Richard_FM Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 14 hours ago, lesapandre said: I think so too - you'd consider yourself ultra-cool to be driving one of these in the 70's. The kind of car driven by graphic designers and university lectures etc etc. Were these officially sold in the UK? Even the humble 2CV wasn't offered for over a decade after Slough stopped assembling them, apart from some French built RHD ones that were diverted from being sent to Nigeria in the 1960s. The lack of seatbelt mounts ruled them out for many years. I imagine some Mihranis might have been privately imported. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 It was good of Vauxhall to give every single mk2 Cavalier built its own publicity shots. Remspoor, lisbon_road, NorfolkNWeigh and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 It is harder to make out the cars towards the back of the photo. Shite Ron, RayMK, sheffcortinacentre and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Rusty_Rocket and lesapandre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Remspoor said: It is harder to make out the cars towards the back of the photo. Isn't that a matter of perspective? Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 South African mobile Post Offices Remspoor, RayMK, lesapandre and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Spain lesapandre, Mr Pastry, RayMK and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 9/27/2022 at 10:37 AM, lesapandre said: Zaragoza Spain 1954. Trolley buses. Interesting one there... Remspoor and RayMK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 A Pegaso? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 No, not a Pegaso, but maybe an Alfa Romeo or something of that ilk. I doubt the body is Spanish, but it's possible. Love the letterbox rear window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Another interesting from the same photo. Car parked on the right of the image. Looks like a rear engined car. The area below the rear window look like air vents. Not a Beetle. It is not a SEAT as the image is too old- The same reason it is not a Fiat either. The nearest car I could find is a Renault 4CV. However, the rear quarters are not the same plus that line would not be a 4CV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Rear-engined_vehicles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, Remspoor said: Another interesting from the same photo. Car parked on the right of the image. Looks like a rear engined car. The area below the rear window look like air vents. Not a Beetle. It is not a SEAT as the image is too old- The same reason it is not a Fiat either. The nearest car I could find is a Renault 4CV. However, the rear quarters are not the same plus that line would not be a 4CV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Rear-engined_vehicles Peugeot 203, I think. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 2 hours ago, D.E said: Peugeot 203, I think. Thank you. Looks like I was mistaken in the rear engined theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Solihull Shite Ron, RayMK and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 43 minutes ago, Remspoor said: Solihull Same view today - wide handsome high street closed and filled with clutter and mis-matched paving with the inevitable McDonalds to the left of shot. Progress? Bet its a charmer on a wind-swept Saturday night... And now no place to park the Jaaag. No Rovers to be seen either... Andrew353w, Remspoor and hennabm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 RayMK, Shite Ron, Andrew353w and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, Remspoor said: Ford fest, a pair of MK2 cortinas the 4 Dr being a series 1 GT as it looks to have auxiliary gauges on top of dash & GT badge on rear wing. The two tone one next to the Thames trader box truck looks to be a Clubman's rally car with an Alan Mann style lotus paint job. JeeExEll and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Yup. Wipac 'reversing' spotlight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 15 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said: The two tone one next to the Thames trader box truck looks to be a Clubman's rally car with an Alan Mann style lotus paint job. Thank you for the info. The car certainly looks a bit worse for wear. The rear bumper could be a bit out of shape. The rear reversing lamp is obviously what would be used in on a rally car. The rear badging under the Cortina script looks like is is the same a the twin-cam badging used for Mk2 Cortinas. The lorry is Essex reg with OO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Can't park won't park. lisbon_road, martc, lesapandre and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Mean while in Spain. lesapandre, Dyslexic Viking, DSdriver and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Richmond Market Place. c.1940s. D.E, somewhatfoolish, Remspoor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Sheep sales on Reeth green. c. 1960. The vicar is looking concerned, a couple of inches further and it's an offence. lisbon_road, Remspoor and lesapandre 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 1 hour ago, martc said: Richmond Market Place. c.1940s. Probably at least 1951 if that is a Vauxhall Wyvern EIX or the equivalent Velox. martc and Remspoor 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Shows how many really old cars soldiered on right into the 1950's and beyond - mostly then driven off the road by the introduction of the MoT for the first time. The Rolls looks a beauty and is highly likely to survive. martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, lesapandre said: Shows how many really old cars soldiered on right into the 1950's and beyond - mostly then driven off the road by the introduction of the MoT for the first time. The Rolls looks a beauty and is highly likely to survive. It was quite hard to buy a new car in the first few years after the war, as most were being exported & customers often had to have a good reason for needing a new car, normally needing it for work. The alternative was to keep an older car on the road, with a bit of make do & mend. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 France GeorgeB, Dyslexic Viking, DSdriver and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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