Eye-catching black and whites

[martc]

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.

[JeeExEll]

 

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]

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]

Citroen mon amor...

[lesapandre]

Wilbur...

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

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.

[JeeExEll]

'And will you be taking your driving test in your own car, young Sir?'.

[martc]

^^^Carlos Fandango mark 2 (lesson learnt)

[lesapandre]

Motoring Journalist Lionel Burrell - his Bentley - a good few years ago. 

[lesapandre]

[lesapandre]

Lionel still with us - born 1936. One of the founders of Classic Car mag in the 1970's.

[JeeExEll]

Idea for Shitefest 2020.

[JeeExEll]

[lesapandre]

2 hours ago, JeeExEll said:

There is a US singer called Randy Vanwarmer - always make me chuckle. Perhaps you'd attract one of those vanwarmers into the back of this at the local dog walking spot - just to keep warm mind...no sniggering at the back.

[lesapandre]

Number plate reads LG DOGO

[JeeExEll]

'Oh no, looks like it's going to piss down rain again. But Charlie's left us the keys to the Zephyr. Shall we use it to go to the shops?'. . . .

 

[Skut]

[martc]

^^^^ ‹‹ French car industry faces collapse.›› Le Monde, the 1960's.

[Asimo]

[JeeExEll]

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Captain 70s parked next to the SAAB there.

Rare white 1.6S with gold detailing road tax due June 1st 1984.

[JeeExEll]

Thurso, 1974. These cars wouldn't have been very old.

[JeeExEll]

Gorgeous Ascona i400s. Bosch-injected 2.4 litre with 16 valve heads by Cosworth, lsd, suitable suspension, etc. Quite exotic for 1981. Homologation production cars to enable huge tuning potential for rallying and racing. I'd have one of these before a Manta.

[lesapandre]

On 7/17/2019 at 12:05 PM, Asimo said:

Interesting mash up of US cars and Brits - with a smattering of European. Early 1950's. US base in UK?

[lesapandre]

24 minutes ago, JeeExEll said:

Thurso, 1974. These cars wouldn't have been very old.

About 10-12 years old approx. Cars had a much shorter life then - 8-10 years or 100,000 miles max was the life of a car. My dad who had a company car, had a new car every year in the 1960's to keep them reliable.

[lesapandre]

31 minutes ago, JeeExEll said:

Captain 70s parked next to the SAAB there.

Note the high percentage of foreign cars there including one Japanese . Go back 10 years and they would be mostly British.

[lesapandre]

If you like striking BW material take a look at this from LA:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/49025176/a-lost-archive-of-la-crime-scenes

 

 

[Asimo]

9 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Interesting mash up of US cars and Brits - with a smattering of European. Early 1950's. US base in UK?

Hong Kong!

And these three are Vietnam,  around 1955.

[lesapandre]

That would make sense. You rarely see a mix like that in pictures. Great pic. Amazing to see what went there - a Wolseley 4/44 is not a car you expect to see exported much - but I am sure a few were. An early post-war Loewy Studebaker to the right at the rear too.