A nice 2-tone

[Gibbo2286]

None of those appeal Mick, the 2CV plum and custard looks ok.

[CitroJim]

I like the last one

[NewcastleFalcon]

I'm going to give this one the benefit of the doubt, and categorise it as reasonably pleasant for a Volkswagen Beetle.

Falcon original

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Time to revive another thread which has been sleeping since last July. I rather like this:

The Chevy Corvair

Details in this video:

Spoiler: show

[NewcastleFalcon]

Dove Grey over Rose Taupe That's what the sales particulars say...

Neil

[myglaren]

Those were the colours of my boss' Oxford estate that I used to drive more than he did. 1965-ish.

[mickthemaverick]

One of my favourite two tones over the years:

BFTW

Sadly the ad has been withdrawn so I have removed the link , thanks for pointing that out Neil!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

One of my favourite two tones over the years:



Details here

The link hasa gone awry Mick, but In see it is described as a Bravo.

this is a similar one Mick...this is the Kingfisher! 2500 of these produced as special edition from Dec 1978. I used to get a lift into work in one!

The small ferret wasn't really needed but project Bobcat was

http://www.projectbobcat.com/register/vehicle/432
Fiesta Mk1 Kingfisher special edition Cosmos Blue over Stratos Silver nice combo.

Neil

[Armidillo]

Have I got a 2-toner for you! Spotted parked in Armidale (NSW), it appears to still be in regular use, as it still has full original registration (& I have recently seen it again). Sorry about the blurring of the front shot - as my shadow reveals, this was a phone snap - either the phone was trying to be clever, or there was a smear on the lens. Actually, the information from the NSW govt website shows that these days it's not doing very many km (may possibly be miles, but still not a lot).

Despite dating from 1959 (!!!!), it appears remarkably rust free, so possibly has been living further west, in a drier climate. As you can see it features a roo bar (perspex), driving lights, whip aerial (so presumably press-button radio), rear dust deflectors, tow bar (with stabiliser fitting) and air brakes. The stabiliser and air brakes suggests it must have been regularly used to tow something substantial, like a caravan. I assume that the reversing lights are also an after-market addition.

The number plate was actually issued in 1973, but there are many reasons for changing plates, such as losing one on a corrugated gravel road, or moving interstate (one of the most frustrating side effects of our federation of separate colonies on 01/01/1901).

PS - Mk II Zephyrs were built in Australia from 1956 to 1962, so this one is almost certainly a local product.

[myglaren]

Don't think I have ever see a Zephyr estate.


Correction: There was a hearse a few miles from here, either a Zephyr or Zodiac. I can't see a difference if there is one.

[NewcastleFalcon]

As an additional aside Australian 1959 Brochure bit on the station wagon!

Click the pic a couple of time to enlarge

Neil

[Gibbo2286]

From memory it looks longer than the UK version.

[Armidillo]

Wow! That brochure is quite a find Neil!!

In the diagrams at the bottom of the page it looks more normally proportioned than in the artist's impression, where it looks even longer than the Australian version that I photographed!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

I've shoved a bit of verbiage and links on the Estates/Shooting Brakes/Station Wagons Gallery about the mkii Zephyr Estates. There is a particularly good article linked to from Classic and Sportscar which does feature a Zephyr estate that, finished in 2-tone (as were all the "Farnham" conversions) this one being in Arundel Grey over Newark Grey.
Which do you reckon is the darker shade

link here
viewtopic.php?p=798054#p798054:~:text=F ... %20rolling

Neil

[bobins]

One of Abbott's conversions, apparently


A Ford Anglia 'estate'.

https://www.nationaltransporttrust.org. ... rnham?rs=1