Eye-catching black and whites

[Mr Pastry]

36 minutes ago, barrett said:

It's a Tippen Delta

Is that possibly an inv***r Mk 12D, second series, facelift GT, in the centre of the picture?

[martc]

12 hours ago, Christine said:

Has anyone told @LightBulbFun yet?

[martc]

13 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Oslo Norway 1960s

Also, I think the panelled in estate could be a Moskvitch 412 - but the panels should be corrugated... unless it's a trick of the light and they are. Oh, and the rear wing doesn't look quite right. So if not a Moskvitch, what is it?

 

[Mr Pastry]

6 minutes ago, martc said:

Also, I think the panelled in estate could be a Moskvitch 412 - but the panels should be corrugated... unless it's a trick of the light and they are. Oh, and the rear wing doesn't look quite right. So if not a Moskvitch, what is it?

I think Opel Rekord P2.

[barrett]

6 minutes ago, martc said:

Also, I think the panelled in estate could be a Moskvitch 412 - but the panels should be corrugated... unless it's a trick of the light and they are. Oh, and the rear wing doesn't look quite right. So if not a Moskvitch, what is it?

 

Opel Rekord P2

[LightBulbFun]

15 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Is  that a Peel?

 

4 hours ago, Mr Pastry said:

Is that possibly an inv***r Mk 12D, second series, facelift GT, in the centre of the picture?

as mentioned the vehicle on the far left BKV310D is a Tippen Delta, a Tippen Delta 5 or 6 to be more specific (trying to work out if its got 16 inch or 12 inch wheels, its registered right when they changed roughly)

and the GPU3xxB Invacar is an Invacar Mk12A  (Invacar Mk12D's where later and in standard Ministry blue, not the Invacar peacock blue and white)

[Richard_FM]

[Andrew353w]

44 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

I think Opel Rekord P2.

Yes, I agree the front 3/4 angle has a distinctly Moskvich look to it, but the rear panels are too big, so my money's on the Opel, too.

[Mr Pastry]

4 minutes ago, Andrew353w said:

Yes, I agree the front 3/4 angle has a distinctly Moskvich look to it, but the rear panels are too big, so my money's on the Opel, too.

 I think the Moskvich had larger wheelarches than that, and had a bit more style than the Opels.  What's the script on the rear wing though?  

[RayMK]

31 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

 I think the Moskvich had larger wheelarches than that, and had a bit more style than the Opels.  What's the script on the rear wing though?  

They quite often had the model name 'Olympia' on the rear flanks.  I think it denotes a higher trim level than the standard Rekord.   

Edit: Another possibility is 'CaRaVan' which was used on the estate version, on which the van was based.  However, the only photographs I can find with a scripted van say 'olympia.'

Edited July 30, 2022 by RayMK
more info.

[Dyslexic Viking]

2 hours ago, martc said:

Also, I think the panelled in estate could be a Moskvitch 412 - but the panels should be corrugated... unless it's a trick of the light and they are. Oh, and the rear wing doesn't look quite right. So if not a Moskvitch, what is it?

 

As others have said i am also pretty sure the van on the right is an Opel Rekord like below.

[Yoss]

17 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Oslo Norway 1960s

This like so many  others on this thread is a great picture but I sometimes wonder why it was taken in the first place. I mean what was it a picture of? There are lots of pictures here that seem to be of random car parks which is great for us 60 years later but we wouldn't go out and take a photo of a modern car park now. But if we did somebody in 2082 would be gushing about the Hyundai i10 like their grandad used to have. 

So fair play to all those people who had the foresight to take pictures of what must have been rather dull street scenes at the time. Especially back in the 60s when every picture taken would have cost a measurable amount of money. Everyone films everything these days so I actually doubt that people looking back in 60 years from now will look at todays pictures the way we look at these. 

Anyway, keep up the good work. 

[martc]

Market Street, Manchester, 1996.

[Richard_FM]

I walk past the same spot most week days.

[Remspoor]

[martc]

Woolworth’s, Bank Hey Street, Blackpool, 1938. It had three sales floors and two cafés accommodating over 1,600 diners.

[Christine]

 ? 

 

 

 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Christine said:

Smokey Zephyr or Zodiac ? 

 

 

Oh hello, @LightBulbFun

[Remspoor]

[Christine]

Per Gallon I guess !

[Andrew353w]

2 hours ago, Remspoor said:

That must have been one of the earliest Subaru dealers!

[busmansholiday]

On 7/31/2022 at 8:11 PM, martc said:

Woolworth’s, Bank Hey Street, Blackpool, 1938. It had three sales floors and two cafés accommodating over 1,600 diners.

Classic building, part of it is now Wetherspoons the "Albert and the Lion".

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

21 hours ago, Christine said:

Smokey Zephyr or Zodiac ? 

 

 

Zephyr , zodiac had thin rear pillar with a window & ribbed rear panel trim.

[lesapandre]

On 7/31/2022 at 8:51 AM, Remspoor said:

Wiltshire Boulevard LA - looks like McQueen's  and Wood & Pickett Mini Cooper there.

[Remspoor]

[JeeExEll]

I know where that is.  Interesting big-wing Mk1 there.

[Christine]

[martc]

2 hours ago, Christine said:

Are you there @LightBulbFun ?

[martc]

Westminster Abbey during the Coronation of George V, 1911. The photograph shows the temporary annexe constructed to provide extra space for the coronation.

[martc]

The Royal Albert Hall, 1904.