Shite Postcards

[Junkman]

A lot less exotic, this is somewhere in Brazil.

 

[64A60]

Jaywick circa 1939. All pre-war cars look the same etc 

 

[mercrocker]

Small Hope Beach, Isle of White Wihte Wihgt somewhere abroad.

 

 

It blooming well is abroad!   Ferry trip and 403 and Citroen Safari.    No good covering up that A30, either, it will still leak.

[chaseracer]

It blooming well is abroad!   Ferry trip and 403 and Citroen Safari.    No good covering up that A30, either, it will still leak.

 

What's the little blue thing blocking in the white 1100?

[mercrocker]

What's the little blue thing blocking in the white 1100?

 

Looks like an AC Model 57 invalid car 

[Junkman]

What's the little blue thing blocking in the white 1100?

 

Dollywobbler.

[Spottedlaurel]

High Street, Skipton old postcard early 1960s? by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Any thoughts as to what the big black car is on the left? Quite an imposing thing.

 

Hall Street, Long Melford, Suffolk old postcard 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Melford Minormania.

 

Stow on the Wold old postcard, early-mid 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

One or two cars in the shadows that date this card as being a bit later than it first appears.

 

High Street, Tain old postcard late 1960s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Pre-Volvo days in Scotland.

 

High Street, Tenterden old postcard mid 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Plenty of everyday '70s goodness here.

 

High Street, Welshpool old postcard mid-late 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Both the Golf and Datsun are notable for being early examples of their type, with different rear end detailing. However, that makes only one of them sought-after.

[mercrocker]

High Street, Skipton old postcard early 1960s? by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Any thoughts as to what the big black car is on the left? Quite an imposing thing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have had this card before and couldn't fully identify it then, either.....However, it looked a bit more upmarket than the Austin 16/18 body styles I have seen....Possibly an Armstrong-Siddeley although the bumpers don't tally completely. 

 

 

 

Quite a few shopkeepers seemed to have big old motors back in the 60s....I remember our local music and electrical shop picking stuff up in a MkVI Bentley - all over the back seat, and with the bootlid dropped like that black car.

[Junkman]

Some y00fz conspiring to do mischief in De Haan.

 

[Junkman]

Plymouth, New Hampshire. Like Hampshire, just newer.

 

[chaseracer]

Some y00fz conspiring to do mischief in De Haan.

...next to Herr Yunkmann's R16... 

[artdjones]

High Street, Skipton old postcard early 1960s? by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Any thoughts as to what the big black car is on the left? Quite an imposing thing.

 

Hall Street, Long Melford, Suffolk old postcard 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Melford Minormania.

 

Stow on the Wold old postcard, early-mid 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

One or two cars in the shadows that date this card as being a bit later than it first appears.

 

High Street, Tain old postcard late 1960s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Pre-Volvo days in Scotland.

 

High Street, Tenterden old postcard mid 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Plenty of everyday '70s goodness here.

 

High Street, Welshpool old postcard mid-late 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Both the Golf and Datsun are notable for being early examples of their type, with different rear end detailing. However, that makes only one of them sought-after.

Could be a Humber Hawk?

[RayMK]

I thought Humber at first, then Packard, but could not find an exact match for the upright rear, drop down boot lid and rear window.

[Spottedlaurel]

Someone on Flickr suggested Austin Sheerline, but the roofline doesn't seem to be as flat or the rear screen as upright on them.

 

Kind of pleased that no one else is entirely sure either.

[mercrocker]

These pesky modern cars all look the same, don't they....

[artdjones]

Wolseley 25hp?

[Junkman]

...next to Herr Yunkmann's R16... 

 

Yeah rotten sills and all.

[RayMK]

Wolseley 25hp?

 

Similar, but the rear window and rear styling are different.  Same goes for some models of Buick, though the car on the postcard appears to be RHD making a yank less likely.

[artdjones]

∆25hp Vauxhall has the top folding bootlid also the overriders look to be in the right place.I can't see the bonnet well enough to see if it's fluted.

[RayMK]

The Vauxhall somehow doesn't look imposing enough though it shares some features of the postcard car.  I thought the same for some of the big old Austins.  Frustrating, isn't it .  I am even more frustrated because I'm sure I've seen one when much younger - and could probably have recognised it back then.  If the interweb can't come up trumps I'll be forced to look in my books.  That can't be progress.

[Junkman]

Look at those carpet dealers in Jeddah.
 

 

The septic market share is pretty impressive.

[Junkman]

Some interesting chod in Porto.

 

[Junkman]

The usual array of yanks in Belgium.

 

 

In the Eighties, they were taxed into oblivion overnight.

[Junkman]

Looking at the signpost, it's in Texas.

 

[Junkman]

Penang when it was still under proper administration.

 

[Junkman]

Rotterdamned.

 

[Junkman]

Tilburg.

 

[Junkman]

Rottendamned again.

 

[adw1977]

I used Rotterdam Central station last year - nothing in that photo still exists apart from the clock and the lettering from the roof transferred to the new station building.  Even the road layout is different.

[Junkman]

It just isn't like it used to be anymore.