Eye-catching black and whites

[MiniMinorMk3]

13 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

What's the car under the truck?  Police are using a Chevy suburban.

 

12 hours ago, D.E said:

My initial thought was that it may be an Autobianchi A112, but the rear light doesn't seem to match. ''-HS-'' is a 1976 plate...

It's an Autobianchi A112 Normal (base model). Those did not have reverse lights in the rear clusters.

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[Richard_FM]

8 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Michael Sheen's Dad taking him out in a pram during a holiday to France?

[Metal Guru]

19 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

I remember being shit scared of lorry trailers as a kid after my mum told me about a family friend crashing into/under one and getting decapitated. That thought stuck with me for ages.

I was told that story too. I presume it must have happened rather than being an urban myth as they eventually fitted side bars to trailers.

[Richard_FM]

Just now, Metal Guru said:

I was told that story too. I presume it must have happened rather than being an urban myth as they eventually fitted side bars to trailers.

Sometimes known as Mansfield bars, after Jayne's unfortunate head trauma in an accident.

[Remspoor]

[martc]

Battersea Bridge.

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[Dick Cheeseburger]

31 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

No reversing lights on the mk1 Escort? 

[adw1977]

8 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

No reversing lights on the mk1 Escort? 

Reversing lights weren't standard on all Escorts until 1980.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

24 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

Reversing lights weren't standard on all Escorts until 1980.

Was it only certain spec models which had them then? Mother's L '73 mk1 definitely had them. I'm pretty sure her '70 mk1 had them too? 

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[lesapandre]

4 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Old Heathrow Control Tower in back - designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd and built in 1955. Now demolished.

[lesapandre]

6 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Only 52 made. Tucker.

[adw1977]

25 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Was it only certain spec models which had them then? Mother's L '73 mk1 definitely had them. I'm pretty sure her '70 mk1 had them too? 

Yes, generally speaking it was only the lowest trim level that didn't have reversing lights.

The oldest Escort brochure I have, from 1971 shows "Standard" (lowest trim) and "Saloon" (second lowest) doing without, while L, XL and GT did get them.

Flickr : March 1971 brochure

[lesapandre]

8 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Unable to afford a dolly, Jean-Luc Godard used a wheelchair directing Jean-Paul Belmondo & Jean Seberg in Breathless 1960. Presumably Belmondo there relaxing between takes.

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

No reversing lights on the mk1 Escort? 

Late Mk1 tho, am sure I've seen Mk2's on N plates.

[adw1977]

Yes, Mark 2 was launched in March 1975 during the N registration. 

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[Remspoor]

[Asimo]

On 05/11/2023 at 17:23, Dick Longbridge said:

No reversing lights on the mk1 Escort? 

Modern nonsense!  Not required for MOT until (first registered after)September 1st 2009.

[Chuck Buckles]

2 hours ago, Remspoor said:

I need an eye test. I thought the Imp was a police car. The light being the bloke stood behind it. 

[martc]

Ford Model T, 1926, 1359 & 1365 S. 3rd St Louisville, Kentucky.

Look carefully and you may spot one or two safety concerns in this photo.