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A&W weekly Thursday cruise-in, Woodside Ferry Terminal, Nova Scotia August 10, 2017.
Camera: Nikon D7000 & Nikkor 18-105mm lens
Toni not running from the camera, for a change.
On vacation with Carol and Jack at the beach in North Carolina in 1982.
Each year the pickups of the second generation F-100 got a new grille, in 1956, not only a new grille, but the cab changed too. It got vertical windshield pillars and a wrap around windshield as opposed to the sloped pillars and angled windshield of the 1953-55. A wrap around back window was also an option.
Available in Standard Cab or Custom Cab, the Custom Cab got better seats, sunvisors, Custom Cab badge below the window on the doors and a chrome grille.
Models available were; 1/2 ton F-100, 3/4 ton F-250, 1 ton F-350 and the 'Big Job' F-700.
Engines; 115hp 223 cu in 6 cyl or 167hp 272 cu in Y block V8.
Emily would laugh at that caption. She was recording the names of people who were lined up for the giraffe feeding.
Cruise Blue NSW Police Special
The XY Falcon was built from Oct 1970- March 1972, the XY got a new divided grille and revised tail lights, 6 cyl engines were upgraded.
Available in Sedan, Wagon Ute and Panel Van
The Aussie icon, the XY GTHO won Bathurst in 1971.
Engines; 6 cyls; 130hp 200 and 155hp 250, (also 170hp 250 2V option) V8s were 220hp 302 and 250hp 351 V8s (GT 300hp)
A lot of the Police Pursuit cars were 'T' code cars, they got the GT spec 4V 351 Cleveland, the larger radiator, heavy duty alternator, heavy duty battery, upgraded suspension, twin horns and driving lights, all from the GT. Also the windscreen sunvisor and carpet delete (Rubber floor mat) Only 150 were built for the Police Force.
From the next model, the XA, Police Pursuit cars only got the K code 351, the 2V engine, (the T code 351 was the 4V engine from the GT)
In 1953, the F-1 Pickup became the F-100. For 1953 they got a new squarer shaped cab, a stylish new grille, and longer hood that flowed into the front fenders.
1954 saw a revised 'strut mounted' grille, V8 models got the V8 badge on the grille, Deluxe models got extra chrome embelleshments to the grille and side of the hood, armrests and sunvisors. The old V8 Flathead replaced with the new Y Block and the 'Ford-O-Matic was now an option.
Models available were; 1/2 ton F-100, 3/4 ton F-250, 1 ton F-350 and the 'Big Job' F-700.
The early F-Series were marketed as Ford Freighter in Australia, the local division not adopting the F-Series nomenclature until 1956.
Engines; 115hp 223 cu in 6 cyl or 162hp 239 cu in Y block V8.
2025 NSW All Ford Day; Celebrating 100 Years of Ford in Australia
Me at 16 going for a ride :)
Home-computers weren't invented yet so me and my friends always were working and riding on our ''bikes''.
Kreidlers were only driven by men, girls drove Vespa Ciao's and models alike. I was proud to own a Kreidler, they were along with Zundapp considered the best you could buy. The FS1 from Yamaha looked great and was easily tuned but wasn't as well built as a Kreidler. A lot of FS1's had bent frames when tuned to make them faster (and they all were).
My Kreidler had a topspeed of +/- 65-70km/u; not the fastest one but sufficient and safe. I added lots of chrome parts, when i was finished the Kreidler looked far from original and, in our eyes, great.
Unfortunately this is the only picture i still have, maybe there are some more pics at my fathers house.
Helmets with big sunvisors were considered very cool and everybody had them at the time.
I spray painted my helmet matte black with silver striping.
The leather gloves were a present from my mother and i still wear them today on my motorbike when it's colder outside, the quality was (is) that good!
Customers can also mount a variety of components on the roof, including a sunvisor, LED marker lights, spot and strobe lights, air horns, plus Qualcomm, PeopleNet, and Kenworth TruckTech+ remote diagnostic antennas. To help cover body builder equipment for all vocational applications, the T880 40-inch sleeper was designed with a height – from the bottom of the frame rails to the sleeper rooftop – that is nearly 17 inches shorter than the T880’s 52-inch and 76-inch mid-roof sleepers.
