Infamous Shite in History.

[Richard_FM]

The Mini GYF117W in which Stephen Waldorf was accidentality shot at by the police isn't on the DVLA database.

[Madman Of The People]

On 08/10/2019 at 16:06, warren t claim said:

BUMP FOR A REAL THREAD.

 

 

 

1971-72 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser in the background.  What's that barge doing in Blighty?

 

[D.E]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_FBI_Miami_shootout

Absolute bloodbath.

[Madman Of The People]

On 12/05/2022 at 17:15, bunglebus said:

Everyone knows Ted Bundy drove a beige Beetle and lured several of his victims inside. However it was stealing a different Beetle that lead to his arrest and discovery of his crimes

The owner ^ eventually got it back, drove it for a few months then sold it. Currently AWOL unlike his beige one which is in a museum

 

Here's Ted Bundy's actual Volkswagen Beetle.  It resides in a museum in that tourist hellhole known as Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

 

The same museum also has the Ford Bronco from the O.J. Simpson police chase.  Contrary to popular belief, the chase Bronco wasn't Simpson's.  It actually belonged to Simpson's friend and former teammate Al Cowlings, although Simpson also had an identical white Ford Bronco at the time. 

 

If any of you are ever unlucky enough to find yourself in Pigeon Forge, here the website for the museum...

https://www.alcatrazeast.com/

 

[Madman Of The People]

On 15/06/2022 at 15:22, Inspiral_Mondays said:

Toyota Tacoma pickup truck in lightly* modified form being used by ISIS. After the US plumber whose name and phone number appear on the side was interviewed by the CIA, he sued the dealership he‘d originally sold the thing to. The CIA went on to investigate how ISIS had managed to procure so many Toyota pickups.

Here’s another pic of the same truck.

 

 

Not a Toyota Tacoma.  The plumber's truck was a Ford F-250.

https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/us/terror-truck-lawsuit/index.html

 

[Richard_FM]

5 hours ago, Madman Of The People said:

 

Here's Ted Bundy's actual Volkswagen Beetle.  It resides in a museum in that tourist hellhole known as Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

 

The same museum also has the Ford Bronco from the O.J. Simpson police chase.  Contrary to popular belief, the chase Bronco wasn't Simpson's.  It actually belonged to Simpson's friend and former teammate Al Cowlings, although Simpson also had an identical white Ford Bronco at the time. 

 

If any of you are ever unlucky enough to find yourself in Pigeon Forge, here the website for the museum...

https://www.alcatrazeast.com/

 

Dollywood is the main attraction there!

[Richard_FM]

6 hours ago, Madman Of The People said:

 

1971-72 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser in the background.  What's that barge doing in Blighty?

 

Up to petrol prices shooting up in 1973-4 there seemed to be a niche market for American cars, certainly they can often be seen in the location scenes of TV series filmed in & around London. 

Also American service personnel based in the UK have often brought over cars with them.

[lesapandre]

6 hours ago, Richard_FM said:

Up to petrol prices shooting up in 1973-4 there seemed to be a niche market for American cars, certainly they can often be seen in the location scenes of TV series filmed in & around London. 

Also American service personnel based in the UK have often brought over cars with them.

There was a bit of market for LHD to RHD conversions too at the time. Lendrum & Hartman of Hammersmith, West London did quite few. 

Wikipedia describes the trend as: "The 1960s saw new opportunities for American cars and under new ownership, Lendrum & Hartman achieved a high profile selling cars to the newly emerging celebrity market – film, television stars and pop stars – who preferred to be seen in an American car over any other type. It was the sign of success. Cars like Rover (marque) or Armstrong Siddeley were just not hip in sixties Britain." Seems a fair summary.

[Barry Cade]

25 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

There was a bit of market for LHD to RHD conversions too at the time. Lendrum & Hartman of Hammersmith, West London did quite few. 

Wikipedia describes the trend as: "The 1960s saw new opportunities for American cars and under new ownership, Lendrum & Hartman achieved a high profile selling cars to the newly emerging celebrity market – film, television stars and pop stars – who preferred to be seen in an American car over any other type. It was the sign of success. Cars like Rover (marque) or Armstrong Siddeley were just not hip in sixties Britain." Seems a fair summary.

The garage I served my time in, were a Jeep and AMC dealership in the 70s. I remember finding parts books and stuff for the rambler and ambassador. They didn't sell well. I think the Eagle would have done better, but they'd moved to Subaru by then.

[Madman Of The People]

14 hours ago, Richard_FM said:

Dollywood is the main attraction there!

 

Yep, a tourist hellhole!  😁

 

[Madman Of The People]

15 hours ago, Richard_FM said:

Up to petrol prices shooting up in 1973-4 there seemed to be a niche market for American cars, certainly they can often be seen in the location scenes of TV series filmed in & around London. 

