Eye-catching black and whites

[mercrocker]

 

Hubcaps.

- "On a Cepter, you can't be serious?".

Looks fucking brilliant.

 

Judging by the West Brom plate reckon that is a pre-production prototype....1965

[mercrocker]

Anyone any ideas with the Oxford? Looks like Cowley...body about to be dipped. May be mass production but not as we know it.

 

That looks to be a jig intended to demonstrate or have the Rotodip process photographically illustrated rather than an actual production process.   Dipping was done on a line as might be expected....

[lesapandre]

That looks to be a jig intended to demonstrate or have the Rotodip process photographically illustrated rather than an actual production process.   Dipping was done on a line as might be expected....

Thanks for that. Yes - interesting - you can see the production line in the background. The amount of buffing to the body is interesting too - quite a lot of finishing gone on there. 

[mercrocker]

Lot of rubbing down of lead filler, too, probably!   

[martc]

 

Tubauto are still going strong in that there France, manufacturing garage doors since 1933, although they now occupy a big grey box in the greenbelt. The picture of the factory on their website is both in colour and sans chod so doesn't merit a post here.

 

I do like to look up the details that can be seen in the background of these pics, I normally draw a bank...

 

https://www.tubauto.fr/

[Skut]

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Bob.

He looks pretty planted in the seat.

[lesapandre]

...

[lesapandre]

...

[lesapandre]

...

[mercrocker]

I don't know where that low-level apartment block is but I want to live there.....

[lesapandre]

Detroit - designed by Mies Van Der Rohe.

 

https://www.miesdetroit.org/The-Architecture

[JeeExEll]

[JeeExEll]

[JeeExEll]

[Cardinal Wolseley]

 

1960 Monte Carlo Rally 19-23 January 1960

[lesapandre]

Photobombed by a Leyland Tasman.

[lesapandre]

 

1960 Monte Carlo Rally 19-23 January 1960

ADO10 - the Wolseley was a real looker - another victim of the BMC debacle. Pity.

[Three Speed]

 

Fuel crisis 1973 / 74.

The Fiat 130 Coupe's gonna be back very soon.

Rare original GXL 2-dr black&white vintage porn. Sports rims for the 72 model year.

 

A third of the cars lining up for fuel are of the Rover P6 persuasion - so mine wasn't the only thirsty one.

[lesapandre]

You are awful - but I like you....

[lesapandre]

Milan - 1950's.

[lesapandre]

Buenos Aires - 1950's.

[lesapandre]

Photograph by Baisi. Brooklyn Bridge 1950's

[lesapandre]

Segovia 1926.

[lesapandre]

NYC

[lesapandre]

Alfa

[lesapandre]

...

[lesapandre]

Birmingham- church survives.

[lesapandre]

Madrid '30's.

[lesapandre]

Mike Hawthorn