Old street scenes thread

[trigger]

What about this one?

 

[barrett]

can't see it Trigger....

[trigger]

can't see it Trigger....

Better?

 

[barrett]

yep... terrible shame! sidelights/indicators make that a MKV. No. plate sort of spells my name too! (SCO 7 - scott? close enough!)only two of these intensely sexy beasts survive today

[Mash]

can't see it Trigger....

Better?

 

Ha, that's what happened to my grandad's Regal van apparently! One of the local characters used to tear about in a Mk2 Jag and one day the family were sat round eating their dinner and there was this almighty crack from outside. They rushed out to see the Regal standing there as if nothing was wrong but the whole of the other side was a right mess. Jag boy had swiped the side off it.

[michiel]

No parking there nowadays iirc - cafe(s) on the right with seats outside, with a 'great' view of the big shopping centre?

 

[Mash]

That's right Michiel. Town Docks Museum in the background there (which used to be the Dock Offices in the old days) is blotted out by Princes Quay shopping centre.Actually, pre-war in dead centre of that pic would have been William Wilberforce's monument where the little bridge is (a mini-version of Nelson's Column) but it was moved later just up the road when the dock beyond here was filled in.

[trigger]

 

Scotland 1979

 

 

[Tayne]

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[trigger]

Don't have a clue Tayne, I've copied them from here http://www.flickr.com/photos/29520195@N08/.

[Tayne]

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[barrett]

 

all from here, worth a look as every photo is interesting

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/sets/72157594155572977/

[barrett]

oh dear, off topic but i just found this group celebrating the 'world-famous' Argus headline boards which always display the most ridiculous stuff.....only in brighton, as they say. well worth a look if you fancy a laugh.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/argusheadlines/pool/

[Tayne]

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[barrett]

aand deep breath! (left to right) BL Princess, Dolomite, 323, Montego, MK3 scrote, Renner 14, 340, Toyota Cressida, Chevette, MK4 tina estate, something, Beemer 7 series, Opel Ascona, Solara, gen1 Prelude....correct?

[Rusty Pelican]

^^^^^^^^^^^ Il just print this off and wallpaper the lounge with it

[Vin]

all from here, worth a look as every photo is interesting

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/sets/72157594155572977/

What's the 2 door estate on the left? Got me stumped.

[Lukas]

The father of a friend of mine is car-dealer since the early 60s, those pics I got from him to show it to you all:

 

The beginning, father and son, both BMW-freaks, taken in the early 60s:

 

 

early 70s, they got Chrysler-Simca back then:

 

 

a Chrysler-Simca-Sunbeam-show in the late 70s:

 

 

from 1992, now it´s Subaru and Daihatsu:

 

[trigger]

Fantasic!, Thanks for posting, Love the two BMW 700's (I had to look that up!)

 

 

What is the car on the roadway to the left with the sporty stripes on the rear end?

[Lukas]

A Simca Rallye II I think.

 

 

I bet not one car from that picture survived until now!

[Mash]

 

all from here, worth a look as every photo is interesting

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/sets/72157594155572977/

What's the 2 door estate on the left? Got me stumped.

Some sort of Taunus maybe?

 

I love the photo of the J-vans. He must have just got the Royal Mail J4 from a scrappy and is taking it home for bits for his J2!

[AXrescuer]

early 70s, they got Chrysler-Simca back then:

 

 

Love the cars, I also think I see a Suzuki GT380/550 on the right of that pic. I had one in very similar colours, as I recall it pulled like a 2 year old in a mens tug 'o' war!

[barrett]

Yeh, the estate car is a Taunus 12m p4, Ford's first FWD car (useless bonus fact)Those two BMW 700s are both coupe versions, which have got to be super-rare these days. styled by Michellotti dontcha know (useless bonus fact #2)That last picture of the Chrysler/Simcas is ace, thanks lukas!

[j-j]

aand deep breath! (left to right) BL Princess, Dolomite, 323, Montego, MK3 scrote, Renner 14, 340, Toyota Cressida, Chevette, MK4 tina estate, something, Beemer 7 series, Opel Ascona, Solara, gen1 Prelude....correct?

Could the something be a yellow-ish dolomite? I dunno, I'm just getting a dolly sort of vibe from the teeny visible bit

 

also there's a white something behind the step bollard thing. It's obscured but has quite a distinctive black door mirror

[trigger]

Thought it's about time to bump this thread up again, There's some great photo's on Flickr.

 

Mr_Bo1 as seen yesterday.

 

 

 

BT Bedford J-Type.

 

 

Not really a street scene but a great photo never the less.

 

 

A couple of the same street.

 

 

 

I love the Mk 2 Cortina

 

 

IOW back in 1979.

 

 

There's a Pastel Blue BMW 1602 in this shot like mine.

 

 

This is Lavenham in Suffolk which is near me.

 

 

The Northfield Flasher spotted in 1987.

 

[michiel]

Cool! I've got some new ones too, and lots coming up...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[boobydoo]

 

A few cars here I would kill for!! Not sure if its taken at the factory or at the docks awaiting shipment somewhere.

[seth]

Trigger, those are great!Michel, painting the tyre for a show I guess? We've got a tree in the middle of the road near me with a white stripe painted on it

[Mash]

Flasher alert!!

[michiel]

Michel, painting the tyre for a show I guess?

Correct!