BorniteIdentity Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 19 minutes ago, jmsguzzi said: Me with Dads base spec 190E 1.8 on Middlesbrough’s Transporter Bridge circa 2005, fantastic car. Interestingly still on the road. Does he still own it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsguzzi Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 33 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said: Interestingly still on the road. Does he still own it? Sadly not, replaced in 2009 with an E39 Beemer. I managed to track it down a couple of years ago after missing out on buying it back off eBay. Some nobbers stripped it out and stuck a CLK230 unit in it, tastefully done it is not........ Sudsprint, BorniteIdentity, Dick Longbridge and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, JeeExEll said: Really pushing the pic quality boundaries with this one, sorry for that, but pic's of no use if no-one sees it. From around 1995. My Mk2, a 2.3LX 5-speed which had a Weber 38DGAS conversion (same as 3-litre Capri) before I bought it (giffer used it to tow a caravan). Around the time the clutch needed replacing I was offered the 2.8 engine from a wrecked but good condition Capri 2.8i Special, engine still in the car, so swapped it in and ran it with the Weber. Really easy swap, I think only the downpipes are different from the 2.3, and maybe the clutch. Was surprisingly quick with the 3.64 diff (2.8i Granadas had something like a 3.4 ratio diff) and even pulled well in top, quite basic spec interior so not too heavy. Fitted all new HD springs & shocks & bushes as they were all shagged so it was really tight to drive. Should have had flush plastic wheeltrims but they went on the bonfire and I refurbed the steelies with 4 new 185/70 14s. B713PSH. BMW was a 84 Henna red 528i manual with light beige cloth interior. Also mine. Transit was a handpainted band-van / camper thing of my brother's which we used to go for weekends to west coast of Scotland and Skye (before the bridge). A 83 Y-reg 2.0 Pinto 4-speed lwb single rear wheeler. Transit had a quite loud tannoy hidden behind the front grille and a microphone which was used for playing music through. Great for burping and farting at folk in the street and passing comments and giving abuse where it was deserved. Having a laugh at busy petrol stations - "Attention all customers, could customers at all pumps please get a fucking move on", or "Attention please, could the lady with the big tits at pump 4 please turn round a bit, you've got a great arse". Also (on the Skye ferry half way across) "All vehicles please start your engines. You may now drive off the ferry". Escort van is parked exactly where the GXL is parked 19 years earlier in my pic on page 1. Ha! The mythical DGAS , as teenagers me and my mates were convinced putting one of these on a 2.0 Pinto would instantly add 10 bhp or something. We had a stock of 3.0 Granada carbs, 2000e Corsair gearboxes and a variety of diffs that we’d heard or read in CCC or somewhere were better than RS 2000s. Of course, no pictures of that time , but I did find this one of a 2.0 Escort I put together for old times sake in about 1990, it had a square headlight grille and 5 1/2j s so looked like a Twin Cam, but I couldn’t find a TC badge so it got Mexico ones. The Granada was a nice low mileage 2.3 manual that had an interior fire, I put a Ghia interior in it and rattlecanned it Matt black. MrsN wouldn’t drive it so one of my brothers had it and abused it for about 2 years, before finishing it off hitting a fire engine head on at Woburn Sands level crossing whilst hi and his mates shouted at some girls on the station platform. JeeExEll, Sudsprint, andrew e and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Young SL looks at a horse in Wales (+ Capri, Hunter, Minor) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr Me, a pony and our Capri. I do have others to contribute. Amishtat, NorfolkNWeigh, Austat and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macscrooge Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Not strictly family snapshots, but I found photos of some of my previous cars. Apologies for the quality - they’re all scans and some of the originals were rather iffy. I’ll start with a brace of Peugeot 104s. Owned in 1986 (silver) and 87-88 (yellow). Comfortable and very spacious wee cars which would run rings round rather younger 1.3 Metros. Split_Pin, NorfolkNWeigh, FakeConcern and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macscrooge Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) My first and second company cars. An Maestro on an E plate and Escort. Both poverty spec 1.3 versions but fitted with car phones! In all honesty the Maestro was a better car - far more comfortable and capable of cornering without trying to kill me. Note neighbour’s landcrab in the second photo Edited March 27, 2020 by Macscrooge Update Tenmil Socket, Dick Longbridge, Skizzer and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davocano Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 6 hours ago, JeeExEll said: Courtesy of one of my flickr contacts based in Scotland: this was in 2016 1989 Mercedes Benz 300 SEL Auto by Alan Gold, on Flickr Dick Longbridge, JeeExEll, NorfolkNWeigh and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 23 hours ago, UltraWomble said: So this is my dad with his first car... This is me in dads Lotus about 1983... Which was a mid life crisis purchase as the family car was a Metro... And this is me in my Cav - oh my, white socks... The shame... My Mother 1957 ish with whatever my grandfather was driving at the time. Mother ~& Father 1970 anf the Trumpet Is that Preston registry office? It certainly looks like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Mother in law with her cortina Mother in law, her mother, lodger, mother in laws aunt in front of an ADO16 on the farm in Inskip My grandparents with their Ezzy estate Austat, Sudsprint, strangeangel and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 10 minutes ago, ETCHY said: Is that Preston registry office? It certainly looks like it. Yes it is ETCHY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Uncle Jim's Thames 400E again, only this time proudly displaying its Ford Transit tail lights ? Sudsprint, FakeConcern, Dick Longbridge and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 RayMK, Stevebrookman, Sudsprint and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Food stop! FakeConcern, Stevebrookman, RayMK and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 