Show me a nice old car

[Alfasud]

[Mackinaw]

Ford Econoline.



Jim B.

[Abbazz]

Citroën Méhari:


Alpine Renault:


Cheers!

Abbazz

[Yokosuka_Mike]

^ Abbazz, that Alpine looks great! It's like a Karmann Ghia on steroids or something.

Fujifilm X100F
Astia film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - October 13, 2019



All the best,
Mike

[dourbalistar]

1980 Chevrolet Corvette L-82.

Pentax ME Super, SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.7, ORWO N74+, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 6.5 minutes.


2019.08.17 Roll #215-03882-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

[Abbazz]

Originally Posted by Yokosuka_Mike

^ Abbazz, that Alpine looks great! It's like a Karmann Ghia on steroids or something.

The difference is the Alpine won the 1973 World Rally Championship!

Cheers!

Abbazz

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Lovely Ted! I've never owned one but I've driven several over the years on sprint courses and they are absolutely fabulous. Which engine?

[je2a3]

Spotted last summer in NoLiTa, NYC
M6 + 35 'cron version 1
FP4+/Rodinal 1+25

[Mcary]

[Doug]

^^ (not M.Cary's nice Ford Thunderbird!) lovely 60-ish Porsche! And two other interesting things visible... Is that a Porsche Boxster down the street? And upper right the wheel lock may be applied by the local parking enforcement, or, an owner might apply the lock as a theft-prevention measure...

[je2a3]

Originally Posted by Doug

Is that a Porsche Boxster down the street? And upper right the wheel lock may be applied by the local parking enforcement, or, an owner might apply the lock as a theft-prevention measure...

Thanks!
Must be a Boxster. I think that owner forgot (or didn't?) to pay parking tickets... it was taken in NYC.

[Larry Cloetta]

Contax G2 90mm outdated fuji something

[Brad Bireley]

Fujifilm Instax Wide 300
Instax Monochrome

[markjwyatt]

busted by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

[AndersG]

An old Mercedes-Benz in Uppsala, Sweden, July 2019. Canon EOS 30D and EF 28mm f/2.8 at 1/250 sec, f/8 and ISO 100.

[Derek Leath]

Taken with one of my Leica M3's TMax 100 5cm Summicron
AllBritishCarShow-1
by
Derek Leath, on Flickr

AllBritishCarShow-9
by
Derek Leath, on Flickr

AllBritishCarShow-10
by
Derek Leath, on Flickr

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Very nice Derek! First time I've ever seen a 541 - R or otherwise!

[Mackinaw]

Beautiful 1961 Continental, and a hot-rod C3 Corvette. Cell phone pic.



Jim B.

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Originally Posted by Brad Bireley

Fujifilm Instax Wide 300
Instax Monochrome

What a lovely set of tones and a really nice photograph. That is some result for an instant pic!

[dourbalistar]

Chevrolet Monte Carlo, or should I say Monte Car-lowrider.

Pentax 6x7, S-M-C Takumar 6x7 55mm f/3.5, Panoramic Adapter, ORWO N74+, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 6.5 minutes.


2019.07.04 Roll #210-36.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Not as much old as not new, my Alfa GT Coupe 3.2 V6 24V. The last of the great Busso engined Alfas - a thing of beauty when right, and one of the biggest PITAs I've ever owned (and I've had three temperamental Citroens). Sold today to an Alfisti who claims he knows what he's letting himself in for...

[dourbalistar]

1953 Cadillac Coupe deVille.

Nikon FM2n, AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.8S, Ultrafine Xtreme 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.


2019.09.25 Roll #221-04048-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II, Mayfair.

Leica M5
Zeiss Biogon C 35mm f2.8
Ilford Delta 400 at 200, Perceptol 1:2 10 minutes

[Yokosuka_Mike]

Sigma Sd Quattro - Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 EX DC lens
Jogashima Island, Japan - November 2019

I like that it has curtains in the windows.





All the best,
Mike

[dourbalistar]

Originally Posted by Yokosuka_Mike

I like that it has curtains in the windows.

Well, then you might like this curtained Kombi, too.

Nikon FM2n, Nikkor-S Auto 55mm f/1.2, Ultrafine Xtreme 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.


2019.10.10 Roll #223-04072-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

[David Hughes]

Austin Six





This was in the car park at a show or fair. Taken a long time ago with an Olympus E-10.


