Show me a nice old car

[Derek Leath]

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

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Derek Leath, on Flickr

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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]

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 Series 62 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]

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]

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]

Siata Spring

Siata Spring

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

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]

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]

^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.