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We need more unmoderated postcards here!

 

R16 mania, all filled with plenty of ZDDP.

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[chaseracer]

^ ^^  Archishite!

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[kinkersaab]

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That is some kind of high roof gs estate. google finds similar ambulance type things with extended overhang, . This one isn't any longer than normal, just higher.

[barrett]

Wow, what miserable penny-pincher bought a flippin' Goliath wagon in '50s America then? That shows a proper dedication to miserable motoring

[mercrocker]

Aye, another one bought a Minx then spunked out on white-walls, whilst somebody else coughed up import duty on a Ponton that was nearly as slow as the Goliath and cost more than a '59 Olds....

[JeeExEll]

Wow, Goliath's a new one to me. Something to check out.

Didn't look too closely, thought it was a Hillman Husky.

[chaseracer]

...thought it was a Hillman Husky.

 

...which Rootes did try to flog in the States for a while!

[Junkman]

Them damn imports will never catch on...

[TheClutchBasketPodcast]

Wow, what miserable penny-pincher bought a flippin' Goliath wagon in '50s America then? That shows a proper dedication to miserable motoring

 

I was just about to ask if anyone could identify that. I thought it might have been a Nash or something small and Yank

[Asimo]

Any ideas about the woodie?

 

[mercrocker]

I reckon that's a home-built shooting brake on a Ford E83W.    There was a firm called Pattison that made utilities etc. on that chassis but usually more production-car appearance than this one....

[Spottedlaurel]

Hermitage Hotel, Exeter Road, Bournemouth old postcard early 1990s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Lots of everyday stuff here, I think we have examples of most of them amongst the AS collective?

 

Sent in 1998 with the following message:

 

"Having a nice holiday so far, nice crowd. Food very nice, room nice and large all mod cons. I am well, hope you are. I am going to have a bath now. We do not have a lot of time to write, I thought you would like a picture of the hotel so excuse writing and repetition of the word nice [double underlined]. See you soon.

Lots of love, Mum."

 

High Street and Oliver Place, Hawick old postcard mid-late 1980s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

3-door estates were once a thing. For the pedants, I should point out that Oliver Place should be/is now Bourtree Place. I have no local knowledge, I'm just going by what Google Maps now calls it.

 

Renfrew - The Public Library old postcard late 1970s? by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Marina on Sercks and with sunstrip. I prefer what I think is an orange Manta B which is just visible in the distance. Breakdown lorry (Bedford TK?) on the left looks like a purposeful thing. Those schoolkids would be about the same age as me, wonder what they're up to now? Was walking past that Marina a formative influence?

[mercrocker]

Impressive tide mark on that Legover cat hearse.

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