Show me a nice old car

Nice big Austin there. A couple of years after selling the DS I got the itch to skin my knuckles again and bought the Austin 7 pictured here. I had obviously forgotten what it was like to drive a small pre war car with questionable controls. It didn't enjoy modern traffic and nor did I. I kept it for a year and sold at a good profit, of course, if anything had broken it would have been at a loss. The chap I sold it to couldn't decide whether to spend the money on a flight in a Spitfire or buy the car. He chose the car...

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Dralowid said:
Nice big Austin there. A couple of years after selling the DS I got the itch to skin my knuckles again and bought the Austin 7 pictured here. I had obviously forgotten what it was like to drive a small pre war car with questionable controls. It didn't enjoy modern traffic and nor did I. I kept it for a year and sold at a good profit, of course, if anything had broken it would have been at a loss. The chap I sold it to couldn't decide whether to spend the money on a flight in a Spitfire or buy the car. He chose the car...
IMG_3612 by dralowid, on Flickr
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Hi,

My dear old dad once said that the trick was to put a row of bricks in the back footwell to improve handling. I'll pass that on without any guarantee; at your own risk; etc...

Regards, David
 
A rare sighting of a Squareback in Yokohama​

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Sony A7III, Pentax SMC Takumar 135mm f3.5 lens (M42 mount)
Yokohama, Japan - November 2022
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A British Mini
On the fly, nailed it with this terrific manual focus lens!​

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Sony A7III, Voigtländer 50mm f2 APO-Lanthar Aspherical (Sony E-mount) lens
Yokohama, Japan - November 2022
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Cheyenne 30 ( half a Century Old )

Arcadia, Los Angeles County -USA

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Lumix G6, Zuiko 14-42
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20-year Old 'Schwarzenegger Maru 丸', a 6.2L Hummer (last car on lot, Dealer's going out of Business)

San Gabriel, Los Angeles County - USA

Image by Taipei-metro

Sony ApsC dSLR, Sony 18-55
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At the Cadillac Ranch - Amarillo Tx
 

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Yokosuka_Mike said:
lovely photos of early '70s BMW ...
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It is always so hard to see these cars as a "nice old car" as they are just as fresh and new to my eye now as they were when I bought my two year old 1970 BMW 2002. Like all things, they are locked into their time which seems only yesterday in my memory.

Damn, I'm getting old... LOL!

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Caught me by suprise!
I didn't see this little Alfa Romeo coming and I botched the first shot.​

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I got a better look at it leaving​

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Fujifilm X-H1, Fujinon XF 90mm f2 lens
Classic Chrome Film Simulation
Yokohama, Japan - December 25th 2022
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