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Old Classic Car updates: 2016-onwards
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi all,
Know a great deal about old cars? If so, grab a piece of paper and a pen then try your hand at the OCC classic car quiz, uploaded today.
https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/classic-car-quiz.htm

RJ
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 11:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Morning all,
Added to the collectables section today, a leaflet issued by the AA in 1952 (featuring some great cartoon illustrations) on road safety.
https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/aa-leaflet.htm

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the one finger gesture has slightly changed its meaning since publication.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Morning all,
The 2nd OCC classic car quiz went live this morning, and has been included on the following page.
https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/classic-car-quiz.htm

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The latest updates on the Morris 8 uploaded today.
https://youtu.be/yFNYLfq-Vqw

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Added, junior and I tidy up and oily-rag a couple of his aged oil cans.
https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/petrol.htm

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Added to the popular classics page, a slideshow featuring 100 photos of classic sidevalve Ford 8s and 10s.
https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/popularclassics.htm

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Morning all,
Just a short heads-up vid uploaded this morning, regarding a unique 1922 Aston Martin with quite a history, that I plan to do a thorough vid about shortly.
https://youtu.be/WkTl6JoP_wE

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

New to the games/toys section is a road sign puzzle from the 1940s/50s.
https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/road-sign-puzzle.htm

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Added to the estate cars page, 150 photos of various estates, station wagons, woodies etc., including common makes/models and some really obscure examples.
https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/classic-estates.htm

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 9:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Added to YT and the big Dodge section of the site, a video of the truck being fired up and driven outside, washed, followed by a potted history of its time in WW2 through to the post-war years.
https://youtu.be/Z1aBJt_q47I

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Morning all, added to the following page, a slideshow of 150 photos featuring British sports-cars, GTs and coupes of the 1950s and 1960s(ish).
https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/classic_car_article4.htm

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Uploaded, a quick look at a new arrival at OCC HQ.
https://youtu.be/ZO-pJ0MtLbA

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

New today, photos of another surviving ABC domestic garage dating to the 1930s-1950s era.
https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/fireproofgarages.htm

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Added to the image archive section is a late-1960s photo of a Mk2 A-H Sprite.
https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/sprite-mk2.htm

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