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« on: September 05, 2018, 08:34:51 AM »
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I found this in yesterday’s digital news - a 1959 shot at Perth Airport. A few nice old cars flanked by a FE/FC wagon at one end and sedan at the other.



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« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2018, 09:15:58 AM »
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Cool photo John I still remember in the late 70's having to get out of the plane and walk across the tarmac it really was a sleepy town in those days.

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« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2018, 11:11:45 AM »
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John,

Fresh from the Wayback Machine indeed - a DC-6, a couple of TAA Viscounts, and a Comet in the background, in BOAC colours.

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« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2018, 01:47:54 PM »
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John,

Fresh from the Wayback Machine indeed - a DC-6, a couple of TAA Viscounts, and a Comet in the background, in BOAC colours.

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Ansett-ANA DC-6B, TAA Vickers Viscount, two BOAC Comets and a South African Airways DC-7B occupy the apron in 1959. The Comets, which operated from Sydney to London, were in Perth because of fuel contamination in Darwin, their normal stop.


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« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2018, 02:57:44 PM »
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What about the cars?  My guess is FE/FC standard wagon, Austin A40, Hillman minx , Austin A30,  Austin A70,  Vanguard 10 & some "sloper", [ maybe a dodge?]. Then the FC 225, possibly a 3 tone .
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« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2018, 04:27:57 PM »
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What about the cars?  My guess is FE/FC standard wagon, Austin A40, Hillman minx , Austin A30,  Austin A70,  Vanguard 10 & some "sloper", [ maybe a dodge?]. Then the FC 225, possibly a 3 tone .
Thanks mate, I was wondering what they might be. At first I thought the second from the front was a rust bucket, but it’s probably brown paint😀
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« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2018, 08:44:08 PM »
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The blue car, fourth from front . . . doesn't quite look like an A30 (grandfather had one).  I thought humpy Holden for a while, but it's a two-door, and the rear guards aren't quite Holden: maybe a Morris Minor?
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« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2018, 06:22:20 PM »
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2 door Morris Minor I think  Huh
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« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2018, 07:34:42 PM »
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2 door Morris Minor I think  Huh

I think so too.
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« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2018, 07:40:15 PM »
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 The Vanguard, [3rd from the top], was called "the Spacemaster], it carried the same engine as the famous grey fergie tractor.
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« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2018, 08:31:05 PM »
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lots of knowledgeably people here
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« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2018, 07:40:25 PM »
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Great Photo. The innocence we once had. Undecided
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