Eye-catching black and whites

[Remspoor]

[lesapandre]

7 hours ago, Remspoor said:

1972 by the looks of the Vauxhall Victor FD. And the only foreign cars I can easily spot are an Opel Kadett B (1965–1973) and a Beetle (tho probably others).

[Wibble]

2 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

1972 by the looks of the Vauxhall Victor FD. And the only foreign cars I can see are an Opel Kadett B (1965–1973) and a Beetle ( tho probably others).

That’s an FE Victor, so a bit later, I think, maybe ‘74?

[sheffcortinacentre]

They came out in 71 there's a prefacelift MK3 GXL ( late 70-) & an avenger (earlier 70-)

So I to think 72ish.

[lesapandre]

25 minutes ago, Wibble said:

That’s an FE Victor, so a bit later, I think, maybe ‘74?

Ah yes I meant an FE.

[Wibble]

13 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

They came out in 71 there's a prefacelift MK3 GXL ( late 70-) & an avenger (earlier 70-)

So I to think 72ish.

Fair enough, could be but they were actually a ‘72 launch and this one looked like a blurry L reg to me.

[artdjones]

8 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Cardiff Queen Street c.1972 or slightly after.

SAX7G on the right, a 1969 Bristol RELH6L, of Red and White with ECW body. Probably the best express coaches ever made. And a Corporation Leyland PD3.

Note the Woolworths Cafeteria sign. I had many meals in there as a child.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

Cardiff Queen Street c.1972 or slightly after.

SAX7G on the right, a 1969 Bristol RELH6L, of Red and White with ECW body. Probably the best express coaches ever made. And a Corporation Leyland PD3.

Note the Woolworths Cafeteria sign. I had many meals in there as a child.

Tru-Form too, My Mrs worked for them for years, after Woolies.

[Remspoor]

An Imp in the USA

[lesapandre]

Badged a Sunbeam Imp in the USA.

[sheffcortinacentre]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

An Imp in the USA

With a corvair van too

[Remspoor]

[Tayne]

Tennents is shit.

[D.E]

[lesapandre]

Aston Martin VWE16  is alive, currently taxed and on the road. Of all the cars shown in these pages so few will still be extant.

[Andrew353w]

19 hours ago, Tayne said:

Tennents is shit.

Didn't Tennent's make that really strong lager, in purple cans? I believe it was something like 9% A.B.V., although my memory might have been affected by the product......

[Metal Guru]

57 minutes ago, Andrew353w said:

Didn't Tennent's make that really strong lager, in purple cans? I believe it was something like 9% A.B.V., although my memory might have been affected by the product......

Tennants Super. That must have been the shortest marketing meeting in history, the packaging of a lager aimed at alcoholics and the homeless. 

[Andrew353w]

1 hour ago, Metal Guru said:

Tennants Super. That must have been the shortest marketing meeting in history, the packaging of a lager aimed at alcoholics and the homeless. 

BRILLIANTLY SAID! I'm not (& never have been!) either an alcoholic or homeless, but you're right, it did seem a funny way to sell lager. 

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, Andrew353w said:

BRILLIANTLY SAID! I'm not (& never have been!) either an alcoholic or homeless, but you're right, it did seem a funny way to sell lager. 

It was horrible stuff. Carlsberg Special Brew was a lot nicer if you wanted a really strong lager.

[Remspoor]

Utrecht

[D.E]

Fuel station with television:

[Andrew353w]

51 minutes ago, D.E said:

Fuel station with television:

One of the strange things about the rear-engined Renault range was having the fuel tank filler being in the engine bay. I always thought this somewhat dangerous, with the possibility of petrol being spilt on a hot engine!  

[Sigmund Fraud]

On the subject of Dauphines, the one in the picture above proudly advertises its AEROSTABLE* suspension :

[JeeExEll]

[Mr Pastry]

40 minutes ago, Sigmund Fraud said:

On the subject of Dauphines, the one in the picture above proudly advertises its AEROSTABLE* suspension :

Aerostable* suspension conjures up an exciting, unreliable world of self levelling pumps, proportional shuffling valves, and leaky high-pressure pipes, but sadly seems to have been basically a set of rubber auxiliary springs.  Very disappointing.

[Joey spud]

Recently posted on a group. The cheeky chappy in the car is now 71.

Austin Pathfinder ? (from the same people that gave us the J40 pedal car). 

[busmansholiday]

1 hour ago, JeeExEll said:

Seeing that reminds me of a works trip to Italy many years ago. The hotel was non smoking so you had to stand outside the front to smoke. Except that directly in front of the hotel, which you had to walk through, was a petrol station.

[Metal Guru]

3 hours ago, Andrew353w said:

One of the strange things about the rear-engined Renault range was having the fuel tank filler being in the engine bay. I always thought this somewhat dangerous, with the possibility of petrol being spilt on a hot engine!  

Lesser of two evils I suppose. If you crashed into something you wouldn’t want 10 gallons of petrol hitting it first.

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

4 hours ago, Andrew353w said:

One of the strange things about the rear-engined Renault range was having the fuel tank filler being in the engine bay. I always thought this somewhat dangerous, with the possibility of petrol being spilt on a hot engine!  

Compared to the unusual handling of the rear engined Renaults when pushing on,

petrol station flambé is the least of your worries!

[Remspoor]