The T880 now offers vocational customers three excellent sleepers to best meet their needs and applications. In 2016, the T880 is available with the recently announced PACCAR MX-11 engine rated from 355 to 430-hp and from 1,250 to 1,550 lb-ft of torque.
In 1953, the F-1 Pickup became the F-100. For 1953 they got new squarer shaped cab, a stylish new grille, and longer hood that flowed into the front fenders.
1954 saw a revised 'strut mounted' grille, V8 models got the V8 badge on the grille, Deluxe models got extra chrome embelleshments to the grille and side of the hood, armrests and sunvisors. The old V8 Flathead replaced with the new Y Block and the 'Ford-O-Matic was now an option.
Models available were; 1/2 ton F-100, 3/4 ton F-250, 1 ton F-350 and the 'Big Job' F-700.
The early F-Series were marketed as Ford Freighter in Australia, the local division not adopting the F-Series nomenclature until 1956.
Engines; 115hp 223 cu in 6 cyl or 162hp 239 cu in Y block V8.
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada - July 9, 2016 : 1951 Chevrolet Deluxe 2 door parked in Centennial Park during 2016 Atlantic Nationals.
Camera: Nikon D7100 & Nikkor 18-105mm lens
ISO 100, 18mm, f/8.0, 1/100
Another recabbed Oxford Scania thanks to the availability of cheap Superleague models from the Stobart Shop. This one is now a day cab Foden Alpha and is a new arrival on the fairs, currently still a normal 6x2 tractor unit and awaiting a showman's conversion. The sunvisor was transferred from the original Scania cab to cover up some damage to the casting above the windscreen.
Another view of this magnificent Japanese car, but this time obscuring those horrid mag wheels on the caravan!
This car was "discovered" in storage in Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island in 2009. For some unknown reason it was hardly used by its original owner and had only covered 6000 miles when found! Fortunately it had been well protected during its storage. Original features include the factory supplied tool kit, plastic covers on the sun visors, cross-ply tyres and the optional transistor radio unit. The PA30 Gloria was a luxury saloon in its day and was intended to compete in the New Zealand car market with the Ford Zodiac, Vauxhall Velox/Cresta, Holden HD Premier and the Chrysler VC Valiant etc.
If you want to use this image, ask permission PRIOR to use. Don't be a thief - under most circumstances, I'm quite reasonable.
Copyright 2012 - Alan B.
Using the old 'pull the sunvisor down' trick which admittedly is a better look than the outstretched hand for camera shy drivers...
Mercury’s Turnpike Cruiser was a true “car of the future” with more gadgets than had ever been put in a Ford model vehicle. It boasted a huge V-8 engine, the “Merc-O-Matic” push button transmission, power steering, brakes, windows and seats…with memory! The driver enjoyed a special steering-wheel flattened at the top for a better view of the road and quad headlamps (where legal). What’s really unique about the design is the electrically retractable rear window for “Breeze-way Ventilation,” and twin air intakes at the top corners of the “Skylight Dual-Curve” windshield with a Jetsons-like antenna sticking out on each side. This ventilation system was sometimes better than the air-conditioning.
The “Seat-O-Matic” memory seat system was amazing for its time, but proved almost-fatal if one tried to use it while wearing seatbelts.
The Turnpike Cruiser also had a number of standard safety features: padded dashboard (the first of its kind), padded sunvisors, rubber housings for the tachometer and clock, a deep-dish steering wheel, and the wrapped “V-angle” tail lights.
Source: www.mercuryturnpikecruiser.com/history/
Photo taken at the Västerås Power Meet 2016
From www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/Documents/scanner/0...
KINGSTON was powered by a direct-acting, inclined, triple-expansion engine which had cylinders of 28, 44 and 74 inches and a stroke of 72 inches. Steam was supplied by four coal-fired Scotch marine boilers measuring 11 by 11 1/2 feet, the boilers and engine having been built for the ship by Bertram's. The machinery produced 461 Nominal Horsepower and drove the two relatively small feathering sidewheels which were housed in well-decorated but rather unobtrusive paddleboxes which rose just above the level of the cabin deck.
