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A couple of old photos I've recently found,

First up is my Great uncles Ford Anglia outside my Great Grandparents' house. Circa 1960s

2nd is from left to right, my Aunt, Uncle, Father and Great uncle standing around my Grampas' new company car.  A 2600 SD1, apparently my great Uncle (who was German) wasn't impressed with the British Leyland quality on the SD1. Circa 1980s  

3rd is my Grandpas friends  Ford Consul, when he lived in London in the early 1960s, the guy was quite proud of this car.

4th was another company car my Grandpa had, a fairly new Ford Cortina after a argument with a fence post, which the car obviously lost. Circa 1960s   

And lastly are pictures of my Grampas first ever new car, a Ford Anglia sat outside his house in the early to mid 1960s and also my Great Grandmother (German and spoke very little English) stood next to the car.  My Grandpa polished every inch of this car when he first got it home and it is said that the paint work kept its shine for many years after. 

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Here's one of my Dad's Maestro with my half brother and sister poking out of the sunroof. 

The car was new and company supplied and I remember him test driving a Volvo 340 GLT as well. And a Motor (or Autocar) article which tested Maestro, Golf, Fiat Strada 130TC and... something else? Escort XR3i maybe?

In the end his decision was swayed by what had 5 doors so I think it was Maestro or Volvo. Think 5-door Golf GTI came later. 

Sadly it didn't have the talking dash...

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1 hour ago, 500tops said:

This photo was taken on Monday 14th June 1982 - the end of the Falklands War.

Treyarnon Bay, Cornwall

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I suspect that Marina was a North Devon car! One of our family's many Dafs was a 66, registration no.  DTT 760 L, first registered in Barnstaple and only 360 registrations after yours! 

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This was going around on Facebook last night and is a nice snap - so here it is.

Not a family car, but a family garage.  Branton's of Felixstowe, run by my Great Great Uncle Frank.

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There's still very much a garage on that site, and Branton's are bloody everywhere in Felixstowe! 

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