trigger Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 I was also going to say that blue cars a Mk1 Prelude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Looks like a U11 Bluebird to me. Timewaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovorsche Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 I cant find it online but the former Sainsburys in Cowley had (and may still have) a tiled mosaic on its outside wall that included an Austin Princess, in Brown of course. Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Tried to getter a clearer image of it to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 The black one, you mean? Honda Prelude. The blue saloon is definitely a U11 Bluebird bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Leamington spa, 1989 Polonez #special edition graphics package michael t, trigger, Sudsprint and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Crosby, 1983 wedgister? @vulgalour vulgalour and Sudsprint 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davocano Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Cobham, 1989 HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, ChinaTom said: Quintet in first pic? What’s the dark coupe next to blue beetle? Sapporo? 240k? This one? I think it could be a Honda Prelude? Edited October 30, 2019 by martc I should have read Sheps post. Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 This thread is great, Old pictures of Sainsburys carparks chock full of shite cars!.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 21 hours ago, HMC said: Ami van! Bexhill 1975 Bexhill is retirement-ville. Austin A35 and A55 as well as MK1 1100 hanging on there in '75. 50's cars pretty rare in most of these pics overall and then two at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Crawley 1969...... Contrasting rear end treatments Sudsprint, bunglebus, Amishtat and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaTom Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Lord Sterling said: Nissan Stanza? I would have a tenner on the blue hatchback next to the brown Ital to be a Honda Quintet. That rear pillar window does it for me. Prelude is obvious to me now. Duh! Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 36 minutes ago, HMC said: Crawley 1969...... Contrasting rear end treatments Love the aftermarket indicators on the Mog, replacing the semaphores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Love the aftermarket indicators on the Mog, replacing the semaphores A bit like the FX3 and early FX4 black taxis. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 We didn't get conservative on colours the manufacturers did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKT Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 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. Dick Longbridge, michael t and HMC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 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 More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 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. ETCHY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Apologies I can’t remember where or when this was but I just loved the look of it. Fucked basically. Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Looks like it would fit in the boot of the Merc too HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 On 10/30/2019 at 5:53 PM, ChinaTom said: Quintet in first pic? What’s the dark coupe next to blue beetle? Sapporo? 240k? On 10/30/2019 at 6:08 PM, bunglebus said: No idea other than probably Japanese - hopefully this crop helps Down at the bottom, Between the Metro and the Ital. It IS a Honda Quintet. ChinaTom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 On 10/29/2019 at 10:52 PM, bunglebus said: Ipswich 1985 DAF 46 with compulsory giffer damage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 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. ETCHY and adw1977 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 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. NorfolkNWeigh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 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. Shep Shepherd and Sudsprint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 On 10/26/2019 at 1:02 PM, HMC said: Crawley 1969 and a suited up “BW” cruises by in his Daimler 420 to take advantage of a multibuy offer on cigars and brylcream. And if your were Brian Williams born in 1945, you might not have the Daimler anymore but that plate is now on a 2010 Rangie HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 On 10/29/2019 at 6:24 PM, HMC said: Side loading bay, Cambridge 1972 Private reg on that GT6 mkII by the looks of things Perhaps back then in the chaps 'youth'. Time marches on and maybe a family meant the GT6 had to go. Possibly replaced by many and finally ending up on a Fiat Stilo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 That Daimler 420's just been nicked from the car park. There's gonna be a blag later. Simon M and sheffcortinacentre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 On 10/26/2019 at 6:35 PM, HMC said: Take a look at that shonky BMC farina, Cambridge ‘75 TER 60 is still shown as being on a Moggy Minor JeeExEll, adw1977, Leyland Worldmaster and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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