Foz Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 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. Remspoor, inconsistant, Andrew353w and 22 others 24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew353w Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 The picture of the Ford Consul is delightful and ought to go in the "black and white" section of Autoshite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 This photo was taken on Monday 14th June 1982 - the end of the Falklands War. Treyarnon Bay, Cornwall Remspoor, JeeExEll, Dick Longbridge and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 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... goosey, Shite Ron, Dick Longbridge and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew353w Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 1 hour ago, 500tops said: This photo was taken on Monday 14th June 1982 - the end of the Falklands War. Treyarnon Bay, Cornwall 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! Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surface Rust Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Me, with my mums 2cv. My earliest motoring memories were in this car (including the first failure to proceed when a driveshaft detached), though I imagine that it isn't recalled as fondly by my parents as it was already on its second chassis at 4 years old! Split_Pin, Austat, Dyslexic Viking and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Me, with my heid in my Dad's Celica, pretending I know what I'm doing. That last bit above really hasn't changed. Dick Longbridge, MiniMinorMk3, Eyersey1234 and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 On holiday in Norfolk (c.1978), featuring Angus the dog and the Austin Maxi HL which my Dad would later learn to drive in. Dick Longbridge, Dyslexic Viking, keef and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 On 2/20/2022 at 10:38 AM, AnnoyingPentium said: Me, with my heid in my Dad's Celica, pretending I know what I'm doing. That last bit above really hasn't changed. That's a lovely photo chap. AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 10 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: That's a lovely photo chap. Thank you. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 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. There's still very much a garage on that site, and Branton's are bloody everywhere in Felixstowe! Split_Pin, Dyslexic Viking, wesacosa and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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