Eye-catching black and whites

[lisbon_road]

On 11/10/2022 at 8:39 PM, stendec said:

And another picture of Pat Moss and Ann Wisdom found at https://www.mgcc.co.uk/ann-riley-nee-wisdom-an-appreciation/

 

I remember well the restoration of this car in Practical Classics rather a long time ago.  I am somewhat reassurred to see that as it has recently sold for £45K that it will be well looked after.  That's a lot of dsoh for an old A40, though I always thought that it was an amazing car, so far ahead of its time.

[sheffcortinacentre]

17 hours ago, Remspoor said:

The Cornell's lorry looks to be a very early TK bedford

[High Jetter]

TK...or earlier? Am not so hot on commercials.

[Remspoor]

8 hours ago, High Jetter said:

TK...or earlier? Am not so hot on commercials.

If earlier then it would be a S type (military version called RL )

[Remspoor]

Arrival of Sinterklaas in The Netherlands to day. This is from a previous year.

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Arrival of Sinterklaas in The Netherlands to day. This is from a previous year.

I do like those Amphicars but the truth is they are both rubbish as a car on the road and rubbish as a boat in the water.

[stendec]

14 hours ago, lisbon_road said:

I remember well the restoration of this car in Practical Classics rather a long time ago.  I am somewhat reassurred to see that as it has recently sold for £45K that it will be well looked after.  That's a lot of dsoh for an old A40, though I always thought that it was an amazing car, so far ahead of its time.

Yep, introduced in the very first edition of Practical Classics in May 1980

[MiniMinorMk3]

Panhard Dynavia

[stendec]

Bertone Citroën GS Camargue concept car presented in 1972 at the Geneva Motor Show

[stendec]

Glas 1500

Introduced in 1963, given a larger engine a year later, becoming the Glas 1700, and discontinued in Europe following BMW's takeover of Glas in 1966.

Subsequently produced in South Africa as the BMW 1800SA and also assembled in Rhodesia as the BMW Cheetah.

 

 

[somewhatfoolish]

On 11/9/2022 at 11:35 AM, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Looks like something has caught his eye

She's gone! And the toon council have reversed the one way. Wise, Speke were bought by Brewin Dolphin in 1998 but still have offices in the toon.

[stendec]

Inside Volvo's Torslanda factory

[stendec]

[stendec]

As far as I can work out, this was a raffle prize promoting Gauloises.  Spricht irgendjemand Deutsch?  The caption on the back of the photo reads:

Quote

Truck-Ente
Mit der Truck-Ente verlost Gauloises jetzt ein Fahrzeug, das selbst die Techniker von Citroen nicht für möglich hielten. Dieses Supermodell ist bis ins letzte Detail liebevoll einem 38 t-Truck nachempfunden, inklusive des abstellbaren Aufliegers.  Für Freunde unkonventioneller Lebensart das ideale Wohnmobil.

 

[Richard_FM]

[Yoss]

14 hours ago, stendec said:

As far as I can work out, this was a raffle prize promoting Gauloises.  Spricht irgendjemand Deutsch?  The caption on the back of the photo reads:

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

[stendec]

3 hours ago, Yoss said:

Yeah, I saw that on the Ebay ad  but wasn't convinced by 'truck duck', I wonder if there is some other translation of 'Truck-Ente'?

[High Jetter]

A quick look suggests ze Germans refer to the 2CV as a duck, ente is the duck part of 'lame duck' in German.

[Remspoor]

3 hours ago, High Jetter said:

A quick look suggests ze Germans refer to the 2CV as a duck, ente is the duck part of 'lame duck' in German.

In Belgium it is often referred  to as the Goat (geit). The Dutch refer to it as ugly duckling (lelijk eend)

[Remspoor]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[Remspoor]

Church Street, Seaford

[stendec]

John Cooper, Alec Issigonis and 'smoking' John Rhodes at the 1967 Brands Hatch Mini Festival

[stendec]

Smoking John again and in action

[stendec]

Borgward Hansa 2400

[stendec]

Daily Telegraph photo dated 6 June 1989 - on the back it says:

"Life begins at 40" and the Morris Minor Owners Club is celebrating the Minor's 41st year with a National Rally at Kebworth Park, Hertfordshire on (17- 18th June).  Over 800 owners will gather with these postwar Clasics.  

Pic shows Morris Minor enthusists with a gleaming selection of their cars

L to R Chris Hall with his 1964 Minor 1000, Ian Portsmouth (1953 Convertable), Richard Cownden
(1964 Travaller) and Paul McLaughlin (1972 Minor Pickup).

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Church Street, Seaford

Nice spot

[lesapandre]

14 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Church Street, Seaford

And today - still there but full of street clutter.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Also from the 1967 Brands Hatch Mini Festival.