Eye-catching black and whites

[Remspoor]

3 hours ago, martc said:

'What's that you say, Dai? It's just a Sherpa in a fancy dress? How dare you!'

What came first? The chicken or the egg? MGB or Sherpa?

[Remspoor]

[Yoss]

31 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

What came first? The chicken or the egg? MGB or Sherpa?

Morris J4? 

From which the Sherpa evolved. Otherwise the the MG definitely came first which makes the Sherpa an MGB van. 

[Remspoor]

4 hours ago, Yoss said:

Morris J4? 

From which the Sherpa evolved. Otherwise the the MG definitely came first which makes the Sherpa an MGB van. 

More like a Farina Van. 1622cc B series, drums all round. More parts bins on wheels. 😁

[Yoss]

2 hours ago, Remspoor said:

More like a Farina Van. 1622cc B series, drums all round. More parts bins on wheels. 😁

But isn't the MGB also often referred to, on here at least, as a Cambridge coupe? But yes, I'm sure BMC managed to use as few different parts as possible across their vast range. 

[RayMK]

On 11/29/2021 at 6:02 AM, Austat said:

I've just discovered the Dutch goldmine which is the Autoweek registertopic flickr album:

 

Lovely clear photos, but what is the car between the Dyane and the Fiat 125?

[Dyslexic Viking]

[Dyslexic Viking]

Hay transport in Norway 1960s

Spring thaw 1950s or 1960s. Austin truck?

[Austat]

2 hours ago, RayMK said:

Lovely clear photos, but what is the car between the Dyane and the Fiat 125? @barrett

1966-1970 Nissan Cedric (130) Special Six:

[RayMK]

14 minutes ago, Austat said:

1966-1968 Nissan Cedric Six:

 

Thanks.  I would not have identified it because it seemed to be small compared to the 125 and Opel.  Nice looking car and not one that I've ever seen in the flesh.

 

[Remspoor]

14 minutes ago, RayMK said:

Thanks.  I would not have identified it because it seemed to be small compared to the 125 and Opel.  Nice looking car and not one that I've ever seen in the flesh.

 

Hubnut has driven an erlier one

 

[Austat]

23 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Hubnut has driven an erlier one

 

That's the generation before the 130 series, HubNut reviewed a 130 in  the Netherlands: 

 

[martc]

15 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

 Austin truck?

Yup, looks like a 'Loadstar'...

[lesapandre]

16 hours ago, Austat said:

1966-1970 Nissan Cedric (130) Special Six:

Gosh that is interesting. Front is a bit  Austin 3-litre with Austin Cambridge bumpers - side glasshouse is Austin 1100-ish and rear Farina Lancia-ish....because this was a Pininfarina body. Neat.

[martc]

'Move on now lads'. Bleak. To add the bleakness, note the Sherpa refuse lorry in the background.

[Remspoor]

[Remspoor]

[Austat]

 

[martc]

Monaco Grand Prix 1955; Louis Chiron driving a Lancia leads Stirling Moss in a Mercedes.

[martc]

100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin. October Revolution Day celebration, 1970 Izhevsk, USSR, 1970.

The cars are Moskvitch 412's. A few years later (1973) a plant was built in Izhevsk to build modified Moskvitchs - the IZH Combi. The arms dealers amongst us will recognise IZH - they also make Kalshnikovs (and the Planeta motorbike). The IZH car factory was converted to arms manufacture and is still in use today.

[martc]

How many people does it take to bump start a reluctant Cortina? (it's reluctance could start a riot...). Unsurprisingly PME869F is not on the DVLA's computer.

In the opposite direction, an Escort photo bombs and then turns sharp right and gets the hell out of it.

 

[High Jetter]

Appropriately named offy!

[Remspoor]

A  groovy chick plays her Rolling Stones record in her car.

Note how the player is suspended by a bungee cord.

[Austat]

[lesapandre]

15 hours ago, Remspoor said:

A  groovy chick plays her Rolling Stones record in her car.

Note how the player is suspended by a bungee cord.

The car is a Farina Austin Westminster. Note the vast tiller-like steering wheel and generally poor ergonomics- from a time only he-men drove big cars. In comparison ergonomics of some of the competitors were much better.

[Remspoor]

2 hours ago, lesapandre said:

The car is a Farina Austin Westminster. Note the vast tiller-like steering wheel and generally poor ergonomics- from a time only he-men drove big cars. In comparison ergonomics of some of the competitors were much better.

It is actually an A55 Cambridge. A99 Westie was column gear change only and the A110 Westie had either a wooden dash or metal with three dials two large and centre one being the clock. This car (the A55) has the ignition key located between the two dials.

 

[Remspoor]

[lesapandre]

22 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

It is actually an A55 Cambridge. A99 Westie was column gear change only and the A110 Westie had either a wooden dash or metal with three dials two large and centre one being the clock. This car (the A55) has the ignition key located between the two dials.

 

You are right. I did not realise the two interiors were so similar. 

Odd place to put the ignition key - another BMC eccentricity.

[Remspoor]

[busmansholiday]

On 12/8/2021 at 3:53 PM, Remspoor said:

That looks like a Shorts Sunderland flying boat. Wonder if it's the one my dad accidentally sank.........