Eye-catching black and whites

[MiniMinorMk3]

[DSdriver]

5 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Spliff?

[RayMK]

On 26/12/2024 at 13:16, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 

 

I think it is a Volvo 264

I'm still leaning towards a '72/'73  Volvo 144/164, mainly because I could not find a RHD 264 with the fuel cap and thinner bumpers shown in the original post.  Volvo did seem to vary the position of the fuel filler and style of rear lights a lot between the variants of 140 and 240 series 2 door and 4 door over this period.  UK models appeared to have extra fog or stop lamps next to the number plate.  The big bumpers and even longer tail came a bit later.  What do you reckon? Like @Tayne, I was reasonably sure it was a Volvo but confused by some of the details.  Photos: 1  Cropped from original post.  2&3  A 1972 164 from Car & Classic.  4   A  1973 144 Grand Luxe from KGF. 

Edited December 27, 2024 by RayMK
lousy proof reading!

[sheffcortinacentre]

Def a Volvo door handles match too.

[MiniMinorMk3]

4 hours ago, RayMK said:

.  2&3  A 1972 164 from Car & Classic.  4   A  1973 144 Grand Luxe from KGF. 

 

Yes looking at the bumper more closely it does look like a 1 series and could be either if the two you posted.

[lesapandre]

17 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Jaguar XK140 in the USA. Beautiful cars.

[lesapandre]

7 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Yes looking at the bumper more closely it does look like a 1 series and could be either if the two you posted.

There is one to the left of the bus stop as well. So two.

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Daily Express BRDC International Trophy Touring Cars, Silverstone, 7.5.1955 # 56 Michael Alexander Christie, manager of 'Alexander Engineering' Result: unknown

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 24/12/2024 at 22:08, D.E said:

Inverness. 1979

 

2 hours ago, lesapandre said:

There is one to the left of the bus stop as well. So two.

I have just noticed next to the R12 that is next to the Elan is a Renault 15. It's the gift that keeps giving.

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Daily Express BRDC International Trophy Touring Cars, Silverstone, 7.5.1955 # 56 Michael Alexander Christie, manager of 'Alexander Engineering' Result: unknown

Christie did not finish.

The following link is not secure, but I have used it for years with no problem.

1955 Silverstone International Trophy

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Cambridge

[martc]

This is based upon a 1914 Bedelia type Bd2 cyclecar the front wheels have been replaced with a skid.

Soz not B&W, live with it.

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[MiniMinorMk3]

27 minutes ago, martc said:

77 RW was the first E-Type roadster built. It is possible a picture of Norman Dewis, the Jaguar test driver, who drove the car to the Geneva Motorshow in 1961. It was later used as a press demonstrator and was featured in The Motor in March 1961.

Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust

“We never thought you’d make it!” Remembering Norman Dewis’ overnight race against the clock - Hagerty Media

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Citroen Kegresse's in various settings etc

In France

The French Alps

In the UK - disguised as an 'Artillery Battery Staff Car, Type B7'.

With the Danish Army.

 

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https://neverwasmag.com/2008/09/the-first-motorized-crossing-of-the-sahara/

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[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

77 RW was the first E-Type roadster built. It is possible a picture of Norman Dewis, the Jaguar test driver, who drove the car to the Geneva Motorshow in 1961. It was later used as a press demonstrator and was featured in The Motor in March 1961.

Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust

“We never thought you’d make it!” Remembering Norman Dewis’ overnight race against the clock - Hagerty Media

 

That sounds very plausible, but the eailer pic doesn't have white-wall tyres - I don't recall him changing them on the way? Also no foreign plate on the rear, so possibly a different outing?

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

That sounds very plausible, but the eailer pic doesn't have white-wall tyres - I don't recall him changing them on the way? Also no foreign plate on the rear, so possibly a different outing?

Perhaps Jaguar had taken the white walls down with 9600 HP when it was transported. The Swiss plates and whitewalls being added after Dewis got there when the press drove the car around Geneva.

[lesapandre]

I'd guess they swapped the tyres and chrome wires when he got there for show purposes. Sir William Lyons was a stickler for correct detail.

The temporary plates were probably a Swiss requirement.