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Old Car Photo #932376 5th Mar 2015 9:30pm 5th Mar 2015 9:30pm
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 263 Cheshire P petzl OP Addict
petzl OP Addict P Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 263 Cheshire	Hi everyone, I am curious if anyone on here could shed some light on this old photo i am restoring /re framing at the moment. The badge on the side of the car seems to say alpine? and i am guessing 1950s America?? maybe celebs? Any help would be welcome thanks. Attached Files

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Re: Old Car Photo [Re: petzl] #932383 5th Mar 2015 10:01pm 5th Mar 2015 10:01pm
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,474 rockferry lansyp Forum Addict
lansyp Forum Addict Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,474 rockferry	Think that says alpina on the side which means it could be a BMW maybe Last edited by lansyp; 5th Mar 2015 10:02pm.

Re: Old Car Photo [Re: petzl] #932389 5th Mar 2015 10:36pm 5th Mar 2015 10:36pm
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,291 Wallasey TheComputerLab Forum Addict
TheComputerLab Forum Addict Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,291 Wallasey	Defo not an alpina, the alpina was founded in 1964 this car is older. Last edited by TheComputerLab; 5th Mar 2015 10:37pm.

Re: Old Car Photo [Re: petzl] #932391 5th Mar 2015 10:47pm 5th Mar 2015 10:47pm
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 8,865 wallasey Dilly Wiki Veteran
Dilly Wiki Veteran Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 8,865 wallasey	Just googled early sunbeam alpine, I would say that is what it is looking at the google images.

Re: Old Car Photo [Re: petzl] #932392 5th Mar 2015 10:51pm 5th Mar 2015 10:51pm
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 8,865 wallasey Dilly Wiki Veteran
Dilly Wiki Veteran Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 8,865 wallasey	Just had a thought, the couple could be my mum and dad, they had an alpine. Oh no sorry that was an alpine pop wagon

Re: Old Car Photo [Re: petzl] #932393 5th Mar 2015 10:52pm 5th Mar 2015 10:52pm
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 142 wirral fillbo Enthusiast
fillbo Enthusiast Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 142 wirral	Is this it? Sunbeam Alpine convertable

Re: Old Car Photo [Re: Dilly] #932394 5th Mar 2015 10:53pm 5th Mar 2015 10:53pm
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 263 Cheshire P petzl OP Addict
petzl OP Addict P Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 263 Cheshire	Originally Posted by Dilly Just googled early sunbeam alpine, I would say that is what it is looking at the google images. That is what i was thinking too ... maybe a mk1 Sunbeam alpine ??? there is a much larger version of this pic on my flikr feed with more detail https://www.flickr.com/photos/25837525@N06/16698106026/

Re: Old Car Photo [Re: fillbo] #932395 5th Mar 2015 10:58pm 5th Mar 2015 10:58pm
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 263 Cheshire P petzl OP Addict
petzl OP Addict P Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 263 Cheshire	Originally Posted by fillbo Is this it? Sunbeam Alpine convertable Yay ! It certainly looks like it - i didnt realise the old Sunbeams were so big ... is the background Washington ?

Re: Old Car Photo [Re: petzl] #932580 7th Mar 2015 9:34am 7th Mar 2015 9:34am
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 5 cheshire T tonif Beginner
tonif Beginner T Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 5 cheshire	Or it could be Florence Italy in the background

Re: Old Car Photo [Re: petzl] #932590 7th Mar 2015 11:13am 7th Mar 2015 11:13am
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 658 Wirral G GeeMeister Smartchild
GeeMeister Smartchild G Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 658 Wirral	It looks like a view down the Tuscany valley from the Piazzale Michelangelo towards the cathedral, Il Duomo di Firenze. Which is basically what Tonif said - sorry, didnt notice your post till I checked mine. Last edited by GeeMeister; 7th Mar 2015 11:15am.

Re: Old Car Photo [Re: tonif] #932593 7th Mar 2015 11:30am 7th Mar 2015 11:30am
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 12,857 Birkenhead diggingdeeper Wiki Master
diggingdeeper Wiki Master Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 12,857 Birkenhead	The Cathedral is almost certainly St Peter's in Rome In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell We should judge our economy by the absence of poverty, not the number of billionaires - Jeremy Corbyn

Re: Old Car Photo [Re: petzl] #932653 7th Mar 2015 4:58pm 7th Mar 2015 4:58pm
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GeeMeister Smartchild G Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 658 Wirral	Nice one Diggin' its almost from the same angle.

Re: Old Car Photo [Re: petzl] #932681 7th Mar 2015 7:24pm 7th Mar 2015 7:24pm
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 16,596 Wirral granny Wiki Master
granny Wiki Master Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 16,596 Wirral	They look like a pair of film stars. Maybe Rude could ask granddad, he may know. Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle

Re: Old Car Photo [Re: petzl] #932751 8th Mar 2015 10:53am 8th Mar 2015 10:53am
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 263 Cheshire P petzl OP Addict
petzl OP Addict P Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 263 Cheshire	I am really impressed that "diggingdeeper" found not only the location but also a picture from almost the exact same place ... Thanks for help !

Re: Old Car Photo [Re: petzl] #932833 8th Mar 2015 4:10pm 8th Mar 2015 4:10pm
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diggingdeeper Wiki Master Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 12,857 Birkenhead	Originally Posted by petzl I am really impressed that "diggingdeeper" found not only the location but also a picture from almost the exact same place ... Thanks for help ! Its a disease - I can't resist a challenge, you've no idea how annoyed/frustrated I am that I haven't identified the individuals as yet, both of them are celebrities I recognise. I've checked all the Eva Gardener and Susan Hayward pictures to see if they had a slightly different "look" at some time, both have similarities but this girl has a bit of SE Europe look (imho) I'm a bit concerned at that Sunbeam being in Italy, it would be a very rare event in the 1950's so the picture may be an overlay. In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell We should judge our economy by the absence of poverty, not the number of billionaires - Jeremy Corbyn