Angstrom gave KINGSTON a superlative interior decor. Her staterooms, accommodating 365 passengers, were located on the upper two decks and the bulkheads were covered with beautifully-carved designs. The cabin was divided into two sections by the funnel casing, the forward and main saloons both being galleried structures. The forward saloon, the smaller of the two, was given an intricately carved ceiling, the centre part of which was a glass skylight which flooded the area with daylight. The bulkhead of the funnel casing displayed a typical classical mural and the surprisingly plain stairway was set off by a selection of potted ferns. The railing around the well in the upper deck was a masterpiece of Victorian elegance.
The main saloon was the pride of the ship and featured a staircase of Corinthian inspiration. The ceiling contained a centre panel dominated by hexagonal and triangular designs and light was admitted to the cabin by a clerestory running the entire length of the saloon as well as the area occupied amidships by the boiler uptakes. The main companionway led down to another which took passengers to the main deck.
Just as Frank E. Kirby's masterpieces of marine architecture (such as CITY OF DETROIT III) were dominated by their superb pilothouses, so did Arendt Angstrom have a hand for designing this feature of a steamboat. Both TORONTO and KINGSTON had extremely fine pilothouses, not cluttered by a sunvisor, and featuring a protruding roof-edge and four-sectioned windows which dropped to provide ventilation. As was typical of steamboats of the day, both ships carried across the front of the pilothouse a finely-lettered nameboard which, unfortunately, was frequently obscured from view by the large canvas dodger which could be stretched on the bridge deck rail.
KINGSTON entered service with an all-white hull and white cabins, her two well-proportioned but barely raked stacks bearing the usual Richelieu and Ontario colours of red with a black smokeband. Although she was to lose them in later years, she originally sported gold-leaf dragons of quite ferocious appearance on her trailboards. As built, KINGSTON carried only one mast which sprouted from the texas cabin immediately aft of the pilothouse but after she was in service for a short period of time, she was given a rather flimsy mainmast located just abaft the paddleboxes. The after mast was added incompliance with government regulations requiring the carriage of a stern running light. The foremast was originally fitted with a prominent gaff.
KINGSTON, of course, differed from TORONTO in that she was somewhat longer, a difference in size which was certainly noticeable, but she differed in certain other basic ways as well. The most obvious, perhaps, lay in the fact that KINGSTON was given two stacks while TORONTO carried only one. KINGSTON carried on the bow, just ahead of the cabin structure, two rather prominent ventilators with cowls, a feature that TORONTO lacked entirely. And KINGSTON was built with her dining saloon forward on the main deck, its location indicated by a long row of large windows. TORONTO, on the other hand, was built with her dining saloon in an unusual location forward on the upper cabin deck, an arrangement that was obviously less than satisfactory as the facility was soon moved down to the main deck forward.
KINGSTON joined TORONTO on the Toronto-Prescott overnight run and was an even greater success than the earlier ship. The vessels sailed from Toronto on alternate days during the summer months (the service was rather less frequent during the off-season), departing from their home port at about 2:30 p.m. Stops were scheduled at Charlotte, Kingston, Alexandria Bay and Brockville with the arrival at Prescott timed so that those wishing to proceed to Montreal could transfer to the dayboats operating on the rapids for the scenic run down to Montreal.
KINGSTON operated dependably and very seldom made the news, this being the result of the fact that she got herself into very few scrapes during her lifetime. The most notable feature of her operation was her regularity and the unspectacular nature of her service. But in 1908 she did make the news when she was in collision with the small American steamer TITANIA off Charlotte harbour at about 10:00 p.m. on August 11th. Both vessels were attempting to enter the piers and neither signalled nor gave way to the other. The U.S. Steamboat Inspection Service later held an enquiry at Buffalo and both ships were held to be at fault for proceeding at speeds unsuitable for harbour waters and for not signalling to each other. TITANIA's master lost his license over the affair but the court, having no jurisdiction in Canada, could not touch the ticket of KINGSTON's master.
