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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,324
    London 1975 again, South Circular Rd.


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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    Looks like a Datsun Cherry/100A first car oncoming. Second car driving away, small and narrow, appears to be an Invacar (which I recalled via HubNut on Youtube).
    ab348 said:

    London 1975 again, South Circular Rd.

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,462
    Red sedan I thought at first was a Volvo 140, but blowing it up, taillights look a little off.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,126

    @stickguy said:
    Red sedan I thought at first was a Volvo 140, but blowing it up, taillights look a little off.

    Could it be a Volvo 164?

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    The rarest version of a hugely popular model>


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,462
    The euro version, with all the flags.

    I like the color.

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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,599
    78/79 Cutlass Salon aero. I like it better now than then.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,324
    fintail said:

    Looks like a Datsun Cherry/100A first car oncoming. Second car driving away, small and narrow, appears to be an Invacar (which I recalled via HubNut on Youtube).

    I was wondering what that was. I had no clue and being narrower than a Mini that was the reason I posted the pic. Good ID!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invacar

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,324
    edited September 2021
    Another from 1975 London, this being the Dulwich Common area. Expandable.


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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    sda said:

    78/79 Cutlass Salon aero. I like it better now than then.

    Yeah, me too.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,462
    brown Mercedes hiding behind the white Escort wagon. And a few cars ahead, a Yellow Capri with black vinyl roof.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,232
    @sda
    The driving test here is from 17 years of age apart from mopeds which is 16
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,232
    That Jag is the Mk II not the 240/340 - the latter had thinner bumpers than the crash barrier on this original one
    @andys120 - yes that the Hillman Imp heading towards bridge and approaching is a Hillman Minx / Hunter of the Arrow family - and just behind that in the shadows below the bridge is an ADO 16 - probably an early one I think
    The Routemaster bus is a standard size one - they also made a longer wheelbase version with a little extra window behind the fourth windows on each deck - that additional row of seats would give an extra 8 seats
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,232
    Elsewhere along your London suburban sojourn the Forest Hill Mini (GOB plate) was registered in Birmingham in 1962 and is a Morris Mini Minor
    And the Dulwich Common one - just down the road from Forest Hill - has a grey Wolseley 1500 in the nearside lane
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,232
    edited September 2021
    Well spotted on the Invacar - here's a slightly earlier version in Manchester - though most including this one were registered in Surrey as that was where the Dept of Health registered them in fleets to give to disabled people

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    MB is a W108/109 (from what I can see, quite possibly the less common 109)
    stickguy said:

    brown Mercedes hiding behind the white Escort wagon. And a few cars ahead, a Yellow Capri with black vinyl roof.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    Bentley Mark VI at left (or possibly a Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn, but much less likely).
    magnette said:

    Well spotted on the Invacar - here's a slightly earlier version in Manchester - though most including this one were registered in Surrey as that was where the Dept of Health registered them in fleets to give to disabled people

  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,232
    edited September 2021
    @fintail
    Yes, the Silver Dawn was pretty much export only I think - the Bentley is more likely

    The white car following the Invacar is a Vauxhall Victor FC - a new model in 1965 (C registration)
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,324
    magnette said:


    And the Dulwich Common one - just down the road from Forest Hill - has a grey Wolseley 1500 in the nearside lane

    At first glance I thought that might be a Landcrab but then thought it was a Maxi. I am unsure of the differences in the Wolseley version.

    Just ahead of it is a HC Vauxhall viva, which represented that model's last stand in the Canadian market, where it was badged as the Firenza. As Wiki states, "The HC was pulled from the Canadian market after two model years amidst consumer anger over corrosion and reliability issues."

    https://www.hotcars.com/this-lemon-caused-vauxhall-to-be-driven-out-of-north-america/

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  • lemko1968lemko1968 Member Posts: 111
    ???


  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,462
    it is an Eshelman, sport 55 car.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,324
    I don't know much about this picture. I believe it is somewhere in London obviously, I believe late 1960s, but the large building in the background is a mystery to me. This expands to a massive size.


