It was a golden era, and BMC knew how to play to its audience…
Mini
Gentler times…
Austin 1300
Tidy looking and eminently usable – the Austin 1300.
Maxi
Joanna Lumley adds much needed glamour to the Series one Maxi…
Jaguar XJ6
It’s fair to say you get a better class of lady in a Jaguar – but is doing your nails at 60mph advisable?
Rover P5B
Anything Jaguar could do, Rover could do better… legs and fruit for this evocative look at the P5’s interior
Here she is again, navigating an awkward river crossing – perfectly dressed for the occastion…
Triumph Herald
The caption almost writes itself…
So… what happens next?
Triumph 2000
Those reclining seats are going to come in handy later, judging by the grin on the driver’s face…
Triumph GT6
What is it about Triumphs and the effect they have on nubile young blondes? All it needs to complete this picture is for her to start playing suggestively with the handbrake lever.
BMC 1300GT
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Likes 'conditionally challenged' motors and taking them on unfeasible adventures all across Europe.
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Great nostalgia images… Keith’s captions say it all!
Gentler times indeed…
I see that the GT6 is left hand drive. I’m sure that sort of filth was reserved for our foreign cousins…..?
Valerie looks attractive and she definitely is the girl who would accompany a transvestic fetishist boy on a car journey.
Their outfits look feminine and stylish in contrast to the designer “painter and decorators clobber” worn by the young ladies of today
Interesting to see that POF626G (Joanna Lumley picture) seems to be the only pre-production Maxi still on the DVLA website.
7th picture down. ” no i’m not going to the vet, and you can’t make me!”