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[busmansholiday]

On 5/25/2019 at 10:08 AM, JeeExEll said:

One of the inflatable models used to confuse the Germans in 1944 as to where we were going to invade.

Inflatable models these days means something else!

[LightBulbFun]

 

(I swear there was a story behind this photo (Maybe the photo was shared here at some point?) but I cant recall for the life of me what it is)

[adw1977]

That photo was taken at the launch of the Fairway Driver, the final incarnation of the FX4, in 1993 according to AROnline

[LightBulbFun]

2 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

That photo was taken at the launch of the Fairway Driver, the final incarnation of the FX4, in 1993 according to AROnline

thats it

knew i had seen it elsewhere before

[lesapandre]

This looks like North Yorkshire - possibly Richmond... but I may be way out. KNL 652 unknown to DVLA.

[JeeExEll]

Aberdeen railway station.

[JeeExEll]

[JeeExEll]

Interesting take on the Mk2. Different angles, slightly distorted.

[JeeExEll]

Mk1. Check out the tail lights and body lines. A lot like the Mk3 Zephyr and Consul Classic.

[JeeExEll]

Corsair.

[JeeExEll]

Corsair from before they did the '63 Thunderbird' style front end. Looks very plain without it.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

4 minutes ago, JeeExEll said:

Corsair from before they did the '63 Thunderbird' style front end. Looks very plain without it.

The bonnet topline/waistline/rear quarter makes the car look very long....

[lesapandre]

The name is X...CX.

[lesapandre]

Bless you...

[lesapandre]

Wyoming.

[lesapandre]

USA - location unknown.

[lesapandre]

[lesapandre]

[lesapandre]

On 5/25/2019 at 10:07 AM, JeeExEll 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.

[lesapandre]

1929 Cadillac converted to breakdown truck. Picture from www.curbsideclassic.com 

[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...

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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.