I recently came across this awesome archive of a cool car catalogue. Carnoisseur is a car accessory retailer that started life in 1979, and published their first catalogue in 1981. They are still going strong, selling a range of performance and styling car accessories online and through franchised outlets.
The back catalogues stretch back from 1983-2006 and are a fantastic snapshot into the UK car scene. In the examples below from the early 80s issues, just check out the models, the upholstery, the radios and of course, the cars!
Check out the Carnoisseur catalogue archive.
Check out those threads. On the woman and the car seats!
I think that woman really, really likes that car.
You can’t beat a good Capri! I love those cars.
‘Ford Escort in field’
Loving these cutting edge car radio tape players.
Manual and book heaven!
That convertible Golf is extremely cool.
The classic Mini.
The pretty awesome Snooper radar detector.
The classic Strong Arm car lock!
Loving the colours of that steering wheel. It’s like it’s straight out of a Saturday morning TV show or something.
Look at the size of that portable TV screen!
