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Pocket Rocket Man....

Not mini , but a nice one ,

Really old , I would like one of those Petrol pumps

goff wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:37 pm Not mini , but a nice one ,

Is the Capri ad genuine? (Lights/bumpers suggest USA spec?)
I would be surprised Ford could get away with that even back then?

Definitely left hand drive

mab01uk wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 7:29 pm

goff wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:37 pm Not mini , but a nice one ,

Is the Capri ad genuine? (Lights/bumpers suggest USA spec?)
I would be surprised Ford could get away with that even back then?

I think US Capri's were Mercury branded not Ford - so I reckon that's a fake.

mab01uk wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 7:29 pm

goff wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:37 pm Not mini , but a nice one ,

Is the Capri ad genuine? (Lights/bumpers suggest USA spec?)
I would be surprised Ford could get away with that even back then?

Don't know mab , just got it of the internet , Sexist , would you let a women drive your pride and joy ?????

This is a better one

My guess is that is a Candian Ford ad.

http://sorrento.allcarsincanada.com/for ... 10948.html

Some Capris being advertised as chick magnets.

In case anyone is interested, I've translated the ad text from the Dutch one.

"A car to be seen in.

We're not going to tell you that a Capri makes you a more attractive man. You will get more looks when you're driving a Capri... but the curious, estimating, women's eyes are destined for your Capri. Women like to imagine how good they would look driving a car like that. And truly, that is the only reason why they would sooner sit next to you in a Capri than in an another car. This could be tricky for a married man. Because actually, we planned it as a car for a young family with such a generous rear seat. But oh well, when all this female attention get boring you can at least get away quickly. Especially with a 2 liter GT engine, or if that isn't fast enough for you there are 2.3 and 2.6 liter for extraordinary performance. A top speed op 185 km/h, for instance."

you couldn't make it up

Absolute classic!

I for one am very happy that things have moved on since the 1970's!

1970's Mini automatic ad...

I only know 2 people who had to pass an automatic test.

They are both blokes!

mk1 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:21 am I only know 2 people who had to pass an automatic test.

They are both blokes!

is one of those two you Mark ?

Ha, ha, not me thankfully.

Cheeky bugger

Seen this on the net , It says The electric Egg , Designed & built by painter Paul Arzens in ( wait for it ) 1942 , France , now i got to thinking this is when the Germans occupied France , make your own minds up , but someone suggested it could be made from cockpits of crashed planes , Ali + perpex and he was cahoots with the Germans , Just Googled it and it says 1942 also made/designed a car called the Whale

The "EGG" has some nice workmanship in it. The other long streamliner "Whale" car looks likes an older generation FAB1 minus one set of front wheels!

A nice pic from the photoshoot taken at Goodwood for the first Mini Cooper sales brochure in May 1961.
The car has a dummy badge and grille pending a decision on whether to launch an Austin or Morris version first.

mk1 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:21 am I only know 2 people who had to pass an automatic test.

They are both blokes!

Having passed my 3 wheeler test in the ABC prototype at age 16....

In 1970 I also passed my test in an automatic....no one I knew had a manual gearbox car !!
So I went along in my Mk2 3.8 Jaguar and the tester spent the whole time talking about the car.

Suffice to say 3 years later had to take another test in a Manual Mini