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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    edited September 2021
    On the left is a Rover P5 followed by a Ford Anglia/105E. and to their right is a Morris Minor convertible

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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,599
    Ford Cortina far right. The fintail looks like it is moving along at a brisk clip.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    Fintail is a W110, appears to be on a "B" registration, so 1964, 4 cyl car.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Not what you think. Hint: note UK location, strange color...er colour and rooftop wing.


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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,324
    For reasons known only to them, Chrysler sold the Magnum wagon in Euroland with a 300 nose and badging. That color is surely not a factory offering.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,324
    Here's a cool (stock) photo of 1960s London traffic. Expands nicely. I think I can hear Herman's Hermits already.



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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,462
    Imagine driving an AM DB5 in commuter traffic today? Even then it stuck out. Early version of the big Benz series in front of it.

    Looks like a Jag Saloon a few cars back in front of an old convertible.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    ab348 said:

    For reasons known only to them, Chrysler sold the Magnum wagon in Euroland with a 300 nose and badging. That color is surely not a factory offering.

    That's right; in Britain it's sold as the Chrysler 300 Estate. I wonder if that wing is a factory option.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    The Holy Grail!>


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,462
    1960 Ford Fairlane Starliner.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,682
    This is real. Live. Last Sunday was at the Concours de Elegance.
    Out of a thousand cars I've seen in car shows during the last couple weeks,
    this is the only 1960 Ford.



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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,402
    Ah, the memories. Had one with the NASCAR options for the weekend. Unbelievably fast with super sensitive steering. Was hard to drive in a straight line, but it could really carve the curves.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,232
    The guy in that DB5 looks like he's yawning - London traffic can do that...

    The picture with the M-B Fintail is looking at the corner of Trafalgar Square - pulling out next to the red Mail van is a Vanden Plas 3 litre - the posh Austin Westminster clone.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,232
    UK had the Chrysler 300 saloon and Estate too - they were quite popular here for a time.

    Back with the A-M the estate behind it is a Hillman Super Minx and a bit back there is a Minor convertible ahead of a Land Rover
    Probably the oldest car in that shot is a Vauxhall Victor - the black early one on the far right above the M-Benz SE
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    magnette said:

    The guy in that DB5 looks like he's yawning - London traffic can do that...

    If you pull up pix of the DB5 they all have the faired-in headlights under glass covers. I believe the one in the photo is a DB4. IIRC only the Zagato version of the DB4 had those.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    edited September 2021
    MB coupe in the traffic jam pic is a W111 220SE, no later than 1963.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    You're on the right track, but technically a Galaxie Starliner ;)
    stickguy said:

    1960 Ford Fairlane Starliner.

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,324

    Speaking of 1960 Fords, this period promo film introducing the new is fun.

    https://youtu.be/TLKUY9wccKY

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    Beautiful color on that Starliner in the video. I still like that Town Victoria 4 door HT, too.
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,032

    @ab348 said:
    For reasons known only to them, Chrysler sold the Magnum wagon in Euroland with a 300 nose and badging. That color is surely not a factory offering.

    I’d bet they don’t even know. That’s one of those dumb decisions that happened at a company sponsored happy hour after too many martinis.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    On top of that, I am pretty sure almost all of those wagons were diesel. Forbidden fruit in a way.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,324
    edited September 2021
    Omaha, NE, likely mid-1960s. Very expandable.




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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,032

    Is the blue Caddy a 65? Always have trouble with the stacked headlight models.

    Love the two tone Ford pickup.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    65 or 66 Caddy, I'd have to look to know the difference.

    Upper right, to the right of the cool Dodge two tone pickup looks like a 68 intermediate Ford with wood trim. Upper left in front of a Beetle looks like a red Corvette Stingray.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,462

    Nice firebird. I think a 67

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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 825
    1965 Pontiac Catalina.
    The Cadillac is a '65.
  • transamsd73transamsd73 Member Posts: 38
    White Firebird is a 68. 67 had vent windows on them.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,126
    '67 Vistacruiser? Grade school friend's family had one, liked looking out the green roof windows.
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