Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread

[urpert]

9 minutes ago, Timewaster said:

What is that silver blob in front of the bus? AI?

Reckon. See also the Cortina’s number plate. 

[Peter C]

31 minutes ago, Timewaster said:

What is that silver blob in front of the bus? AI?

Looks legit 🤔

[urpert]

1 minute ago, Peter C said:

Looks legit 🤔

Looks like a special 2 door Mk5 Orion…

[myglaren]

1 hour ago, Timewaster said:

What is that silver blob in front of the bus? AI?

Looks very much like a Xantia I used to have.

[colnerov]

On 05/04/2026 at 15:18, The Old Bloke Next Door said:

 

 Has the one on the right got her knickers round her ankles?

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, colnerov said:

 

 Has the one on the right got her knickers round her ankles?

Leg warmers I blame Jennifer Beals 

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, colnerov said:

 

 Has the one on the right got her knickers round her ankles?

I doubt she wore any, commando was popular.

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[M'coli]

On 07/04/2026 at 09:10, The Old Bloke Next Door said:

 

Dommy I think, not Commando.

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

57 minutes ago, M'coli said:

Dommy I think, not Commando.

920LYA was Somerset between March and April 1961

Commando launched 1967

To my eyes the bike and rider in the foreground appears to have been superimposed on the background.

[Stinkwheel]

1 hour ago, Momentary Lapse Of Reason said:

920LYA was Somerset between March and April 1961

Commando launched 1967

To my eyes the bike and rider in the foreground appears to have been superimposed on the background.

Agree, or at least agree its a composition not an actual photo. 920 LYA doesnt come up on the DVLA search.

Bloke (who bears a passing resemblance to John Lennon) is sitting on a Dominator 99, in front of a building labelled Norton Motors, but if you look up brace bridge street works, the buildings didnt look like that, different windows, doors etc.  And look at the bikes in the background, at least 2 of them are Turner Triumph twins, why would they be prominently outside the Norton works? 

Bracebridge street also closed in 1962 when Norton became part of AMC.

Conclusion - AI slop unfortunately

[DSdriver]

On 06/04/2026 at 16:48, Timewaster said:

What is that silver blob in front of the bus? AI?

I think the plate on the Cortina must be

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[Yoss]

2 hours ago, myglaren said:

Very early Stag with a Coventry reg. Might be a press car. 

[myglaren]

8 minutes ago, Yoss said:

Very early Stag with a Coventry reg. Might be a press car. 

Used in several films apparently.

[colnerov]

27 minutes ago, myglaren said:

Used in several films apparently.

 

 That's Carol Hawkins, of Please Sir fame, doing a press shot for the '76 film Not now comrade outside the Royal Albert Hall.