Old rides from old slides

[benzine]

I've recently acquired the family slide collection which have been sat in an attic for decades. I've never seen them before. Most of them are from early to late 60's. There's also a small number from a charity shop find from a few years back where all the slides are from Israel.

Grandad's car on holiday


View from Sydney harbour bridge




Top of steeping hill, Lincoln


Cadwell?












Dartmoor - my mum jumping!












Grandparent's cars - Elan & Escort


































Israel batch:














Still a few more boxes to sort through yet

[georgeb]

Oct 30, 2016 23:18:48 GMT benzine said:

Love the guy hitting the remote!

Please, keep them coming.

[steveg]

It's great to see the world wasn't black and white before about 1970 ! All of our family pictures are up until the time my father got a colour camera. Like the old kart, know anything about it's history ?

[mk14dr]

Amazing, truly.

I absolutely adore collection of images like these. Thank you for taking the time to sort, scan and upload these.

[Imperial]

Cadwell, might actually be Brands hatch, i know it used to run anti-clockwise as was a grasstrack in the early days

[Littlepixel]

Amazing set - can't get enough of never-seen before old colour slides. Especially love the few taken at the stock-car racing, though it's not on an oval but a dirt track so my naming might be off.

[VW]

4th pic down, isnt that Conwy?

edit, think I'm wrong actually, looking closer.

[Seth]

Excellent A preponderance of Plymouths in those shots from Israel. I wonder if there was a reason for that? Gives the impression of being a group on tour or something.

[benzine]

Oct 31, 2016 16:39:24 GMT Seth said:

Excellent A preponderance of Plymouths in those shots from Israel. I wonder if there was a reason for that? Gives the impression of being a group on tour or something.

I'm guessing the links with the US and Israel meant there were many american cars sold there at the time?


These next ones are from Australia (my mum and family were ten pound poms - some of the earlier slides show panama and miami and they stopped off there on the way back)

[benzine]

Oct 31, 2016 12:02:39 GMT Imperial said:

Cadwell, might actually be Brands hatch, i know it used to run anti-clockwise as was a grasstrack in the early days

I wasn't really sure where it was, I've just gone back to the box with those slides and the caption reads "Stock cars at Cadwell"

[Seth]

Oct 31, 2016 19:26:10 GMT benzine said:

Oct 31, 2016 16:39:24 GMT Seth said:

Excellent A preponderance of Plymouths in those shots from Israel. I wonder if there was a reason for that? Gives the impression of being a group on tour or something.

I'm guessing the links with the US and Israel meant there were many american cars sold there at the time?

I'd have expected more European cars especially as there would still be very strong links with Britain. Hmm, having had a quick Google it looks like it could just as likely be partly as a result of an Arab League boycott/blacklisting that that even pre-dated the country's independance and pressurised international firms not to deal with businesses there. Eg. it seems Renault pulled out from 1959 but then returned a few years later. I suppose that sort of thing might have skewed the market a bit.

Your Grandad's Magnette would be a super rare car these days. MG people were not too pleased about their name going on a stodgy Austin saloon! Thanks for taking the time to upload the pics - nice to see something brighter than the more usual black and white photos of the era.

[morrisoxide]

Fantastic pictures, Thanks for posting. 

Liking the Buick in the fifth pic down. This thread has got me right in the mood for scanning my Dads old car pics.

[benzine]

More Australia





No cars, but I love old advertising
















My grandparents with a ute in the background






And a random slide that made it's way into the australia box

[benzine]

Oct 31, 2016 9:36:42 GMT steveg said:

It's great to see the world wasn't black and white before about 1970 ! All of our family pictures are up until the time my father got a colour camera. Like the old kart, know anything about it's history ?

I like it too, I don't know anything about it, other than that's my uncle driving it. Looks a home brew job, I'm guessing 2 stroke by the smoke behind it?

[benzine]

Another shot of the stock cars, looks like someone ditching into the bales here


Gokarting


More dirtbikes

[chandlergti]

Your parents and grandparents appear to have been pretty cool! Thanks for taking the time to scan those for us.

[eternaloptimist]

Great photo's - thanks for sharing. I know exactly where the one in Lincoln was taken - back to the Cathedral, looking at the Castle gates, top of Steep Hill on the left of the shot.

[steveg]

Kart looks good fun and you have found another picture, any more ? I have a 1964 kart probably from that era.

[grifterkid]

That little lot is just tremendous, thanks a million for sharing them with us...

I cannot wait to see more!

[benzine]

Nov 1, 2016 14:57:05 GMT steveg said:

Kart looks good fun and you have found another picture, any more ? I have a 1964 kart probably from that era.

I've got about 150 slides left, so there might be more, I'll definitely include any kart related if I find them