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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Seeing the shot earlier of the old chap on the motorbike reminded me of a photo I have of my Great Grandfather sitting proudly on a motorbike back in the 30's. I will find it out and send you a copy for the main site.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rootes75 wrote:
Seeing the shot earlier of the old chap on the motorbike reminded me of a photo I have of my Great Grandfather sitting proudly on a motorbike back in the 30's. I will find it out and send you a copy for the main site.


That'd be great thanks

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
An interesting oddity added - a 1948 Connaught L2 road/sports car.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/connaught-l2.htm

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 11:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Photos of a Riley Elf being stripped in the 1970s, a car that donated its front panels to a Mini van build.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/riley-elf.htm

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
To the early post-war years, and a pair of snapshots featuring a Wolseley 8 saloon added in.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/wolseley_8.htm

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
To recent times (!), and a colour photo of an MG 1100 saloon added to the following page.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/mg-1100.htm

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Period photo of an Austin 7 Chummy added.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/austin-chummy.htm

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
New to the char-a-bancs photo page, a fine snapshot of a vintage Hudson Super Six in NSW, Australia.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/charabancs-p3.htm

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Also added in today, a snapshot of a proud RAC Superintendent and his Austin 7 Opal tourer.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/austin-opal.htm

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 1:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Two "Practical Motorist" maintenance logbooks issued by the magazine of the same name, relating in this case to a Stoke-registered Austin A35, added in.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/maintenance-log.htm

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Next, a recent find in a local shop - Bell's Cross Country Rally game, where drivers negotiate a cross-country rally route by the powers of magnetism.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/cross-country-rally.htm

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PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2018 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The BSM driving school & lessons page has been updated, with another lesson appointments card, this time for Swansea branch in 1960.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/bsm.htm

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PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2018 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi
Re BSM cars in the late '50s- early '60s.
At that time BSM were as far as I remember a one make concern.
My father learnt to drive around '56 to '57 in a Morris Minor, at that time they were fitte with a full set of dual including a steering wheel.
During the early '60s, after acquiring my own licence I often had a lift from a BSM instructor who always drove from the left hand seat.

The dual steering wheel feature disappeared after the MoT insisted that dual accelerators were removed for tests. This was because of a fatal caused by tan examiner stamping on the accelerator instead of the brake in an emergency situation.
It was easier and cheaper not to fit either.
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PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2018 2:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Richard Hughes kindly lent me a set of photos he discovered not long ago. They feature all manner of cars, lorries and vans seemingly dumped on land close to Rush Green Motors, a scrapyard that exists to this day and remains a source of early lorries and lorry parts. The first set of photos, dating to 1962, have now been added, those from 1963 will be added later.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/rush-green-motors.htm

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PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2018 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Also newly-added today, a period snap of a Mk1 Ford Anglia E04A.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/ford-e04a.htm

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