Austat Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 My grandad's BMW 323i Auto pictured in the background. I don't know who owned the Escrot but the E30 was last taxed in 2013! Possibly being dry-stored? Who knows! Shite Ron, Amishtat, michael t and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 An XD Falcon my Mum's family used for a holiday in Alice Springs back in 1982. Probably the most Australian picture you'll find on this thread: I wonder what happened to the front license plate? UltraWomble, Rab, rob88h and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew353w Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 And here is the car after the orange respray, pictured in Ashburton, Devon. Personally I think the two-tone blue and grey looked better.... adw1977, Dirk Diggler, Shite Ron and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 I was hoping you'd post one of it in orange, looks like a BL colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew353w Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: I was hoping you'd post one of it in orange, looks like a BL colour? Very probably, as the garage opposite my Father's works was Elliott's, who were B.L. dealers at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew353w Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 The second Triumph, this time a 2.5 Pi. Again, a family holiday, this time in Cornwall! bunglebus, BL Bloke, LightBulbFun and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Can't remember if I posted these on here or somewhere else, but here's my mum again with her Super Minx ...and me And my auntie Kitty, uncle Bill and ??? with their Avenger UltraWomble, GMcD, Dick Longbridge and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 On 24/04/2020 at 16:29, Tigerfox said: Thats me at the back with my little brother washing a 1930s Riley of some sort. About 1965/6/7 Another, similar Riley, early sixties. Probably my Uncle's. (Every car he has ever had was for sale) But Dad never sold anything. Just parked it up,out of the way... Shite Ron, Dick Longbridge, Austat and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, Asimo said: .... Dad never sold anything. Just parked it up,out of the way... A friend's father was a miner in Geordieland, and similarly unable to get rid of things. The Morris Minor which he buried under the back garden of the family home is probably still there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerfox Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 36 minutes ago, Asimo said: Another, similar Riley, early sixties. Probably my Uncle's. (Every car he has ever had was for sale) But Dad never sold anything. Just parked it up,out of the way... I think that was a 12/4 Facon, sadly it did not survive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 44 minutes ago, Asimo said: The 1950's oval window and 63-64 Beetle would be worth a few pennies now, especially UK RHD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 55 minutes ago, bunglebus said: The 1950's oval window and 63-64 Beetle would be worth a few pennies now, especially UK RHD The yellow oval-window had been a bit squashed by a tree falling at that point. A few years earlier it had burned** after which it was hand painted yellow. It had hydraulic brakes, and was a bit posh compared to the LHD '49 split rear window it replaced, with it's cable brakes. That was hand painted red with "Jel-Gloss" ** The day after the fire. Snooty neighbours were a bit dissapointed when Dad fixed it within a few days and then painted it in the street. Always remember to replace the petrol pipe after maintenance! somewhatfoolish, Amishtat, RayMK and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 And a split bus too! The split window Beetle would have been an unofficial import Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 10:45 PM, Austat said: A battered old Holden wagon that a few of my dad's work colleagues owned. Was decorated a bit to coverup various dents and scrapes, those HG/HK Holdens where pretty undesirable back in 1996: Front view: bogeyhead, Rab, JeeExEll and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogeyhead Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 This is me age 4 posing in front of my dad's Ford Anglia Deluxe 100E in 1960. The photo was taken whilst on holiday at Carnoustie. Amishtat, JeeExEll, RayMK and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 11/19/2020 at 5:55 PM, bunglebus said: Lovely 60s Super Minx. bunglebus, spike60, camryv6 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Yeah I loved it to bits as a kid, I was really upset when it got sold and replaced by a 1500HL Dolomite. There's a slim chance it still survives, it was resprayed light blue after we sold it, a late Superminx in light blue showed up in Rust in Peace years ago "in an Essex Hamlet" with a load of other Rootes cars according to the photographer. I managed to work out who he was by a Facebook post but he was sworn to secrecy about the location. I've also been told by another shiter that the collection may be known to him but I haven't investigated further. Can't be many that shape, in a non-standard light blue, in the right area surely? ...or were you referring to my mum? 🤔 Dick Longbridge, camryv6, JeeExEll and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 2 hours ago, JeeExEll said: Lovely 60s Super Minx. Not sure if you are appreciating the car or perving at Bunglebuses mum. 😉 camryv6, ETCHY, spike60 and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Jinx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil1971 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Me with my dad's Strada in the background, EUL511V I think, the second of three he had. Deja vu as we must have been in some sort of lockdown where obtaining a haircut was impossible.... bogeyhead, Shite Ron, Dick Longbridge and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Me aged four with Dad's bought new Austin Tasman in the background. NSW. Australia. 1971 bogeyhead, HMC, Austat and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Me..my Grandparents..sister and Mother..and a Holden.NSW. Australia. 1969 Dick Longbridge, GMcD, strangeangel and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMcD Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Who needed a people carrier in 1990 to carry a family of four and a mountain of shite down to cornwall? All you needed was a 60bhp italian stallion and a trailer about the same size of the thing that was pulling it. Me in the bushes. Pre or post whizz. Steve79, adw1977, michael t and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 My nearly Sister in law admiring my 2000e recently customised back in 1987 by MFOOT (massive fk off oak tree) ☹️😭😭😭 Burnside, Rab, michael t and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Family picnic prior to my birth. NSW . Australia. 1966 auntiemaryscanary, Remspoor, bunglebus and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Grandma (in the sidecar) and friend. 107 years ago. adw1977, garellikatia, ETCHY and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Sister and my Father in his first Aussie car..Morris 1500. NSW. 1966 strangeangel, Remspoor, bogeyhead and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 No family involved. Street scene of Grafton.NSW. Aussie. Circa 1969. BL Bloke, strangeangel, Dick Longbridge and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 My mothers Palamino..Honey ..going to the sale yard after getting a terminal cancer diagnosis.Sad affair. Cootamundra. NSW. 1970 HarmonicCheeseburger, Burnside, Remspoor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Found a few more! Here's what happened when Dad borrowed Mum's 500 estate to go to work one morning... Dick Longbridge, eddyramrod, HMC and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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