Shite Postcards

[Junkman]

Wrong. Someone from Vienna in Italy.

[pshome]

locals in.... Rimini

[pshome]

Wrong. Someone from Vienna in Italy.

I know the driver, here he is, he is Austrian.

[pshome]

a german car with a strange engine in.... Rimini

[pshome]

a Mexican in .... Riccione

[64A60]

The Carlton Hotel, Great Yarmouth.

 

[adw1977]

Photo looks like mid 1960s, sadly too early to include any Carltons!

[martc]

Take Courage, they'll appear in the future.

[pshome]

what is the white car with the green stripe and open door?

[mercrocker]

what is the white car with the green stripe and open door?

 

 

DB HBR5 (Deutsch Bonnet, Panhard-based)

 

 

 

Looks like a Montlhery, like this one...

[Spottedlaurel]

/\ A new one to me. I was thinking along the lines of Matra Djet.

[pshome]

DB HBR5 (Deutsch Bonnet, Panhard-based)

 

1200px-1959_DB_HBR5_Montlhéry.jpg

 

Looks like a Montlhery, like this one...

 

Thanks!

Isn't it amazing that very rare cars appear quite often on postcards.

[mercrocker]

Tha

 

 

Thanks!

Isn't it amazing that very rare cars appear quite often on postcards.

 

Absolutely, it always fascinates me too.   

[pshome]

next... that funny bus. Known thing or custom build? Based on what?

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Front looks a bit Volvo pvish.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

a german car with a strange engine in.... Rimini

 

Missing hubcap too....

[Junkman]

next... that funny bus. Known thing or custom build? Based on what?

 

 

It's one of those many coachbuilt affairs, this one most likely by Currus on a Citroen U23 or Ford chassis, but we'll never know for sure.

[Junkman]

People sure love their auxiliary driving lights at Neauphle-le-Château.

 

[Junkman]

Leeds earlier today.

 

[Junkman]

Chianciano Terme with scarce Alfa 2600.

 

[Junkman]

Rapallo, which isn't Nice.

 

[Junkman]

Squire Dawson in that London.

 

[Junkman]

Kwolitee.

 

 

It was one of the countless vernacular kitsch buildings along Route 66.

Allegedly it was notoriously difficult to photograph, hence this slightly enhanced effort.

[Junkman]

Some grade A shite in Leon.

 

[artdjones]

 

You can still park outside the Hotel Plaza today.

[Junkman]

But that wonderful roof neon is gone.

[Junkman]

Saint Jean de Monts

 

[Junkman]

Banchory, wherever that is.

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Leeds earlier today.

 

 

L&C Rubber Company!? What were they selling back then?

[Junkman]

L&C Rubber Company!? What were they selling back then?

 

Something for the weekend, sir.