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A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby AndyG » Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:26 am

adam 120 ex aa wrote:
wojciech wrote:Covent Garden, London, 1973

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and just going out of shot is that a FG austin, or might be TK BEDFORD or even j type bt box van
Could be

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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby adam 120 ex aa » Tue Feb 07, 2012 2:47 am

i bet they weir easy to park with power less steering lol
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby wojciech » Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:16 pm

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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby yogi » Wed Feb 08, 2012 12:46 am

the first black and white one i wonder how much business he got with no phone number on the van lol
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby Altransit » Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:30 am

yogi wrote:the first black and white one i wonder how much business he got with no phone number on the van lol

This One :?:

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Phone number is just by the drivers door at the bottom :)
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby adam 120 ex aa » Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:51 am

red sam do you think he had GINGER HAIR
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby Vandalism » Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:21 pm

wojciech wrote:Covent Garden, London, 1973

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dad took one look at this and said this is great queens street

aparently he was working in the area in 73 8)
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby yogi » Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:17 pm

Altransit wrote:
yogi wrote:the first black and white one i wonder how much business he got with no phone number on the van lol

This One :?:

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Phone number is just by the drivers door at the bottom :)


yea thats the one my bad :oops:
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby adam 120 ex aa » Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:20 pm

Vandalism wrote:
wojciech wrote:Covent Garden, London, 1973

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dad took one look at this and said this is great queens street

aparently he was working in the area in 73 8)

was your dad a HOOKER
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby Altransit » Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:28 am

Vandalism wrote:
wojciech wrote:Covent Garden, London, 1973

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dad took one look at this and said this is great queens street

aparently he was working in the area in 73 8)

:arrow: Great Queen Street in Google Street View
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby Vandalism » Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:04 pm

adam 120 ex aa wrote:
Vandalism wrote:
wojciech wrote:Covent Garden, London, 1973

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dad took one look at this and said this is great queens street

aparently he was working in the area in 73 8)

was your dad a HOOKER


:lol: no he was an architect, he could be a cab driver with his nolage of london :lol:

and it hasnt changed much from the google street view, exept the buildings look cleaner :lol:
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby wojciech » Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:19 am

SOHO 1973

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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby Vandalism » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:09 am

that double mint chewing gum packett hasnt changed much, its prety much the same livery thesedays 8)
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby wojciech » Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:36 pm

But how many Mk1s you can see on the picture :?: 8)
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby Altransit » Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:05 am

wojciech wrote:SOHO 1973

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Junction of Piccadilly Circus and Shaftesbury Avenue :D That fancy triple headed street lamp is still there, but it's been moved on to the widened paved area on the corner 8)
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