CARS IN THE 1970S | Remember these? | Original Photographs

120+ original photographs of cars in the 1970s form this unique collection, using both car images from my own archives and others of cars kindly sent over by visitors to the Old Classic Car site and channel. Most of the cars featured were built in the 1970s, others may be a little older in date but were captured on film during that decade.
Do you remember driving in the 1970s? What car(s) did you own? Did you do engine swaps in your driveway, or out on the street? Were cars of the 1970s as bad as they are often portrayed?
Your memories of (now) classic cars in the 1970s welcomed in the comments section as always.
Which 1970s cars are featured here? Cars shown include gems such as the Morris Marina, Bristol 411, Vauxhall Cavalier, Lancia Beta Berlina, VW Beetle, Hillman Minx, Citroen GS, Opel Commodore, Triumph 1500 and Chrysler 180 saloon, to name just a few. Most of the cars on British roads in the 1970s were still of home-grown origin, but the early signs of cars produced elsewhere in Europe and in Japan proving popular here in the UK are clear to see.
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[@oldclassiccarUK]

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[@JONNIE8OY]

Just a note to let you know, there is no water, pond or river anywhere at Brads Hatch. It was possibly Mallory Park.

[@darthvirago]

We didn't realize how lucky we were in the 70's with cars and life in general.

[@alarmactionukalarmactionuk893]

I don't know about that! 3 day week, lights off at 10pm, overflowing dustbins, record high inflation, public sector strikes, much unemployment and freezing winters.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

I guess they were simpler times in many ways

[@jonathaneastwood2927]

Lived through that decade and it was grim, Life didnt come into colour until the 80s

[@Spiderwebsider]

100%. Even though economically it might have been a bit sub par, at least most working people had relatively well paying jobs. Culturally it was awesome: great TV, great movies, awesome popular music from prog rock and heavy through to reggae, funk, disco, and of course punk. I’d go back in a heartbeat.

[@darthvirago]

@@Spiderwebsider I was in my late teens and early twenty's in the 70's got my first motorcycle in 73 I was free and single and enjoyed the open road. and as you said we had great music.

[@thewildybeast]

Don’t make cars like they used to back in the 1970’s. Did you know back then, people would boast how a Volvo would last 10 years. Something truly amazing back then. I remember the only type of things you could purchase on a Sunday was , Isopon P38. Most important part of family life was dad spending all Sunday mornings converting the 4 year old family car into Isopon P38

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Isopon eh, I can still smell it now

[@alanwayte432]

My Dad had one of the first Rover SD1 3500 in Warwick, it was very futuristic people would stop and stare...on 1st weekend we went to Banbury people would come over wanting to look inside..❤ Oh the power steering failed on the way home 😢

[@oldclassiccarUK]

So many half decent designs let down by iffy quality, such a shame

[@nickwillobey2205]

Glad I did most of my growing up in the 60's and 70's.😊😊😊

[@martinwebb1681]

Yep, best times ever.

[@blueshound9036]

Me too. wonderful time and people. Before our country was trashed.

[@nickwillobey2205]

@@martinwebb1681 wonderful 👍👍👍

[@nickwillobey2205]

@@blueshound9036 sad times all round!!!

[@nickwillobey2205]

@@martinwebb1681 bad 😔😔😔

[@iainleith4296]

Hi, the Fiat you stated as a 131 is actually a 132 ! I had one from 1976 to 1981 ! Engine sounded fantastic ! Loved her !

[@thepub245]

If there had been two cars, we could have a picture of a very nice pair of Bristol's. 🤣

[@iconicshrubbery]

That's a really authentic seventies remark, Sid James territory...

[@michaeltreadwell777]

That was great Rick. cars from the days when you knew what it was just by looking at it, instead of looking at the badging as you have to do nowadays. All very distinctive and so many styles. Thanks for sharing these collections, they provoke so many memories. Take care 🙂

[@bobspeller2225]

Great set of photos and cars that trigger lots of memories. Cheers

[@DjNikGnashers]

Not sure why the Marina was hated so much, I had one myself. Yes it was basic, yes it handled like a boat, but it wasn't a luxury sports car, it was a cheap and comfortable family car. I went everywhere in mine, it was reliable and cheap to run.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

I think part of the problem was that there were a lot of "Friday afternoon" cars, ie ones thrown together when others were just about ok

[@seancooke7332]

Wing mirrors on both wings, not just the driver's, stick on rear heated window elements and you could actually see out of the cars and park them properly. The 1977 Ford Fiesta was a wee Gem. The Austin 1300 GT was sexier than people today might think.