The "teens" saw KINGSTON under the command of Capt. E. A. Booth who sailed the ship for many years. It was with Capt. Booth on the bridge that the boat went through the only change of ownership that she was ever to see, that occurring in 1913. But 1913 was also a notable year for KINGSTON for another reason. The R & O, through an American subsidiary, the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company of the United States, was operating its steamer ROCHESTER on Lake Ontario from Toronto to the American side and it was believed that it was no longer necessary for KINGSTON and TORONTO to make the Charlotte call. Accordingly, the Toronto sailing was rescheduled for 6:00 p.m., it being thought that such a departure time would be more suitable for passengers arriving by train. By the following year, however, ROCHESTER was gone from the Toronto-Rochester route and TORONTO and KINGSTON resumed their Charlotte calls, their Toronto departure being scheduled again for mid-afternoon.
The year 1913 brought the formation of Canada Steamship Lines Ltd. of Montreal, the R & O being the major firm participating in the mergers which led to the birth of what was first called the Canada Transportation Company Ltd. but was soon rechristened as Canada Steamship Lines Ltd. TORONTO and KINGSTON were placed in what was known as the Western Division of C.S.L.'s passenger operations and in due course were given the familiar red, white and black stack colours. In latter years under R & O ownership, the boats had been given black hulls and under C.S.L. management they carried at various times black, white and green hulls.
During the spring of 1916, TORONTO was drydocked at Kingston and refurbished, and when she emerged she sported a wireless antenna strung between her masts, a feature that was soon added to KINGSTON as well. KINGSTON'S wireless call sign was VGMD, her wireless equipment being carried in a small cabin aft of the second funnel. It was thought that the wireless would allow passengers to keep up to date on news stories of the day, especially those concerning the progress of the war in Europe. As well, each boat received "moving picture apparatus for the amusement and instruction of passengers".
By 1920, Capt. Booth had moved over to TORONTO and KINGSTON was commanded by Capt. A. E. Stinson. The twenties were good years for the boats and they continued to operate a daily service during the summer months, the frequency being cut back to thrice-weekly during the off-season. They were able to maintain this service right through the Great Depression as well, their route not being affected by the poor business conditions to the point where a reduction in frequency of sailings would have been necessary.
It was as things were improving again after the Depression that KINGSTON was involved in one of her few serious accidents. The year was 1936 and the ship was approaching the dock at Brockville one day when she suffered a mechanical failure. The engine failed to reverse and KINGSTON struck the dock hard. As she glanced along the wharf, she canted over to starboard and her port wheel literally "walked" along the dock until her bow struck the shore. Needless to say, rather severe damage was occasioned to both the wharf and the ship but repairs to both were put in hand.
Strangely enough, the end of the Depression also meant the end for TORONTO, although business conditions had nothing to do with her demise. As a result of the disastrous fire which in September 1934 destroyed the Ward Line coastal steamer MORRO CASTLE with substantial loss of life, the U.S. government in 1938 instituted regulations which, amongst other requirements, prohibited the operation in U.S. waters of passenger steamboats having a wooden main deck. Unfortunately, TORONTO was so afflicted although KINGSTON had a steel main deck, and since the vessels' route took them to two American ports, TORONTO could not continue. She was laid up in the Turning Basin at Toronto and in due course was given a coat of grey paint to help preserve her woodwork against the day when she might once more be used by the company on some other route. That day, however, never came and on June 14, 1947, TORONTO was towed to Hamilton by the tug HELENA, the veteran paddler having been sold to the Steel Company of Canada Ltd. for scrapping. After the retirement of her running-mate, KINGSTON carried on the Toronto-Prescott route alone.
