EyesWeldedShut Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 RayMK, Austat and Three Speed 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 😁 lisbon_road, RayMK, Three Speed and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Great Western Road MiniMinorMk3, RayMK, Dyslexic Viking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 https://www.paimages.co.uk/image-details/2.1275651 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 White Saab at the back for me please. What's the one (centre rear) priced at £1275? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Renault 16? MiniMinorMk3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 I'd vote for Renault 16 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Andrew353w Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said: Brilliantly atmospheric picture! My money's on the rear of a Ford Consul Classic centre stage..... Shite Ron, MiniMinorMk3, lesapandre and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 RayMK, Remspoor, lesapandre and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 lesapandre and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Weston Super Mare. lesapandre, Austat, GeorgeB and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 9 hours ago, Andrew353w said: Brilliantly atmospheric picture! My money's on the rear of a Ford Consul Classic centre stage..... Fins too high. Something Rootes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 adw1977, MiniMinorMk3, Dyslexic Viking and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Waitrose @ Woodley c1970 according to themselves Original (BIG) image here - I spotted one of the Blues Brothers getting out of the dark car in the left hand side of the image. Remspoor, Shite Ron, MiniMinorMk3 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 (edited) From the above - there's a 'something' parked behind the standing trio - little white car with 'different' bonnet/headlight line - I was thinking Renault but cannot find anything to confirm - ideas? [edit] t'missus reckons they're all Vauxhalls and this is a staged photoshoot? Edited December 27, 2022 by EyesWeldedShut t'missus's advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew353w Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 13 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said: From the above - there's a 'something' parked behind the standing trio - little white car with 'different' bonnet/headlight line - I was thinking Renault but cannot find anything to confirm - ideas? [edit] t'missus reckons they're all Vauxhalls and this is a staged photoshoot? I'd say it's a Sunbeam Stiletto; a luxury Hillman Imp, with 4 headlights. The bonnet line looks like there are 2 headlights on the near-side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew353w Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 10 hours ago, High Jetter said: Fins too high. Something Rootes? Are you thinking Hillman Super Minx or a Humber Sceptre? The rear window looked raked to me, a la Ford Consul and Anglia, but I'm not sure.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Andrew353w said: I'd say it's a Sunbeam Stiletto; a luxury Hillman Imp, with 4 headlights. The bonnet line looks like there are 2 headlights on the near-side. Have an ad - all the images I can find of the Stiletto (another car I never knew existed - my uncle had an Imp tho') don't have any bonnet lettering on it like the white car in the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Might be a more basic Imp. The Singer Chamois had a Singer badge, but Hillman was individual lettering. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Yes the Stiletto was made as Rootes/Chrysler attempted get a few more sales out of the Imp design and to part fill the gap left by the discontinuing of the Sunbeam Alpine sports. Presumably to keep dealers with something to sell. Made 1967-72. About 9000 made. And introduced a long-time after the original Imp appeared in '63. So at about 1800 cars per year can hardly have been worth it. It shared the Hillman Imp Californian shell - which was an Imp without the rear hatch and with less headroom in the rear - so not a great move really. By the the late 60's all this Rootes badge engineering was getting pretty desperate - and sales were dismal. By comparison BLMC made 278,000 Minis in 1970. But nice cars but dogged by their reliability and image problems. Such a pity as they were classy in the Rootes way and had pretty good performance. But really too little too late. Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 2 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said: [edit] t'missus reckons they're all Vauxhalls and this is a staged photoshoot? Vauxhall Cortina? Remspoor and adw1977 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Andrew353w said: Are you thinking Hillman Super Minx or a Humber Sceptre? The rear window looked raked to me, a la Ford Consul and Anglia, but I'm not sure.... It's a Consul Classic RayMK, Andrew353w, Shite Ron and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 2 hours ago, High Jetter said: Vauxhall Cortina? Aye - there's one right there next to Mr Blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Dyslexic Viking, lesapandre, adw1977 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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martc Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 4 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said: Bloody 'ell we've seen some Wollarding phails recently, but this takes the biscuit. MiniMinorMk3 and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Percy Street, NuT, 1972. MiniMinorMk3, Remspoor, uk_senator and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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