[@jontaylor1652]

Thanks, another great series of photos. I love the one taken in Luxembourg, that would make a great painting for anyone's wall.

[@martinwebb1681]

That is what is so lovely about old photographs, if the person hadn't clicked the camera just at that moment we would never have seen this lovely scene.

[@user-ot7fc8jo8x]

Great collection of period photos where we see both the cars and the people in the fashion of the day such as your thumbnail of the mechanic in groovy flairs😂👍👏👌

[@throthelens]

Another great show Richard, thanks for using some of mine. At 26:30 The Bedford CF was a great workhorse for me while I was renovating my house in Wraysbury, no synchromesh it was worn out. The maroon Allegro was fitted with a 1300 GT engine the type with the two extra head studs leftovers from the Cooper S range I think. It went very well but stopping it was another issue, behind that was my Opel Ascona 1.6 auto OLA 164P. I have a nice picture of it being scrapped😆. Behind that is wife's Mini 1000, green with a tan vinyl roof TAN 422S.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for all the photos you've sent over, including the recent Ascona snaps - heartbreaking scene!! :-)

[@johnkauppi7078]

Australia here, that Holden in NZ is a Statesman. Nice to see a few Morris 1100 as a Tartan red 1100 was my first car. Zoomy and roomy. I also owned a '76 Mini, '70 Hillman Hunter, '62 Humber Super Snipe.

[@Baldieman1]

Great video.Takes me right back to my childhood.Dad replaced a Bedford HA van with,total contrast,a 3 yr old bright orange Citroen GS Club,like a spaceship by comparison,then replaced this with a dark red mk1 Cavalier 1600 GL,which later gained a vinyl roof when the roof paint faded so badly,and dad discovered this was cheaper than getting that area resprayed.Happy times indeed.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for sharing!

[@simonprodhan5050]

great video! i remember so many of these fantastic cars from growing up in the 70's, great nostalgia

[@rtman29]

Another fascinating and entertaining compilation, Rick. Excellent! Good to see some of the British cars that I only knew and heard of from reading 'Motor Sport', 'Autocar', 'Motor' and other motoring mags back in that period.

[@Mig29now]

I worked in the motor trade from 1970ish, trained as a mechanic on BMC vehicles. Then routes group stuff, also Jag, Rover, Triumph. I had left school and went into the motor trade, in Birmingham. God I wish I could turn time back, so many cars/vans that are now gone for good. HJ Evans in Birmingham. PJ Evans also in Birmingham, BMC and Jag, Rover, Triumph. Long gone now. Cars like the Daimler dart (SP250) Daimler limosines and E type jags. I remember well the Morris Ital superceeding the Morris Marina. I loved road testing the Triumph 2500, beautiful car to drive! I worked too for a company called Motor Bodies in Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham. Next to Holdings Vauxhall spares place. Motor Bodies had a seperate body shop in Bournville just up the road. Joe Tanner owned and ran the car repair/ MOT garage in Raddlebarn Road. His son Steve Tanner ran the body shop. I recall Panther Limas being visitors to us, Vauxhall engined sports like cars.. I lived by the BMC dealer in Barnes Hill, Weoley Castle, they had a garage near the RSPCA (now ASDA in 2023) bit further along Barnes Hill. Owned by the Partridge family, I believe. now all gone. Central Motors near Birmingham city centre, a Rootes group garage. I detested the Simca 1100s but loved the Hillman Avenger and the Hillman minx's./Hunters. Was in in Charlotte Street, I wonder. Windmill motors in Harborne, close to Weoley Castle border too, close to Weymoor Rd and Osmaston Rd It was a Skoda agent in 1970s then later a DAF dealer (I might of got that the wrong way round). I changed many a drive belt on the DAfs there. Later and into 1980s.90s that garage became a classic car dealership under a new management. He had some quite scarce classics on sale for many a year. Garage still there (2023) but not in its former purposes. Fantastic long past days, never to be repeated again. I really miss them days. I remember the only time Birmingham had a 'road live' motoring festival, must of been early 1970s, it ran past the town hall in Birmingham city centre. I still have a few photos of the event somewhere in my photo collection. I'll dream on.....

