mercrocker Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 It was much safer back then - a policeman is making pedestrians go and sit on the wall until they learn to cross the road properly. Everything else just gets stuck behind a bus. Junkman and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Remember Rotel Tours, they would drive you everywhere in a coffin. puddlethumper and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Junkman and puddlethumper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Junkman and puddlethumper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 adw1977, Junkman and puddlethumper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 puddlethumper and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Junkman and Fat_Pirate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 i just realize they are still around: https://www.rotel.de/ puddlethumper, Junkman and face 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 The days when CXs and Landcrabs were everyday street furniture and 2dr Mk1 Escorts weren't worth ludicrous amounts of money: Market Square, Devizes old postcard 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr All Saint's Church, Royal Leamington Spa old postcard 1980s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr Drumossie Hotel, Inverness old postcard late 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr The Square, Port William old postcard 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr Is that a DAF panel van on the last card? I remember the cars being sold here but don't recall any vans. JeeExEll, Fat_Pirate, Paul Dupart and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Yes, DAF 33 van in one of its two (or maybe three) colours - all the ones I have seen were that dark blue. My school chum's old man had one - we used to bounce around in the back of it on Rabbit Club outings (don't ask - its nothing to do with the Playboy Club!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Traffic building up in Spa as they wait for the shit green Chrysler Alpine to be pushed out of the way Paul Dupart and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Suitably shite (and suitably local) movie running at the Cinerama, there.... And a red Triumph Herald in the car park... Junkman and mercrocker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Traffic building up in Spa as they wait for the shit green Chrysler Alpine to be pushed out of the way 24922154797_0d0f059635_b.jpgI do believe that's a Cit CX in the church car park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Obviously Zastava had a bit of a market share in Sombor, formerly Austria, then Yugoslavia, nowadays Serbia: mercrocker and RayMK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 ^ Looks like Spain in the mid-60s... Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 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. RayMK and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 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, Junkman and DSdriver 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Local village to me, but what's the car with the funny shaped bonnet in the foreground ?stsev.jpgTabac/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 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 It's a DAF. RayMK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 The shadow got me too, now it's been pointed out it's clearly a DAF.Time for some new glasses methinks RayMK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 It's a DAF. Yup. Daf/Volvo 66. RayMK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 RayMK and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 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?" Junkman and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 le-bugue-carte-postale-1.jpgI'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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 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: RayMK, mercrocker, chaseracer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Hmmm...not sure which I would rather not do. Fording a '57 Fairlane or back-flipping into a puddle.... Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 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: RayMK and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Inspired by the Grin thread here's a post card of Dunkirque in more chodtastic times: mercrocker, RayMK and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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