Regards, David

[CharlesDAMorgan]

The Big Six. We forget too often that Austin made some excellent upscale vehicles pre-war. Most of the named cars have their names taken from towns local to me - so Iver, , Burnham, Eton, Windsor, Ascot etc. Amusingly Herbert Austin had a mistress who lived in Iver just round the corner from my house, and their child was known as Sir Herbert's little baby Austin!

[David Hughes]

Originally Posted by CharlesDAMorgan

The Big Six. We forget too often that Austin made some excellent upscale vehicles pre-war. Most of the named cars have their names taken from towns local to me - so Iver, , Burnham, Eton, Windsor, Ascot etc. Amusingly Herbert Austin had a mistress who lived in Iver just round the corner from my house, and their child was known as Sir Herbert's little baby Austin!

I've sworn to get one but it depends on a lottery win... Perhaps a cheaper old Rolls might stop the yearning. I think the word for that Austin is gorgeous.

Regards, David


PS Or an Austin Champ; now there's a beast.

[Alfasud]

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Originally Posted by David Hughes

I've sworn to get one but it depends on a lottery win... Perhaps a cheaper old Rolls might stop the yearning. I think the word for that Austin is gorgeous.

Regards, David


PS Or an Austin Champ; now there's a beast.

My brief involvement with the world of RR and Bentley classics was that the cheaper ones were doubly expensive.

After restoring or running 5 classics I have learned that the enjoyment of others' vehicles at a distance is considerably more rewarding!

[David Hughes]

Originally Posted by CharlesDAMorgan

My brief involvement with the world of RR and Bentley classics was that the cheaper ones were doubly expensive.

After restoring or running 5 classics I have learned that the enjoyment of others' vehicles at a distance is considerably more rewarding!

Hi,

A neighbour's father had one and spent 23k on it in two years. His opinion was that you've got to spend at least 30K to get going. I shall stick to the boring and/or reasonably exciting having been warned. They're a bit like cameras...

OTOH the Mayflower and Bond Equipe were fun... But a long, long time ago.

Regards, David

PS I think in some ways that RR's are worrying in that I have never felt that I was driving the thing despite sitting behind the wheel. I didn't get the feedback I expected and was not feeling connected to it.

[Moto-Uno]

^What the heck were you doing driving it ? I thought that's why you had butlers , Peter

[David Hughes]

Originally Posted by Moto-Uno

^What the heck were you doing driving it ? I thought that's why you had butlers , Peter

FWIW, we were both staying at the same place and the owner let me drive the thing; a 1960's classic. More recently several appeared in my road and, as you do, you chat to neighbours and learn these things. This year they've nothing exotic or exciting except the odd Porsche and Jag's. Even the 2CV's gone...


Regards, David

[CharlesDAMorgan]

I suspect David's establishment is probably of the moderately grand type, so most likely to have a cook general, housemaid, keeper and valet rather than butler. The valet would probably double up as chauffeur.

In the larger establishments with butlers and footmen, the task of driving the car would fall to the chauffeur or under-chauffeur.

There are few Royces that anyone would drive for fun!

[Out to Lunch]

Citroën Méhari by Abbazz




Also known as the baby brousse.



Colonial residue: A Citroen 'Baby Brousse' parked in Vung Tau. Citroen developed the idea to produce cars in French colonies and overseas territories without having to invest in expensive stamping machines. Hence the square look.

[David Hughes]

Originally Posted by CharlesDAMorgan

I suspect David's establishment is probably of the moderately grand type, so most likely to have a cook general, housemaid, keeper and valet rather than butler. The valet would probably double up as chauffeur.

In the larger establishments with butlers and footmen, the task of driving the car would fall to the chauffeur or under-chauffeur.

There are few Royces that anyone would drive for fun!

Well, I dunno about that...

As for driving for fun; when we both had jobs and both needed cars we always had a large-ish sort of tourer (meaning comfortable with a decent boot) and a smaller one for shopping and running around.

The ones I miss were all the small ones like the 2CV and Herald and so on. Anyway, nowadays driving isn't much fun there are too many roundabouts and traffic lights. And too few direction signs; I guess we should all have satnavs.

Regards, David

[David Hughes]

[Yokosuka_Mike]

Fujifilm X-Pro2 - Astia sim
Fujinon XF 60mm f2.4 R Macro lens
Yokohama, Japan - November 2019

Nihon Odori Boulevard





All the best,
Mike

[Doug]

Luscious color, Mike!

[Yokosuka_Mike]

Originally Posted by Doug

Luscious color, Mike!

Thanks, Doug, it helps that the light was quite nice on that day.

All the best,
Mike