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Interesting stuff, thanks for posting that here

[@Vince_uk]

These wonderful collections of photos never cease to make me smile and feel terribly nostalgic RJ. I wish now all to late, I had kept photos of my cars I owned in the past but regretfully back then I viewed cars as a disposable commodity and I didn't keep any of the photos that I had taken. Off now to see what HJ's offering is on this Sunday morning.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks Vince, it was a damp meeting that we went to in Harley's vid but there were some interesting sights

[@johnmarsh2078]

I simply LOVE the way you can date these photos by the suffix on the reg plates and the amount of rust on the car bodyshells. This was the era when most cars were scrap for body rust after an average 8 to 10 years. Only those Ziebarted or kept in a heated garage lasted longer.

[@septiccalling8341]

Excellent......very nostalgic. Love these videos 👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻

[@markwade1376]

This is the series I was waiting for, terrific photos and descriptions, please keep em coming 👍

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks, if the photos keep turning up, I'll keep making 'em!

[@martinwarner1178]

The World of cars in the 1970s. Loved it! Thanks.

[@Lar308]

@ 26:10 Town gate, Rye, England.This gate at the entrance to Rye was built in 1329.

[@daviddjerassi]

Thank you so many memories loved the video.

[@peterriggall8409]

Thanks for those Rick. My favourite era of cars. The Holden Torana pictured in NZ I am pretty sure were rebadged Vauxhall Vivas. Probably made with CKD kits from UK. The large Holden which you suspected was a Premier was actually the absolute top of the Holden range and is a Statesman Caprice. These were built on the longer station wagon /estate wheel base for extra leg room in the back. Favoured by Govt. and politicians of the era. I would say available in V8 only. An absolute Bobby Dazzler. 😃

[@ickisdogg3779]

I had the last Holden Statesman based on the WB HZ.

[@paulwootton5378]

19 mins in ..Escort 173...the lake suggests Mallory park circuit

[@jonathanjohnson2138]

Great video, took me back to my childhood Thanks Mr. Occ ! 👍😃

[@Wildmutationblu]

I was a kid growing up and I remember buying a tiny book about the latest cars around circa 1979. I used to love the look of the audi quatrro but I've never owned one. We take so much for granted these days with all the gadgets modern cars bring. You were lucky if you had electric windows and powered steering in the 70's. Fantastic video.

[@Levenstone132]

Great photos. My mate's dad had a Humber Sceptre auto same colour as the one around 0.57. "I can drive this!" says he and proceeded to stuff it into the garage wall. His dad was a big bloke,Royal Navy, Chief Petty Officer.Oops. Gave the rest of us a laugh anyway!

[@oldclassiccarUK]

:-)

[@julianowens4071]

What a lovely video of nostalgia,completely forgot about the Renault 30

[@barryscales949]

HI Richard, I really enjoyed this video, lots of memories there 👍.My dad had a Wolseley 1660 new from late 60s until about 74 I think, then he got a new white Hillman Hunter and in 77 I remember going with him to collect our new cherry red Hunter with black vinal roof, I absolutely adored that red hunter. He used them all as taxi's in Dublin IRL. The Wolseley was sublime too, looking forward to exploring your videos, cheers

[@paulb2361]

What a superb presentation, took me back to the good old days when you could recognise cars instantly, proper cars that you could repair any tinker with, subscribed....

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Glad you liked it and thanks for subbing

[@epj900]

Thanks Rick, this was great. I've had a few of 'em myself, Marina, Cavalier Mk1, Mini, Datsun 120Y rust bucket

[@martinwebb1681]

Wasn't they just, those early Japanese cars were total rust buckets along with the Italian made cars.

