hennabm Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 ^ what is on the roof of the green R12 on the left of the picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Whereas 504 owners travel leisurely to the coast where their yacht awaits them, R16 drivers save a few pennies by keeping their rubber boat fully inflated in the garage year round. RayMK and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 A Siata in Pierrefort, Jacques Tati visiting? RayMK, mercrocker and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I can certainly imagine Pink Panther being re-enacted there with the old geezer sat watching a gorilla in a pink Autobianchi.... pshome, chaseracer, Junkman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Cut & paste, tunnel art. martc, Junkman, hennabm and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 ^ what is on the roof of the green R12 on the left of the picture?la bombe? Junkman, hennabm and mercrocker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Side by side: Simca V8 Marly, Heinkel, Simca V8 Comete , Vespa 400. :shock: carte2.jpg That "Heinkel" is a Velam Isetta. pshome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Anyway, after posh Cannes I thought I might as well sweeten your Monday morning with some chod in much more Shiter class Capbreton: hennabm, pshome and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Looks like the Special Branch has some business in Captieux: pshome, JeeExEll, RayMK and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Carantec is a drab shithole because it's actually closer to London than to Paris. hennabm, RayMK and pshome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Absolutely no idea where this is and why it became a postcard, but it's delightfully shite. pshome, mercrocker, hennabm and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Two cars dripping oil from the arse end in Castellane: RayMK, hennabm, mercrocker and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 ^Ma Petite Auberge is still in business. Junkman and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Absolutely no idea where this is and why it became a postcard, but it's delightfully shite. just turn it around and you will learn that this is at Echirolles le Rondeau Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Aldeburgh, Suffuck. How on Earth did BMC manage to go bust?May have been answered - simple fact they didn't make enough on each car to cover their costs properly and whats not ever really mentioned they paid out big dividends to big corporate shareholders instead of investing in the company. Think BHS Carillion etc... Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Another reason might be that they could get away with making 1950s cars in 1972 because import restrictions.Come 1973, an armada of agents from European corporations was unleashed on every BMC dealership with blanko contracts in their briefcases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 .....this, and the fact that whilst they stock-piled unsold Morris Minors and Farinas they were singularly unable to supply my Grandad with a manual 18/85 "S" before he got pissed off waiting and bought a P6. When he tried to replace that, it had all gone BL and there was a strike at the radiator plant or some bollocks - he ended up with a Datsun fetish. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Yep true - they were very badly organized - no one really got to grips with the merger and industrial relations were poor. Interesting point about the 18/85...generally the Landcrab sold a lot less than they hoped, not surprisingly if they could not supply them. But in the end it boiled down to profitability- without that major reform or new models was very inhibited. Lots of reasons and part of a long slow decline. But what a legacy there bumbling automakers left us of fantastic engineering and interesting cars. Massive creativity from Moke to Princess R and Maxi to TR7 all within 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Not forgetting Mini of course. Look up the production line vids on YouTube...these were virtually hand-made...costing a lot in terms of labour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Caudebec-en-Caux on LSD: mercrocker, RayMK and hennabm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 A Berliet Stradair in Cavaillon: hennabm, mercrocker and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Time for 33 Centilitres of Pelforth in Cavalaire-sur-Mer. The same place yields some proper Cold War Motors side by side: And some hipster camping van conversion: RayMK, mercrocker and hennabm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 & they were busy fighting themselves for sales instead of the opposition by making several cars (poorly ) for the same buyer . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 The cars that were made weren't poorly made. Not poorlier than others. One of the problems was that a lot wasn't made at all.By 1973 the UK had fallen from being the number 1 industrial nation in the world to rank 5, behind the USA, West Germany, France and Japan.The British industry as a whole developed slower than the ones in other countries after WWII - whereas it grew 3% annually from the 1950sonward, the German and French regularly grew by 6% during the same period.Reasons for this were the dissolution of the Empire, which caused the loss of the related trade monopolies, a certain inability to react to thedemands and conditions in markets no longer dependent, the overageing of factories and production methods and the supremacy of the unions, which hampered any healthy development. The car industry, believe it or not, was actually in a more advantageous situation than others.Despite the considerable tariff barriers, they managed to sell 91,000 cars into the EEC in 1970 alone, although 126,000 were imported during the same period. It was hoped, that with joining the common market, these figures would be more balanced, or actually reversed.Ford, GM (Vauxhall) and Chrysler (Rootes) were already well represented by their parent companies' equivalent subsidiary companies in Western Europe, so they didn't expect to expand their businesses. However, BL produced about 50% of all cars Made in the UK at the time and especially their massively popular mass market models of Austin and Morris enjoyed high regard not least because they were rather unconventional.Then they suddenly decided to separate the two brands and relegate Morris to produce an utterly conventional car in direct competition with theproducts of the American held companies. This didn't lack a certain logic, but only for the UK market. Elsewhere this was seen as a step back,but BL countered with the launch of the Allegro and all seemed fine, so the cars as such actually cannot be blamed and these decisions were right.However, each time they got something right and were ready to rake in the urgently necessary profits, they were crippled by yet another strike.During the first five months of 1973 alone, this caused a loss in turnover of 100 million Pounds due to 150,000 cars not being delivered.The ensuing downward spiral was caused by a combination of ever more production losses due to unreasonable demands by the unions,customers losing faith and necessary facelifts delayed due to insufficient funds in a very critical period during which Europe was newly ordered.In addition to this, nobody, including VW themselves, could foresee Generation Golf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 There are two R6es in Cayeux-sur Mer. hennabm and RayMK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Some Rosbiffs in Challes-les-Eaux. chaseracer, mercrocker, RayMK and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Chalons-sur-Marne complete with Panhard Junior and 203 fourgon tôlé delivering hangover relief. hennabm, RayMK and chaseracer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 A Rovin D4 in Chambery: 203 decap: Archishite: hennabm and RayMK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 A proper taxi in Paris. RayMK, Junkman and hennabm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 After having admired the Chambord, tell me what is the break in the second row. hennabm, RayMK and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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