Stars in Shite

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, wesacosa said:

I remember his TV show. Bernie Winters was on it too.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Him & His brother.  Mike were a double act in the 50/60's

[wesacosa]

3 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Him & His brother.  Mike were a double act in the 50/60's

If you hadn't been comedians,' Morecambe & Wise were asked, 'what would you have been?' Eric Morecambe, without missing a beat, answered: 'Mike and Bernie Winters

[Metal Guru]

7 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Him & His brother.  Mike were a double act in the 50/60's

Vaguely remember them. Bit before my time. 

[martc]

Fidel Castro and Herr Hoeneker. The car is really bugging me, the chrome windscreen surround and the grab rail on the back of the seat both look very familiar. A ZiL or tatra perhaps.

 

 

[chaseracer]

This might help: Halle-Neustadt in 1972, apparently...

[chaseracer]

Same car, with Leonid Brezhnev in Berlin, slightly clearer pic.

Bonus Tatra!

[jim89]

Zil 111 ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIL-111

Also in Lego 😅

[myglaren]

Charlotte Rampling

[myglaren]

Catherine Bell

[martc]

^^^^ I say, ding dong!

Thanks for the ZiL confirmation chaps, I recognise it now!

[myglaren]

Patti Smith

 

[Pieman]

On 03/02/2026 at 22:34, jim89 said:

Zil 111 ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIL-111

Also in Lego 😅

Always amuses me that despite the Soviets' hatred of the Yanks, they were happy to copy their car designs.

[jim89]

17 minutes ago, Pieman said:

Always amuses me that despite the Soviets' hatred of the Yanks, they were happy to copy their car designs.

Indeed. And reserve their use exclusively for higher level communal comrades*.... 

[Madman Of The People]

On 03/02/2026 at 16:34, jim89 said:

Zil 111 ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIL-111

Also in Lego 😅

 

Seems very reminiscent of a 1960s Lincoln Continental and, if you squint just a little, the bonnet badge looks as if it was nicked from a '60s Ford Thunderbird.