Shite Postcards

[Junkman]

We're not doing pics here. We're doing shite postcards.

And I love those NTSC ones from some godforsaken shitholes you'd never want to end up in.

[martc]

How did anyone know what to do in Morecambe that road has no islands,bollards,white lines,hatched areas,speed bumps,etc.

Devils Advocate mode on

 

I don't think they did know what to do - pedestrian fatalities in 1960 = approx 2,750; pedestrian fatalities in 2014 = approx 450 (source Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation 'Trends In Road Safety a British Success Story')

 

Devils Advocate mode off

[chaseracer]

Suitably shite (and suitably local) movie running at the Cinerama, there....

 

And a red Triumph Herald in the car park...

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Traffic building up in Spa as they wait for the shit green Chrysler Alpine to be pushed out of the way 24922154797_0d0f059635_b.jpg

I do believe that's a Cit CX in the church car park.

[Junkman]

Obviously Zastava had a bit of a market share in Sombor, formerly Austria, then Yugoslavia, nowadays Serbia:

 

[chaseracer]

^ Looks like Spain in the mid-60s... 

[Frogchod]

Local village to me, but what's the car with the funny shaped bonnet in the foreground ?

Tabac/newsagent is still there and so is the bar next to it. You may* find me in there on a Friday.

[Frogchod]

My local village.

Another local village. I've one of the cars to recreate the scene. Just need to find an Ami

and DS in my price range.

[RayMK]

Local village to me, but what's the car with the funny shaped bonnet in the foreground ?

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Tabac/newsagent is still there and so is the bar next to it. You may* find me in there on a Friday.

 

Good question.  The shadow across the bonnet does cause a bit of visual confusion.  Initially, I thought VW K70 but the gutter is different. Then the bonnet opening gap at the side made me wonder about DAF66   .......but the leading edge and other details don't fit. It has stumped me for the moment. I hope someone identifies it so that I can sleep tonight  .

[Junkman]

It's a DAF.

[Frogchod]

The shadow got me too, now it's been pointed out it's clearly a DAF.

Time for some new glasses methinks

[chaseracer]

It's a DAF.

 

Yup.  Daf/Volvo 66.

[Frogchod]

[mercrocker]

When I was a library volunteer at Beaulieu we used to get sent stuff like the card above asking what the car was.    More than once I was tempted to write back..."I give up.  What is it?"

[AlabamaShrimp]

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I'm sorry can this be removed please I find it offensive you can see that lady's ankle. This kind of thing isn't allowed now!!11!!

[Junkman]

Miami.
 

 

 

Proof that the water in Texan swimming pools is shallower than in the streets of Miami:

 

 

 

Niebüll train station with '56 Chrysler Windsor and Isabella koopay:

 

 

 

Autoshite and Archishite in Wiesbaden:

 

[mercrocker]

Hmmm...not sure which I would rather not do.   Fording a '57 Fairlane or back-flipping into a puddle....

[Frogchod]

Another local town, this must have been taken just post war as Mortain was absolutely levelled in the war.

I've worked a lot in this area and despite the buildings ancient appearance they're constructed in post and beam concrete with just a

posh stone cladding to make them look pre war. Bloody PTA to run cables through.

And this is a recent pic:

[Frogchod]

Inspired by the Grin thread here's a post card of Dunkirque in more chodtastic times:

[chaseracer]

Where's the rain, the suicidal drivers, the illogical roadworks, or the Dante-esque steelworks and refineries? 

[Junkman]

This is how I love my shite postcards.

 

Artificial colouring - check.

Awash with Autoshite - check.

Backdrop is Archishite - check.

Exotic location - check. (It's Essen, if you need to know)

Something politically incorrect going on - check (Note the cigar shop)

 

 

 

 

When you could have an ice cream and a beer next to a Pfaff sewing machines shop in Lainate (Milan).

Note angular Ford not being as angular as the Lancia in front of it.

Also, there is an NSU Prinz 4 parked further down the street.

 

 

 

 

A proper car and a very fast A Kadett are parked at the railway station in Aulnoye.

 

 

 

 

This one is just marvelously shite.

 

[Junkman]

And for those who like really old French chod, this is St Jean de Monts last week.
 

 
Note early 4CV (5 lug wheels) and late 4CV (3 lug wheels) parked side by side.
I learned this distinguishing feature from Marina Wolters. Stop sniggering!
 
 
Staying in France, this medieval archishite and some stinking cylinders with holes in them
are in Saint-Jean-Pied-De-Port and no, I did not make this up.
 

 

Of extreme noteworthiness is that the place to the right of the gate appears to be open for business.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I used to have some Austrian shite postcards, but can't remember where they are now....

[Frogchod]

Where's the rain, the suicidal drivers, the illogical roadworks, or the Dante-esque steelworks and refineries? 

You just described Dieppe. Were you lost ?

Dieppe also doesn't look like this:

Next time you travel via Ouisterham give me a shout

Ouisterham looks like this:

[Junkman]

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OMG2OH2!

[Junkman]

This is Mojave, a drab place in that country West of the United States.

A lot of interesting chod and an Aston Martin someone festooned with those terrible whitewalls.

 

[Frogchod]

OMG2OH2!

OMG what's an OH2 ?

[Frogchod]

More postcards of French shite to bore you with.

I've no idea of why this one is a postcard:

Another port:

Grim:

Comedy colourisation:

Yankshite in Deauville:

Tagora bottom left ?

More seaside with added Decap:

Yellow lights

Vespa ?

[mercrocker]

Oui, c'est une Vespa 400.   404 Hardcore, sorry Hardtop, action going on in that first one too (rubs trousers)  

[chaseracer]

You just described Dieppe. Were you lost ?

 

Acksherley, at that point, we were!

 

Meanwhile, 5500 miles to the west of departement 60, that Mojave Aston must be worth more than the whole town now...