[@brianwood9913]

Race car photos were probably taken at Mallory Park identified from the lake in the background.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks, yes Mallory is looking very likely judging by various comments on this one, thanks for watching

[@blazevoptixzz9748]

The Austin maxi with the caravan is on a small campsite in Whitby. I have stopped at this campsite many times in the early 90s. I believe the campsite is still functioning today.

[@badbooks476]

Great Photo’s & beautifully narrated. You are correct @ 8.25, it is Whitby Abbey, taken from south. Love your cycling proficiency test pic, Blast from past. Very nostalgic & reminds of cars from my paper round, from similar era

[@colinhead284]

The race circuit in question is Mallory Park , with a lake in the centre of the circuit

[@nwoerad3806]

That's a super cool video,I like that the reg numbers are being checked.thank u.

[@stephenricketts7764]

Nice collection of 70's cars. Some not quite so common but worthy of inclusion. I agree that the colour photos do enhance the collection even if slightly faded. Thanks Rick for putting this together. 👍👍

[@stelianghile822]

Interesting documentary well presented !

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@andyallen1651]

What a great video. Thank you for bringing back memories of my younger years growing up in the 70's. Some great cars. Unfortunately couldn't find any of my photos. But my 1st car was a Cortina MK1, My dad drove a Ford Granada GXL. Thank you again. Brilliant. Where do the years go? 😊

[@jockwar]

Great old photos I owned & drove a few of these 😎

[@allanriches9381]

very good collection of cars

[@iaingregory7817]

That was really excellent, Rick. Thank you. By the way, the shot of the Maxi and caravan at about 8.43 was indeed taken at Whitby. Unusual angle, but that is the abbey on the hill. Thanks again.

[@carsyoungtimerfreak1149]

Very nice, as always. I got my driver's license in 1970 so this collection takes me back to my youth 🙂. A few remarks: 100MPH is indeed the Bristol demonstrator. If memory serves me well Bristol also had MPH100 as a private plate. I love Bristols but overhere on the continent they are an unknown species. The Fiat saloon 'down under' is a 132, not a 131. The Fiat 600 in Italy is an early example. Later ones had the front indicators on the front panel and, when you ook closely, the example on the photograph still has suicide doors. Which were changed later on. Also on the French picture I believe the Fiat parked is actually a 850, the slightly larger brother to the 600. Thank you.

[@moodyguymick]

I love bristols too !

[@martinwebb1681]

@@moodyguymick ... Yeah, the bigger the better. 😂

[@moodyguymick]

@@martinwebb1681 Correct !

[@johndavey72]

Hi Richard . As l passed my test in 1970 you'd think the '70's would be my favourite , but it was a love of both '60's and '70's . Thank you .

[@martinwebb1681]

I used to love the pastel coloured cars in the 1960s along with the two coloured cars.

[@MrOlgrumpy]

Notice at 29.00,the trailer has lost the right wheel,out in the bush,the following recovery/repair story would be interesting.

[@sidm3300]

Another great collection of photos, thanks Rick, for a while there I was back in my 20's. What a shame I didn't get to show my 1979 Cortina V taken outside my house in the early 80's just as my then seven year old daughter opened the front door and stood watching me. Then in 2016 after I had bought the car back to life, I took the same photo. 26:18 is Tower Gate, Rye, East Sussex. Seeing the DAF's reminded me of when I worked in a DAF sub-dealer as a mechanic, very odd little things. And the owners were too!

[@davidwalker9960]

Thanks for the memories. My Dad had a Daf 44 he let me have a drive around an empty Leeds Utd carpark age 13

[@buxvan]

Brilliant set of photos.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks!!

[@Your.Uncle.AngMoh]

