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#1426 Landor Street railway bridge. The shiny black car with a Smethwick number plate from 1960/1 is a Ford Consul Mk2, the van disappearing up the road is a Ford 5/7cwt based on the then current Anglia, a little bit of one of those is just seen behind the opening on the left, and the larger...

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From the left front, Austin or Morris 15cwt van with a roller shutter back door. Thames 10/12cwt van, the black Austin saloon might be an A55 Cambridge or the bigger A95 Westminster. On the right, a BMC LD 30cwt van, a truck that I can’t do, a Thames ET6, and a Big Bedford truck, everything else...

Austin A30 van, Thames (i.e. Ford) 10 cwt van, SOV is Austin A 30 car, Austin A40 Somerset, Ford Popular, FYX is Austin 16, 1946-49, Singer Sewing Machine van is Ford 100E, behind the Ford Pop is a forties Jaguar drop head coupé, a Minor 1000 saloon and traveller opposite, and the diagonal van...

It has the Fiat badging on the bottom rh corner of the tailgate I think. I did check. According to what I have read subsequently, the Fiat 124 was in production from 1966 to 1974, and the Lada commenced in 1974 following the Fiat’s demise. Since it is a 1974 picture I would stick with my Fiat...

A Mk X Jaguar faces the camera, a Reliant Scimitar GTE faces away behind a 1.8 Morris Marina, and the coach is a Plaxton Panorama but no idea whose chassis it sits on. The only slightly unusual car in the car park is a Fiat 124 estate which looks so new that it hasn’t had time to rust away yet...

“I wonder if they’ll open the bar this time!” No, they didn’t!

The crumpled Saloon is indeed a Mk2 Cortina, the challenge was for the headlamp in the bottom right hand corner, a Mk1 Granny undoubtedly, I had one, but now I’m married to one!

https://www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/38-1973-ford-granada-30-gxl/?lot=25394&sd=1 It may not be this exact model, but it is certainly a Mk1 Granada, mine was a bit lower down the food chain, a 2.0L estate.

No worries.

A Mk4 Zephyr, an Anglebox and a Hillman Super Minx on the ramps. The car almost obscured by the big Ford is a Standard Vanguard Phase 3.

Behind the MG could be a NSU Ro80, and behind the Cortina is a BMC J2 van, which appears to have GPO Telephones engineer’s van modifications, so is likely badged as a Morris.

2nd a-z jab for both of us tomorrow at the Staffs County Showground. I wonder if they’ll open the bar this time!

I am sorry, but I have a cut-off point of about 1975, after which all cars become formless blobs. That may be due to the way my brain works, or, perhaps, they may all be formless blobs, see above.

NOF is a Ford Corsair 2000E, the estate car behind it looks very odd but may be an 1100/1300 BMC, then Escort, Herald, Toyota, Ford Zephyr 6, and a Mini pickup.

For Ford Escort, please read Morris Marina, obviously a compositor’s error!

This is what my old dad used to call a “car patch”. From the left, a BMC 1100 with a vinyl roof which instantly makes you think it was a pensioned off Panda car, and therefore very well worn. A Hillman Hunter, maybe a GT, or maybe just a wannabee. The £175 Austin Mini, and a Triumph Spitfire...

Daytona Yellow? I had two Capris, a ‘69 in red, and a ‘74 in Daytona Yellow, for which I paid all of £70! https://www.appreciating-classics.com/car/ford-capri-gt-mk1/...

I have also put some stuff in at message #5920.

The interest is nearest the right hand side, a 1959 Mk1 Austin Healey Sprite “Frogeye” with a red wheel masks a Ford Consul Classic 315, about 1961/2, and then there is a 1965 Cortina Mk1, which is the unusual two door version. The rather bilious green colour is on a 1956/59 Standard Vanguard...