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1960s cars

Owned a 1964 Herald in the early 1970s as well (inherited from my mother-in-law). Loved it - it was a sweet little car. I ran it for years. It was eventually joined by my eldest son's first car - almost identical - and a third one for luck and spares. It finally rusted away and I sold it for its registration plate. Don't think I ever kept a photo of it. Which I regret.

Other cars of the time were my first, a 15 month old Standard 10 owned from 1959 (and by far the newest for a further couple of decades);

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the second, and perhaps the flashiest, a 1958 Singer Gazelle convertible;

Gazelle.jpg

the third, and probably the poshest, a 1961 Mark 2 Jaguar 2.4 (which was beautiful, not at all new, unreliable, expensive to repair and a constant nagging worry as a result). Elder son standing proudly by the side of it.

Jaguar.jpg

I had to be content with more basic stuff for a long, long time after that - Wolseley 1500, Austin 1800, Maxi and the odd, rusting and very dull banger. All old. Mortgage and feeding the family took priority.

(The first two of these posted previously. I think. But not the Jag.)

Chris
 
Owned a 1964 Herald in the early 1970s as well (inherited from my mother-in-law). Loved it - it was a sweet little car. I ran it for years. It was eventually joined by my eldest son's first car - almost identical - and a third one for luck and spares. It finally rusted away and I sold it for its registration plate. Don't think I ever kept a photo of it. Which I regret.

Other cars of the time were my first, a 15 month old Standard 10 owned from 1959 (and by far the newest for a further couple of decades);

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the second, and perhaps the flashiest, a 1958 Singer Gazelle convertible;

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the third, and probably the poshest, a 1961 Mark 2 Jaguar 2.4 (which was beautiful, not at all new, unreliable, expensive to repair and a constant nagging worry as a result). Elder son standing proudly by the side of it.

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I had to be content with more basic stuff for a long, long time after that - Wolseley 1500, Austin 1800, Maxi and the odd, rusting and very dull banger. All old. Mortgage and feeding the family took priority.

(The first two of these posted previously. I think. But not the Jag.)

Chris
Chris, I always loved the Singer Gazelle, never had one still looks super!
 
Brummy-lad,

those vehicles in that picture....

Ansells pickup looks like it might be a Thames 10cwt from the shape of the front wing.


I am struggling with the drophead car, I’ll get back to you, hopefully.
The shedlike van in front of it, Morris-Commercial PV.


The newer van on the right Thames 30cwt, I think, or maybe the similarly sized Bedford J-type integral van, built by Hawson.
 
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Brummy-lad,

those vehicles in that picture....

Ansells pickup looks like it might be a Thames 10cwt from the shape of the front wing.
I am struggling with the drophead car, I’ll get back to you, hopefully.
The shedlike van in front of it, Morris-Commercial PV.
The newer van on the right Commer 30cwt, I think.
Thanks John, I'm fairly sure now that the picture was actually taken in 1965, hence the original question
 
Brummy-lad, I’ve done some changes!
The images are very small.

All of the vehicles in the picture could have been around in 1965, the small Fordson or Thames pickup was in production from 1938 to 1956, the Morris PV van from 1939 to about 1953, and the van on the right would have been fairly new.

Best guess on that drophead, Standard 12, or small Wolseley?
 
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My 1960's car (really 1970 purchased late 69), was a white BMW 2002 TII (like Mike wish I still had it). BMW was new in the US and you could buy them very well as BMW was trying to create the market. It was a two door that went like a rocket! Loved that car!
 
60 Minivan
60 VW1200
65 Lancia Fulvia
66 Lancia Fulvia
69 Ford Capri 1600XL

Then came the 70s, 4 new Hunter estates in a row. :zzz::zzz:
 
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I think all cars back then were rot boxes. The Jaguar was only about 12 months old when this picture was taken, so no rot then. In 1976 I lusted after and stupidly bought a 1970 Rover 3500. Apart from appalling reliability and only being a few years old, it suffered with rust issues.
Bought my 1962 FHC in 1968 needed plenty of looking after which I didn’t have the time for so sold it in 1970.
 
Yes, the days of tune ups, engine timing lights, distributor caps etc. In those days 40-50,000 miles was a high mileage car. My 14 year old FJ Cruiser has 152,000 miles and runs beautifully.My FJ.jpeg
 
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