Eye-catching black and whites

[Metal Guru]

12 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Go away! It’s an SUV not a coup.

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[lesapandre]

4 hours ago, Remspoor said:

A dude on a trike to the right and is that a Bjam supermarket?

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[High Jetter]

Surely Bejam was mainly frozen foods, and got absorbed by Iceland?

[Metal Guru]

19 hours ago, lesapandre said:

A dude on a trike to the right and is that a Bjam supermarket?

I think that’s a Fine Fare supermarket.

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[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

I think that’s a Fine Fare supermarket.

Not enough letters, shirley?

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On 29/04/2024 at 14:36, Remspoor said:

Apparently Southampton according to Google, the livery on that East Lancs bodies AN68 confused me...

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, Tayne said:

My memories of supermarkets that ceased to exist prior to my 10th birthday seem to be poor.

Wiki tells me that Bejam was inded a frozen food shop who bought out Low Freeze (a division of William Low), Bejam were bought out by Iceland and WM Low were bought out by Tesco.

There was an implication in what i read that freezer shops seemed a lot more popular back then.

Yes, the New Craze! Food lasts for up to 3 months, and it's cheaper to buy! (They also sold freezers too...)

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7 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Not enough letters, shirley?

Are we talking about the large brick topped building further up the road past the bus? I think I can make out the FF symbol , one upside down and backwards under the other.

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Yes, but am not convinced it's right.

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20 hours ago, Remspoor said:

I'm guessing that picture was taken outside the Luigi Chinetti dealership in New York. Probably around 1964 when he took on the 250 P Fantuzzi Spyders after Ferrari campaigned them in 1963.

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[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Man: "Don't drop that fag darlin' - the whole thing could go up..."

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1962 Singer Vogue in the Monte Carlo Rally.

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23 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Wind testing original home trampoline prototype - to ensure that it will blow onto railway tracks...

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15 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

1962 Singer Vogue in the Monte Carlo Rally.

Claude Savoye in the driving seat and Etienne Girard navigating. The finished 141st.

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5 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Claude Savoye in the driving seat and Etienne Girard navigating. The finished 141st.

I shouldn't imagine they got that high on the French sales charts!

[lesapandre]

22 hours ago, Richard_FM said:

I shouldn't imagine they got that high on the French sales charts!

They sold a few but Rootes sales into France overall were pretty poor. They had for a time a posh showroom on the Champs Elysées and did punt their cars into France.

Price more than anything hobbled them - including stiff import duties on cars at the time, and that the French car industry benefitted from state support.

A Singer Vogue in 1964 was priced at 13,500F* - whereas the lowest spec Citroen DS was cheaper at 11,775F and a Peugeot 404 a lot less 9,995F. A basic Renault 4 was 5,200F.

The Vogue was also slower by 15kph than both the DS and the 404 with comparable fuel consumption. So really not much advantage in owning the Singer in France unless you fancied something a bit different and were prepared to pay the premium.

* Source: 1964 'L'action Special Salon' - Paris Motorshow Guide.

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