Eye-catching black and whites

[JeeExEll]

Ooooh, you are so wrong.

That's where the rockets launch from, to shoot down spy planes.

[JeeExEll]

(I think you may be right. Just Cold War jitters).

Another later pic of same car after it was punted off.

Different detailing, and fuel filler on this side now.

[martc]

 

 

It's alive, it's alive. Further down it says Vehicle Colour = White.

 

 

Later - here it is in 2015 at the NEC

[Amishtat]

Not black and white but whatever. At the NEC about three or four years ago 

[Amishtat]

Dammit.. Too slow! 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

12 hours ago, Amishtat said:

Not black and white but whatever. At the NEC about three or four years ago 

In some ways ahead of its time,  although the rear quarter glass reminds me of a VW 411/412....

[Eddie Honda]

The late Mother Honda, c.1965/66, either Gosport or Fareham, Hants, with her 1965 Triumph Herald 12/50.

[JeeExEll]

Rare pic of a Lumo-converted Lotus Capri.

Lumo also offered Lotus 1558 Twin Cam conversions for the Cortina 1600E although I've never seen one.

[LightBulbFun]

[JeeExEll]

[sheffcortinacentre]

I've seen a lumo 1600e was around 1990.

[Skut]

[lesapandre]

On 9/27/2019 at 8:08 PM, Amishtat said:

Not black and white but whatever. At the NEC about three or four years ago 

If BMW were the German equivalent of Triumph (sporty aspirational saloons at a price premium) and wanted a hatch of their usual big  saloon output you get this...

Same idea...same segment...probably similar buyers a few generations apart. The British motor industry created so many great ideas at the time which have come back round again...

Michelotti designed for both companies and the last Triumph Dolomite prototype has a distinctly 70's BMW look too. Instead we got the Acclaim. Such is life...

[Bfg]

On 9/27/2019 at 5:30 PM, Skut said:

oh, how times have changed . .

[Skut]

32 minutes ago, Bfg said:

oh, how times have changed . .

Cragars are what Roadkill is always applying to its fleet to make it a 'hot rod'  I do like the original 20s wheels though. They look so much better than insubstantial pram wheels you tend to expect of the era. 

[Bfg]

^ three-cylinder air-cooled radial engine.   uber cool   .. working space under the bonnet is generous too. 

sigh ..they don't make 'em like that any more.

[Skut]

4 hours ago, Bfg said:

^ three-cylinder air-cooled radial engine.   uber cool   .. working space under the bonnet is generous too. 

sigh ..they don't make 'em like that any more.

The designer Roy Fedden was aero engine designer. The rear suspension is amazing. 

[Asimo]

Roy Fedden had another go at cars after he left Bristol Aeroplane Co.. Not a success!

Also a radial engine, in the back this time.

Anyway, with all this Abbey Road / Beatles nostalgia about. 

Taken the same day as the album cover. Which has a white Beetle behind the Beatles, where the Alfa is.

[JeeExEll]

Vinyl roof being fitted. They sprayed it with adhesive, stretched it over a frame, stuck it onto the roof, then trimmed it with a knife.

Simples.

[JeeExEll]

[JeeExEll]

F-type Victor.  No seatbelts.

[JeeExEll]

1970s ad from pre AC/DC days when he was in a band called 'Geordie'. (Original ad has red logo and car).

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 10/4/2019 at 9:50 AM, Asimo said:

...Anyway, with all this Abbey Road / Beatles nostalgia about. 

Taken the same day as the album cover. Which has a white Beetle behind the Beatles, where the Alfa is.

Nowadays ye can't move for feckin' tourists.

[JeeExEll]

What is it???

It's the not-very-plain 1956 Plymouth Plainsman concept by Ghia.

Why do modern 8-seaters not look like this?

(Sadly) that's not some sort of secret retractable rear axle, it's a spare wheel. A feature which was included on some 1957 Plymouth station wagons.

[martc]

1 hour ago, JeeExEll said:

(Sadly) that's not some sort of secret retractable rear axle, it's a spare wheel. A feature which was included on some 1957 Plymouth station wagons.

And Bristol's - although their spare is at t'other end; in this case a 406.

[Skut]

[Remspoor]

[Remspoor]

[Remspoor]

 

[lesapandre]

No idea what this car is. Reg number no longer seems in use. Car would be pre-1914 at a guess.