Eye-catching black and whites

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[Junkman]

 

These were the bloody days. It's been downhill ever since.

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Mr Spock driving the Bangles?!!!!!!

 

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The German ship Pamir which, in 1949, became the last commercial sailing ship to round Cape Horn. She capsized and sank in September 1957 in a hurricane off the Azores, with the loss of 80 crew.

 

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Thomas Edison poses with his first electric car, the Edison Baker, and one of its batteries, c.1895.

Aye its nay new this electric shit as you know, but most of the general unwashed know fuck all about

 

 

 

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Camille Jenatzy drives his self-designed electric car near Paris, France, c.1899. He was first person to exceed 100 kilometers per hour (62 miles per hour) in a car.

 

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I still shoot and develop my own film, so from time to time I find shite on the road.....

 

Fiat Panda rust bucket (it was pink too) by meyrickpark, on Flickr

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Mr Spock driving the Bangles?!!!!!!

 

 

Nah, he's driving a '62 Imperial.

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The German ship Pamir which, in 1949, became the last commercial sailing ship to round Cape Horn. She capsized and sank in September 1957 in a hurricane off the Azores, with the loss of 80 crew.

 

 

 

What amplified the tragedy in popular perception is that the vast majority of the 86 crew were cadets, young boys aged 16 - 18.

Merely 6 people survived. There was a superb film made about that.

 

CAUTION COLOUR !

 

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Thanks for that Junkman - never knew they made a film

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John Cobb's Napier Railton over 100mph at Brooklands with all 4 wheels off the deck being baulked by a slower Vauxhall that just has 3 wheels off the road.

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Two of my cars way back when

CX Familiale and Traction Avant 11BL by Jean-Pierre Declemy, on Flickr

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Motoring through France many years ago I caught a half glance of some old cars through a dusty showroom window. Stopped, turned around and went back to find this:

Frenchclassics2 by Jean-Pierre Declemy, on Flickr

 

Frenchclassics3 by Jean-Pierre Declemy, on Flickr

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Oh, and this

 

French classics by Jean-Pierre Declemy, on Flickr

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