Eye-catching black and whites

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  On 09/01/2023 at 19:06, lisbon_road said:

There are other examples of how shortage of money makes people innovative.  I've put here a picture of a bus on Malta, made from a 1959 Bedford SB chassis with a locally built body.  I am sure many of you know how famous the Malta bus builders were.  I suppose at the moment in the UK there are cars being fixed now that a few years ago would have been forgotten!

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We used to love riding in those Maltese built buses when on holiday in Malta when they were still in regular use rather than heritage type rides. Wasn't quite the same last time we were there without them.

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I think this is the pond in High Barnet.  

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  On 10/01/2023 at 20:36, lisbon_road said:

I think this is the pond in High Barnet.  

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It is! 

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  On 08/01/2023 at 16:11, Dyslexic Viking said:

Norway 1969

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A long-lasting VW Type 82 ‘Kubelwagen’. Ex-Wehrmacht 

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  On 10/01/2023 at 21:58, Macscrooge said:

A long-lasting VW Type 82 ‘Kubelwagen’. Ex-Wehrmacht 

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The picture is marked with 1969 and that is probably correct considering how long lives the cars had here then.

For comparison, I know that a construction  company here had an ex wehrmacht Tatra truck bought at auction in 1945/1946, they kept it going until 1965 when it was destroyed in a garage fire. Which is impressive as spare parts were probably impossible to get hold of.

So I have no doubt that a Kubelwagen could be alive and in use in 1969.

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Norway 1973

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  On 11/01/2023 at 17:25, Dyslexic Viking said:

Norway 1973

 

 

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These pictures are outstanding.  Such a range of cars: a British Vauxhall, a Russian Volga, Swedish Saab, German Opel, and is that a Borgward Isabella?  Love the Cresta, no idea what the man is doing!

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  On 11/01/2023 at 17:42, lisbon_road said:

These pictures are outstanding.  Such a range of cars: a British Vauxhall, a Russian Volga, Swedish Saab, German Opel, and is that a Borgward Isabella?  Love the Cresta, no idea what the man is doing!

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He holds a radio and aerial from a scrapped Beetle to be fitted to the Vauxhall.

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1956 Ford 12M photo taken in 1969 where it was driven over 1600km from the north of Norway to the capital and made the same trip north again the following year. It lasted until the winter of 1971 when it was scrapped.

 

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  On 11/01/2023 at 17:25, Dyslexic Viking said:

Norway 1973

 

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  On 11/01/2023 at 17:42, lisbon_road said:

These pictures are outstanding.  Such a range of cars: a British Vauxhall, a Russian Volga, Swedish Saab, German Opel, and is that a Borgward Isabella?  Love the Cresta, no idea what the man is doing!

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Opel Rekord, Saab 93, Skoda Octavia, Vauxhall Cresta, Opel Kadett Caravan

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  On 11/01/2023 at 17:25, Dyslexic Viking said:

Norway 1973

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A very early Skoda Octavia, evidenced by the horizontal strip along the radiator grille. This was deleted from about 1960, so this one had been on the road for quite some time!  

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Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr Berlin, 1985. Again.

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Simca Motor Car Production Line, Moorabbin, Victoria, Oct 1958.

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Some Peugeot and NSU cars being assembled in Melbourne, 1958
Photographer: Jim Payens
Source: Museums Victoria

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John Inns Motors - Chrysler Dealer, Warrnambool, early 1960s.

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Toorak Road, Hartwell, Victoria, 1957.

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