sad reminder of something that happened to the sister-in-law of one our old drivers at Rugby some years ago, the gable wall of the shops immediately behind the Mini collapsed and some of the debris fell on her, killing her instantly). 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I took this picture of a Bentley early last year, but I didn't notice until now what someone did to the name on the Land rover behind it: 7 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Three posts, all with exactly the same quoted photo and following each other!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 A few recent finds for the fans of Mini's. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Nice selection Bob, lovely... the blue Clubbie is an Australian built Mini, it looks like a genuine GTS model too, the pinnacle of the breed over there and much sought after. The red Mini next to it wearing 12'' steel wheels looks like a Japanese import with the front end backdated in Mk1 style, a very common modification in Japan for the last twenty years or so., I dare say the '1293' part of the reg' number alludes to the engine size. The Almond Green Austin Mk1 looks very familiar, the reg' number certainly rings a bell, I'm sure I photographed it at Himley Hall or Coombe Abbey many years ago. The Prisoner Mokes are fab...! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 everything but the sunbeam tribute to the late great Russel Brooks 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 20, 2020 Is the astral in the foreground a prototype 4S? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, russ p said: Is the astral in the foreground a prototype 4S? think so yes also note Jimmy mcreas red manta 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 minute ago, peanuts said: think so yes also note Jimmy mcreas red manta I see that , those two mantas were certainly involved in a lot of friendly rivalry back in the 80s 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Ford day today. More later today. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2020 Old cars, and trains! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I'll take the 2-door Mk3 in the third photo down. Always my favourite Cortina shape. The silver Escort estate is pretty nice too. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2020 22 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Old cars, and trains! Excellent film, see John Davenport is in there the man in charge of Austin Rover motorsport in the 6R4 era and later went to prison 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted February 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2020 Aberdeen Market Street Aug74 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted February 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, PatB said: I'll take the 2-door Mk3 in the third photo down. Always my favourite Cortina shape. The silver Escort estate is pretty nice too. My FiL gave us his Mk3 2 door to fill in while I was restoring our Elan Sprint, used it every day along the small country roads to work about 20 miles each way, I loved it, great fun.....it was slow, wobbly, noisy and handled like an ice cube on lino......brilliant Oh yes and it was Metallic Bronze....or Sh1t Brown to be more accurate 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, boxbrownie said: My FiL gave us his Mk3 2 door to fill in while I was restoring our Elan Sprint, used it every day along the small country roads to work about 20 miles each way, I loved it, great fun.....it was slow, wobbly, noisy and handled like an ice cube on lino......brilliant Oh yes and it was Metallic Bronze....or Sh1t Brown to be more accurate At least the metallic bronze didn't seem to fall off in great scabrous patches like the silver on the more plush Mk2s seemed to. Presumably metallic paint technology was moving on quite fast in the late 60s and early 70s. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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