Eye-catching black and whites

[uk_senator]

19 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Still very much there. 

I used to go the the Vauxhall dealer opposite it for parts sometimes, was a really antiquated building. I doubt it's a car dealer now, or if it is, it won't be a humble Vauxhall dealer..

[D.E]

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Anti Poll Tax rioting on St Martin’s Lane London - 31 March 1990.

944 by the looks of it - and a Montego. The former a symbol of the capitalist running dogs - the latter but only if it's an MG Turbo.

Land Cruiser in front? Talk about Blood Brothers...

[lesapandre]

5 hours ago, uk_senator said:

Frith Street in London. The Fiat 500 is a long drive from home - that's an Italian Province of Reggio Emilia plate. Super-rare Panhard too. Fiat 850 driving by possibly.

Ronnie Scott's jazz club still there.

[lesapandre]

[High Jetter]

7 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Frith Street in London. The Fiat 500 is a long drive from home - that's an Italian Province of Reggio Emilia plate. Super-rare Panhard too. Fiat 850 driving by possibly.

Ronnie Scott's jazz club still there.

Knew it seemed familiar. Lost the Stag at Ronnies, unfortunately the wife's BIL. He made it home late the next day 😁

[MiniMinorMk3]

11 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Land Cruiser in front? Talk about Blood Brothers...

Looks like a Range Rover Vogue to me, typical vehicle of choice for weekend jaunts in the West End at the time.

[martc]

On 25/02/2025 at 18:04, uk_senator said:

Willy Dick Cockworth?

John Thomas.

[martc]

Eyston’s 8-litre Panhard lurking behind the oil sheds at Montlhery.

[martc]

Not quite black and white, but here's another sprung wheeled vehicle - this bike, from the early 1900's, was adapted to make travelling across rough battlefields easier allowing rapid transfer of messages by dispatch cyclists.

[martc]

The aviator Guillaume Busson has never got the recognition he deserves for his pivotal role in the evolution of full-width car bodies, as his Chenard Y8 testifies - a truly ‘Moderne’ design for 1927.

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

2 hours ago, martc said:

Not quite black and white, but here's another sprung wheeled vehicle - this bike, from the early 1900's, was adapted to make travelling across rough battlefields easier allowing rapid transfer of messages by dispatch cyclists.

Try German WW1 issue during the period when rubber was not available to make tyres because of the Allies' blockade.

[Metal Guru]

3 hours ago, Momentary Lapse Of Reason said:

Try German WW1 issue during the period when rubber was not available to make tyres because of the Allies' blockade.

Wouldn’t that have been useful even if rubber was available? No issues with punctures from all sorts of debris or would they have used solid rubber in which case that’s a lot of valuable metal that could be used for weapons?

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

8 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Wouldn’t that have been useful even if rubber was available? No issues with punctures from all sorts of debris or would they have used solid rubber in which case that’s a lot of valuable metal that could be used for weapons?

Rubber the Germans just did not have but metal they had a plenty.

Germany had terrible shortages of materials and tried all sorts of ideas (many unsuccessful) to get by.

"Sapper Martin" is the WW1 war diaries of Royal Engineer Jack Martin. In it He makes reference to the German bicycles with springs instead of tyres, he wasn't impressed.

 

Online Bicycle Museum

https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/ww1-german-bicycles/

 

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

Anyhow, back in B&W

[martc]

 

An ACF scrutineer checking the track of Maurice Sizaire’s independently-suspended ‘fishtail’ Sizaire at Dieppe in 1912.

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[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Dark headlight trim on the Herald? I don't remember any like that.

[D.E]

[Metal Guru]

7 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I thought it was Bruce Forsyth’s plane at first but presumably belongs to NJG whoever that is. ( presumably not my old English teacher) 

[Remspoor]

[lesapandre]

On 27/02/2025 at 17:39, MiniMinorMk3 said:

[lesapandre]

7 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Eynjoy ze treep Mister Potter.

[Remspoor]

[lesapandre]

On 01/03/2025 at 16:11, Remspoor said:

Leeds early 1970's. The works to the left are the completion of the inner ring road.

Two great rivals - the Cortina and Hunter behind the Imp.

Incredibly - the Hunter was still in UK production (just) in 1979 when Chrysler sold out to Peugeot - but it was never rebadged a Talbot and production finished shortly after.

[MiniMinorMk3]

[lesapandre]

A Goliath - part of the Borgward group. One for the 'oddball European saloons' thread.

[Remspoor]