Eye-catching black and whites

[barrett]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 

The 15th Nationals was held in 1963. A quick web search found this excellent page that shows the class that the Minor competed in.

Bonneville 63 (sportscars.tv)

 

Brilliant, thank, you - now I know what engine it needs! I had in my mind a period supercharger but that (in my incredibly limited mechanical understanding) sounds a lot more straightforward. Just need to find out what those wheels are, now (and raise about £10,000 I suppose)

[Remspoor]

Coventry 1961

[Dyslexic Viking]

Scrapyard in Norway. And a Wartburg has reached its end. The photo was taken in 1971 or later according to car reg plates.

[Richard_FM]

5 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Coventry 1961

The Citroen DS is a standout car, probably a Slough assembled example.

[D.E]

[High Jetter]

44 minutes ago, Richard_FM said:

The Citroen DS is a standout car, probably a Slough assembled example.

Very disciplind parking there

[MiniMinorMk3]

11 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Very disciplind parking there

It's the olden days when people had more of a sense that "we are all in this together", instead of todays insta/tik-tok narcissistic selfish everyone else can do one attitude.

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[barrett]

13 hours ago, D.E said:

That's great! I thought it was a Cord at first but it's not - but still really cool to see a hopped-up Graham on the salt. HOLD ON is that a proper Cord in the background of the row? Wow!!

[Richard_FM]

9 minutes ago, barrett said:

That's great! I thought it was a Cord at first but it's not - but still really cool to see a hopped-up Graham on the salt. HOLD ON is that a proper Cord in the background of the row? Wow!!

I imagine lots of fancy 1930s cars were easy to pick up 20 years later at bargin prices.

[Richard_FM]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

It's the olden days when people had more of a sense that "we are all in this together", instead of todays insta/tik-tok narcissistic selfish everyone else can do one attitude.

Not to mention the 1980s Greed Is Good mentality when almost everyone from lower middle class upwards saw themselves as a potential yuppie!

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, barrett said:

That's great! I thought it was a Cord at first but it's not - but still really cool to see a hopped-up Graham on the salt. HOLD ON is that a proper Cord in the background of the row? Wow!!

Good spot, 1940 Graham Hollywood

77A (top right) looks like a 1950 Studebaker Champion.

[D.E]

2 hours ago, barrett said:

 HOLD ON is that a proper Cord in the background of the row? Wow!!

Yup! This is a scan (of a rather small picture) of a page from the 1952 edition of Best Hot Rods. Bit of googling tells me that, in that year, a Cord was indeed racing at Salt Lake.

[D.E]

Another scan:

[barrett]

23 minutes ago, D.E said:

Yup! This is a scan (of a rather small picture) of a page from the 1952 edition of Best Hot Rods. Bit of googling tells me that, in that year, a Cord was indeed racing at Salt Lake.

Interesting - looks like a much narrower front track than standard, so I wonder if it's been converted to RWD? Makes sense as the Lycoming V8 wasn't exactly a speed machine (and not much scope for tuning) even in supercharges form - which this doesn't appear to be anyway.

The roadster is a 1949-50 Edwards

[Remspoor]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[Remspoor]

[Dyslexic Viking]

A new Simca in 1962 in Norway. And the background has a lot of different cars. Ford Anglia, Opel Rekord van, 1950s Oldsmobile, Wartburg, unsure about the white behind the Wartburg Fiat? So 2 Moskvich, VW Transporter and the last car I can't identify 1940s/1930s US?

[Dyslexic Viking]

Land Rover and Willys in Senja Norway 1962

[Dyslexic Viking]

Bodø Norway 1962

[Dyslexic Viking]

1950s or 1960s in Norway

[lisbon_road]

On 1/29/2023 at 5:06 PM, Remspoor said:

Every now and then I can't resist checking - and that Rover still exists.  Which is either incredibly unlikely or it is a recent picture - the thread doesn't say they have to be old after all. 

[lesapandre]

7 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I'd not fancy one of those Amphicars on the lower Thames. The current goes at quite a lick and it has one of the highest tidal drops in the world. No wonder he is secured to a barge.

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

I'd not fancy one of those Amphicars on the lower Thames. The current goes at quite a lick and it has one of the highest tidal drops in the world. No wonder he is secured to a barge.

Don’t blame you.

Max water speed of Amphicar , 7 knots, tidal current of Thames upto 8 knots. Effectively you’re not going to move against the tide.

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[Remspoor]

14 hours ago, lisbon_road said:

Every now and then I can't resist checking - and that Rover still exists.  Which is either incredibly unlikely or it is a recent picture - the thread doesn't say they have to be old after all. 

I have no idea of the date.