Eye-catching black and whites

[Richard_FM]

I've deliberately airbrushed the badges out so people have to guess what this is based on.

[Three Speed]

Henri Chapron’s take on a 6 cylinder Citroen traction avant.

[Three Speed]

Sorry - Franay not Chapron 

[Richard_FM]

29 minutes ago, Three Speed said:

Henri Chapron’s take on a 6 cylinder Citroen traction avant.

Yes you are right 

[Remspoor]

[Richard_FM]

[Remspoor]

[Remspoor]

[Bfg]

 

On 5/17/2020 at 12:03 AM, Richard_FM said:

What's this then ?   .. Zebra's for when the weather's too hot for Panda cars ?

 

..or perhaps  Zebra's for out-pacing those who a have a Tiger in their tank ? 

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[Richard_FM]

It was the Stockport police getting the black & white animal wrong with their new patrol cars

[Tadhg Tiogar]

This one's late 1960s, despite the caption, owing to the W114 and Mk2 Cortina....

[flat4alfa]

On 5/16/2020 at 7:12 AM, Austat said:

Hackney just isn't the same these days

[flat4alfa]

On 5/16/2020 at 7:12 AM, Austat said:

The terraced house to the right with the blue door is now split into a pair of flats.  The door number to the one-bed basement flat is numbered 101a and is currently valued at:

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[M'coli]

Can anyone identify the car in this photo, please?

[flat4alfa]

10 minutes ago, M'coli said:

Can anyone identify the car in this photo, please?

Two-door Ford Consul Classic/315

[Remspoor]

[Asimo]

Those mid-eighties Hackney photos are marvellous!

A couple of my favourites - modified Minis

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bconolly/34499478561/in/album-72157644090477542/

 

[lesapandre]

On 5/23/2020 at 2:22 PM, flat4alfa said:

Hackney just isn't the same these days

Broadway Market...the absolutely ground-zero of hipster London. Try it on a Saturday if you want to waste a lot of money.

Well it was g-z hipsterdom - not sure it will be the same post-covid. We will see.

[MorrisItalSLX]

On 4/25/2020 at 10:58 PM, MorrisItalSLX said:

Conrad’s Holden - Part 3

Used car yard, early 70s

New location, 1975

Later Peter Nott Holden, early 80s

Renamed Glendon Motors Holden in 1983, then moved to new dealership in South Nowra and renamed Nowra City Holden in 2013.

Bomaderry dealership now:

https://goo.gl/maps/pV8vfVpaRYmAozTz7

Conrad’s Holden, Part the Fourth

[lesapandre]

On 5/20/2020 at 7:42 AM, Remspoor said:

Probably the most successful looking iteration of the big Farina IMHO. The nose job was by Dick Burzi at Longbridge I think. 

12 months warranty - such confidence!

[Remspoor]

[lesapandre]

28-32 Highbury Corner - remnants of the garage survive...now a Waitrose (well it is Islington).

[lesapandre]

Bad News from Citroen - yes we can no longer buy them new. But the good news is absolutely zero depreciation on a 2CV if you'd kept it in fine fettle.

[lesapandre]

Why indeed?

 

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

Bad News from Citroen - yes we can no longer buy them new. But the good news is absolutely zero depreciation on a 2CV if you'd kept it in fine fettle.

Inflation-adjusted, that makes the 2CV £9.5k

The CX Safari £29k

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

....The CX Safari £29k

What would be its contemporaries in the thirty grand bracket today?

[flat4alfa]

35 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

What would be its contemporaries in the thirty grand bracket today?

I assume

[lesapandre]

Reliant not sporty enough - Glanfield's have an alternative. No answer on telephone number Fin. 0091 so far though.

[somewhatfoolish]

3 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Why indeed?

 

Is that Roy Castle?

[martc]