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It wouldn't surprise me, Jem had fingers in several pies back then. A while ago I was looking at buying a Marcos 1600 or 3000 GT and did some reading into the company, old Jem was a fascinating bloke, they don't make them like that anymore

Another couple of period images...

My 3 penneth.
The 850 was a good match for the Escorts in the right conditions.
Marjorie Poops showing a bit of leg in 1968 - disgusting, wouldn't happen these days

Blimey Marge Proops, that brings back memories... I feel old now

Time for a beige Mk2 850 / 1000 saloon with Cooper S steelies onmethinks...

Just found this in the hard drive...

Looks like one of those squeezey merchants gangs giving them all a quick wash!

Far left from the front ('63 Coupe Des Alpes)



The Yardbirds



Modern Architecture



'68 London to Sydney



Ouch!!!



Who's that girl?

WMU 211G wrote:

Does anyone know who the photographer of this would have been? I believe he did a lot of BMC's promotional photos. I read an interview with him where he said that if you got the girl to cover the part of the rego that dated it, you could get several years out of the same picture.

Tim

Looks like Don Moore in the back of the Broadspeed picture?

Is that a monotone crashed S just above the Broadspeed? Can't tell if it's a Mk1 or 2. LOOKS like a Mk1 (note the corner bar) but it's got a plain black interior.

God...... I feel like I'm becoming an anorak.......

And it’s got wind up windows too.
Austrália maybe?...

They look like reverse rims, not S rims. I agree, the whole pic has an Aussie feel to it.

Horrendous crash though. If anyone got out alive then they were very, very lucky.

Spectator meets Lucien Bianchi Citroen near Nowra NSW 68 London to Sydney.

Mini driver suffered a lacerated hand when the wood steering wheel broke up... I think the passenger for a sprained ankle or somesuch. Citroen navigator didn't do so well....

Cheers, Ian

Dash of a 63 works Cooper, this one a 1071, 277EBL, on its debut, the tape on the dash is the old, take one off for every lap completed, the Monza test, 89mph average for one hour.

rpb203 wrote:Looks like Don Moore in the back of the Broadspeed picture?

Yes I thought so aswell Gary.

Castle Combe 1963



Plumbers van Edinburgh 1963

......and an OO registered mini. Is OO a Kent reg number? If so, it's a long way from home! Could it be a Police Panda in that powder blue?

OO is not only a model railway gauge it is also an Essex registration identifier issued from Chelmsford in period. Check out images of the local works team cars of the period which were prepared in Boredom just along the road from Chelmsford before Stuart went rear wheel drive!

But wherever it is, it's a LONG way from Jockland. Nice photo though.

Alsop's Garage, Newport in 1968 with a BMC sales forecourt of new unregistered Minivans at £475, a Mini Pickup and other BMC Commercial vehicles including the rarer 'Austin' versions of the Minor van all available at bargain prices.....


Photo: Heritage Commercials magazine

Some more nice period photos from the mid-sixties below of a working 'commercial' Mini....seen in 'Classic Van & Pickup' magazine. (published by Kelsey).