G'day from Australia! I love looking at all these classics. A lot of them weren't exported to Australia, though you'd often see a few older cars on the streets in New Zealand when I lived there. 5:40 Behind the Torana is a full-sized Holden sedan. This looks like the EJ or closely related EH Series, produced from 1962 to 1965. They came in three trim levels: Standard, Special, and Premier. The Standard, later renamed the Belmont, was a very basic car usually bought by companies for their sales reps. The Special became the Kingswood and was the basic family sedan. The Premier was the upmarket model that more affluent families bought or were middle-level executive cars. The one at the end of the street is also a Holden, either an FB or an Ek, which were produced from 1960 to 1962. The Torana has Victorian number plates and could be 1969. Ford Cortinas in Australia from at least the TC (Series 3) had engines up to 200 CID (3.3 litre) and 250 CID (4.1 litre) straight sixes. FAR too much power for a small car. Even mildly stepping on the "go" pedal at the lights in one of these could have you squealing the back tyres. Most Cortinas sold here were a 2.0 litre, with the basic model having a 1.6 litre. Escorts were invariably 1.6, 1.8, or 2.0 litre fours. We love our big engines in Australia- especially considering the distances we have to drive here. 17:48 This is the Holden Statesman. The Statesman became a model with the HQ Series in 1971/2 and was a long-wheelbase sedan with a plush interior for business executives and politicians. It was Holden's answer to Ford Australia's Fairlane and LTD models. If this is based on the HX, it's going to be around 1975/6. That New Zealand Numberplate is from late 1975 or early 1976. The Statesman was its own body design until the 1988 Commodore when it became basically a Commodore sedan stretched over a Commodore station wagon's longer wheelbase. 18:25 The Commodore was based on similar Opel and Vauxhall models. They were detested at first in Australia, as they were so much smaller than the outgoing HZ Belmont/Kingswood/Premier model. Holden only regained sales supremacy over Ford for its full-sized cars when Ford ditched the V8 options in its XF series in the mid-1980s. The last Commodore rolled off the production line in September/October 2018, with the last Statesman the year before. 29:03 I don't recognise the number plate on that 504. All our licence plates have the state or territory that the car is registered in on the plate itself. I could be wrong, but the scenery suggests South Africa. 30:00 We had the Chrysler Centura in Australia, with a 2.0 litre 4, or 3.5 and 4.0 litre Hemi sixes. They were produced from 1975 to 1978. 31:00 Aussie Ford sedans looked similar to these but right-hand-drive, of course. 32:45 With Mount Tongariro in the background! Cheers, Garry.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Hi Garry, thanks for the added info!!

[@chrisross-smith4358]

Hi Richard, another grear video of wonderful 70s cars. The 2 cars behind the Torana, are first nearest the camera, is a Holden eh or ej and furthest is the Holden ek. The eh sold in huge numbers and was I believe, the biggest selling model for GM Holden.

[@johnmcgahan1001]

great photos really took me back👍

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks 👍

[@tompearce4454]

We had our first 3 litre capri in our Ford garage 1973 what a car that was at the time fast for the day 4 days later the owner rolled it a field

[@ickisdogg3779]

The falcon you showed was the US body version circa 66 67, body style lasted till 72 with the XY series we had same here down under, but not the 2 door version

[@tomhaskett5161]

3:40 nice shot of a Renault biscuit-tin! Happy memories

[@alexandrecorelli7179]

Hi ! Thanks for the video. I live on the other side of the channel, and pretend I am an expert in cars, but I have to admit that GB is an island with lots of exotic cars !

[@jeffkeeley4594]

As noted at 5.35 Holden Torana (4 cyl) immeadiately behind is a 63-64 Holden EH sedan which came with either a 149 or 179 cu/inch straight six. Behind that is a Holden FB or EK model from around 59-61 fitted with I think a 138 cu/inch straight six.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks Jeff!

[@MyJon64]

Your Fiat 131. Looks very much like a 132 to me!

[@tonywimble3778]

Another great selection of photos Richard, I liked the Mk1 Vauxhall Cavalier, as I owned a 1976 1600 GL, in Yellow with a black vinyl roof (OBH554P) a great car. Richard, how about including some photos of some Vauxhall Carltons, Saloons & Estate cars from late 1970's and early 1980's (Mk1 & Mk2) in a future video.

[@runwiththerunners8152]

My first car was a ford Anglia. I bought it for £37 and sold it a year later for £36. My next car was a Triumph Herald convertible. It all seems so recent. Hard to think of them being classic now!

[@anthonyeverett1391]

Very very nice photos sir.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Glad it was of interest!

