Eye-catching black and whites

[Austat]

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

11 minutes ago, Austat said:

£1.84 for a gallon of proper leaded 4-star. Just over 40p / litre. Lovely. 

9 minutes ago, Austat said:

 

That late 1st-generation Audi 100 would be worth a fair bit now.

[Austat]

 

[LightBulbFun]

5 hours ago, Austat said:

 

I would love to see rundown areas like this in London nowadays, much more characterful than streets filled with pricey shops.

check out the Stanton 8F column with a Thorn Precinct fitted!, thats a very unusual installation!

Thorn Precinct's where almost always wall mounted and although there was a 76Mm column mounting kit available for them, you never seen them on a large concrete column like that normally!

[georgeinabz]

 

That must of been some hit to destroy the Volvo , also sunbeam looks like it has been in the RAC rally


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[martc]

8 hours ago, Austat said:

Never heard of Yorkshire Stingo Ale, turns out it is some ancient fire water, still made by Sam Smiths; 8-9% ABV. The name possibly comes from the sharp or "stinging" flavour of a well-matured beer.

[Richard_FM]

[somewhatfoolish]

Gordon & Gotch

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Based in the City of London, Gordon & Gotch were the leading exporters of British newspapers and magazines from the 1920s to the early 1990s. Working close to the Fleet Street-based newspapers, through subsidiary companies they expanded into export packing, established an early computer centre, ran a travel shop, were a successful general printer, were innovators in shrink wrapping, and at one stage had ownership of the Sellotape brand. They had a book division, sold general merchandise abroad, and marketed the Duplex Print Machine worldwide. Based at several addresses over their history in the City near Fleet Street including 75-79 Farringdon Street, the firm also had an export warehouse at Plaistow and offices at Scrutton Street. In the 1970s the firm became part of the Hachette Gotch Limited group of companies. Hachette Gotch Limited was renamed International Press Distributors in 1985 and wound down in the 1990s. International Press Distributors Limited was liquidated in 2002.

 

[Remspoor]

[Richard_FM]

I've deliberately airbrushed the badges out so people have to guess what this is based on.

[Three Speed]

Henri Chapron’s take on a 6 cylinder Citroen traction avant.

[Three Speed]

Sorry - Franay not Chapron 

[Richard_FM]

29 minutes ago, Three Speed said:

Henri Chapron’s take on a 6 cylinder Citroen traction avant.

Yes you are right 

[Remspoor]

[Richard_FM]

[Remspoor]

[Remspoor]

[Bfg]

 

On 5/17/2020 at 12:03 AM, Richard_FM said:

What's this then ?   .. Zebra's for when the weather's too hot for Panda cars ?

 

..or perhaps  Zebra's for out-pacing those who a have a Tiger in their tank ? 

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[Richard_FM]

It was the Stockport police getting the black & white animal wrong with their new patrol cars

[Tadhg Tiogar]

This one's late 1960s, despite the caption, owing to the W114 and Mk2 Cortina....

[flat4alfa]

On 5/16/2020 at 7:12 AM, Austat said:

Hackney just isn't the same these days

[flat4alfa]

On 5/16/2020 at 7:12 AM, Austat said:

The terraced house to the right with the blue door is now split into a pair of flats.  The door number to the one-bed basement flat is numbered 101a and is currently valued at:

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[M'coli]

Can anyone identify the car in this photo, please?

[flat4alfa]

10 minutes ago, M'coli said:

Can anyone identify the car in this photo, please?

Two-door Ford Consul Classic/315

[Remspoor]

[Asimo]

Those mid-eighties Hackney photos are marvellous!

A couple of my favourites - modified Minis

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bconolly/34499478561/in/album-72157644090477542/

 

[lesapandre]

On 5/23/2020 at 2:22 PM, flat4alfa said:

Hackney just isn't the same these days

Broadway Market...the absolutely ground-zero of hipster London. Try it on a Saturday if you want to waste a lot of money.

Well it was g-z hipsterdom - not sure it will be the same post-covid. We will see.

[MorrisItalSLX]

On 4/25/2020 at 10:58 PM, MorrisItalSLX said:

Conrad’s Holden - Part 3

Used car yard, early 70s

New location, 1975

Later Peter Nott Holden, early 80s

Renamed Glendon Motors Holden in 1983, then moved to new dealership in South Nowra and renamed Nowra City Holden in 2013.

Bomaderry dealership now:

https://goo.gl/maps/pV8vfVpaRYmAozTz7

Conrad’s Holden, Part the Fourth

[lesapandre]

On 5/20/2020 at 7:42 AM, Remspoor said:

Probably the most successful looking iteration of the big Farina IMHO. The nose job was by Dick Burzi at Longbridge I think. 

12 months warranty - such confidence!

[Remspoor]