Looking at the "Oshkosh picture" it occurred to me that we are looking at a photograph of buildings in a street. And what is a street without vehicles? So I have been digging in my many shoe boxes and came up with a few, I hope nice examples of not so current models.
Austin A40 |
Austin A30 |
Me, on my first motorcycle |
Update Apr. 30, 2015:
An unknown person commented that this motorcycle might very well be a CZ 125 t. And indeed there is some resemblance!
The Czech CZ 125 t |
My father on his motorcycle |
A pre war Opel cabriolet |
During a school trip in the German city of Göttingen |
During a sightsee tour in Koblenz, Germany |
Austro Daimler |
Having finalized my post I just hope you did not forget that this week's theme is about workwear. So for the latest models I can recommend you turn to the Sepia Saturday site.
BTW In the unlikely event you want to see all the cars I ever owned, please see this post. The text is in Dutch but the pictures are not ;)
What an interesting segue from overalls to modes of transportation. Excellent job, overall!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I am interested in your motorcycle genes. It seems a very European thing to pass that love down. My husband's Danish father did the same for him, and we have a had a few motorcycles over the years. The latest one is a Honda CBR350 which is his first brand new bike, and he loves it!
ReplyDeleteI am just the passenger, but I enjoy the ride.
Very interesting bunch of cars. And a real hardworking group of workers in the old post. Of course in a few weeks the theme photo will be...a car! I'm just guessing.
ReplyDeleteThat was fun. I think that next to children, cars are the measure of time in old photographs. I also enjoyed your other post on workmen's uniforms.
ReplyDeleteReading about your auto history, Peter, I was reminded of my favorite YouTube video which is from the Netherlands. A similar small car is carefully parked into the smallest of garages by a man with real determination - Check it out -
http://youtu.be/wnKoGN2oaTk
Somehow, some of these photos are making me think that the collective motor vehicles are really disappearing. It is a sin. When people, either commuters or ore-day-travellers, move together, they become more human and learn an aspect of real life that is absent in other moments.
ReplyDeleteInteresting post indeed. Congratulations and thanks!
@Wendy
ReplyDeleteThank you!
@Kat
I discarded my genes, it's freezing cold here. But the Harley is my favorite.
@Kristin
Probably you are very right! But with a little creativity...
@Mike
I watched your YouTube, it's super! I have a similar picture of my own car in a French hotel. Have to admit there was a little damage to the car. Maybe I'll use that picture one day.
@Gio Ve
I am afraid today's noisy exhaust pipes and helmets make social contact a bit difficult.
Thank you all for your visits!
Our shoeboxes could be twins, they contain so many similar photographs. I have several photographs of both myself and my brother perched perilously atop of motorcycles just like the one you illustrate. Austin A30s are part of my memory of youth. And I could even match your photograph of a 1920s charabanc. We are all united by our common social history - and long may it continue.
ReplyDeleteI've never been a motorcycle fan but I can see how they can easily become an obsession. Tha Austin A30 is a car I remember well, but it was thesplit screen Morris Minor that was our first car.
ReplyDeleteAn awesome selection, and thank you for not leaving us hanging, Peter.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen convertible buses before; nor any of the makes of the cars that you have provided for us today.
Kathy M.
Peter, I'm impressed with the huge collection of car photographs you have! Amazing. And interesting, too. Thanks for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteWhat fabulous photos! The roofless bus is so interesting. Kind of like a bus convertible. And I see you posted another photo of an early convertible as well. A car this time.
ReplyDelete@Alan
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that the word 'charabanc' was new to me but now I know. In Dutch this is called a 'janplezier' which is in English a 'john-fun'. Don't ask me why. And I'll join you in your good wish.
@Bob
Wasn't the Morris Minor the car with the front doors opening in the wrong direction? I also seem to remember some wood paneling on the outside?
@Kathy
I guess the Austins were rather small cars for the European market only.
Appreciated all your visits!
@Jana
ReplyDeleteO, I see, you mean the Opel. It's a nice small car isn't it?
Loved that topless bus! And I checked out your old post about all the cars you've owned...very fun!
ReplyDeletePeter, this is a fabulous collection.
ReplyDeleteYou were an early learner on the motorbike.
My father still loves to tell the story about his grandfather with his motorcycle with the side car and how he once drove off not bothering to notice that grandma was not in the sidecar after a stop at a station.
ReplyDeleteLovely story Peter. I love classic cars, having had quite a few and still do. Nothing lasted as long as the golden oldies and some are still running. Very nice pics. Love that cabriolet your maternal grandparents had.
ReplyDelete@Deb
ReplyDeleteThose were the days when the word 'topless' had a different meaning ;)
@Titania
Yes, but I also forget easily. I never drove one again...
@T&L
One day you have to tell us about grandma's reaction when they were re-united :)
@aussie
Tell us about your classic cars. I'm curious!
I guess I'll never get over the fact of just how small European cars were, and still is, actually. I grew up surrounded by big American cars and trucks. Uncle G's Thunderbird comes to mind, the one he totalled in the '70s and nearly died in it. If he had been in a tiny car, surely he would have died still relatively young...
ReplyDeleteYou seemed to take motorcycling quite seriously, in that pic.
:)~
HUGZ
@Ticklebear
ReplyDelete"You seemed to take motorcycling quite seriously, in that pic."
You justly use the past tense :)
I assume you kissed the pavement at one time or another of your life.
ReplyDeleteJust glad you're fine now!!
:)~
HUGZ
Hello Peter,
ReplyDeleteThe motorbike with the licenseplate HZ-97133. I think it is a CZ 125 t.
Because it looks like the one I have....
Check it out on the internet!
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteYou may very well be right. Please see the update underneath the picture.
Thanks.