Car Spotting

[crmalcolm]

A cute little french number:

[crmalcolm]

And some local transport:

[crmalcolm]

Now for a little bit of a quiz question. My last two posts do not include any cars (sorry). But if you were to place a car in that location, which one(s) would come to mind?

[Adam43]

Bondage:

[E.B]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Bondage:

Very good. I'll pay that one.

Always loved Diana Rigg's, oops I mean Tracy Draco's, Cougar.

[Adam43]

She died you know, as Wogan used to say whenever he played We have all the time in the world.

[E.B]

Originally Posted by Adam43

She died you know, as Wogan used to say whenever he played We have all the time in the world.

Yes, a wonderful actor. Very sad, and in sad circumstances. Coincidentally last week I read an article penned by her daughter regarding Diana's final days and weeks. Diana suffered terribly and was a great supporter of 'assisted dying' and for movement to change the current laws associated.

Edit: Not wishing to entice off topic discussion here, but I dug the article link out of my browser history should anyone be interested. (@Adam, being far from car spotting related, pls delete if you wish)
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...-b2461740.html

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Are the wheels part of the pack?

They appear to be, looks like the Harley badge in the middle

Originally Posted by JHamilton

You're right, those wheels aren't great, they're amazing. Some people shouldn't buy black vehicles though. You know who you are.

Oh no, they're terrible on that truck. Older version I might allow but modern, not so much. But I went to 17s and think you were at what 22s on the previous so not sure our wheel option outlook is different

[Alfaholic]

Originally Posted by E.B

Wow..... great looking set of cars. Is the white one a Lincoln? Also a great fan of Estate cars here, especially rare ones. A pipe-smoking neighbour of Mum and Dads used to have a Morris Oxford Traveller (ISTR that was the official name) which was used to tow a small caravan. I would try and avoid him. He used to love a chat and was one of those "Aye when I was a lad we used to...." types.

Certainly quite an eclectic mix of cars there, in great condition too, even a Beige Marina.

Plus the sun looks to have been shining. Sounds like the recipe for a perfect day.

Re Broad's truck pic, the wheels look out of scale and tiny. Just looks wrong.

Yep - from what I can find it's a Continental of 1948 vintage



It wasn't just about the internal combustion engine powered cars - these was also a display of electric vehicles (of a sort )

[Adam43]

Got to love those lead batteries!

[Mike Harte]

On the subject of electric vehicles, they are not a new concept. During the 50s here in the UK, most/many of us would have had our milk delivered by electric milk floats, but other companies also had EVs.

Just from memory, again in the 50s and going on into the 60s, Harrods used electric vans to deliver around London and as far as the outer northern suburbs. And also around that time, a laundry company used to use electric vans, and they were travelling up to 100 miles a day travelling to customers and back to their base.