Grilles in Cannes
Thoughts on the radiator grilles of Simca 90A Aronde, Simca Océane, Triumph TR3A and Renault Dauphine, all caught in a postcard from Cannes in late Fifties Continue reading Grilles in Cannes
Thoughts on the radiator grilles of Simca 90A Aronde, Simca Océane, Triumph TR3A and Renault Dauphine, all caught in a postcard from Cannes in late Fifties Continue reading Grilles in Cannes
The Simplon Pass is a road through the Swiss Alps from Brig to Domodossola in Italy. This route across the Alps lies roughly halfway between Bern in the north and Milan in the south. Nowadays much of the road has … Continue reading Simplon
A Triumph TR4 in La Rochelle, France, sporting no less than six yellow lights. Pourquoi? Why yellow? [If you can’t see the video above – see Top Gear – French Yellow Headlights] Why extras? TR4s were often used for rallying … Continue reading A Triumph of Lighting
There’s such a lot happening in this postcard. The guy bottom left, hands in pockets waiting for someone – wife? girlfriend? Mate to go to the Royal Oak with? The couple walking down the street in step, she with her … Continue reading Small mouthed Triumph changes colour
Grassington, Yorkshire probably in the late seventies. So what proportion of the cars would you expect to be British? Let’s tot them up… Red Triumph 1500TC (registration SWW7M and still on the road!) – BritishWhite Ford Capri – British Brown … Continue reading Counting counting
Mark I Ford Cortina, a Vauxhall Cresta E and a Mk1 Triumph Spitfire parked up on a hot day. Continue reading Oil Slick on a Sunny Day
The dead and the living. A church and a pub. A ship and a car. Italian design (Giovanni Michelotti) and British manufacture (in Coventry by Standard Triumph). A nice postcard showing a C registerd, so 1965, Triumph Herald 1200. The … Continue reading Herald
Regular readers will know my penchant for yellow cars. Here, in front of the Hotel de Ville in Beziers, we have a Citroen Ami 6, a couple of 2CVs, a bright yellow Triumph Spitfire, a Renault Dauphine, a Renault 4 … Continue reading Triumph Beneath the Tricolour
Here’s a nice colourful scene. It’s Cannes in the South of France. When I bought this postcard I did so for the bright red Triumph TR3 with its top down crossing Boulevard de la Croisette. When I examined it more … Continue reading A Splash of Colour at Cannes
Two years ago on this blog I posted about the Lovely Little Corsa and the Grey Old Village. There is a sad follow up to this now. See Notorious yellow car vandalised in Bibury Being quite partial to yellow cars myself and owning the … Continue reading Yellow
I was looking at another WordPress blog, called midihideaways, because the author, Andreas, had posted some pictures of old postcards that she had collected over the years showing Saint-Chinian, near to where she lives in the south of France and had also … Continue reading Saint-Chinian Triumphs
So, what have we here? Ford Corsair, Austin A30 or A35 (on the other side), Austin Seven (Mini) and Triumph 2000/2500 and something else which may be something rear-engined? And the Warren House Inn. I had a pint in there … Continue reading High Inn but Fire’s Out!