Eye-catching black and whites

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All the above taken in Reading and posted in one of the local newspapers.

[LightBulbFun]

 

Mk12 Invacar and GEC Z8430CM in one shot FTW 

 

http://www.streetlightonline.co.uk/Z8430_photographs.htm

[Remspoor]

 saw the vehicle. Bu no idea of what model it was.

The camber on that road must have made getting in and out very difficult.

[Amishtat]

How ancient does that Singer Hunter in the first pic look?

[mercrocker]

The Invacar looks like it is in the other shot too - presumably two ends of the same street....

 

That Singer is, what, 20 years or so older than the date of the pic?   Compare that to say a sad face Fiesta in today's traffic - definitely seems more visual progress took place back then.   Also the Singer is not lop-sided and knackered like that nearly-new Cortina!

[RayMK]

How ancient does that Singer Hunter in the first pic look?

 

Well identified.  I was familiar with the Singer SM1500 which had a completely different grill, but was not aware of the more traditional Singer grill treatment on later models.  All variants were a rare sight when new and I have never seen a restored or preserved one in the flesh.

[JeeExEll]

[martc]

 

 

The E-Type in the background is still with us, it's tax is due 1/7/19.

 

In the picture a couple of posts above (the street scene with bridge) the Triumph motorbike departed this world in 1981 and the Cortina estate in 1984. No records found for the Bedford.

[Cardinal Wolseley]

[NorfolkNWeigh]

So this piece of shit E-Type survived the 73/4 OPEC Oil Crisis, even though it looks as if it would collapse if you tried to move it and would have been worth about £30.

Fast forward to 1997 and its ' First registered' as a 1962 roadster in BRG. Before they were valuable enough to be worth a restoring basket cases, but about when a lot of US cars came home.

It now looks like this and is probably worth upwards of £150k

 

The cynical amongst you might hear a ringing sound...

[dieselassist]

So this piece of shit E-Type survived the 73/4 OPEC Oil Crisis, even though it looks as if it would collapse if you tried to move it and would have been worth about £30.image.png

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...im wondering WTF are them box type additions on the rear valance are; an example of early 'barrying' with filler/glassfibre/ papermache ...??

[NorfolkNWeigh]

...im wondering WTF are them box type additions on the rear valance are; an example of early 'barrying' with filler/glassfibre/ papermache ...??

I think you're right as to fibreglass / mesh repair stuff. It looks as if the rear valance has rotted away and the owner couldn't afford a replacement.

The only pic I could find of a naked arsed E -Tupe , it's a V12 but the shape looks very similar.

The bumper looks to high and close to the lights too, maybe it was just attached to the first solid bit of steel they could find.

[artdjones]

So this piece of shit E-Type survived the 73/4 OPEC Oil Crisis, even though it looks as if it would collapse if you tried to move it and would have been worth about £30. image.png

Fast forward to 1997 and its ' First registered' as a 1962 roadster in BRG. Before they were valuable enough to be worth a restoring basket cases, but about when a lot of US cars came home.

It now looks like this and is probably worth upwards of £150k

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The cynical amongst you might hear a ringing sound...

That might be true,but several companies were restoring basket cases a long time before 1997.Panels were available for rebuilding a shell from almost nothing.I seem to remember one firm were making virtually new shells.

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[martc]

K98PPO bit the dust in 2005.

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Austin Taxi in front of the lighthouse in A Coruna

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Julio Iglesias,(singer) and his Mercedes Benz 280 SL

[Dick Cheeseburger]

I can only assume young Daltrey got a good deal on his tour van. This is what they should all look like.

In fact, looking at it again, that Commer couldn't have been even a decade old at the time...

Edit: Apparently the photo was taken on 13th November 1965. That would make the van nearly new...

[lesapandre]

Roger Daltry? The van is in Paris I think?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Roger Daltry? The van is in Paris I think?

18ième Arrondisement je pense...

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