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Radiorails
master brummie
Nice car. I had the cousin, a Hillman Minx 1600 saloon.
Super image, oldBrit. I've an image of my Dad's first car somewhere, a 1927 Morris Cowley. I'll post it eventually.
Meanwhile.....The Gazelle had succeeded this, a 1958 Standard 10 shown here in about 1962. My very first, bought in 1959 in Brownhills, an ex-rep's car (no BMW series 3 salesmen's cars in those days). Nice little car but starting to bubble with rust at around age 4. And the Gazelle (from Birches Bridge Garage in Wolverhampton) seemed impossibly exotic in comparison. But that had a rust whole in the top of the wing before it was finally passed on.
Chris
Chris
Meanwhile.....The Gazelle had succeeded this, a 1958 Standard 10 shown here in about 1962. My very first, bought in 1959 in Brownhills, an ex-rep's car (no BMW series 3 salesmen's cars in those days). Nice little car but starting to bubble with rust at around age 4. And the Gazelle (from Birches Bridge Garage in Wolverhampton) seemed impossibly exotic in comparison. But that had a rust whole in the top of the wing before it was finally passed on.
Chris
Chris
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
what a great pic.or should i say photo.... look after it.
It has barely survived, having been folded in half!
It was a long time before my father bought a car of his own as he went on to work for Rover. Here he is driving a P4 at MIRA. I suspect that the wing mounted car aerial has actually been fitted as an aiming mark as the idea was for the car to maintain a fixed radius turn at a constant speed. The passenger probably kept a check on the speed as the driver had to maintain the track.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
ask on here to get it tidy`d up for you they are great at that.
The picture in 161 is a special Royal Mail Air Mail Service car built by Morris Commercial on a 15 cwt van chassis. It toured around Britain, but was eventually scrapped.
Boomy
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
great thanks for that reply
Eric Gibson
master brummie
Yes an Austin 12 Windsor from around 1925
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
i say smithers. "what a spifin car old man"
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
very good indeed
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
great pic now.well done
Radiorails
master brummie
My first car was an Austin 12, but a 1935 model, so a little updated to the one in post 167. I guess the principal difference between the two was that most things probably worked on the 1925 car, whereas on mine many did not!
Lloyd
master brummie
It was painted Royal Blue, as were special 'Air Mail' postboxes.
Windsor, England. Red postage stamp machine and post box marked EIIR, old blue airmail pillar box marked GR, Coronation Aerial post King George V.
Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
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Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
Second attempt to post my wife in the Ferrari 340 Mexico spyder on Rodeo Drive
Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
20 thousand miles !!!! These guys are crazy then another 5 thousand !!!!.
Talk about living on the edge, of course those numbers today are a joke, but back in the 70's 60 thousand was considered real high mileage.
Love those old Path'e films with the semi dramatic music and almost documentary feel.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
brilliant.video.thanks..... the B series engine was great. a bit on the heavy side, un destructible the 3 bearing and the upgraded 5 bearings. the petrol and diesel versions
BMC B-series engine - Wikipedia
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jukebox
Engineer Brummie
Hi Lyn. Yes, grandmother in the doorway and her sister standing by the car. No idea who the other lady is and I can't identify the three men either although I suspect (hope!!!) they were the respective husbands. So sad that so many photos have no details on the back. I have a leather bound album which I inherited from family in Scotland containing studio portraits, only one of them identified and now no hope of finding who they are. John
Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
I am in total agreement about the B series engine that's one of the things I liked about Austin engines there just seemed to have more .
When I walked to school I would come down the Lickey Road up and over the Longbridge then turn down Longbridge Lane, but just on the corner all those blocks were stored outside getting rusty
Of course I did not know any better these blocks were "Weathering" something a school kid knew nothing about
I wonder how many of those engine lifting eyes are still in use ?, Then of course I only remember the engine back then being green.