cros Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 VPG MV1 DX Wheel Chair Accessible Van/Taxi Horrific looking thing, mercifully out of production now, I think. Asimo, Lacquer Peel and vulgalour 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Courtesy of Brownnova's excellent thread here: http://autoshite.com/topic/20203-good-god-it%E2%80%99s-ugly-another-periodically-updated-spotting-thread-of-interesting-cars-from-north-wales/page-5?do=findComment&comment=1731701 is the now dead Stevens electric van/car. They're kind of adorable, in a three-legged dog sort of a way. Certainly not a car that you can be angry at, I mean look at its little face! egg, somewhatfoolish, Yoss and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Also, entirely by accident, I just discovered that in Barcelona there were electric trolley vans used to service the trolley bus lines and trolley busses themselves until the 1990s. Built on British made Tilling-Stevens chassis, it would seem that these were very rare vehicles with a long service life. I could barely find any more than the above out about them, and the images I could find were limited to one website: https://dewi.ca/trains/barcelon/btrolley.html Bamboocarman, adw1977, 11001010 and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bfg Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Courtesy of Brownnova's excellent thread here: http://autoshite.com/topic/20203-good-god-it%E2%80%99s-ugly-another-periodically-updated-spotting-thread-of-interesting-cars-from-north-wales/page-5?do=findComment&comment=1731701 is the now dead Stevens electric van/car. They're kind of adorable, in a three-legged dog sort of a way. Certainly not a car that you can be angry at, I mean look at its little face! ..more behind the concept < here > Also, entirely by accident, I just discovered that in Barcelona there were electric trolley vans used to service the trolley bus lines and trolley busses themselves until the 1990s. Built on British made Tilling-Stevens chassis, it would seem that these were very rare vehicles with a long service life. I could barely find any more than the above out about them, and the images I could find were limited to one website: https://dewi.ca/trains/barcelon/btrolley.html Was that the same Stevens ? vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 2011-vpg-mv1-dx-wheel-chair-accessible-van-272864672348-0.jpg.pagespeed.ce.XexbcE2sV3.jpg VPG MV1 DX Wheel Chair Accessible Van/Taxi Horrific looking thing, mercifully out of production now, I think. A friend's step dad has one for his wheelchair. Very utilitarian but he loves it as it's designed for wheelchairs from the ground up. They're thinking of getting rid as 'it's getting a bit old'. Five years and 70000 miles is a worry apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Was that the same Stevens ? No. Tilling-Stevens was taken over by the Rootes group in 1953 and the Stevens electric platform was designed by Tony Stevens, who productionised the Hillman Avenger. Sad fact #192. The Commer “knocker” opposed piston, two stoke Diesel engine was a Tilling-Stevens designed engine that was scheduled for production by them in 1954. TS3 stood for Tilling Stevens 3 cylinder. A four cylinder was also prototyped but never made production. About four or five of the prototype four cylinder TS4s exist around the world. LightBulbFun, vulgalour and chaseracer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I saw a Toyota Sera the other day, I don't think I ever knew about them. Really liked the looks of it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Sera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bfg Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 No. Tilling-Stevens was taken over by the Rootes group in 1953 and the Stevens electric platform was designed by Tony Stevens, who productionised the Hillman Avenger. Sad fact #192. The Commer “knocker” opposed piston, two stoke Diesel engine was a Tilling-Stevens designed engine that was scheduled for production by them in 1954. TS3 stood for Tilling Stevens 3 cylinder. A four cylinder was also prototyped but never made production. About four or five of the prototype four cylinder TS4s exist around the world. As it happens, Tony Stevens "established himself at the Rootes Group. As chief engineer, chief designer and - ultimately - head of product planning, he was responsible for a number of popular cars, including the Hillman Hunter and Sunbeam Rapier." Quoted from The Telegraph < here > I knew he designed engines and was a head of product planning for Rootes, but I don't know about his early career. Inspector Morose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 The PK, manufactured by Pars Khodro in Iran right up until 2005. A 1980s Renner 5 body on a Kia Pride floorpan, etc.Before 2000 the Renner 5 was known as the Sepand. Nice parking, should be ok to leave it there. FakeConcern, cros, jumpingjehovahs and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 But that's the old version.Since 2005 they've been