Another serious accident involving KINGSTON occurred on June 17, 1941 when she grounded on a shoal in the St. Lawrence. The Pyke Salvage Company sent its tugs SALVAGE PRINCE and SALVAGE QUEEN to her aid and KINGSTON, after a week on the shoal, was freed with the assistance of pontoons. Shortly after the steamer had floated free but before she could be moved from the scene, she was a victim of a thunderstorm in which lightning struck her foremast. Whether the lightning decapitated the mast or whether its top was lopped off by repairmen afterwards we are not certain, but the mast was considerably shorter when the steamer re-entered service. It is said that KINGSTON'S longtime master, Capt. Benson A. Bongard, was so shaken by the accident that the company had to bring Capt. H. W. Webster of the CAYUGA to the scene to replace Capt. Bongard for the trip to the Kingston drydock. Capt. Webster would eventually replace Capt. Bongard on a permanent basis and, in fact, he was destined to be KINGSTON's last master.
KINGSTON carried on by herself through the war years and, in fact, all the way to the end of the decade. She was getting on in years but the service was popular and it looked as if the paddler would keep going for a good many more years. In fact, her engine was rebuilt in 1948, hardly the sort of work likely to be done by an owner considering the retirement of a vessel. But as KINGSTON's 1949 season was drawing to a close, there occurred an event which was to prove to be the undoing of the veteran steamer.
During the early morning hours of Saturday, September 17, 1949, the C.S.L. upper lake passenger and package freight steamer NORONIC was lying on the west side of Toronto's Yonge Street passenger terminal, the ship being on a post-season cruise with a large complement of Americans on board. Fire broke out on the ship and by morning, NORONIC was a sunken, burned-out wreck, the lives of many of her passengers having been snuffed out during the holocaust. At 2:40 p.m. that afternoon, KINGSTON sailed from Toronto on her last scheduled run of the season, a trip that was to prove to be her very last.
This may well be the last photo taken of KINGSTON while in operation From the camera of J. H. Bascom, it shows her leaving Toronto on her lat trip, September 17, 1949.
KINGSTON, once her final round trip had been completed, went to the shipyard at Kingston where she was scheduled to undergo considerable maintenance work during the winter. In fact, much work was actually done on her but before it could be finished, the Canadian government in January 1950 dropped a bombshell in the form of comprehensive and stringent new fire regulations which were a direct result of the NORONIC disaster. In order to bring KINGSTON into compliance with the new requirements, C.S.L. would have had to spend approximately $600,000 to install fire alarms, sprinkler systems and additional bulkheads. As might have been expected, the company was unwilling to expend so great a sum on a boat of KINGSTON's age and accordingly it was immediately announced that the Toronto-Montreal passenger service would not be operated in 1950, the KINGSTON being retired from her Toronto-Prescott run and RAPIDS PRINCE from her connecting service between Prescott and Montreal.
As it was obvious that KINGSTON would never operate again, C.S.L. wasted no time in disposing of the steamer. During the spring, she was towed to Hamilton and there the wreckers began to rip into her beautiful woodwork. By early summer, there was not much left except the hull and the funnel casing at the top of which forlornly perched her two stacks. The hull was then towed around to the yard of the Steel Company of Canada Ltd. where it was cut up.
KINGSTON lasted a good deal longer than most of the famous nightboats and, had it not been for the events of that fateful September 17th, the chances were very good that she would have operated yet a few years more. Nevertheless, KINGSTON had gained a place in the hearts of the Lake Ontario travelling public and will long be remembered by local residents as well as by the marine historians who so admired her grace and elegance.
KINGSTON may have left another legacy too, but one that is not recognized as such by the many people who come in contact with it. It is said that Thousand Island salad dressing was invented in the galley of KINGSTON by a steward who had run out of other dressing and who was faced by a dining saloon full of hungry travellers. This may or may not have been the case, but either way, KINGSTON was worthy of recognition and deserved to be remembered for many, many years.
Teal Glow ACT Police Special
The XY Falcon was built from Oct 1970- March 1972, the XY got a new divided grille and revised tail lights, 6 cyl engines were upgraded.
Available in Sedan, Wagon Ute and Panel Van
The Aussie icon, the XY GTHO won Bathurst in 1971.
