Momentary Lapse Of Reason Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 RayMK and JeeExEll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 On 5/25/2019 at 10:08 AM, JeeExEll said: One of the inflatable models used to confuse the Germans in 1944 as to where we were going to invade. Inflatable models these days means something else! JeeExEll and lesapandre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 (I swear there was a story behind this photo (Maybe the photo was shared here at some point?) but I cant recall for the life of me what it is) JeeExEll and Sudsprint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 That photo was taken at the launch of the Fairway Driver, the final incarnation of the FX4, in 1993 according to AROnline LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, adw1977 said: That photo was taken at the launch of the Fairway Driver, the final incarnation of the FX4, in 1993 according to AROnline thats it knew i had seen it elsewhere before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 This looks like North Yorkshire - possibly Richmond... but I may be way out. KNL 652 unknown to DVLA. hennabm, JeeExEll, Sudsprint and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Aberdeen railway station. kinkersaab, Amishtat, hennabm and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JeeExEll Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Interesting take on the Mk2. Different angles, slightly distorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Mk1. Check out the tail lights and body lines. A lot like the Mk3 Zephyr and Consul Classic. Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Corsair. hennabm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Corsair from before they did the '63 Thunderbird' style front end. Looks very plain without it. RayMK, hennabm and adw1977 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, JeeExEll said: Corsair from before they did the '63 Thunderbird' style front end. Looks very plain without it. The bonnet topline/waistline/rear quarter makes the car look very long.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 The name is X...CX. DSdriver, JeeExEll, Tadhg Tiogar and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Bless you... Asimo and DSdriver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Wyoming. Amishtat, hennabm and JeeExEll 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 USA - location unknown. adw1977, hennabm and JeeExEll 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 sheffcortinacentre and JeeExEll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 adw1977, Asimo, DSdriver and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 On 5/25/2019 at 10:07 AM, JeeExEll said: Interesting fact on these 'ghost' armies prior to D-Day: Because the Allies had cracked the Enigma Code and could decipher all German communications and had also 'turned' German spies in the UK who were feeding significant false information to the Nazis about D Day (the ruse was that this would centre on the Calais area) - these ghost armies were set up to partly hide these two other bits of espionage from anybody snooping about - ie a double bluff. By '44 there was no significant German air reconnaissance over England. It all worked - the Normandy landings were considered diversionary and some German troops were held back for the 'real' attack on Calais - giving the Allies a better chance in Normandy. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 1929 Cadillac converted to breakdown truck. Picture from www.curbsideclassic.com hennabm, sheffcortinacentre, JeeExEll and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 3 hours ago, lesapandre said: Interesting fact on these 'ghost' armies prior to D-Day: Because the Allies had cracked the Enigma Code and could decipher all German communications and had also 'turned' German spies in the UK who were feeding significant false information to the Nazis about D Day (the ruse was that this would centre on the Calais area) - these ghost armies were set up to partly hide these two other bits of espionage from anybody snooping about - ie a double bluff. By '44 there was no significant German air reconnaissance over England. It all worked - the Normandy landings were considered diversionary and some German troops were held back for the 'real' attack on Calais - giving the Allies a better chance in Normandy. Less well known is that a similar deception (codename Fortitude North) was played out in Scotland suggesting the liberation of Norway at the same time as the invasion of France. Fortitude North was so successful that the Germans kept 13 divisions in Norway which were sorely needed in France. lesapandre, Bfg and JeeExEll 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Doing 5mph impact testing on early XJS bumpers. Note extended steering column so the guys pushing it could aim it down the straight line. Also, they'd pushed it from elsewhere on the factory site. RayMK, adw1977, lesapandre and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Buses in Malta circa 1953. I was only about 4 when this was taken. Dad was stationed with the RAF near Valetta and we lived nearby. I have tried without success to match the view to something on Google maps. Redevelopment has probably completely changed the scene unless I have failed to recognise key buildings. lesapandre and hennabm 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Citroen mon amor... hennabm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Wilbur... RayMK, JeeExEll and hennabm 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momentary Lapse Of Reason Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 One Hundred Years ago, this very day, intrepid aviator Whoopsie The Cat and his possie set off to fly across the Atlantic in the airship R34 to collect some bangin' tunes. The R34, known to his friends as Tiny. LightBulbFun, JeeExEll and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 'And will you be taking your driving test in your own car, young Sir?'. sheffcortinacentre, RayMK, hennabm and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 ^^^Carlos Fandango mark 2 (lesson learnt) Tadhg Tiogar, JeeExEll, sheffcortinacentre and 3 others 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Motoring Journalist Lionel Burrell - his Bentley - a good few years ago. RayMK and Sudsprint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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