Eye-catching black and whites

[ETCHY]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

Probably very few and even fewer - but it shows what was wrong with the Mini.

If you wanted more boot I suppose you bought the 1100 or a bit later a Renault 5.

Here is Donald Stokes in 1969. What a job he took on...

 

And in 1972

Yes indeed, it was certainly a poison chalice he got.

Some of Stokes decisions were certainly questionable & pushing the Maxi into production when it wasn't near ready & not really "getting" sportiness in cars are clearly two of them.

Main person I blame is always Issigonis, BMC took what he said as gospel for far too long & whilst advanced engineering was great it was expensive & didn't allow for changes to update looks etc, plus it gave the market cars like the 1800 which he liked but just wasn't sexy  or sporty looking like a Cortina... Ford were far less advanced but kept re-skinning/ updating cars to keep them fresh. The mini soldiered on too long not making a profit & the 1100/1300 whilst incredibly popular were also old by the end.

Couple that with launching underdeveloped cars like the Allegro & Marina (both of which I really like but they weren't great initially) a militant Union side, plus a workforce that often seemed not to want to build cars well & you don't have a job i'd have wanted !

Such a shame.

[Remspoor]

[Remspoor]

Reading, 1968

[Asimo]

Coventry, 1968

[martc]

Upper Street, Islington, some time in the late '20's.

[martc]

Reeth, 'Festival of Britain' celebrations, 1951.

[lisbon_road]

2 minutes ago, martc said:

 

Reeth, 'Festival of Britain' celebrations, 1951.

Not wanting to be pedantic but that's a Mk2 Ford (Consul?) which was later in the '50s wasn't it?

Thanks for sharing.

[Asimo]

"Electricars DV4 EOJ 965 entered service with Birmingham Corporation 28th February 1939, and was last recorded in the maintenance ledger in 1969."

[martc]

5 hours ago, lisbon_road said:

Not wanting to be pedantic but that's a Mk2 Ford (Consul?) which was later in the '50s wasn't it?

Thanks for sharing.

Good point, well put. I only went by the title - don't believe everything you read on t'internet.

[adw1977]

5 hours ago, Asimo said:

"Electricars DV4 EOJ 965 entered service with Birmingham Corporation 28th February 1939, and was last recorded in the maintenance ledger in 1969."

The council got their money's worth out of it then!  Already at least 20 years old in the picture, judging by the A55 Farina in the background. 

[Richard_FM]

Dollman Street in Birmingham still exists but looks like it's in the middle of an industrial estate.

[sheffcortinacentre]

13 hours ago, lisbon_road said:

Not wanting to be pedantic but that's a Mk2 Ford (Consul?) which was later in the '50s wasn't it?

Thanks 

Launched in56

[Remspoor]

Italy

[Asimo]

October 1978

[D.E]

[Asimo]

[Asimo]

[barrett]

On 3/11/2022 at 7:11 PM, martc said:

I really like that photo. I'm sure mods and rockers did have proper fights on occasion, but I like seeing these lads having a bit of a laugh and hamming it up for the cameras. Everyone smiling.

[Remspoor]

Somewhere stuck in the 50's.

[lisbon_road]

7 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Somewhere stuck in the 50's.

 

I think that is Gloucester Green bus station in Oxford.  We can see Black and White coaches, Royal Blue Bristol MW and LS coaches, and various City of Oxford vehicles, and others which could be all sorts.  Great picture.

[sheffcortinacentre]

8 hours ago, D.E said:

Has that gone through buffers as there's no track under cortina.

[D.E]

3 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Has that gone through buffers as there's no track under cortina.

Yes, it seems to be this accident:

https://www.railcar.co.uk/topic/accidents/1980s

Quote

18th December 1981 - Twyford

Collision involving Class 117

Class 117 set L423 led by 51403 on the 23:13 Henley - Twyfordran through the buffers at Twyford after a brake failure. It demolished the bufferstops at the end of the bay platform and landed partly in the station approach on top of a parked car. The scene was attended to the next day by the Old Oak Common breakdown train which rerailed the unit. 51403 would be withdrawn.

 

[Mr Pastry]

5 hours ago, Asimo said:

On the A40 at Weston under Penyard, near Ross.

[Remspoor]

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Mini for old rope?

[JeeExEll]

On 3/18/2022 at 4:01 PM, Asimo said:

Pugh, Pugh, Barney, McGrew, Dibble.  

But where are Cuthbert and Grubb?

'Oh dear. Have they been squashed flat as a pancake?'.

(Brian Cant will have to change the familiar announcements. Won't be quite the same, and everyone's going to notice the 2 missing names.. Cuthbert and Grubb were such fine actors too. A tragic loss).

Meanwhile, as the Trumpton clock ticks (never too slowly, never too quickly), Chippy Minton's carpenter's workshop has burned to the ground.

'Fuck' said Chippy Minton.

[Metal Guru]

4 minutes ago, JeeExEll said:

Pugh, Pugh, Barney, McGrew, Dibble.  

But where are Cuthbert and Grubb?

Oh Dear! Cuthbert and Grubb seem to be fatally crushed under the fire engine. Quick ! Call Dr Mopp!

[Remspoor]

I see F1 has started a new season.

[sheffcortinacentre]

More interesting than F1

[Asimo]

Duster + C5 = win.