Cars parked on York Street in Sydney – an impossibility today!
Can you date this photograph?
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Bill SHUTE says:
I think the black car on the right side of the photograph is a Standard 10 from the late 1950’s.
The date 5.8.61 might be close to the mark.
Regards, Bill
Anna Gray says:
Thanks for getting us started Bill. The text at the top of the image to my eye reads “5-S.61.L” rather than 5.8.61 – so whether the 61 is reference to the year the image was taken is unlcear.
enno says:
No way can that be 1961. No second or third series Holdens to be seen, anywhere.
I’d say more like 1951.
enno says:
A lot of cars switched from separate wings and fenders to straight sides around 1955. The Standard in 1954, the FE Holden in 1956, the mid-sized Austins in 1954. Fords earlier in 1952.
Only one such car, the first one on the right, has such styling.
Terry hicks says:
I would say 1949-1950. Most of the cars are late 30’s cars with a few immediately post-war. The black car is a Ford Custom introduced in 1949. The car on the left is P3 Rover from 1947-49. There is also a Series 1 Vanguard dating from about 1949. No masses of Holdens means earlier than 1951 though they were about in lesser numberes from late 1948.
Robert Smith says:
Vauxhall? or Vanguard the black car on the right the one in front of it looks like a ford, is the car on the left a hard top standed.