Just a nice period picture

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WMU 211G wrote: Sun Jul 10, 2022 6:24 pm
The car following it appears to be a Scimitar GT Coupe.
Good spot. Designed by Ogle by the way.

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Lovely looking car that ;)


Couple of Mk2s Minis in Dundee, not Coopers so 850 or 1000...

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ECMS 1965
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DOWNTON Mini is what I like a lot.
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Top Chop Clubman

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It is a Jag? Is it a Merc? No, it's a Mini
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TFR 34J registration on the Jag/ Merc mutant the same series as TFR 327J the Bronze yellow 1275GT
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Was this the "Who owns the most ugliest car in town" exhibition?
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Thought those were ugly, you ain't seen nothin' yet!


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This is a Heinz 57 Hornet :o

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And a couple of more restrained modded Mini Vans

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They are ugly but I'd rather go to a show full of cars like this than a collection of identical restored S's with old farts going on about how they have the correct dated exhaust rubbers and period hose clips!
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EAVB wrote: Mon Jul 11, 2022 7:04 pm They are ugly but I'd rather go to a show full of cars like this than a collection of identical restored S's with old farts going on about how they have the correct dated exhaust rubbers and period hose clips!
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EAVB wrote: Mon Jul 11, 2022 7:04 pm They are ugly but I'd rather go to a show full of cars like this than a collection of identical restored S's with old farts going on about how they have the correct dated exhaust rubbers and period hose clips!
Me too! :lol:
Happy days from back in the 1970's Custom and Hot Car era.....

Some more custom Mini photos in link below from the Donnington 20th Mini Extravaganza - 1979 :-
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The 1970's. The decade that taste forgot.

When all the men looked like the Yorkshire Ripper & all the women looked like Margot out of the good life.
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1970s, London street scenes....doesn't look too bad to me compared to what you see on those same streets today. :lol:
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Hum, each to their own I guess.

I also assume that Shampoo was only discovered in the 1980's :lol:
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Before you think I am picking on the 1970's unduly, I also hated the 1980's.

But at least grooming products were a thing by then :lol:
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I thought grooming was for horses!
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mk1 wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 8:15 am The 1970's. The decade that taste forgot.

When all the men looked like the Yorkshire Ripper & all the women looked like Margot out of the good life.

Mark,
If you didn’t like the 70s you’ll hate this:
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1975 meeting of our early Mini club when as a 19 year old I thought I could do a better conversion than W&P!
1430 S with Singer Vogue headlights turned on end with 5” Cibie lamp units (which confused the MOT inspector), Elf bonnet with oil cooler in the gap, modified Austin Cambridge grille, horrible front spoiler, E Type dashboard etc etc.
By the way, most blokes in the 70s looked like Margot :lol:
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Ha, ha, great picture. It looks like an audition for the Bay City Rollers :)
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Can't say I have noticed much in the way of progress with grooming products or presentation in the crowd scenes at the recent Glastonbury :lol: or on the average UK high street where anything now goes.....but probably the most noticeable difference in old high street crowd scenes from the 1960/70's is the effect too many fast food outlets and cheap junk food have had on the waistline measurements of the population since then....
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Now that we can agree on!
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