Engines; 6 cyls; 130hp 200 and 155hp 250, (also 170hp 250 2V option) V8s were 220hp 302 and 250hp 351 V8s (GT 300hp)
A lot of the Police Pursuit cars were 'T' code cars, they got the GT spec 4V 351 Cleveland, the larger radiator, heavy duty alternator, heavy duty battery, upgraded suspension, twin horns and driving lights, all from the GT. Also the windscreen sunvisor and carpet delete (Rubber floor mat) Only 150 were built for the Police Force.
From the next model, the XA, Police Pursuit cars only got the K code 351, the 2V engine, (the T code 351 was the 4V engine from the GT)
Volvo FH16 (2012) Engine 16120cc
Fleet Kult Transport (Czech Republic)
Registration Number 6H3 1489
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The Volvo FH and FH16 is a heavy truck range introduced in 1993, replacing the F cabover series. FH stands for Forward control High entry, where numbers denominate engine capacity in litres. The FH range is one of the most successful truck series ever having sold more than 400,000 units worldwide having regular upgrades. With the faceliftes first geberation entitled Version 98 introduced in 1998 and running through to 2002.
The Version 2 was launched in 2002 with the cab and driveline given major makeover Major changes included redesign of the cab to improve aerodynamics, the new automatic gearchange transmission, I shift, new electronics system and engine improvements. 2003 saw theinclusion of the powerful FH16 (litre) available in various power output variants from 360 hp (270 kW), 400 hp, 440 hp, 480 hp (360 kW) to 520 hp (390 kW). Initially available to meet Euro III emissions requirements, further improvements will enable the engine to meet or exceed Euro IV and possibly Euro V emissions targets
The Version 2 was replaced in in 2008 with a Mark III FH and FG16 with main emphasis on a driver comfort and usability, the third generation trucks featured with a completely redesigned grill, steps, sunvisor and headlamps combination were the most obvious visible changes over previous models. Six months later an even more powerful FH16 with 700hp while the 11 and 13 litre engines were upgraded in line with Euro Euro V emission regulations.
The fourth generation FH was introduced in September 2012 ith major technology upgrades, a new design more aggresive frontal design and the companies first Euro VI engines, the D131 which is available as an option on the new Volvo FH and compulsory for new trucks in Europe from January 2014.
The truck received a facelift in 2020, with most notably a new headlight design, an updated interior, new safety features and efficiency improvements
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British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships held at the Nottingham Tennis Centre, England, July 2018.
The owner of this car has never washed it in a traditional way. He washes down the car in a Kerosene mix only.
"Made in Australia, For Australia" Ben Chifley, Prime Minister, 1948
Produced November 1948 to September 1953.
Australia was a different place in 1948, the Second World War had finished in 1945 and was still fresh in everyones memory. Australians of the time hungered for American style freedom and American styled cars, infact at the time America was very well loved and respected by the general population for the help they had given Australia during the war. It was in these years that only around 1 in 8 Australians owned an automotive but by the time Holdens new construction had finished its run this ratio was closer to 1 in 4.
This model was where it all began, often referred to as the FX Holden, it's real name is the 48/215, 48 being the year it started production and 215 being Standard Sedan (the numbering system remained with Holdens for many years to come with 215 always signifying the Standard type of each model). When produced the FX was the first mass produced six seater car produced in Australia and it had to compete with 4 cylinder British cars as well as many American vehicles. Much of Australian automotives of the time were either pre-war Workers with FX Grills during manufacture.
American or British and so an Australian car was very well recieved, especially by government and businesses who snapped them up like hot cakes to replace their pre-war American fleets.
The FX was given a 2.17 Litre 6 cylinder motor which was later referred to as a "Grey Motor" due to its colour. The motor was used with a 3 speed column shift gearbox and could achieve around 30 miles to the gallon and 80 miles per hour (with a hefty run up). The Grey Motor was used right up until the EH Holden was preduced in August 1963 with the new "Red Motor".
The standard features of the FX Holden included a key-operated drivers door lock, flipper windows, no chrome mouldings, adjustable air scoop between the bonnet and windscreen, no heater, one sunvisor, one tail-light and no turn indicators (people of the time used an arm out the window to indicate which direction they wished to turn). Options included an 'Air Chief 5' radio, lefthand side sun-visor, a rear venetian blind, a locking petrol cap and a heavy duty oil bath air-cleaner. There was only 4 exterior colours available: Black, Convoy Grey, Gawler Cream and Seine Blue.
