Eye-catching black and whites

[sheffcortinacentre]

2 hours ago, D.E said:

No details 

[Metal Guru]

3 hours ago, RayMK said:

My beef is that the humour on here is udderly terrible.  I think you've all milked that shot to death.

Bullocks!

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[Tayne]

19 hours ago, D.E said:

A Zaz, and a gentleman with a lovely toothbrush moustache.

 

Is this an early prototype or an AI image?

The leading edge of the bonnet isn't level, the valance is different, the wheelarches are too prominent, the sills are different, the drip rails are different, the roofline and rear window shape are also different.

It seems to be very different from the production car.

 

 

[D.E]

3 hours ago, Tayne said:

 

Is this an early prototype or an AI image?

The leading edge of the bonnet isn't level, the valance is different, the wheelarches are too prominent, the sills are different, the drip rails are different, the roofline and rear window shape are also different.

It seems to be very different from the production car.

 

 

Good point, it would seem this is a proto of the 966.

Translate from some obscure Russian site with more photos:

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In the spring of 1961, almost immediately after the launch of the ZAZ-965 model, the plant began developing a new ZAZ-966 model, and already in November of that year, a prototype was demonstrated at VDNKh.

The prototype was built in two copies. The car had a small gearshift lever to the right of the instrument panel. However, this arrangement was later abandoned because it did not add convenience compared to the traditional arrangement, and it complicated the design and made it more expensive.

 

 

[Richard_FM]

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Richard_FM said:

That's brilliant! I remember those early 2.8 XJ's, and knew the rest BITD.

[sheffcortinacentre]

2 hours ago, Richard_FM said:

No details hillman ,Jag,mg  or Morgan.

Jensen & Marcos lasted til Oct 80

[Richard_FM]

14 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

No details hillman ,Jag,mg  or Morgan.

Jensen & Marcos lasted til Oct 80

I was hoping they are still around as they have been issued with V5s in recent years, but it could be just a quirk of the DVLA system.

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[Remspoor]

[sheffcortinacentre]

4 hours ago, Richard_FM said:

I was hoping they are still around as they have been issued with V5s in recent years, but it could be just a quirk of the DVLA system.

The last to could still exist by bakkie hasn't been on the road since the 80's

[D.E]

[D.E]

An 1892 Panhard in 1913.

[lesapandre]

19 minutes ago, D.E said:

Cowley? It's either in the Pressed Steel body shop - or the Morris Motors works?

Though it could be CKD Australia? Only one bloke fitting bootlids - and the guys in the foreground not on the line.

It's for early 'split screen' cars.

Very clean and tidy work environment compared to say the line at Jaguar.

[D.E]

33 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Cowley? It's either in the Pressed Steel body shop - or the Morris Motors works?

Though it could be CKD Australia? Only one bloke fitting bootlids - and the guys in the foreground not on the line.

It's for early 'split screen' cars.

Very clean and tidy work environment compared to say the line at Jaguar.

The desciption under which this one is filed wasn't really helpful, just "Morris factory". Which could be several places, I guess.

[D.E]

Amsterdam, 1969

[D.E]

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, D.E said:

What's the long spline tho?

[lesapandre]

39 minutes ago, D.E said:

Jaguar Browns Lane plant 1961. Odd photo but possibly an early 'export' E-Type off the line going for its road test (at the time all Jaguar cars were road tested on the local roads before dispatch).

Shows what a ramshackle arrangement Brown's Lane was - awkwardly moving bodyshells arrived from Pressed Steel on a folk lift to get them into the works. 

MK9 cars to left in last year of production shortly to give way to the bloated MK10.

The Browns Lane plant was not a purpose-built car factory but was constructed as a Second World War shadow factory run by Daimler. In 1951 it was leased by Jaguar and remained the company's home until 2005 - now all gone.

That view will either be a housing estate or industrial units.

[sheffcortinacentre]

3 hours ago, D.E said:

I don't care if you have made it small this lot still won't fit under that body.

[sheffcortinacentre]

2 hours ago, D.E said:

Amsterdam, 1969

We're gonna need bigger bait

[lesapandre]

[lesapandre]

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[Asimo]

On 31/05/2025 at 22:42, Richard_FM said:

£299 to upgrade from a Mk2 (base) to an XJ6 (base).  What a wonderful world!

[Remspoor]

20 hours ago, D.E said:

The desciption under which this one is filed wasn't really helpful, just "Morris factory". Which could be several places, I guess.

The Chassis in the foreground is LHD. Maybe it was in NL or Belguim?  https://collectie.nederlandsfotomuseum.nl/collectie/?mode=gallery&view=horizontal&q=molenaar amersfoort&page=1&sort=order_i_relevantie asc

[Remspoor]

[D.E]

14 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

The Chassis in the foreground is LHD. Maybe it was in NL or Belguim?  https://collectie.nederlandsfotomuseum.nl/collectie/?mode=gallery&view=horizontal&q=molenaar amersfoort&page=1&sort=order_i_relevantie asc

Could be!

[sheffcortinacentre]

9 hours ago, lesapandre said:

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