Rab Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Remspoor, Dyslexic Viking, RayMK and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 On 8/27/2021 at 11:05 PM, Dick Longbridge said: Another director's cut of Blade Runner, or just the set of Hanover Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Noo Yoik, in the past - Financial District, Manhattan - 16th July 1936, which was a Thursday. Photo by Berenice Abbott Approach to the Brooklyn Bridge - 1909. Looking south on 5th Ave from W 52nd St in Midtown, Manhattan - 1894 The same view today, soz not B&W, get over it. Times Square. No idea what's going on. Dick Longbridge, lesapandre, Rab and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 1 hour ago, martc said: Noo Yoik, in the past - Financial District, Manhattan - 16th July 1936, which was a Thursday. Photo by Berenice Abbott Times Square. No idea what's going on. Naked cowboy; weirdo hustler who panhandles tourists, so normal for Times Sq. The other one is Broad St looking north toward Wall St, the greek revival is Federal Hall. martc and lesapandre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 hennabm, Shite Ron, Dr_Slow and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Svalbard Norway Asimo, hennabm, Remspoor and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Rural Norwegian Taxis. Spring thaw Åseral Norway somewhatfoolish, Dick Longbridge, Remspoor and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Oslo Norway hennabm, Amishtat, RayMK and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Remspoor, Skut and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 The United Auto Workers (UAW) union occupied General Motors' Fisher Body Plants No.1 and No.2 in Flint, Michigan, in 1934. The strike led to better pay and working hours. JeeExEll, Skut, Rab and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman Of The People Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 18 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said: 1950s Norwegians seem to have had a strange attraction to Yank tanks. What was the reason for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew353w Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 19 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said: Svalbard Norway That Skoda 440/445/450 is on the rarity scanner! Nice one! Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Madman Of The People said: 1950s Norwegians seem to have had a strange attraction to Yank tanks. What was the reason for this? The reason was that few cars withstood the harsh conditions here and the American cars were among the few that did so they were popular. Was not unusual in the 60's and see American cars from the 30's still in use. Until the 70's we had mostly just gravel roads that turned to mud in the spring and harsh winters and hot summers so Norway were hard on the cars. Can also add that from the war until October 1, 1960, we had rationing of cars when the state thought cars were a luxury. But you could buy cars from Russia and the Eastern Bloc as we had an agreement on the sale of fish in exchange for us buying cars. So all other cars had to have a permit to buy. A common way to get around this was to buy cars in Sweden disassemble them also import them little by little as parts and then put them back together. somewhatfoolish, Rab, Dr_Slow and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew353w Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Dyslexic Viking said: Can also add that from the war until October 1, 1960, we had rationing of cars when the state thought cars were a luxury. But you could buy cars from Russia and the Eastern Bloc as we had an agreement on the sale of fish in exchange for us buying cars. So all other cars had to have a permit to buy. A common way to get around this was to buy cars in Sweden disassemble them also import them little by little as parts and then put them back together. That explains why there were many road tests in the 1950s and 60s of Eastern European cars done in Scandinavia. I've read tests on East German built DKWs and similar vehicles, all of which were tested in either Sweden or Norway. The testers also commented that the 2-stroke engines, fitted to many of these cars, started immediately, regardless of the extreme cold! Maybe Norway would be a good source of spare parts for the putative restorer of a 1960s Skoda Octavia...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Slow Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 On 31/08/2021 at 11:15, Remspoor said: Barking Station, there used to be a Wimpy on one side, just beyond the corner of the two storey office block closest. The office block under construction on the other side housed a Safeway on the ground floor. Although that Wimpy is long gone, I was surprised to find they still exist (unlike Safeway), Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, Andrew353w said: That explains why there were many road tests in the 1950s and 60s of Eastern European cars done in Scandinavia. I've read tests on East German built DKWs and similar vehicles, all of which were tested in either Sweden or Norway. The testers also commented that the 2-stroke engines, fitted to many of these cars, started immediately, regardless of the extreme cold! Maybe Norway would be a good source of spare parts for the putative restorer of a 1960s Skoda Octavia...... Not many of these have survived when most were scrapped. So parts are not the easiest either. My father's uncle's first car was a tired Skoda in the 60's and it was dumped in the Sognefjord when it was worn out. Such was the fate of most of them. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 15 hours ago, martc said: Looks like a still from the rarely screened crossover between On The Buses & Easy Rider! martc, LightBulbFun, Remspoor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skut Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Dick Longbridge, Dr_Slow, Remspoor and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 On 9/1/2021 at 7:48 AM, martc said: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe Catch a biker by the toe If he hollers let him go, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe My Sargent told me To pick the very bad one And you are it. martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Austat, Dick Longbridge, Dyslexic Viking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 More '70's Noo Yoik action - Dick Longbridge, Skut, Rab and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Rab and lesapandre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Photographer. Enrique Metinides. Mexico. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeinabz Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 More '70's Noo Yoik action -Needs arresting just for the pants Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Dick Longbridge, sheffcortinacentre, lesapandre and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 ZIL-5901 PEU-2 amphibian and GAZ-21. lesapandre, Skut, Dyslexic Viking and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Ducati 350 Fat_Pirate, Asimo, Dick Longbridge and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Members of the KGB Alpha Group special forces posing for a photo, late 1980s. Miami Vice ? You mean Sevastapol Vice. somewhatfoolish, lesapandre, Skut and 5 others 5 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 martc, Yoss, lesapandre and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 One for @beko1987, Laycock “Vacacar”. hennabm and lesapandre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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