Stars in Shite

[Metal Guru]

5 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

She was a despatch rider in the war so is presumably hamming it up for the photographer.

Glad you cleared that up.

[EyesWeldedShut]

 

 

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

This may be a repeat, pictured astride a Norton Big 4.

[MiniMinorMk3]

You Need Hands!

[egg]

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 27/08/2024 at 20:19, The Old Bloke Next Door said:

The other Persuader

[MiniMinorMk3]

[delux]

5 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Perhaps car maintenance isnt one of Jimmy Bonds special skills?

[Madman Of The People]

4 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Early ‘80s Mustangs were never known for their build quality but this is ridiculous! 😝

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

[myglaren]

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller

 

 

[morrisoxide]

Norman Wisdom.

Edit That Hooper Conquest is still on the road!

[Metal Guru]

42 minutes ago, morrisoxide said:

Norman Wisdom.

Edit That Hooper Conquest is still on the road!

Those two Bentleys have the same number Shirley?

[Westbay]

On 02/09/2024 at 17:32, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Ah, Q , I think I need some help ...

[MiniMinorMk3]

20 hours ago, myglaren said:

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller

 

 

1956 Ford Thunderbird.

[martc]

Fighter ace Albert Ball, VC, MC, DSO and bar (all by the age of 20). The car has an English body on an American Overland chassis. He's either very small or the car is HUGE.

[anonymous user]

On 06/09/2024 at 09:56, morrisoxide said:

Norman Wisdom.

Edit That Hooper Conquest is still on the road!

Looks happier with his Sunbeam, he's positively beaming

[myglaren]

[myglaren]

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[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Must have been early in the day’s filming. There’s still a lot of tread on that tyre.

[Madman Of The People]

13 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 

1974 Pontiac Catalina.  Why the Q-plates?

First registered in UK: 1 Sept. 1983.  Tax ran out 11 April 1994.  No MOT history.

 

[somewhatfoolish]

There was a period when the doovla wanted everything non-standard to get Q plates. Mercifully they got over it.

[myglaren]

Jane Birkin and Francoise Hardy

 

 

[delux]

[LightBulbFun]

On 12/09/2024 at 02:00, Madman Of The People said:

 

1974 Pontiac Catalina.  Why the Q-plates?

First registered in UK: 1 Sept. 1983.  Tax ran out 11 April 1994.  No MOT history.

 

On 12/09/2024 at 03:01, somewhatfoolish said:

There was a period when the doovla wanted everything non-standard to get Q plates. Mercifully they got over it.

not quite, the Q plate was introduced on the 1st of August 1983, this was part of a bigger over-arching policy change at the DVLC, where more emphsis was placed on the idenity and age of the vehicle when it was being registered etc

before that date, all imports like that Pontiac would of just been given a plate of whatever was current at time of registration, as seen by this 1953 Buick BGN664X on an X reg with some tasty Serks plates  (I really hope they are still on it!)

the problem is that when these policies changes where introduced in August 1983, the DVLC was much stricter you had to prove the identify/age of your import, and if you could, it would then get an Age related plate, but if you failed to do so, it ended up on a Q plate

and during the early days of this policey change, people where not quite geared up for that, hence why quite a few imports from that time period are on Q plates, I also suspect that during those early days, there was less stigma/bother around a Q plate

 these days if a vehicle is to go on a Q plate it has to through an IVA (individual vehicle approval) which is a big faff, but back in 1983, there was not so such strict requirements, so it was probably more whatever 

in the same way that back then people where not so bothered by their import being on an X reg or whatever, where as today, if you imported a 1953 Buick and it was given a 74 plate, someone would complain

(tho personally I would keep my trap shut and see how long I can keep it for )