Old Cars etc Spotted

[The Egg Man]

I can't see anywhere better to post this.

Almost worth going to T in the Park just to get to pitch one of these.

[banjo]

ha,love it.

[droschke7]

want one yesterday

[MungoDundas]

Curious advertising Ute, Crow Road, Southern-most element;



Not sure how you'd verify home improvement providers.

A painted aged gas guzzler possibly wouldn't feature on the
SarahBeeney, Colin & Justin, et al efforts ?

[MacotheIsles]

As you may or may not know I have tens of billions of old negs and photos, dating back to the 1920s. Many of these are taken in locations such as Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, London, possibly Glasgow and the USA. Here's one of the car photos. Would love to know what kind of car it is. I've no idea of the location although it looks to me like the Scottish Borders or Perthshire. Date - probably before 1970-ish.

[BTJustice]

Cool pic. Shape of the grille makes it look like a Morris to me.

Spotted this in Millport on Friday;


Van spot by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr

Dave

[Fireman]

Mac - It might be a c1927 Vauxhall, perhaps an 'R' Type, but I couldn''t swear to it.

If you closely at the image, specifically the top of the radiator I think you can just make out the recess in it near the shoulder that follows back along the bonnet tapering away - a trade mark of this period of Vauxhalls.

[MacotheIsles]

BT and Fireman... Thanks very much for that. There are several shots to hand specifically involving cars/ trucks, but some are taken in America. Interestingly the American number plate in one pic incorporates the date (1928) of the car.

Don't want to saturate this thread with ancient pics so I'll probably post them intermittently.

[Vinegar Tom]

Don't want to saturate this thread with ancient pics so I'll probably post them intermittently.

Ach, go on. I'm sure nobody will mind the saturation?

[droschke7]

saturation Please

[MacotheIsles]

Gentlemen! You are very kind. I shall get saturating as soon as I can. Hoping to get the images cleaned up a lot for my FAA website so progress may be a little slower than anticipated. Quality is very varied and some are almost unpublishable, but just good enough to be worth sharing - the pics themselves span 50 years (like me) and some of the very oldest are a bit scratched and battered (like me). I'll see what I can do though.

Thank you for your interest.

[MacotheIsles]

Al Capone's car...

[Fireman]

I think this is a 1927 Chevrolet Series AA Capitol Coach.

(But I've been known to be wrong, quite spectacularly on occasion! )

[MacotheIsles]

Thanks Fireman. As a matter of interest the pic was taken in Detroit where I believe there may have been a car factory. Chevrolet's one of the very few American brands I've heard of so I'll go with that.

This one below is closer to home. Shanks & McEwan truck at Carnbroe and I'm estimating the date as late 1940s. Is this a Bedford?



(This image scanned at high res and cleaned up. The full res. version should be good to print at fairly large sizes)

[droschke7]

saw this in Whiteinch at the Tesco/Esso Petrol Station



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