Jump to content

Sainsbury's Archive


trigger

Recommended Posts

SA_BRA_7_C_16_41hr.jpg

Guildford Street in Chertsey, 1978.

The Blue Dodge 1100 failed to last 10 years on the road, being registered on December 1977 and being untaxed by August 1987. The Volvo 245 on the left fared better and survived for just under 16 years, becoming untaxed after June 1992. The Austin 1100 (I think? Not very good with pre-70s cars) isn't on the DVLA registry at all.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 things struck me while looking at all these...

1 - NO FEKKING SILVER CARS EVERY 3 SPACES!!!!!!

2 - How everyone could actually park back then....nowadays looks like a free for all!!!

also didn't we (England) love the Cortina...very few pics without one in !!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Were cheap,easy to maintain/ obtain parts, reliable, plenty of variants,etc.

Think it was something like one in eight new cars was a Cortina during the MK3/4/5 production run, with ford constantly having the top three best selling cars during the 70's, unlike now they've been for years just an also ran.

For years I've told people if you want a modern equivalent go Japanese or Korean.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 10/30/2019 at 9:47 PM, bezzabsa said:

2 things struck me while looking at all these...

1 - NO FEKKING SILVER CARS EVERY 3 SPACES!!!!!!

2 - How everyone could actually park back then....nowadays looks like a free for all!!!

also didn't we (England) love the Cortina...very few pics without one in !!!!

True but you could argue that those are rows of mostly British petrol saloon cars with the odd estate here and there. 

Now we have saloons, coupes, suvs, hatchbacks, mpvs, pickups, estates, crossovers, hybrids, diesels, petrol, electrics... 

I'm not saying it's a good thing, but variety still exists. 

What I notice is how big the spaces / small the cars look. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

It's the sheer variety of cars that makes it impossible for any one model to dominate like the Cortina once did.

Look at the Ford range now.  Ka+, Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo and Mustang are pretty much the modern equivalents of Fiesta, Escort, Cortina, Granada and Capri 40 years ago.  But add in all the SUVs and MPVs etc. that didn't exist then and the range is 15 models, not 5.

The top sellers are still usually the Fiesta and the Focus, the family hatchbacks doing largely the same job that Escorts and Cortinas were doing (albeit as saloons) 40 years ago. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I know it's because I'm an old fart , but for some reason this picture looks like it could have been taken yesterday.  If I pulled into that carpark this morning it those cars wouldn't look out of place, possibly the new Tarmac etc , but I don't think I'd notice that the cars were all 30 years old.

image.jpeg.50ce437638fa33cf7b52030c19fe0e7d.jpeg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...