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  • JacksonP,

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    'Prices Will Brighten Your Day'.

    Found this, while reviewing the year's photos. Whangamata Beach Hop, March 11. Seemed more appropriate here.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report

  • Ian Dalziel,

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    Flash(ing) trucks...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Ian Dalziel,

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    another, side on…

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Ian Dalziel,

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    the streamline look...

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  • Ian Dalziel,

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    Fire and grille...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Julie Cross,

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    Gorgeous old fire trucks Ian. The red seems redder than today's engines.

    I've been driving my car differently since looking through this thread... a greater sense of freedom, more retro with the music, more patience with the road fools. Thinking about how most of the cars shown here were driven without seat belts and how peeps paid cash for a lump of metal that expressed who they were rather than trailing an HP balloon of debt on something reliable...

    A porsche, I think.

    Australia • Since Nov 2011 • 120 posts Report

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Julie Cross,

    phantom carreras?*

    A porsche, I think.

    I can't drive your 'ghost car', Julie...
    :- )
    Love it though...

    *or a Photon Torpedo?

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • JacksonP, in reply to Julie Cross,

    A porsche, I think.

    Train-spotters anonymous
    Given the forward mounted mirrors, maybe a Datsun 240z, or similar?

    Amazing light in that shot.

    <pendant>*

    * i.e. unnecessarily pedantic. ;-)

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report

  • Joe Wylie,

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    Hutchinson Ford, Tuam St, Chchch, July 011.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report

  • Joe Wylie,

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    Early hours, same snow.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report

  • JacksonP, in reply to Julie Cross,

    Thinking about how most of the cars shown here were driven without seat belts and how peeps paid cash for a lump of metal that expressed who they were rather than trailing an HP balloon of debt on something reliable...

    You know, I'd better be careful, as it's this sort of sentiment that made me buy the Superminx and Singer Gazelle. You definitely become a less hassled driver. When I drove back to Auckland in the Hillman, I wondered why everyone looked at me strange when I kept politely letting them in. A few years later of course I was cured of all my driving kindness, and joined the raging machine.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report

  • Julie Cross, in reply to JacksonP,

    maybe a Datsun 240z, or similar

    Pedantry appreciated. I'm thinking that I didn't even look at the car, just saw the shadow.

    Australia • Since Nov 2011 • 120 posts Report

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to JacksonP,

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    or similar?

    I'll repost mine again shall I? ;)
    The shadow could also have been one of those Crossfires.

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report

  • Steve Barnes,

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    Hows about an Aveling & Porter Road Roller, - Built: 1880somethingish in Wymeswold in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England.

    Now sitting outside MOTAT.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • Steve Barnes,

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    So, you wanna tow a caravan...

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • Steve Barnes,

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    1963 Ford Thames van, with some extras.
    Taipa Car fair 2008
    Built by Joe Oliver of Kaiatia.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • Ross McA.,

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    Amazing photos by Murray- moments in time.
    This was a car that I loved for a time. A 1952 Austin Sommerset. Photo is from 1987, I wanted to capture the beautiful lines and general bulbousness.

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  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Steve Barnes,

    1963 Ford Thames van, with some extras.

    You're not kidding. In stock unmodified form those things were barely capable of pulling the skin off a rice pudding.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report

  • Jackie Clark,

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    I went to Napier with a friend in January 2008 and we decided to take the Art Deco tour. When we arrived at the place where you meet to get the minibus, these little stunners were parked outside. I can't even imagine how wonderful it would be to own a car as beautiful as this.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report

  • Jackie Clark,

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    Or as cool as this.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report

  • Alec Morgan, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    Or “a boy scout off of a girl guide...” as another old kiwi auto related crudity went.

    Tokerau Beach • Since Nov 2006 • 124 posts Report

  • Joe Wylie,

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    Raining tonight in Sockburn, shortly after the shake.
    Human seismograph said 4.0. Close.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report

  • Sam F,

    I think I'll need to get some family car-related photos scanned for deployment when the time is right - mostly the cars are too new for anyone but me to nostalgia out on and none of them are flash by any definition (well maybe, just, Dad's Mark 2 but I never saw that for real - in fact I was the reason for its departure - sorry boss!).

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report

  • JacksonP,

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    Never did find a decent photo of the Singer Gazelle, so this Dinky Toy will have to do.

    Rainy day pursuits...

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report

  • Martin Lindberg, in reply to Jackie Clark,

    these little stunners were parked outside

    That particular little stunner is an early sixties Saab 96. My first car was one of those but a 1977 model. They had an overrunning clutch, which is something I have never come across in another car. One of the effects of a clutch like that is that you have no engine breaking. You can basically shift into 1st gear at 100 km/h and drop the clutch without any breaking or over-revving. You get used to it pretty quickly, but you're in for a shock if you try that in any other car. And having learnt to drive in that car, yes, I did have a few nasty shocks with a normal clutch.

    BTW, Saab just went bankrupt the other week. :-(

    Stockholm • Since Jul 2009 • 802 posts Report

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