Also American service personnel based in the UK have often brought over cars with them.

 

8 hours ago, lesapandre said:

There was a bit of market for LHD to RHD conversions too at the time. Lendrum & Hartman of Hammersmith, West London did quite few. 

Wikipedia describes the trend as: "The 1960s saw new opportunities for American cars and under new ownership, Lendrum & Hartman achieved a high profile selling cars to the newly emerging celebrity market – film, television stars and pop stars – who preferred to be seen in an American car over any other type. It was the sign of success. Cars like Rover (marque) or Armstrong Siddeley were just not hip in sixties Britain." Seems a fair summary.

 

Either scenario may explain the 1970s US-Ford Maverick saloon I spotted parked outside the Winchester in an episode of Minder.  I'm guessing it may have been a US serviceman's car because nobody in the history of the world ever regarded a 1970s Ford Maverick as a symbol of success! 😁

 

[Metal Guru]

5 hours ago, Madman Of The People said:

 

 

Either scenario may explain the 1970s US-Ford Maverick saloon I spotted parked outside the Winchester in an episode of Minder.  I'm guessing it may have been a US serviceman's car because nobody in the history of the world ever regarded a 1970s Ford Maverick as a symbol of success! 😁

 

I wasn’t aware of the US Ford Maverick saloon of the 70s, only the rebadged Nissan SUVs of the 90s.

[Barry Cade]

6 hours ago, Madman Of The People said:

 

 

Either scenario may explain the 1970s US-Ford Maverick saloon I spotted parked outside the Winchester in an episode of Minder.  I'm guessing it may have been a US serviceman's car because nobody in the history of the world ever regarded a 1970s Ford Maverick as a symbol of success! 😁

 

Unless it was a Maverick Grabber! Malaise muscle car..

[AnthonyG]

On 05/11/2024 at 16:32, D.E said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_FBI_Miami_shootout

Absolute bloodbath.

All 6 cars in this scene are GM products, even for 1986 that’s a pretty amazing example of how dominant they used to be, particularly as none of the FBI ones (three or four out of the total?) look to be obvious ‘government issue’ cars. 

[AnthonyG]

On the American cars in Britain, there was a Ford dealer in London named Lincoln Motors that would sell you British, American or German Fords. The American ones were usually assembled in Canada, as pre EEC/Common Market there were lower import tariffs on Commonwealth goods. 

Later on in the early 1970s there was a short-lived fad for Australian Fords and Chryslers, the Valiants appeared in Chrysler UK brochures as a sort of half-arsed top of the range replacement for the big Humbers - an episode of the Sweeney features two Aussie conmen (played by Patrick Mower and George Layton) who tool about in a then-new Valiant saloon. 

As mentioned above, the fuel crisis in late 73 meant this market more or less disappeared overnight, although there were efforts to sell RHD Mustang II Ghias and Mercury Monarchs as luxury cars in the late 70s. Lendrum & Hartman sold the original Cadillac Seville over here around this time as well, as well as Firebirds and other random things like Caprice station wagons.

Finally, the British Daihatsu importer bought Jeep Cherokee Chiefs over in the late 1970s, as a sort of more affordable alternative to the Range Rover, which had a long customer waiting list for most of the decade. They were converted to RHD and sold reasonably well until the recession hit in 1980.

[adw1977]

1 hour ago, AnthonyG said:

Later on in the early 1970s there was a short-lived fad for Australian Fords and Chryslers, the Valiants appeared in Chrysler UK brochures as a sort of half-arsed top of the range replacement for the big Humbers - an episode of the Sweeney features two Aussie conmen (played by Patrick Mower and George Layton) who tool about in a then-new Valiant saloon. 

There seem to have been at least two separate periods when Australian Chrysler Valiants were officially imported to the UK.

One attempt was 1966-1970 as detailed in this Glass's car check book:

Then in 1974 they were appearing in the same brochure as Hillman Imps:

[AnthonyG]

Interesting. The one featured in the Sweeney episode might even have been the blue saloon from the brochure, it’s the right colour and everything, and was probably a Chrysler UK owned car. 

The dash is very, very similar to the Chrysler 180!

[warren t claim]

To mark the passing of John Cannan, here's the Mini that belonged to one of his victims.

[Metal Guru]

3 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

On the American cars in Britain, there was a Ford dealer in London named Lincoln Motors that would sell you British, American or German Fords. The American ones were usually assembled in Canada, as pre EEC/Common Market there were lower import tariffs on Commonwealth goods. 

Later on in the early 1970s there was a short-lived fad for Australian Fords and Chryslers, the Valiants appeared in Chrysler UK brochures as a sort of half-arsed top of the range replacement for the big Humbers - an episode of the Sweeney features two Aussie conmen (played by Patrick Mower and George Layton) who tool about in a then-new Valiant saloon. 

