Eye-catching black and whites

[JeeExEll]

Maybe a late-60s / to-mid-70s Sunbeam Rapier?  Basically a Hillman Hunter fastback coupe.

Otherwise maybe a Fiat 124 Sport coupe?

Difficult to say, especially viewing it on a phone. 

Worth a guess anyway.  Interesting pic.

[georgeinabz]

Aye changed times indeed , here's 2021top brands , amazing what cheap pcp deals can do for premium brands ,I'll try and find a mid 70s list

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[georgeinabz]

Sorry not black and white

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[Dyslexic Viking]

[lisbon_road]

17 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Early 70s? Nearly all British cars apart from  the car next to the first coach, ( don’t know what it is ) and I think an Audi 80 behind the Triumph 2000 , 3rd row far right.

The coach is Duple bodied and most likely a Bedford.  Probably 1964 or 1965 so getting on a bit in this fine photograph.

[busmansholiday]

1 hour ago, JeeExEll said:

Maybe a late-60s / to-mid-70s Sunbeam Rapier?  Basically a Hillman Hunter fastback coupe.

Otherwise maybe a Fiat 124 Sport coupe?

Difficult to say, especially viewing it on a phone. 

Worth a guess anyway.  Interesting pic.

Certainly is a Rapier.

[Remspoor]

13 hours ago, martc said:

What's behind the Manta? Looks a bit like one of those square VW-Porsche 914 things, with it's lights raised.

Looks to me like a Rootes' "Arrow" Sunbeam Rapier

[Remspoor]

12 hours ago, lisbon_road said:

The coach is Duple bodied and most likely a Bedford.  Probably 1964 or 1965 so getting on a bit in this fine photograph.

I know nothing about coaches. Thanks you for the information.

[busmansholiday]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

I know nothing about coaches. Thanks you for the information.

Sadly I do, so, from left to right the coaches bodwork are;

Duple Bella Vega, probably on a Bedford SB chassis, Plaxton Panoroma Elite II,could be on anything, one of Wallies Trollies Plaxton Panoroma I no dubt on a Leyland Leopard PSU3 chassis, a Duple Commander bodied thing, possibly on an AEC or Leyland chassis by the wheel layout, another Panoroma and another Elite II, possibly on a Bedford YRQ given the length.

[lisbon_road]

To support busmansholiday here's a Bedford SB Duple down the road from where I was a teenager in Reading.  This was new to Salopia but ended up working on schools for a tiny little company called Philwyn in Reading.

[Remspoor]

Not a car or coach insight.

[JeeExEll]

4 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Looks to me like a Rootes' "Arrow" Sunbeam Rapier

Mk1 Granada /  72 -75 Consul?

[Andrew353w]

41 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Not a car or coach insight.

This is one of the most atmospheric pictures I've seen in a long time! Thanks! 

[busmansholiday]

2 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Not a car or coach insight.

Who's our "boat" expert.........

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, busmansholiday said:

Who's our "boat" expert.........

Is that not Discovery? It was moored on the Thames for many years.

I am just waiting for a tram to clang past.

[martc]

 

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

I am just waiting for a tram to clang past.

Pulling some Trabant laden wagons. Magdeburg, DDR.

[martc]

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, martc said:

Trabants photo-bombed by that other example of a product of an all encompassing totalitarian state... the BMC  Farina?

[martc]

5 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Trabants photo-bombed by that other example of a product of an all encompassing totalitarian state... the BMC  Farina?

I think it's a product of the glorious workers of the Soviet Union - a Moskvitch 412.

[Andrew353w]

2 hours ago, martc said:

 

Pulling some Trabant laden wagons. Magdeburg, DDR.

I'm aware of "mixed" trains, being passenger and goods on the same service, but "mixed" trams...? Blimey! 

[DSdriver]

4 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Is that not Discovery? It was moored on the Thames for many years.

I am just waiting for a tram to clang past.

There were four ships moored along the Embankment but I can only remember the names of the Discovery, President and Wellington.

They were the answer to a quiz question: These 4 go up and down twice a day between Waterloo and Blackfriars.

nobody got that it was about the tides!

[Andrew353w]

2 hours ago, martc said:

I think it's a product of the glorious workers of the Soviet Union - a Moskvitch 412.

Nope. The car in the middle, facing away from the camera is that other product of the German Democratic Republic's car division, namely a Wartburg 353. There's one next to it; too! The roofline and door handles are the clue 

"Taxi for Wartburg 353!"

[martc]

8 minutes ago, Andrew353w said:

Nope. The car in the middle, facing away from the camera is that other product of the German Democratic Republic's car division, namely a Wartburg 353. There's one next to it; too! The roofline and door handles are the clue 

"Taxi for Wartburg 353!"

I was thinking of this one -

Which might, on seconds thoughts, be a Lada...

[Andrew353w]

13 hours ago, martc said:

I was thinking of this one -

Which might, on seconds thoughts, be a Lada...

I concur with you; a Lada it is! 

[DSdriver]

4 hours ago, Andrew353w said:

I concur with you; a Lada it is! 

I still think of them as a Fiat 124

[Metal Guru]

23 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Is that not Discovery? It was moored on the Thames for many years.

I am just waiting for a tram to clang past.

I thought it was Discovery. I went on it there in the late 60s when I was about 5.

[somewhatfoolish]

On 2/27/2022 at 6:55 AM, Remspoor said:

Looks to me like a Rootes' "Arrow" Sunbeam Rapier

Is that not an Isuzu 117? The C pillar doesn't look right for a Sunbeam.

[406V6]

12 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Is that not an Isuzu 117? The C pillar doesn't look right for a Sunbeam.

Window shape and curved front bonnet look to me like a Vauxhall Victor FD. Hard to tell on this obscured view.

[Remspoor]

[Dyslexic Viking]