Eye-catching black and whites

[Bfg]

4 hours ago, Austat said:

Buy a new Renault ..get whopping great toe-nail clippers for free ?

[martc]

18 hours ago, Bfg said:

I'm intrigued with how it got it up there ? ..and what he's possibly doing  ..possibly rust prevention with whatever is in the jerry-can  ..diesel ?

He could be rustproofing the chassis members, easy access to all (the body, of course, is plastic). It looks like the two axle stands have pivots on them and he has some sort of wind up jack to lift it, with the addition of the tripod to take the weight. They only weigh 615kg so it should be perfectly safe, a truly professional job.

[Austat]

Hot SM action for @richykitchy:

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[richykitchy]

1 hour ago, Austat said:

Hot SM action for @richykitchy:

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For some reason, I can't not see the link...

[Austat]

American-market Volvo PV444s arriving at a port in Long Beach, California, 1955:

[adw1977]

Metropolitan Police BSA three-wheeler, from the History of the traffic department of the Metropolitan Police 1919-74, by Chief Insp. K. Rivers.

[STUNO]

IMPORTANT HISTORICAL FACT (AND ONE UPMANSHIP)

I was at high school with Ganley's brother.

[JeeExEll]

5 hours ago, STUNO said:

IMPORTANT HISTORICAL FACT (AND ONE UPMANSHIP)

I was at high school with Ganley's brother.

Well done.  But who is Ganley?

And who is his brother?

[3VOM]

2 minutes ago, JeeExEll said:

Well done.

But who is Ganley?

And who is his brother?

? Len?

[JeeExEll]

Possibly

Wiki says Len Ganley was a Northern Irish snooker referee.  Died in 2011.

Was he the Ganley or the brother Ganley?

 

[3VOM]

Just now, JeeExEll said:

Possibly

Wiki says Len Ganley was a Northern Irish snooker referee.  Died in 2011.

Was he the Ganley or the brother Ganley?

 

No idea - he was just the best known Ganley I know of, and the subject of a Half Man Half Biscuit song.

[mikeS]

On 21/10/2018 at 19:57, lesapandre said:

1919 Daimler railcar. Petrol-electric twin engine prototype. Leaning out the window is S H Shellard engineer who worked for Daimler until the 1960's.

Hello - so moved to see this photo of my grandfather. He entered Daimler as a apprentee in 1911, at the age of 16, and spent his career in Coventry - Radford, after a 3 year interruption as a soldier during WWI, until his retirement in 1963. He is remembered for being the Engineering team leader of the Scout light armoured vehicle produced as from 1939. 

I'd love a copy of this photo to share with my father who is 93, if you have it in better quality. Thanks for the sharing. Mike. 

[STUNO]

8 hours ago, JeeExEll said:

Well done.  But who is Ganley?

And who is his brother?

philistines.... see the Citroen SM pics posted a little earlier. Howden Ganley was a kid from Hamilton in NZ and his brother went to school !!!

A Tribute to JAMES Howden Ganley (HAMILTON, NZ) | Jim Barclay

[DSdriver]

On 6/3/2021 at 8:09 AM, Austat said:

Hot SM action for @richykitchy:

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I think I saw that it is up for auction any day now, looking a bit smarter.

yep here it is  https://www.classic.com/veh/1973-citroen-sm-003b2384-nw7JP2n/

[JeeExEll]

[Sham]

That steering wheel is amazing!

[R1152]

23 hours ago, 3VOM said:

No idea - he was just the best known Ganley I know of, and the subject of a Half Man Half Biscuit song.

Indeed - are YOU doing the stance?!

[Austat]

Opel Commodore B coupe, much want:

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There's one on Leboncoin at the moment, very tempting:

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1989114536.htm?ac=4051296304

[martc]

[martc]

Ireland 1972.

[martc]

Bare feet and fag!

Bare

[Remspoor]

[Austat]

Citroen assembly:

Sourced from @hydropneumatiq on Twitter.

[Austat]

Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand:

[lesapandre]

On 6/4/2021 at 5:46 PM, mikeS said:

Hello - so moved to see this photo of my grandfather. He entered Daimler as a apprentee in 1911, at the age of 16, and spent his career in Coventry - Radford, after a 3 year interruption as a soldier during WWI, until his retirement in 1963. He is remembered for being the Engineering team leader of the Scout light armoured vehicle produced as from 1939. 

I'd love a copy of this photo to share with my father who is 93, if you have it in better quality. Thanks for the sharing. Mike. 

Alas the post is from 2018. I can't remember where the photo was on the web. Try the search engines.

[somewhatfoolish]

An eclectic mix of chod here; can you identify them all?

[JeeExEll]

Quick guess without checking anything out,

starting bottom left,

- Ford Galaxie from around 1966, Mk2 Tina, Austin A55 van, Mk2 Escort, Bedford? 

Maxi, Opel or German Ford thing, early 68/69ish  Chevy Camaro with a stripe, FB Victor, possibly Austin A40 van or maybe SAAB estate?, far right too blurry,

Maxi middle left, 

very blurry top lefy has  Landy, maybe a Datsun, bus (I don't know buses), maybe white Mk1 Escort,

possibly Range Rover top right, and maybe another Maxi or Fiat 124.

Many guesses, room for improvement, other opinions welcome, etc  Any background info on pic?, it's an interesting mix with the American cars.

[JeeExEll]

What's the round thing on the lower windscreen passenger side?  Saw one of these on another late 60s pic recently but couldn't make it out.  Little cooling fan stuck to the screen?  Don't know, it's not an accessory I've seen before.

[JeeExEll]

[JeeExEll]