Eye-catching black and whites

[Austat]

RIP Dennis Waterman, one of my TV heroes as a kid. 

Loved watching the old Flying Squad when I was younger with my Dad, great memories those. Dad fondly remembers seeing the series back in the 70's on Thames, a great bit of nostalgia for him as my Grandad had a Ford Consul when it first aired.

Absolutely gutted to hear the news today. 

[JeeExEll]

"Exhaust's fucked".

[Remspoor]

Sunderland.

[J R Hartley]

Preparations underway in Sweden for driving on the right. 

 

[Yoss]

  On 09/05/2022 at 09:56, JeeExEll said:

"Exhaust's fucked".

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Those are not Triumph 2000 wheels. 

[J W Pepper]

[Remspoor]

On their way to Finland. I bet they rusted well.

[lesapandre]

  On 09/05/2022 at 14:55, Remspoor said:

Sunderland.

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National Coal Board diesel shunter up there in the bridge.

[georgeinabz]

  On 10/05/2022 at 15:27, Remspoor said:

On their way to Finland. I bet they rusted well.

The wings didn't last a year in the UK , I would imagine the boat journey alone would have had the tin worm breeding like mad

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[sheffcortinacentre]

  On 09/05/2022 at 21:56, Yoss said:

Those are not Triumph 2000 wheels. 

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Think that was supposed to be a police car.

[Metal Guru]

  On 10/05/2022 at 16:50, georgeinabz said:

The wings didn't last a year in the UK , I would imagine the boat journey alone would have had the tin worm breeding like mad

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I don’t think they salt the roads in Finland, probably lasted longer than in the UK.

[Dyslexic Viking]

  On 11/05/2022 at 00:34, Metal Guru said:

I don’t think they salt the roads in Finland, probably lasted longer than in the UK.

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And in much of Finland winters are cold and dry which helps with rust.

[Metal Guru]

  On 11/05/2022 at 06:49, Dyslexic Viking said:

And in much of Finland winters are cold and dry which helps with rust.

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Yes too cold for salt to be any use on the roads.

[J W Pepper]

The old bus station in my town which was demolished a few years ago and a new station built into the railway station because people are too bone idle to walk 5 minutes

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[lesapandre]

  On 11/05/2022 at 10:28, J W Pepper said:

The old bus station in my town which was demolished a few years ago and a new station built into the railway station because people are too bone idle to walk 5 minutes

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Newest cars I can spot are a Ford 100E or Phase 2 Vanguard which would make that 1954 or just after. 

Pre-MoT days when a lot of really old cars hung on Post-War.

[Remspoor]

Tractor Porn.

[barrett]

  On 09/05/2022 at 21:56, Yoss said:

Those are not Triumph 2000 wheels. 

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Police-spec innit

[Remspoor]

  On 11/05/2022 at 10:28, J W Pepper said:

The old bus station in my town which was demolished a few years ago and a new station built into the railway station because people are too bone idle to walk 5 minutes

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[Yoss]

  On 11/05/2022 at 15:17, barrett said:

Police-spec innit

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Thanks, I stand corrected. 

[adw1977]

  On 11/05/2022 at 10:36, J W Pepper said:

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What's going on with the car on the right?  It seems to have only one headlight, really low down.

[Richard_FM]

  On 11/05/2022 at 13:02, Remspoor said:

Tractor Porn.

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The sort of thing my Gran was doing 80 years ago when she was a Land Girl.

[Metal Guru]

  On 11/05/2022 at 19:18, adw1977 said:

What's going on with the car on the right?  It seems to have only one headlight, really low down.

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Is that not the sort of lighting allowed in war time? I think pic is post war but obviously some people used the same car and never changed the lights .

[Andrew353w]

  On 11/05/2022 at 19:18, adw1977 said:

What's going on with the car on the right?  It seems to have only one headlight, really low down.

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Weren't they called "pass lights"? They were meant to illuminate the kerb for about 50 yards in front of the car. I'm not sure about this, but when I was a child (early 1960s) I vaguely remember 'buses having these large lamps mounted low down and on the near-side, angled towards the kerb.

[lesapandre]

  On 11/05/2022 at 16:00, Remspoor said:

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What is that? Hmmmmm...a Fiat 1400 or a Peugeot 403? 

I don't think it's a Mini - too tall against the Minor next to it...no idea what though.

[Mr Pastry]

  On 12/05/2022 at 07:12, lesapandre said:

What is that? Hmmmmm...a Fiat 1400 or a Peugeot 403? 

I don't think it's a Mini - too tall against the Minor next to it...no idea what though.

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I thought the car on the right was a Standard Vanguard phase 3.  There was also a Mercedes that shape.

[lesapandre]

  On 11/05/2022 at 21:13, Richard_FM said:

The sort of thing my Gran was doing 80 years ago when she was a Land Girl.

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Tractor is a 1946 onwards Ferguson. No idea what model - never seen that trim on the bonnet.