making more updated ones, called the New PK. Edit, production of these stopped in 2013. Not bad for the little 1972 Renner 5. Look at him, you can see the wheels turning in his brain - "Is that kerb too high to park on top of or isn't it?". Sir Snipes, 11001010, Kringle and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 There were more elegant answers to a question nobody asked. Also hatchback. It was flogged on eBay a few years back, has deteriorated on someone's driveway ever since and is now in dreadful condition.Pretty sure the hatchback took a trip round the oval a year or two ago, I remember seeing a picture of it and wondering what its story was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 A friend's step dad has one for his wheelchair. Very utilitarian but he loves it as it's designed for wheelchairs from the ground up. They're thinking of getting rid as 'it's getting a bit old'. Five years and 70000 miles is a worry apparently. National Heath glasses probably worked just as well as any but I remember them stigmatising school kids who had to wear them. Car manufacturers should have progressed beyond offering a similar experience for wheelchair users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 That looks like it has a rear engine V6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_ZTT Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 The PK, manufactured by Pars Khodro in Iran right up until 2005. A 1980s Renner 5 body on a Kia Pride floorpan, etc.Before 2000 the Renner 5 was known as the Sepand. Nice parking, should be ok to leave it there.Excellent parking. I know a bloke named Sepand (he does have Iranian heritage), I'll have to tell him about his namesake motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 How shite is this?A three wheeled American car from the mid 70s.It's the Dale, from the Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation. Quote - ". . . expected sales of 88,000 cars in the first year and 250,000 in the second year". More importantly, read the back-story, it's fab. https://cardesignnews.com/articles/concept-car-of-the-week/2017/09/ccotw-dale https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentieth_Century_Motor_Car_Corporation 11001010, FakeConcern, aerodynamically_challenged and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 The Dollop episode on the Dale and its creator is good. https://m.soundcloud.com/the-dollop/152-the-car-known-as-the-dale catsinthewelder and JeeExEll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 ^ Aye, it's an interesting story, I'd never heard of it before. Some vids on Youtube too. This is their Vanagen design proposal which, unfortunately, didn't make it either. A three wheeled 850cc estate car for Americans. catsinthewelder, Asimo, Lacquer Peel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 New A Class is very Japanesey from the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Somehow missed that there is an Aldi Q2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Street Scooter 20190207_150320 by RS, on Flickr Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 20190206_143055 by RS, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I saw one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 This drove past me, I assumed Ireland only. But it was on English plates and available here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Saw this on another forum & rather like it https://clubmegapassion2016.wordpress.com/presse/ Sudsprint, cros, vulgalour and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 The Simca 1200 Campero. Made in Spain from fibreglass and Spanish stuff.I want one.Matra Rancho? - paaah, geddadda here. cros, FakeConcern, adw1977 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Here's another one, so I think they were meant to look like that. 11001010, Bamboocarman, Sudsprint and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Here's another one, so I think they were meant to look like that. What an appalling design.* Must have been designed* by a committee..........of primary school children. I love the awkward rear glass. Probably bits of perspex glued together to achieve the angles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 ^ Yes, it does look a bit like a joint geometry / art class project using bits and pieces from the janitor's store. The more I look at it the more I like it. Looks like some of the hopeless early 80s kit cars you used to see in magazines. They were so shit they were addictive. I spent £££ of my pocket money buying kit car mags. Up until I reached a certain age . . . RayMK and Bamboocarman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 C15 van with strange bodywork. What the devil is this? Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 C15 van with strange bodywork._IMG_000000_000000.jpg What the devil is this? My Guess is a pick up with hardtop cover JeeExEll and anonymous user 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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