Eye-catching black and whites

[lesapandre]

France:

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

[martc]

6 hours ago, lesapandre said:

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

I'll start the guessing game - the radiator has the look of a Standard to it.

[chaseracer]

Ooops.

[lesapandre]

Two door Austin 1300 I would guess. In the wacky world of BMC and BLMC they made the four door, two door estate and two door saloon - all required significant different body pressings (and cost) but no hatchback.  I think the two doors were pretty rare - I don't recall seeing many at the time.  But that was the era of long waiting lists for cars so people took what was available. 

If you want to see a hatchback - look no further than this lash-up by Crayford. One mis-step with those old-fashioned ratchet supports and that rear glass would have flexed and shattered surely. But great idea with a little more work...I think at least one survives.

[lesapandre]

Or the Creech Mystique - from zat zare Zomerzet...none thought to survive. Used the MGBGT tailgate. Very neat. BLMC why oh why did you not attempt this...

[busmansholiday]

7 hours ago, lesapandre said:

France:

 

Is that not a pissoir, or a (male) public toilet (which would explain the bloke on the right 'playing' with is trousers!

[lesapandre]

1 minute ago, busmansholiday said:

Is that not a pissoir, or a (male) public toilet (which would explain the bloke on the right 'playing' with is trousers!

Indeed. Outdoor pissing is still a national sport in France. 

[busmansholiday]

1 minute ago, lesapandre said:

Or the Creech Mystique - from zat zare Zomerzet...none thought to survive. Used the MGBGT tailgate. 

All you need is somebody on here with an 1100 that needs welding and an MGB GT. 

[LightBulbFun]

none of this van based rubbish thank you very much!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

On 13 October 2019 at 7:15 PM, lesapandre said:

Or the Creech Mystique - from zat zare Zomerzet...none thought to survive. Used the MGBGT tailgate. Very neat. BLMC why oh why did you not attempt this...

Because they didn't need to. They could sell every ADO16 they managed to produce, which is why it was Britain's best selling car for most of its life. For the last 3 or 4 years of production they had a purpose built hatchback selling in the next market segment up against what was to become the new British bestseller- the Cortina, perhaps people didn't want hatchbacks...

[lesapandre]

You are absolutely right. Wishful thinking on my part. When I win the lottery I will build an ADO hatchback and a V8 Austin 3.litre.

What BLMC missed was the rise of the small hatchback until it was too late especially to export in the late 60's. Simca 1100 appeared in 1967 and sold 2-million...Renault had the 4 since 1961.

It was the cultural change, the rise of DIY, garden centres and more leisure time which drove this to a degree. 

We bought an 1100 in 1972 new - but after that it was all Citroen hatchbacks out of sheer practicality for the stuff my family liked. The days of the BMC family were over...they did not make a small hatch.

 

[adw1977]

Look at all your cases falling out onto the road every time you turn a corner!

Also completely exposed to rain.  Should have paid the extra for a Riley Elf.

[lesapandre]

Delft.

[bigstraight6]

10 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Delft.

I’ve no idea where this is, but is the car a ‘55 Chevy?

[STUNO]

Yes

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

On 10/13/2019 at 7:18 PM, busmansholiday said:

All you need is somebody on here with an 1100 that needs welding and an MGB GT. 

It'd just get flogged off as an unfinished project...

[Remspoor]

[Remspoor]

[lesapandre]

20 hours ago, bigstraight6 said:

I’ve no idea where this is, but is the car a ‘55 Chevy?

Delft Holland. The rail line on the right has now gone replaced by a canal in a major bit of urban regeneration.

The car is possibly a Simca Vedette Versailles.

[georgeinabz]

none of this van based rubbish thank you very much!

Still get them , I’ve hired this one in Peterhead



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[LightBulbFun]

2 minutes ago, georgeinabz said:

Still get them , I’ve hired this one in Peterhead



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is it to save the nice old T12 fluorescent fixture above it?

[JimH]

The white one has outriggers and is therefore everso slightly a little more safe than the earlier incarnation. Hell's bells, that would have been a wild ride if you got it wrong. 

[lesapandre]

Fiat factory roof.

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E B Christian launch the new 'tina Nov '66

[Remspoor]

Above. It looks like a silverfox painted car.  Now they had lacquer paint peel.

[The Vicar]

This is a favourite of mine. Anyone recognise the dapper gent?

Source

[Bfg]

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^ Looked like Bobby Charlton to my old eyes  ..but as you left the link - I'd have to say Stirling Moss.

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

I can remember this slowly scuttling about Douglas.

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