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Popular Post DDolfelin Posted June 29, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2013 That's it for now. I do like cars with running boards. 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 I can't think why, but the images are free to use if anyone wants them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 AustinC.jpg I grew up being driven around in one of them. My Dad had it for 20 years from new, and replaced it with a new Vauxhall Viva a few months before I started learning to drive. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 Perhaps it's the same one - this was in North Wales. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekl Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Lovely pictures. The chap standing next to the Wolseley JNL 655 is clearly chatting on a mobile which wasn't around when they were made. For those interested in seeing "in the flesh" and in the West Midlands, there is a substantial collection of Coventry and area built cars in the Coventry Museum of Transport. (Don't get too excited, "Transport" in this context means bicycles, motor bikes and cars - it doesn't run to trains and planes, although there are one each bus, truck and tractor). Looking around the 60's/70's display, and remembering just what lemons many were, kind of explains why there is not that much car manufacturing in Coventry now. No connection with the museum, other than visited a couple of times. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) Perhaps it's the same one - this was in North Wales. No. It was GRX858, and spent all its life in Berkshire, apart from the occasional holiday in Sussex or the West Country. As far as I know, it only paid one visit to Wales. It was the same colour though. Edited June 29, 2013 by BG John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I'm mildly concerned that a Mk3 Capri and a VW Scirrocco class as "old" because of what that might say about me . An Austin Cambridge that didn't get smashed to bits by the banger racing boys and a Herald 13/60 that didn't end up under a kit-car have a fair bit of rarity value and a degree of nostalgia for me as I spent my teens and early twenties keeping examples of both (well, it was an Oxford actually) running on a shoestring. The Oxford is particularly well remembered as the only car I've ever inadvertantly spun. In a lane only marginally wider than the Oxford's length. Without hitting anything. Jammy git . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 ... and here's a little something for the weekend. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) So glad to see that the highway authority in the UK managed to collect tax from that exUSArmy tracked vehicle............ Best, Pete. Edit: Note, I am being sarcastic here...............just to be clear........... Edited June 30, 2013 by trisonic 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodyfox Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 So glad to see that the highway authority in the UK managed to collect tax from that exUSArmy tracked vehicle............ Best, Pete. Sadly Pete there is a ridiculous law that allows very old cars (and more polluting as a result) to travel around paying no road fund licence, yet a structure exists (albeit shallow and ineffective) that larger cars with higher emission rates pay more. It is a paradox but understandable when one examines the cockeyed priviledges 'motorists' still enjoy from laws passed when the car could do no wrong ( and the road lobby had real power) in the 50's and 60's. Thankfully times there are a changing... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 30, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2013 Perhaps it's the same one - this was in North Wales. Merioneth registration! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted June 30, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2013 Merioneth registration! This an age related re-registration and as such the car probably had nothing to do with North Wales, it could even have been GRX 858 concievably in it's previous life. The DVLA recycle little used registration numbers from tuppennyhapenny counties in Wales and Scotland, such as Merionnethshire and Clackmannanshire, to ensure that cars are regidtered in period. They cannot be sold on as "cherished" numbers though. Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Sadly Pete there is a ridiculous law that allows very old cars (and more polluting as a result) to travel around paying no road fund licence, yet a structure exists (albeit shallow and ineffective) that larger cars with higher emission rates pay more. It is a paradox but understandable when one examines the cockeyed priviledges 'motorists' still enjoy from laws passed when the car could do no wrong ( and the road lobby had real power) in the 50's and 60's. Thankfully times there are a changing... More than that. I can take my 40 year old MG Midget into London's Low Emission Zone with impunity. My VW camper (diesel) attracts a charge of £100 per day. Bit like allowing steam trains in smokeless zones really! Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I'd do that every day just to wind "them" up........... Best, Pete. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 30, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2013 I'm mildly concerned that a Mk3 Capri and a VW Scirrocco class as "old" because of what that might say about me . An Austin Cambridge that didn't get smashed to bits by the banger racing boys and a Herald 13/60 that didn't end up under a kit-car have a fair bit of rarity value and a degree of nostalgia for me as I spent my teens and early twenties keeping examples of both (well, it was an Oxford actually) running on a shoestring. The Oxford is particularly well remembered as the only car I've ever inadvertantly spun. In a lane only marginally wider than the Oxford's length. Without hitting anything. Jammy git . I've done that with an Oxford as well, right outside Seven Kings station. How I managed to avoid hitting either the traffic island or a line of parked cars I do not know. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 This an age related re-registration and as such the car probably had nothing to do with North Wales, it could even have been GRX 858 concievably in it's previous life. I don't think it lasted very long after Dad traded it in, although it was in good condition when he handed it over. It just needed new brake pipes as far as I remember. There are a few subtle differences to the two photos I've found showing parts of it. If by some chance it is, the wing and door mirrors and radio aerial need to be removed, as they're alien features it never had! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium southern42 Posted June 30, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2013 Grandad - Morris Minor - our means to a day out to the beach. Grandad and Gran in the front; Mum, Dad and 2 kids in the back and stuck in a long queue of traffic on the way home....and no passes ...by-passes, I mean. "Those were the days, my friend" - oops, sorry, wrong thread... Thanks for the this thread, DD. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 That's not a Scirocco, but a Corrado. The G60 version was part of VW's attempt to introduce supercharged engines to a wider audience. They were not a commercial success, even though they worked quite well. Pity no unusual cars: I like to see things like Ro80s, DSs, K70s.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium southern42 Posted June 30, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2013 That's not a Scirocco, but a Corrado. The G60 version was part of VW's attempt to introduce supercharged engines to a wider audience. They were not a commercial success, even though they worked quite well. Pity no unusual cars: I like to see things like Ro80s, DSs, K70s.... They'll start pouring in now, Horsetan...you watch...(hint, hint? Everybody.....) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) They'll start pouring in now, Horsetan...you watch...(hint, hint? Everybody.....) OK, twist my arm. Not really sure what most of these are, but a selection from the Rotherham show and the London-Brighton run mostly. Humber Super Snipe (my dad had one) This one looks utterly bonkers, not exactly a wheel at each corner: S-Cargo Edited June 30, 2013 by eastwestdivide 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 I had a Great Uncle who used to build Humbers. It was apparently in the days when the workers had their own die stamp to emboss into the bodywork. 'Pride in the work' was in existence then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 I like No 188 above. My Lawn Tractor is bigger than that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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