[@fireballfireball1067]

5:34 , the following car behind the Torana is a 1963-65 EH Holden sedan. in the distance is a EK Holden from 1961/62

[@Lar308]

Google images is saying the ruins at 8:06 is Whitby. Yes done some more checking - the bridge seen is the new bridge over the river Esk (at Whitby)

[@TheGreatest1974]

At exactly 32.00 my dad had one of those old wide Audis in the 1980’s. It was a bad winter and the roads were the worst I’ve ever seen but my sister had to be picked up from work, and in a snowstorm my dad & I went out in the Audi, and that thing just ploughed straight through the snow no problem at all, I was amazed.

[@Richnineteenseventyone]

I've said this before but it's surprising how small old cars are. I'm sure they must shrink with age. A few yeas back I seen a MK1 Granada parked in the local car park and it was being dwarfed by a ford mondeo. The granny was a large family car in the 70s. About a month ago. I seen a metro city x in red. I had a walk around it absolutely amazed at how small it is. I passed my test in my own Mg Metro and the things I got up to in that and the long drives and holidays etc in such a small car that I never seem as a tiny car till I seen that metro recently.

[@paulh1679]

My father had a Audi 100 looked like the Brown example in your thumbnail, I loved it as looked great when all polished up but was bad for rust, can't recall last time i saw one on the road, He also had a Blue1970 Austin 3ltr he got cheap during the petrol shortages in the early 70's, as a young boy this was my favourite as looked so posh to my eyes even our Mayor had one same colour.

[@speakfreeley4473]

I too had an Audi 100 C1 in that same colour shown here. Just a few years ago, & yes, the one I had did rust. Fortunately it was what you could see. What couldn't be see where it mattered was still OK, so sold it to a fan who was quite happy to restore it., & was still restorable.

[@petersmith4455]

hi there, my mum had a Fiat 600from new in 1962, as a child then i remember it well. i now have a Panda 1.4.

[@tomday7309]

My first car was a new 1974 Renault 12. Looked different than any of the Japanese cars selling so well in the US, but was spacious and comfortable. The French can build some comfortable seats.

[@paul7TM]

Australian cars behind the Torana are either a '63 EJ or '64 EH Holden. And further back either an FB or more likely an EK Holden very early 60s. Old Holden models were sometimes very similar. Cheers.

[@AndrewGruffudd]

The first car I remember my father - who was with the Military Police in West Berlin back in the tail end of the '60s - was a Ford Taunus P5 2-door in white with a red roof. I've loved them ever since, but they are as rare as honest politicians on the streets of ye olde Londinium, it would seem.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Extinct then!

[@video99couk]

Don't think I saw any Avengers! My daily driver is a 1972 Hillman Avenger 1500 Super saloon. I bought it from the family of the first owner, for £10 in 2001, because they didn't want it to be scrapped.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Cool, Avengers make it into other vids but I didn't have any in-period snaps to use in this one alas, thanks for watching

[@robinstewart4729]

great video sir

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks

[@volumexit]

The first series Fiat 131 from New Zealand is actually a series 2 base model 132.

[@mossi408]

The Fiat with the Chrom bumper is a 132, not a 131. The unknown Audi called 60, 72, 75, 80, or Super 90. Depends on it's engine. Intern called F103. The 7nknown coach is also a German one called Kässbohrer Setra. But I unfortunately don't know which model.

[@stevedyer302]

The Ginetta G15 at 3.05 next to the scimitar not worth a mention? enjoyed the video, nice to take a trip down memory lane!

[@michaeljohnston6527]

The opel kadett B is on a Dublin reg plate and it dates from june 1966 to june 1967 which would have started at NZJ 1 in june 1966 then NZJ 2 and so on Another great video keep it going lads

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks Michael!

[@Oelwannski]

The "unidentified coach" on 27:20 is a german Kässbohrer Setra.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Ahhh, thanks!

[@MrNaKillshots]

Entertaining.

[@ianvincent4013]

Hi Rick I don't know if anyone has already said but the race track cars with a lake in the background appears to be Mallory Park.

[@dannywhite3538]

The E-type is still in action with only 38989 on the clock

[@micks47]

At 20:16 that is East Cliff looking towards the Landgate arch in Rye, E.Sussex. The view is virtually unchanged today.

