Eye-catching black and whites

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Someone with OCD there.

[Remspoor]

[D.E]

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Silk cut! Healthier* option to Dunhill full strength!

[Remspoor]

[Vantman]

[Metal Guru]

31 minutes ago, Vantman said:

Those things look very flimsy even by the standards of the day. Did they callously think that because the driver had already lost the use of his legs, getting them crushed in a crash wouldn’t matter too much to them or was road safety just  not a major thought when designing cars in general?

[Mr Pastry]

49 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

Those things look very flimsy even by the standards of the day. Did they callously think that because the driver had already lost the use of his legs, getting them crushed in a crash wouldn’t matter too much to them or was road safety just  not a major thought when designing cars in general?

Crash worthiness wasn't taken seriously until more recently, but one reason why 3 wheelers were so flimsy was that their weight was legally restricted.  Cost of course being the other main reason - make it good and strong, and you may as well do things properly and add another wheel.

[Remspoor]

[EyesWeldedShut]

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Crushed meringues! 

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

No point crying over it!

[EyesWeldedShut]

8 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Crushed meringues! 

Could almost be an Eton Mess except it's in Naarf London?

[MiniMinorMk3]

[Remspoor]

[Vantman]

[lesapandre]

On 29/09/2024 at 20:03, EyesWeldedShut said:

Photo has to be 1956 or later as the Ford is a Consul II.

[EyesWeldedShut]

27 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Photo has to be 1956 or later as the Ford is a Consul II.

I love the utter dejection in the stance of the milkman and the pollarded trees (don't see that so much these days)

The image I nicked from https://expressdairytales.uk/ed-retail-london-and-south-1974-and-before - they've popped that 1948-50 caption on the picture and I'd agree that it's too early for the cars but, seeing as it's pre-internet then (in a few years) it'll be a 'fact'

[EyesWeldedShut]

Jeez - Procrastination Tuesday  
Here's another from Express Dairies - is that a bucket of milk in the boot? I was thinking the car was an Allegro but the window line is all wrong - AlfaSud? Site says this is 1975 - Mk 1 Capri?
Full size image here 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Messrina coupe

[MiniMinorMk3]

2 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Photo has to be 1956 or later as the Ford is a Consul II.

Post February 1958 according to the reg plate, PME issued in London from Feb 58.

[MiniMinorMk3]

2 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Jeez - Procrastination Tuesday  
Here's another from Express Dairies - is that a bucket of milk in the boot? I was thinking the car was an Allegro but the window line is all wrong - AlfaSud? Site says this is 1975 - Mk 1 Capri?
Full size image here 

As SCC says, Marina Coupe. The bucket is probably when she carries rear seat passengers as it stinks of sour milk and the wollowy suspension does not help.

[Joey spud]

[Joey spud]

What's the car anyone ?

[MiniMinorMk3]

24 minutes ago, Joey spud said:

What's the car anyone ?

1938-39 Singer 10.

Lot 50 - 1939 Singer Super Ten Saloon (manorparkclassics.com)

[lesapandre]

26 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

1938-39 Singer 10.

Lot 50 - 1939 Singer Super Ten Saloon (manorparkclassics.com)

Good car if you can find one - OHC engine and hydraulic brakes - rare for the 30's. 

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

As SCC says, Marina Coupe. The bucket is probably when she carries rear seat passengers as it stinks of sour milk and the wollowy suspension does not help.

Thanks!

3 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Messrina coupe

Oooh - I'd forgotten about Marina Coupes, proper crumpet pullers until surpassed by the Allegro Equipe

(Actually, I should not be too sarcastic as teenage me & my mates would have had either car at the drop of a hat)

 

[Remspoor]