In 1951 the first Holden ute was produced and it was another hot cake, especially for farmers and workers.
Even though the 48/215 showed a lack of refinement it was still in such demand that General Motors Holden had to release a book of testimonials saying why the Holden was worth waiting for. It took a year for Holden to lift production to 1000 cars per month (it originally was 10 per day) but by 1953 when they released the first of the "Business Sedans" (bought by businesses like taxi companies) they had lifted production to around 200 cars a day.
Each year the pickups of the second generation F-100 got a new grille, in 1956, not only a new grille, but the cab changed too. It got vertical windshield pillars and a wrap around windshield as opposed to the sloped pillars and angled windshield of the 1953-55. A wrap around back window was also an option.
Available in Standard Cab or Custom Cab, the Custom Cab got better seats, sunvisors, Custom Cab badge below the window on the doors and a chrome grille.
Models available were; 1/2 ton F-100, 3/4 ton F-250, 1 ton F-350 and the 'Big Job' F-700.
Engines; 115hp 223 cu in 6 cyl or 167hp 272 cu in Y block V8.
Whats all this then?
Heavy M25 traffic is pushed aside by this unmarked Ford Transit Van. It is equipped with grill and bumper blue LEDs at the front, along with sunvisor twin LED flashers.
I am intrigued by this vehicle. For what service does it belong? Where was it going? Why unmarked - yet obvious by the number of blue LED units bolted along the side and rear (OK, they do appear clear when turned off). The driver is wearing a white shirt, the passenger appears to be looking at paperwork. There is an AA fleet sticker in the top left of the windscreen.
This is a very early Jennings (LV/JM) cabbed ERF 54G LV operated from new by J Woolley, then an unknown showman.
It is an example of the very first Jennings built LV cabs, with the high indicator lamps and no 'sunvisor' lip over the windscreen (a feature added in 1964 and carried right through to the 8 and 7LV cabs of the 'A Series').
The upper and lower grille panels fitted here are wrong. The lower panel is from a 1966 cab and the upper panel is from a 1967.
230DJW does survive today but has unfortunately lost it's original numberplate.
Carrying a base price of $3,934, standard features now included windshield washers, sunvisors, a thermostatically controlled radiator fan, and a parking-brake warning light. A heater was still optional for 1961, however, priced at $102.25. While air conditioning, power steering, and power brakes still weren't offered, the "Wonder Bar" signal-seeking AM radio remained available, as did the Positraction limited-slip differential, "wide" whitewall tires, electric windows, and the power-operated top.
Calypso Green.
The XA Falcon was built from March 1972- Sept 1973. (2 door Hardtop from July 72).
Sedan; Standard, 500, Futura, Fairmont, GT
Hardtop; 500, Fairmont, GT, Superbird
Wagon; Standard, 500; Fairmont
Utility; Standard, 500, Panel Van; Standard
Falcon 500; courtesy lights, carpet.
Futura; centre arm rest and a heater.
Fairmont; bucket seats and a console.
Option 48 GS package; GS stripes, 12 slot rims and caps, full instrumentation, and rim blow steering wheel.
The GT got 351 4V, Fairmont interior, full instrumentation, NACA bonnet scoops, black out paintwork.
Engines; 130hp 200 and 155hp 250 6s or 240hp 302 and 260hp 351 V8s (GT 300hp)
This car is still with the original owner and still has the original paint. It has the options; a two way tailgate that swings open or drops down, the Protection Pack (Overriders and Side protection strips), a black vinyl roof with sunvisor and chrome roof rack.
Many artist were busy painting the former Italian Consulate residence at Yamate Italian Garden.
It was called Italia Yama or the Italian Hill, as this is where the Italian consulate was located from 1880 to 1886.
The prism effect the camera lens produced caught my eye.
