Ballyvaughan Old Boys Christmas Run.

[JPSmit]

Playboy? The articles were the only reason I ever read the magazine.....

I believe you - thousands wouldn't but I do :lol:

BTW how long before you discovered all women didn't have staples in their belly buttons?

 

[Steve]

They don't? Oh, man! There goes another long-cherished memory......

 

[DrEntropy]

As a kid I used to dream about pullin' 'em out with my teeth.

 

[JPSmit]

Too Much Information

 

[WA1KWA]

Thanks for the photos, great stuff!

Yes, the Bristol is quite impressive.

I must say I am smitten by the Vauxhall PA Cresta. One of my absolute favorite cars of all time. Used to see quite a few when I summered in New Brunswick in my youth.

The Lotus Cortina is a favorite of mine, also. Hardly see any of them these days over here.

Thanks again!

Colin

 

[Golden_Swan]

Nobody here is going to say they like the Trabi

 

[JPSmit]

I will - the uglier the better - cars that is :laugh:

 

[scoutll]

They are all nice, but the Cresta is the eye catcher to me.

 

[Roger]

Many nice cars, but I'm surprised at the admiration for the Cresta. A thirsty, underpowered, wallowing rust-bucket if ever there was one, surely?
Perhaps it's just as well at least one is preserved, to remind us how bad things could get. They, and their contemporary Vauxhalls, really were quite dreadful.

 

[scoutll]

They were very rust prone, but no more so than the Chrysler, GM and a goodly number of the other products of the late 50's early 60's.
And thinking back, the majority of large family type, passenger cars from the 50's and 60's I have ever driven were, to one degree or another, underpowered, thirsty wallowers. I have always been a fan of this style Vauxhall.

 

[KindredSpirit]

Went on another run today; Limerick New Year's Day Run.

So if you like ID ing cars, here's a couple of pics from today.

 

[KindredSpirit]

 

[Dale]

There is actually a place called Limerick?
That's not some kind of a Gimerick?
It looks like all,
are having a ball,
with their autos all shiny and shimerick.

Same nice Vauxhaull Cresta.
Cheers to all and a Happy New Year!

 

[JPSmit]

Is the Cresta yours?

nice poem

you need to go here

https://www.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php

Me, my only LBC limericks I know is a mini Austin and Boston. But that's all I'm going to say about that

 

[JPSmit]

Oops and never saw a continental kit on a Anglia before - kind of cool

 

[aeronca65t]

I think I know most of the cars (neat mix!).

But I've never seen a Borgward like that before.

 

[Steve]

The Borgward is a rare beast..... Nice to see the Mk IV Cortina, that really well-preserved Lancia and of course the Cavalier coupe. The Farina Morris Oxford looks well-loved too. Heck, they all do! I am glad to see those cars beind so obviously well-loved.

 

[Steve]

Almost forgot to mention, my first car was a 105E Anglia, the base model which was a rarity. Trafalgar Blue, in really nice condition, too. Wish I'd have kept it!

 

[Sherlock]

As for that Cresta... There are a number of them still around here in Canada, I would say there are as many as ten Velox/Cresta PA's on the road here... Including the one a friend of mine owns here in Calgary, and there is a collector in Texas who owns five or six examples, although I haven't communicated with him for a couple of years now...

 

[KindredSpirit]

More piccies of the run on this link, seeing as people seem to like piccies.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/25839245@N02/sets/72157612012914667/

They'd be better quality than mine.

P.S. My car is the blue/ivory Healey. My friend is the one in the TR4 with the red devil's horns.