My spottings, old and new - WTF

[sierraman]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Not a lot of interesting stuff about now the weather's changed - but this beast was outside a garage with a job sheet inside

Job Sheet: Put back to standard ride height. Fit correct period specific plates, reprimand owner. 

[cort1977]

Weren't they fitted with hydraulic suspension?  Licensed from Citroen?  In which case it might be knackered spheres rather than lowering as such.

Agree on plates though.  What is the last suffix that black and silver are acceptable on? F?

[Six-cylinder]

16 minutes ago, cort1977 said:

What is the last suffix that black and silver are acceptable on? F?

The cut off used to be before Jan 1972, but now I believe anything historic registered is entitled to ware then. After white/yellow plates were introduced about 1968 hardly anybody wanted their car to look dated with old black & white/silver plates. To my eyes black and white/silver looks out of place on 1970s cars including our 1976 XJ6 that has them.

[Stinkwheel]

11 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

The cut off used to be before Jan 1972, but now I believe anything historic registered is entitled to ware then. 

 

The DVLA bods got shirty again and now its anything up to end of 1979 that can, they realised their mistake and stopped the black and white plate entitlement rolling over each year

[Stinkwheel]

25 minutes ago, cort1977 said:

Weren't they fitted with hydraulic suspension?  Licensed from Citroen?  In which case it might be knackered spheres rather than lowering as such.

Agree on plates though.  What is the last suffix that black and silver are acceptable on? F?

was 1972 so K/L were the last things properly allowed to wear black and whites - but by then they were seen as old hat so new car buyers mostly opted for the modern yellow black/white black ones

[bunglebus]

Late registration madness(ish)

[bunglebus]

A few oldies around Olympia

Just got to my hotel...

Is that the Merc?

No, it's a hard top. Weird. 

[bunglebus]

A few more randoms from out and about

[bunglebus]

More bobs from Fairmont and one on the move