What did these chase .....bank robbers in bubble cars?

Sorry guys I'm bored Shltless with nothing happening at the club so I thought I'd post a few pictures of old motors....or anything from the past will do.

Hillman Imp

Bosscat and Steve.

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:35 pm

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A gas blast from the past ?

Wokingclaret wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:41 pm

Hillman Imp

That was my first thought and then I thought it might be a Simca perhaps ?

Funkydrummer wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:51 pm

That was my first thought and then I thought it might be a Simca perhaps ?

Deffo a Hillman Imp rear engine

But now this is what I would call a police car

Now that is a thing of beauty. Favourite car I had mk 1 Grenada

My first car was a Marina in Tundra Green ( a bit like this)
One of my favourites was my Triumph Dolomite Sprint in Inca Yellow (a bit like this)

Austin Allegro....

Old footballers really looked bobbins

Our very first car back in 1979 was one of these we pushed it more miles than we drove in it

We then had an upgrade to one of these....it fell in bits outside the house.

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:53 pm

Deffo a Hillman Imp rear engine

But now this is what I would call a police car f8150509bdbf3ec42f2f77eb51a083ee--ford-granada-police-vehicles.jpg

Ahhh… the jam butty.

a bit later but nostalgic nonetheless

The coach all of us over a certain age know all to well from day trips to Blackpool
The smell of sick was always overpowering on the way home

A blast from the past...The good old Longside.

Ah, but it wasn't called a coach then. It was a shaara.

Yelloway and Ellen Smith from Rossendale to Blackpool.
Was that pic taken next to the station at Rawtenstall?

In fact that picture of the Yelloway coach looks like its on Bury Rd Rawtenstall outside what is JA Taylors Ford Garage I'm sure someone will verify it is.

Targetman wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 5:20 pm

Yelloway and Ellen Smith from Rossendale to Blackpool.
Was that pic taken next to the station at Rawtenstall?

You beat me to it TM yes I'm sure it is with the BT phone exchange in the background

Longside toilets

https://images.app.goo.gl/CjgfVWwc3WuHb2P66

I seem to remember the second car in this thread, the Ford Anglia, having a crazy V6 version.

Looks like the woman in the green Morris Marina photo has trodden in dog poo and got some on her dress.

Billy Balfour wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 5:42 pm

Looks like the woman in the green Morris Marina photo has trodden in dog poo and got some on her dress.

White dog poo though.

KLClaret wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:57 pm

Now that is a thing of beauty. Favourite car I had mk 1 Grenada

Same here.

Guller Bull wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 5:49 pm

White dog poo though.

That's a blast from the past on Claretsmad.

My Marina had the turning circle of a fully loaded supertanker.

dougcollins wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 5:36 pm

I seem to remember the second car in this thread, the Ford Anglia, having a crazy V6 version.

Very much doubt it, the Anglia was on it's last legs by the time the V6 was launched. You might see one at a Custom show. Are you thinking of the Cortina Savage?

My first car was a lada riva.

My Dad's first car,I still remember the dial in the centre of the dashboard which was for the indicators.....think this might have been the model where a flashing stick popped out of the side of the of the car between the doors

Vauxhall Chevet my 1st love x

My 1st car back in 1975 was a 1964 Mk1 Cortina 1200 (with a 1500 engine fitted) before I passed my test. I bought it for £50 off a mate at work after I passed my test I bought my Mum and Dads old 1967 Triumph Herald 1250

yorkyclaret wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 6:21 pm

Very much doubt it, the Anglia was on it's last legs by the time the V6 was launched. You might see one at a Custom show. Are you thinking of the Cortina Savage?

You're probably right- I think it was a mod that some did as it would take the Capri V6 block.

My first car was an old mini and enjoyable to drive but gave me backache when driving from Skelmersdale to Edinburgh for a holiday. Loved it all the same. It kept going in the snow when even the buses had stopped coming over from Rawtenstall to Burnley, though my wife had to keep looking out of the passenger window to tell me where the ditch was , as the snow was blowing so hard that the windscreen wipers couldn't keep up.
When I first got it and began to give it a full valet I found lots of straw under the back seat and several rabbit snares !!

Guller Bull wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 5:49 pm

White dog poo though.

Heh. My dad talks with great affection about the days when white dog poo was a common sight. I mean, of all the things you could reminisce about.

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:28 pm

What did these chase .....bank robbers in bubble cars?
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Sprightly motors, Imps.

Quicknick wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 04, 2022 11:32 am

Sprightly motors, Imps.

I see what you did there

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 04, 2022 11:58 am

I see what you did there

Mmm.i didn't

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 04, 2022 1:41 pm

Mmm.i didn't

You have been "beyond the wall" too long Steve

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:09 pm

You have been "beyond the wall" too long Steve

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:50 pm

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The Allegro is as ugly now as it was then. The Granada though, is still beautiful.

We had a police van at our "Party on the green" on sunday (not this one as I didn't take a picture of it).

This is very similar...

I paid £30 for one if these in 1974

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 6:26 pm

....think this might have been the model where a flashing stick popped out of the side of the of the car between the doors

They're called "trafficators".

dougcollins wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 6:13 pm

My Marina had the turning circle of a fully loaded supertanker.

Wow! You must have had modifications!

Christmas time in our household in the sixties this box of chocolates made an appearance 3 layers of chocolates you never saw the like of any other time of the year