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JohnDale · Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:43 pm Post subject: 1960's

Just came across these two photos - taken at my Uncle's garage on the A49 mid to late '60's.

Cheers,JD.
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Peter_L · Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:54 pm Post subject:

Great photos. Nothing there that won't buff out. Laughing

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22777 Location: UK

oooo fab pics, where was the garage located?

Your uncle had great taste in recovery trucks too Smile

RJ
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Scotty · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 883

Some chicken-wire, a dab of putty and a lick of paint - sorted! Cool

Great pictures - thanks for posting.

JC T ONE · Joined: 30 Oct 2008 Posts: 1139 Location: Denmark

Great pictures Cool

thanks for posting Smile

Sorry to hear about the weather you have upthere Confused

just saw it on our news.
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Julian · Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Posts: 278 Location: Warrington

[quote="JohnDale"]Just came across these two photos - taken at my Uncle's garage on the A49 mid to late '60's.
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Whereabouts on the 49? I live very near it and am on it practically every day, maybe I could get a picture of it as it is today...

Julian.

Greg · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 445 Location: Dreamland Margate

Great pictures, love the forecourt with the old fuel pumps !

Mog · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 663 Location: Sydney

I will always remember the red label Rolls Royce recovery truck, that was at Lye, near Stourbridge.

Salopian · Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 354 Location: Newport Shropshire

Yes I remember that RR at Lye as well - spent 2 years of my life there pounding the beat in my short Police careeer years ago.
It was fairly well known and I have a feeling it has been rebuilt as it was from something I read a while ago. Remember old RR were cheap then - who wanted one? There were several in a scrap yard at Doxey in Stafford I remember in the early sixties.
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JohnDale · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:14 pm Post subject:

Hi,yes the two Crestas & the Vanguard were quick motors at the time - too quick for some it would appear. I would guess the Herald was flung into a corner & just tucked it's wheels in.
The garage was in Cuddington on the left climbing up the hill on the A49 - that was where I went on holiday as a teenager & remember it was possible to hear the cars at Oulton Park from the forecourt - very often pedalled by my cousin.
It was open from 6.00 till midnight(as detailed in the AA handbook) until the opening of the M6 which killed most of the passing trade. Those holidays were probably where I got my fixation with cars & mechanical things. Cheers,JD.
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JohnDale · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:20 pm Post subject: Re: 1960's

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Mog · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 663 Location: Sydney

I went with my mates to look at a RR saloon about 1934, in the '60,s . It was complete but needed some resto. They wanted 25 quid for it, we did not buy it...
I did a paper round in my early teens, 7 days a week, in Stourbridge. In winter time, Mr Plod would come into the back of the shop, to get warm and have a cuppa. About 1957.

Julian · Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Posts: 278 Location: Warrington