This is from the same trip, none of us in it but JUST LOOK AT THE CHOD! Split_Pin, FakeConcern, JeeExEll and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Another one of Uncle George's Pop, with one of his homies perched on the bumper: The Mighty Quinn, Sudsprint, Split_Pin and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 This was on the same roll of negs at the Ford Pop shots, no idea if our heroes flew on this mutha or not as sadly Uncle G passed a few years back. motorpunk, FakeConcern, mat_the_cat and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Here's me, in the first recorded instance of what has become a familiar pose over the years... warch, NorfolkNWeigh, FakeConcern and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Another of my Grandad's 3-wheelers; his Regal Supervan III JeeExEll, MiniMort, Sudsprint and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Nice one of the Chrysler, complete with painted yellow headlamps! Amishtat, NorfolkNWeigh, MiniMort and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 This must be spring 1959 as our dog "Mutty" ran away every spring for some reason and got knocked over by a car that year. My mum (still going) with me and Mutty and my dad's Bond outside 55 West Cliff Drive Herne Bay. Over the road you can see one of the fields (now a house) where I used to catch lizzards. The bond was bought to replace a BSA 500 single with sidecar when I came along as Mother plus two kids didn't fit. (actually I think this was the second bond) My dad holding my younger sister and my cousin outside the Post Office in Udimore run by my uncle. Austin Westminster replaced his first proper car a Standard 10 and was the first car I went over 100mph in on the Thanet Way Family friend "Uncle" John aka Long John (he was 6' 6") with me in anorak and sister plus his neice in his Rover 90 (?) on our way to Branscombe Devon for a holiday. On Holiday in Branscombe again, I think this is taken on Dartmoor, Mini (note single wing mirror) is my dad's and PA Cresta is Uncle John's egg, MiniMort, mat_the_cat and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macscrooge Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 28 minutes ago, strangeangel said: This was on the same roll of negs at the Ford Pop shots, no idea if our heroes flew on this mutha or not as sadly Uncle G passed a few years back. Bristol Freighter! Used by the Silver City Company to fly suitably well-heeled punters and their cars across the channel. motorpunk and strangeangel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I remember taking this picture on one trip just because I liked this tired old car, not really knowing what it was at the time: Three Speed, Austat, FakeConcern and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 spike60, FakeConcern, motorpunk and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 4 hours ago, Macscrooge said: Not strictly family snapshots, but I found photos of some of my previous cars. Apologies for the quality - they’re all scans and some of the originals were rather iffy. I’ll start with a brace of Peugeot 104s. Owned in 1986 (silver) and 87-88 (yellow). Comfortable and very spacious wee cars which would run rings round rather younger 1.3 Metros. 40 minutes ago, strangeangel said: Nice one of the Chrysler, complete with painted yellow headlamps! A pair of 104s and a Chrysler 180. I am getting a proper priapism! I'll ask my mum if she has any photos of me in front of a family car to send me. Expect Princess 2200, Avenger, Chevette, 505 break familiale and Talbot. May also include Simca. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 No cars, but the Ffestiniog Railway back in the day... Spiny Norman, mat_the_cat, Sudsprint and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Me on the left, Black Ted in the middle (mum & dad now have Yellow Ted and next lab will probably be a Brown Ted) and my brother on the right. Grandad bought the 505 new, this would be 1987-88 so I'd have been around age 9. The Peugeot was exported to Africa in 1995/6 after dad had it resprayed in beige and the odometer packed up at 150k or thereabouts. It was a brilliant car, probably explains my love of 80's Peugeots and rear wheel drive, bad dress sense and labradors. JeeExEll, strangeangel, FakeConcern and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Dad always said Uncle George copied him... weeks after he bought his PA Cresta George bought himself a brand new one. This is the only photo I have ever seen of it. eddyramrod, JeeExEll, FakeConcern and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Macscrooge said: Bristol Freighter! Used by the Silver City Company to fly suitably well-heeled punters and their cars across the channel. I wrote a feature about that service once, I love that sort of thing. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 My eldest son with his dads Dutton Phaeton, about 1989. It had a ticking time bomb in the form of a heavily tuned Lotus twin cam, and about 2 years ago it appeared on Ebay unrecognisable except fo the reg and even faster. It was shockingly fast and dangerously badly built. I have a pic of his Ma reclining on the bonnet but I can't get it off the phone. Forward to about 2008 and same lad with his dads BMW 540i in a friends orchard in France I have two sons, one goes to motorsport with me so he's in the pics. He's staying out of the sun somewhere on the Belgian/German border coming back from the Nurburgring N24. Car is my 1992 Corvette LT1, pic about 2010 Le Mans camping, 2012 in a private garden with a hateful Alfa 2.4 156. It cost more to run than the Corvette! Same son, same French back garden, Polo 1.4 Tdi, about 2015 Same son jumping his Ma's flat 530d about 2 years ago with a Honda now sat outside my front door. My dad used to do a little bike racing and I have a couple pics from the 1950's somewhere, one is sand racing the other from when he rode a Vincent for someone. If I can I'll post them. Dick Longbridge, Sudsprint, FakeConcern and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Macscrooge said: Bristol Freighter! Used by the Silver City Company to fly suitably well-heeled punters and their cars across the channel. Thanks for the heads up! I suppose they must have flown on it, I can't imagine why else they'd have been hanging around where it was about to take off from... it's all about your best guess when you've just got photos to go on. Stevebrookman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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