Eye-catching black and whites

[Remspoor]

Heater became a legal requirement. Well front windscreen de misting became a legal requirement. I cannot find when that date was. We used to have some 'Rovers without a heater in use with the Army, in the mid 70s. There was a "fight" to get the ones with heaters. The older 'Rovers could have been at least 10 years old by then.

The Cortina is often quoted as the first to have flow through ventilation. One would imaging they had heaters as standard.

[lesapandre]

By the time you've purchased say 50,000 'Smiths Heaters' or whatever and run the vehicles down the product line - some with and some without - but still had to put the unions and fixings in so one could be fitted later - it's making so little difference to the bottom line. Madness to have no demisting in winter.

But there was probably a cohort of homburg-hatted drivers who preferred driving in an overcoat and gloves and thought a heater for sissies.

[Metal Guru]

9 hours ago, lesapandre said:

By the time you've purchased say 50,000 'Smiths Heaters' or whatever and run the vehicles down the product line - some with and some without - but still had to put the unions and fixings in so one could be fitted later - it's making so little difference to the bottom line. Madness to have no demisting in winter.

But there was probably a cohort of homburg-hatted drivers who preferred driving in an overcoat and gloves and thought a heater for sissies.

Their descendants probably drive round with a misted up windscreen because “ it’s ridiculous using the a/c in winter”.

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[Remspoor]

[Joey spud]

Slightly lowered and with banded P5 wheels this looks just perfect.

[Joey spud]

Look at this blokes Lionel Blair's.

[lesapandre]

There was really nothing that Crayford would not saw the roof off. 

Some sag already 😂

[Remspoor]

[sheffcortinacentre]

On 15/10/2024 at 11:34, lesapandre said:

There was really nothing that Crayford would not saw the roof off. 

Some sag already 😂

The rear chrome trim is an add on sat on top of rear wing, where as the door piece is original  & top edge is level with panel.

So more a bad design than sag.

[Rust Collector]

Man ahead of his time takes photo of dog doing human activity; realises Facebook hasn’t been invented yet and so has nowhere to post it.

[Remspoor]

3 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

Man ahead of his time takes photo of dog doing human activity; realises Facebook hasn’t been invented yet and so has nowhere to post it.

"I off honey, just going Dogging"

[Remspoor]

Knackers and Crutch go shopping.

[Vantman]

[Remspoor]

[busmansholiday]

20 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

I guessed Weymouth and checking I was correct.

[puddlethumper]

3 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Weymouth.

[High Jetter]

Bumping it away from the tracks?

[martc]

Quayside, NuT, 1988.

[martc]

Paris, 1954. I think the ageing Renault may have been on a road trip with places visited scribbled on the door, judging by the 'Liege' at the bottom.

[lesapandre]

59 minutes ago, martc said:

Paris, 1954. I think the ageing Renault may have been on a road trip with places visited scribbled on the door, judging by the 'Liege' at the bottom.

[martc]

A GAZ-13 'Seagull' and ZIL-111 at the Poznan International Fair, 1959.

[EyesWeldedShut]

Sheffield, 1968 (according to the Beeb) article is about a group of school mates who still meet up for a pint.
I don't think there's that many of my old school  mates even still live where the school is.
 

[Remspoor]

[D.E]

Leeds, 1984.

[sheffcortinacentre]

11 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Sheffield, 1968 (according to the Beeb) article is about a group of school mates who still meet up for a pint.
I don't think there's that many of my old school  mates even still live where the school is.
 

 

 it's been pedestrianised since around the date of pic.

I was there teatime today.

Only the left of picture is still there ( derelict for roughly the last 20 years) the market on right is waste land being "regenerated " into a city centre park.

This was the bustling heart of the city until it was run into the ground in the 90's

[sheffcortinacentre]

11 minutes ago, D.E said:

Leeds, 1984.

People don't realise the market share ford had in the 70/80's

[lesapandre]

46 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

People don't realise the market share ford had in the 70/80's

Drinks were free in the olden days - and Citroen 2CV in failed walk-on part - probably belonged to the local hippie😂

[Metal Guru]

15 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

People don't realise the market share ford had in the 70/80's

My Dad had Mk 3,4 and 5 Cortinas and a mk1 Granada (76-87).He “defected” to Volvo and had a 740 and a 940 , mostly whilst under Ford ownership.

I had a Fiesta , Orion , Escort and Sierra (82-95).