Just a nice period picture

[WMU 211G]

I'm sure I saw a lion a few minutes ago. Man I must stop toking on that weed!



Oi, you leave my wipers alone!

Two kids in the front seat what a throwback to the 70's for me anyway

These pics are giving me nightmare flashbacks to a visit to West Mids Safari Park thirty years ago in my '79 1100 Clubman - the bloody baboons took one of my windscreen wipers and half the radio aerial!

[steve1071]

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Two kids in the front seat what a throwback to the 70's for me anyway
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We used to go shopping in a neighbours mk2 Cortina, four in the back, two in the front and me being the youngest sat on the armrest between the front seats.......!

[Lakeland997]

It sounds a bit Brexitty but it's nice to see all (?) British cars there.

I spy with my little eye two VWs, one Bug and one Fastback, and a Peugeot 404 Estate. I'd say at least 50% of the vehicles are BMC/BL.

It might reflect the fact that there were no less than ten Leyland dealers in West Cumbria at that time - of which my father was one.
There are fewer than ten dealers of any brand here now.
Needless to say, he swapped to the Volkswagen franchise at the earliest opportunity. Not a bad decision in retrospect.

[Costafortune]

A book called 'turning back the clock' by Geoff Owen illustrates how clueless BMC really were, and how badly customers were treated.

[mab01uk]

The first February 1965 Triple C issue (2/6d), which was titled Cars Illustrated incorporating Car Conversions:


CCC first appeared in 1965; it grew out of Cars Illustrated:


and eventually from CCC came a magazine called 'MiniWorld'.

[olddave]

Another 1100 from Whitehaven.

Totally rust free this time. Well it was 1962.

[Old English White]

No. I know that the rust is already taking hold Mine was only 3 years old when it failed its first ever MOT on rust

[surfblue63]

Bit of a rusty door bottom on this Mini Minor tootling along the South Circular in 1975



Late registered Mk1 in Tulse Hill



Outside Stephen Wards Mews flat following the shooting incident

[mab01uk]

[UHR850]

Somewhere long ago in the Netherlands

Kees.

[surfblue63]

Look at the size of that Peco Big Boy.

[Exminiman]

Look at the size of that Peco Big Boy.

Very Phallic

[mab01uk]

[surfblue63]

Living on an Island!





Learning to drive.





Who remembers the BSM? Used to see them all over the place.

[SMOKE GREY]

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[UHR850]

Whow that's a nice picture

[Costafortune]

1972 Lotus Elan, Elan +2's and Europas collected from the factory.

[WMU 211G]

Citroen SMs leaving the factory....!

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[Peter Laidler]

Re the Cooper Car Co delivery lorry photo above. Why would the CCCo have their own delivery lorry? Where were they collecting and delivering to? Did they, for some reason have their own collection service from ther factory? I can't recall any other distributor having their own delivery service and can't imaging CCCo having more new cars delivered that Stewart and Arden. A new mini Cooper owner would simply go and collect surely? Or if he couldn't, then the delivery drivers would deliver it to the local BMC garage. I remember seeing these delivery drivers, clutching their trade plates, hitch-hiking all over the South of England........

Just puzzles me

[surfblue63]

Re the Cooper Car Co delivery lorry photo above. Why would the CCCo have their own delivery lorry? Where were they collecting and delivering to? Did they, for some reason have their own collection service from ther factory? I can't recall any other distributor having their own delivery service and can't imaging CCCo having more new cars delivered that Stewart and Arden. A new mini Cooper owner would simply go and collect surely? Or if he couldn't, then the delivery drivers would deliver it to the local BMC garage. I remember seeing these delivery drivers, clutching their trade plates, hitch-hiking all over the South of England........

Just puzzles me

It's their race transporter, I guess these are new cars about to be turned into racers.