[@douglasvick9703]

@carsyoungtimersfreak..The original owner of Camping Etang Fleury by Coulomiers (77) France had a few classics ...One is A Bristol.A True Import ...Like a Coupe 1955 I think...Similar to a BMW...I found a Gentleman in Solihull.M.May as I recall with plenty of Bristol spares....I take loads of reserve parts back for M.Baudoin...He has Delahayes .Simcas etc....Wonderful....

[@buddhastaxi666]

The Aussie cars are EH Holden EK Holden. Early 1960s cars, with small reliable 6 cylinder motors . The Torana is derived from the Vauxhall Viva.

[@brymorian]

When cars had style. Convinced that a lot of today's collisions are due to the jelly mould design where all the vision behind the drivers window is squashed up to roof, allowing no all round visibilty

[@oldclassiccarUK]

I agree about modern designs, they are often way too reliant on reversing cameras etc and also not always easy to position accurately due to their bulk and compromised forward visibility

[@janvansabben3355]

Sorry to have to correct you, in the case of the Daf 55, is a coupe and has no engine in the back and the engine size is 1100 cc (Renault). The Fiat 131 you mentioned is a Fiat 132. The Audi in the photographs was first a DKW F102 and later a Audi 60. the Ford Taunus is a Taunus 12M coupe. the coach in the Italian picture is a Setra.

[@156dave]

From the days when you could change the car battery without needing a laptop to program the ECU

[@ratty383]

Another fantastic Vid, really enjoyable. That Series 3 E type was a Feb 71 registered car, I’m pretty sure the Series 3 cars were launched in March 71 so it’s highly likely that was a factory demo car as you were told… The 70s was the decade of my childhood so this video really hit home with me. Thanks for making the effort to edit all these photos together, much appreciated.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks, yep same here, grew up in the 70s

[@throthelens]

Yes we were on our way to a small sports and classic car show in Bedford. Dad, who was in Jaguar PR, was instructed to take it out and present it to those interested. We got it home to Kenilworth and saw that it was filthy so he took it to a new Auto Car-Wash which tore off all the chrome strips around the nose. I was an apprentice aircraft metalworker so managed to reform all to put on show 🤭

[@ratty383]

@@throthelens Thanks for the info, I would imagine the automatic car washes in those days were quite brutal, I doubt that many E types get put through car washes nowadays !

[@PaulB-17]

As a child of the 70s that could name almost any car on the road at 10 yrs old I really enjoyed this video. moving to Perth Oz in 1982, less interesting cars here although had fun with the Str 6, 4.1ltr Cortinas! Now it's all white SUVs yawn. oh and you got a subscriber.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for watching and subbing!

[@chrisblay]

As a teenager in the 1980’s all we could afford when starting out driving was 1970’s cars. I started out with an M reg Viva and also owned two Mk2 Escort on N and R registrations. This also brings back fond memories of my parent’s cars in the seventies.

[@jeffking4176]

18:12 on the right, parked , last car, 1958 Buick. Car in the middle, 1967 Oldsmobile. 📻🙂

[@stephenholland5930]

It looks like there is a 7 letter name on the rear of the car on the right. I was thinking maybe Pontiac.

[@EddieRiff]

26.15 it's the land gate, Rye, Sussex.

[@StreakyP]

at 3:02 how could you miss mentioning that cute little orange Ginetta G15.

[@duncanyourmate2433]

Chrysler 180's were sold in Australia ,with 215 3.5litre or 245 4 litre Hemi 6 cylinder , 3 speeds manuals ,they were reknown for overheated brakes ,imported CKD engine less , extremely tight engine bay

[@bftdr]

18:05 the finned car on the right is a 1958 buick. i can't make out the body style or trim level. gm added so much chrome in those days that this might be a base trim level. everyone was so proud of their cars back then.

[@B_Wolfen]

@18min in Luxemburg, I believe it is a Ford 12m on the left behind the Citroën, and a Ford 17m parking on the right.

[@roberttaylor6295]

et another super photograph collection all perfectly curated, scripted and presented! Rob

[@jakeandco1958]

The cars in the Australian pic are as you say hb Holden Torana based in the Vauxhall viva. The one immediately behind us an EH Holden special 63 or 64. Car in background is Holden EK 1961 or 1962. Hope this helps.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks Jake!