Turn back the mileometre and relive Doncaster car shopping going back to the 1970s. A time before internet shopping from the comfort of your own home, if you wanted a car you had to go out meet the salesmen and visit several forecourt garages before you found the one for you.
Want more Doncaster retro? Asda workers from the 90s and 00s
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5. Dixon Ford
Marie Tate (centre) Dixon Ford Marketing & Communications Co-ordinator hands over the keys of a new Ford Focus to Lynn & Steve Jones of Cantley, Doncaster in 1999 Photo: Steve Ellis

6. Hayselden
St John's Hospice was been presented with a £1,000 by car dealers Hayselden in 2000. Our picture shows multi-franchise sales manager Colin Meakin (left) handing over cheques totalling £1,000 to Peter Mellor, treasurer of the Doncaster Cancer Detection Trust, outside the company's Doncaster Skoda dealership. Photo: Steve Taylor (staff)

7. Reg Vardy Renault
Reg Vardy Renault staff L-R: Michael Bolton, Accountant Ian Varley, Gerry Smith, Kevin Robertshaw and Stewart Hailes pictured in 2004 Photo: submitted

8. Hayseldens Doncaster District
Hayseldens Doncaster District presented Doncaster Rovers with 5 VW cars at their training ground in Doncaster in 2006. L-R= Mickey Lewis(1st team coach) Steve Wragg (Fleet sales manager), Paul Wilson (Youth Worker Manager), Kev Laughton (General Manager of Hayseldens) Mickey Walker (Assistant Manager(DR)) and Barrie Windle (Physio) Photo: jpress