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- Penrith NSW
"The Holden HR range was released in April 1966, replacing the Holden HD series which had been in production since 1965. In addition to a revised grille, the HR featured a reworked roofline and larger rear window (on the sedans), revised rear lights (on sedans and wagons) and changes to almost all exterior body panels. Other changes included revised ball joint front suspension, widened track, improved interior trim and woodgrain interior finish for the Premier models. Six months after the launch of the HR, all models were given a safety upgrade with the addition of front safety belts, windscreen washers, reversing lights, sunvisors and a shatterproof interior rearview mirror."
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West Midlands Police (?) Volkswagen Caddy unmarked 61 plate.
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Weaman Street, Birmingham, August 2012.
Pontiac was introduced by GM in 1926, as a cheaper car to be sold along side of the more expensive Oakland. In 1933, the Oakland was dropped, the 6 cylinder Pontiac was then sold along side of the 4 cyl Chevrolet.
The 1926-28 Pontiac featured black fenders, a sunvisor and 12-spoke artillery wheels. Inside, a simply instrument panel; speedometer, oil and amp gauges, soft corduroy upholstered seats and carpet on the floor.
The 1928 6-28 featured a taller and narrower radiator shell, deeply crowned fenders and a style-line ran the full length of the body. The radiator cap depicted an Indian brave instead of the previous Indian chief.
Body styles offered in 1928 included 2 door Coupe, Roadster, Cabriolet, 2 and 4 door sedan, 4 door Landau Sport Sedan and 4 door Phaeton.
Engine; 40hp 186.7 cu in L head 6 cyl
Pontiacs were assembled in Australia and New Zealand from 1926
These were really stripped fleet vehicles. It's weird to see a new car with only one taillight, one horn, one windshield wiper, and one sunvisor. The much better-equipped Super DeLuxe Fordor at $860 was only $85 more than the Special Fordor at $775. Items in the DeLuxe and Super DeLuxe models that were missing from the Specials were a cigarette lighter, glove compartment lock, arm rests, and a dome light.
A brunette lady posing with an English-built Ford under a carport with a corrugated steel roof in an exotic garden. She is wearing a patterned summer dress in the fashion of the 1960s. The car is equipped with an external sun visor and registered with Kenyan number plates.
Country of origin: Kenya
Back wall of the cab has been fixed in place. The roof and sun visor have been fitted temporarily. I'll take them off again to fit the interior of the cab.
Momo MANIA Licca is the 3rd PostPet based Licca to hit the scene. She was released in November 2001 and is a limited edition with TONS of accessories and extras.
Included are 2 shopping bags, sunvisor with bear ears, glasses, lipstick, mobile phone, wristwatch, beautiful golden necklace with a little cross on it adorned with pink stones, Momo teddybear and a phone bag in shape of Momo's head. She has pink earrings.
Sbe's wearing pink sports shoes and a lovely casual outfit also based around the color pink, just like all her accessories are. Pink is the official color of Postpet and its mascot, Momo bear. The sockings with little Momo bears all over are the cutest thing ever! A sweet, sleeping Momo is pictured on her white t-shirt. The belt 'buckle', too, has the shape of Momo's head. She has the most intricate outfit of the Postpet Liccas and more extras than a lot of other Licca dolls out there.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - September 26, 2009 : 1951 Dodge Regent 4 door sedan at Cars in the Park car show, Victoria Park, Spring Garden Road, Halifax.
Camera: Olympus E500 & Zukko 14-45 lens
ISO 200, 22mm, f/6.3, 1/125
Seen here running on Trade Plates, this Leyland Beaver with refridgerated semi-trailer is destined for exhibition at a Turkish trade fair in 1967/8.
The only concession to the ardours of the long journey seems to be a sun visor!
I have often wondered why Leyland persisted with their ultra-short wheelbase for the Beaver artic when some competitors and other Leyland group companies were using longer chassis by this time (1968)
This lass is a one-woman rhythm section and tempo keeper for the T'in Cow Fat Cow mas band on Carnival Tuesday. Incorporating a music cart required more resources than the bandleaders could muster in the timeframe it took the band to take shape.