repatriating australian frogs
- Thread starter Steven King
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Look like in order IHC KB 11 or 12 International semi, late 40's Wolseley towing van, late 40's Austin Dorset convertible, early 50's Oldsmobile ~ spent plenty of time on those roads in my youth.
Is that a 1st generation Honda Civic on the left of the Falcon wagon? If it is but would be at least 1973.
Yes, I saw the Civic too.
It and the Mazda 929 (Front Left of the photo, near the Pug 404) were the newest cars I could make out in the photo.
It and the Mazda 929 (Front Left of the photo, near the Pug 404) were the newest cars I could make out in the photo.
The more you look the more you find in the Chadstone photo.
Other than ones already mentioned:
Toyota Crowns, Coronas, Corollas. Mazda 929, Vauxhall Viva, LC Torana, Mk2 and MK3 Cortinas, 2 Honda Civics, XA sedan, XW/XY sedan, XW wagon, XM/XP sedans, Chevs, Datsun 1200s and yes 120Y, VH and VC Valiants, MK1 Escorts, Austin 1800, Hillman Hunter, VW Beetles, Morris Minors, Morris Major, I think pretty well every Holden up to 71 other than FX/FJ, and I reckon the orange car centre left, is a Fiat 600. Surprisingly no Minis. There's the pointy back of a white wagon/hatch sticking out in front of the buses on the right that sort of looks like a Renault 12, but could be a Fiat 127 but not sure about that one. Do you reckon the well dressed lady in the foreground got out of the Peugeot?
I don't what's sadder, that I'm old enough to recognise them, or that I'm silly enough to have owned most of them.
Other than ones already mentioned:
Toyota Crowns, Coronas, Corollas. Mazda 929, Vauxhall Viva, LC Torana, Mk2 and MK3 Cortinas, 2 Honda Civics, XA sedan, XW/XY sedan, XW wagon, XM/XP sedans, Chevs, Datsun 1200s and yes 120Y, VH and VC Valiants, MK1 Escorts, Austin 1800, Hillman Hunter, VW Beetles, Morris Minors, Morris Major, I think pretty well every Holden up to 71 other than FX/FJ, and I reckon the orange car centre left, is a Fiat 600. Surprisingly no Minis. There's the pointy back of a white wagon/hatch sticking out in front of the buses on the right that sort of looks like a Renault 12, but could be a Fiat 127 but not sure about that one. Do you reckon the well dressed lady in the foreground got out of the Peugeot?
I don't what's sadder, that I'm old enough to recognise them, or that I'm silly enough to have owned most of them.
How do you tell a Fiat 600 from a 500? I thought it was a 500.
Right in the centre of the photo is an orange car, very square-styled sedan. It's parked between a Datsun 1200 coupe and a Datsun 180B coupe.
I can't figure out what it is. Maybe a Fiat 128?
I couldn't pick that white car near the buses.
Right in the centre of the photo is an orange car, very square-styled sedan. It's parked between a Datsun 1200 coupe and a Datsun 180B coupe.
I can't figure out what it is. Maybe a Fiat 128?
I couldn't pick that white car near the buses.
Sorry had a look on a bigger screen it is a 500, the 600 only had vents in the boot lid, the arse end looked flatter on my little phone screen.
I thought the square orange car was a Datsun 1600?
The other car is above the grey/lilac looking Beetle.
if it helps, the Chaddy had been reduced for posting here, from:
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The Orange car is a Datsun 1600
Looks like the brown 929 is the winner making this '73 - I had thought it was a Centura but the 'hip' confirms it's a '73 929.
Cheers
Justin
By 1940 the entire Hume Highway in both NSW and Victoria had been sealed. This is a roadwork section. Source: NSW Govt history of the Hume.
Looks like a Datsun 1600 and the wheel covers match a 1600. The white wagon near the buses could be a Holden HD/HR (there's a HR wagon near the lady for comparison).
Thank you Russell. I have looked up the history page you mention. I was driving over the unsealed old Razorback section in the 60s. The Hume was pretty narrow then, with some squeezes on bridges. The main roads I drove on at that time in northern NSW were definitely unsealed, and often primitive.
There are photos taken by my father in the late thirties just before the war of the Pacific Highway. He farmed on the north coast at that time. In parts it was horrendous. It was still narrow, but sealed in the 60s.
There are photos taken by my father in the late thirties just before the war of the Pacific Highway. He farmed on the north coast at that time. In parts it was horrendous. It was still narrow, but sealed in the 60s.
There were certainly many unsealed roads around but the Hume was sealed. In the early 1960's it was like the Western/Dukes Highway today with endless streams of trucks all night and all too frequent crashes. It was best to put up for the night. I suppose the big difference is the trucks were smaller and slower. Road construction in more remote parts of Victoria stopped forty years ago and the road network doesn't fit well with large trucks. With the sort of results people responsible for the old Hume were all too familiar with.
That's a tiny bit clearer. I can make out a couple of HQs, a white one behind the Fiat 500 and a brown one in front of the 180B.
You can make out the roof of another Holden wagon on the far bottom right, FB to EK. Can anyone make out what the grey/green car is over the top of the maroon Austin in the same area?
I think this is the source you cite Russell? An interesting read.
The old Hume Highway - History of a Road
https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/document...ay-duplication/history-begins-with-a-road.pdfIan.
https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/document...ay-duplication/history-begins-with-a-road.pdf
What is interesting is how quickly the road network was developed as motor transport evolved from the 1920's. No doubt given a kick along by war time necessities.
Can't help thinking I should take a photo of the K Mart carpark tomorrow and put it away for 50 years.
I can see my grandkids all grown up;
"Is that black one a Hyundai Tucson"?
"Is that a Toyota Prado behind the white Jeep"?
"There's a Mitsubishi Outlander"!
"I reckon that blue one's a Nissan Qashqai"!
"What's that low one with the funny back end"?
"I think they called them sedans, apparently they were popular at the turn of the century".
"Gee it must have been pretty old when this photo was taken".
"It was, it's an AU Falcon".
I can see my grandkids all grown up;
"Is that black one a Hyundai Tucson"?
"Is that a Toyota Prado behind the white Jeep"?
"There's a Mitsubishi Outlander"!
"I reckon that blue one's a Nissan Qashqai"!
"What's that low one with the funny back end"?
"I think they called them sedans, apparently they were popular at the turn of the century".
"Gee it must have been pretty old when this photo was taken".
"It was, it's an AU Falcon".