Eye-catching black and whites

[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).

[Joey spud]