Karmann Ghiaman Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 Googled "ZAZ" and HONESTLY hit: Pictures for those who is interest in cars ZAZ: http://users.i.com.ua/~slava_78/zaz/index.html You couldn't make it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmann Ghiaman Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 The Wikipedia entry also gives some useful links to official sites. Best view of the Prince Charles Ears is in this picture, complete with two fur-clad & smouldering Ukrainian beauties to keep you warm in the ZAZ while the blizzard blows and the wolves howl outside: Unfortunately those two weren't available when the 1998 model was revealed to the world, but they did manage to get Timothy Spall and a lady dressed as a traditional yurt: But surely this is the greatest kit car ad EVER? I mean, not only is it brown, colour of choice for the discering shiteshopper; but also they have actually backed it into a field full of weeds in advance! Even before it's left the catalogue, let alone the showroom, it's already being displayed in its natural environment. Sheer Soviet Era genius! Look out Proton... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmann Ghiaman Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 OK Comrades, we obeyed Comrade Stalin, made many cars. Now to design engine... When we put engine in boot, then arse go down. Western car only got four cables from distributor, this got forty-seven! Hey Comrade! Which way to airport? It was a hard morning's work, Comrades, but we managed to get all four hubcaps off! I'll get to Dneproprovolsk before you Comrade Daddy... Yes, this car look just like me. I buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Fortunately I just went to the bathroom, otherwise I'd have P'd MS with L. From DarrenW's (RR member) collection: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Top flight stuff!A Rancho hiding behind a R11, and a Welsh Commer Post-bus!Best post yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Heres my addition to a Qwalitat post The only post card I have with any form of TAT in view A BR Motorail issue of somewhere in the West Country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaTom Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 There's a bloke oop north in Yi'An who has cut a hole in the base of his Volga to fish with. It was on the tele a few winters ago. It is a Siberian thing aparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Peugeot's inspiration for the 1007 exposed, the fifth wheel for aircraft-haling duties presumably an optional extra though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Anyone got an unstuck one of those early 1990's RAC/FORD tax disc holders that seemed to come with all new fords around the 1991-94 period? always liked those.. quite fancy one on the probe Yes, somewhere! I also found one inside the handbook of a mk3 Granada I test-drove a coupla years ago, but didn't have anywhere to hide it on giving the car back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmann Ghiaman Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 I think DarrenW has pictures from Bavaria, Derbyshire (Ashbourne?) & Wales. Don't ever let spectacular countryside spoil your enjoyment of crap-on-wheels. Vin, railway buffs will nail that station for you! The car that was behind the Jag seems to have fallen off... Keep 'em coming please, every hedge is full of postcards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Heres my addition to a Qwalitat post The only post card I have with any form of TAT in view A BR Motorail issue of somewhere in the West Country St.Austell, Cornwall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Car & postcard... gives us Errr.Donegal Town, 1973Yakima, WABellow Falls, VTTunnelshite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Aberdeen, 1965?Autoshite HQ, Bucharest?RhonddddaBaltimore, MarylandEspinho, Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Wow, they sold the Renner 16 in the States, learn something new every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Katwijk aan Zee, HollandZwickau, Ost-DeutschlandFraserburghBerlinPiazzale Zenith, BibioneLille (Jesus, how bland!), FranceFöcking Amal, Sweden Now I'm gonna watch Spooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Some very funny stuff Great thread KG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Ooh, they blew up an XJ! Anyhoo, few more. Paree! R6 & Hovershite!Roma!Paree ànouveau!Beautiful Bull Ring!Is that a Super Snipe?KE10 in Dunblane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 'Dealer postcard'AlgiersDeauvilleBeen to Paris again...Furry FordI've got a feeling I've seen this one before... time to stop then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 PHWOOOAAARRR!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmann Ghiaman Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 Absolute genius, gentlemen. Note how the photographer in Lille, having located the most hideous buildings, waited for a shabby 2CV to judder into view before opening his shutter. Don't know why they call it Focking Amal, that attractive library in Sweden. I'd call it Rathernice Amal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Oh this thread just gets better Thanks BS6 for location identification skillzzz In the Edinburgh pic can anyone ID the car between the Beetle and the Austin to the right Also clocked the tourists Daf ( ) on Dutch plates ( ) parked on the end and sampling the delights of the 'Fourways' - sausage roll and chips anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Hadn't even noticed the Daf... had my J-tin-only specs on.Do you mean Aberdeen instead of Edinburgh? Not that I know what car it is, but it looks interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Yes Michiel, I meant Aberdeen I agree it does look interesting doesn't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmann Ghiaman Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 Is it a Humber Sceptre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoterstangen90 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Dutch registerd Daf 55 on this pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Is it a Humber Sceptre?I think it's this one they can't ID..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Sorry if I’ve missed mention of it here, but is anyone else aware of the excellent Phaidon Boring Postcard books? I have two, one is UK and the other USA. Both are truly excellent.Been too busy to round my odd ones up, I’ll see if any live in Photobucket.I also have quite a few US car postcards, one was sent to a potential customer and amusingly says something like “Hey Mike, get better mileage with a ‘77â€Â. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I have quite a few US car postcards, one was sent to a potential customer and amusingly says something like “Hey Mike, get better mileage with a ‘77â€Â.Mind if I butt in with a couple? 62 Corvair 1910 Rolls Royce KJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmann Ghiaman Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 I think it's this one they can't ID..... Ah, yes; that is a bit more of a problem... But thinking about Humber Sceptres led to the discovery of this! It's at http://www.countryclassics-cars.com/ Tempting, but there are 2 prices quoted, a sensible £295 and a silly £1,750. I THINK it's 2 different cars, but they've used the picture of the cheaper one to try to sell the more expensive. Something like that. Yes, the BORING POSTCARDS books are endlessly fascinating, though I don't have any to hand. They include early souvenirs of motorways with three cars on them. They did partly inspire my own collection, though my basic theme is 'Nice place, shame about the cars...' As with the job of writing verses inside greetings cards, no talent nor taste is required to become a postcard photographer. Unfortunately the spread of culture and education (and the fact that nobody bothers to send them anymore) mean that postcards are getting more and more artistic. So it's important to collect & preserve classics. Slight deviation from theme: I was in W.H. Smith's in a nameless market town in the East Midlands yesterday, getting more & more irritated by the Christmas Crap books. There is now a veritable plethora of shoddily-produced 'nostalgia' anthologies of Eagle, Look & Learn, Jackie, etc. often with a sneering commentary from some media twat saying 'How innocent we were! How sophisticated we now are!' Well, duh! We were children then, weren't we? And look, we could concentrate and read interesting things (unlike today's instant gratification gimme-it-now generation). There are also dozens of truly third-rate rip-offs of The Dangerous Book for Boys (itself pretty feeble) with faux 1950s covers and complete bollox inside. Incidentally a lot of them are already available for 1/3rd of the price round the corner at the publishers' clearance shop. Unwanted Christmas presents coming your way! ...anyhow, just wanted to share that with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 62 Corvair Thats such a porn quote postcard, I love it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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