As mentioned above, the fuel crisis in late 73 meant this market more or less disappeared overnight, although there were efforts to sell RHD Mustang II Ghias and Mercury Monarchs as luxury cars in the late 70s. Lendrum & Hartman sold the original Cadillac Seville over here around this time as well, as well as Firebirds and other random things like Caprice station wagons.

Finally, the British Daihatsu importer bought Jeep Cherokee Chiefs over in the late 1970s, as a sort of more affordable alternative to the Range Rover, which had a long customer waiting list for most of the decade. They were converted to RHD and sold reasonably well until the recession hit in 1980.

They relaunched the Cherokee in the 90s in the U.K. The 4 litre became a joy rider’s favourite because it was quite fast and you could head cross country to lose plod unless they had a bear in the air.

My Dad had a 1994 4 litre limited and I had a 2000 2.5 TD Classic.

[horriblemercedes]

8 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

They relaunched the Cherokee in the 90s in the U.K. The 4 litre became a joy rider’s favourite because it was quite fast and you could head cross country to lose plod unless they had a bear in the air.

My Dad had a 1994 4 litre limited and I had a 2000 2.5 TD Classic.

The Wrangler at the same time and the Grand Cherokee came slightly later.

 

That was an official Chrysler effort to sell them here. They were great cars, to be honest.

YJ Wranglers were converted when they got here but XJ Cherokees were built as right hand drive in the factory.

[Metal Guru]

26 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said:

The Wrangler at the same time and the Grand Cherokee came slightly later.

 

That was an official Chrysler effort to sell them here. They were great cars, to be honest.

YJ Wranglers were converted when they got here but XJ Cherokees were built as right hand drive in the factory.

I don’t know about great cars. I bought my Cherokee new and it’s the only car I’ve ever had fail it’s first (3 yo) MOT. I sold it at four years old with 25000 miles and the  interior was falling to bits as well. 
 

[Pieman]

9 hours ago, warren t claim said:

To mark the passing of John Cannan, here's the Mini that belonged to one of his victims.

As I've said in the Deadpool thread, I am very pissed off that that cunt has snuffed it without revealing where Suzy Lamplugh is and what he did to her.

[Madman Of The People]

18 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

I wasn’t aware of the US Ford Maverick saloon of the 70s, only the rebadged Nissan SUVs of the 90s.

 

Ford has used the Maverick name a few times.

1970-77 USA-made saloon and coupe. Roughly Cortina-sized.

 

1995-97 rebadged Nissan Patrol for the Australian market.

 

1993-99 Spanish built and rebadged Nissan Terrano II for Europe.

 

2001-05 rebadged first generation Ford Escape for Europe and China.

 

2022-Present North American pickup, based on the current Escape/Kuga platform.

 

[horriblemercedes]

5 minutes ago, Madman Of The People said:

 

 

It's still dangerous, but it can be my wingman any time

[GregZX]

On 15/09/2013 at 21:55, Wilko220 said:

Glasgow Airport bomb Jeep Cherokee...

 

http://centurean2.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/offdutypolicemansprayswateronahmed.jpg

The terrorists involved in that tried to buy my uncle's ML a week before they carried out the bombing in the Cherokee. He refused to sell them it as they sent their wives up to the door with the cash, didn't want a test drive so it all felt a bit dodgy to him. He reported this to the police after the attack and had to give an interview to Special Branch officers.

[GregZX]

On 26/06/2015 at 20:20, Pilkicadadoodle said:

2010 Cumbria Shootings: 

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/3/10/1299773221012/Derrick-Bird-inquest-007.jpg
Derrick Byrd shot people from his Picasso

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/02/article-0-09DCCA84000005DC-485_468x209.jpg
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47981000/jpg/_47981249_009432812-2.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/06/03/article-1283547-09DCFB71000005DC-905_634x286.jpg

Various crime scenes. 
 

That Octavia continued on until 2015. I wonder what the taxi driver who had it next thought about it.

[ProgRocker]

18 hours ago, Madman Of The People said:

 

Ford has used the Maverick name a few times.

1970-77 USA-made saloon and coupe. Roughly Cortina-sized.

I have a thing for compact American cars. Really like the Mavericks of this era.

I think @adw1977 once took a photograph of a 1972 Mercury Comet which I guess is the more upmarket version of this Ford.

[sierraman]

On 07/11/2024 at 10:02, Pieman said:

As I've said in the Deadpool thread, I am very pissed off that that cunt has snuffed it without revealing where Suzy Lamplugh is and what he did to her.

I’ve read the book ok him, he supposedly had a Sierra at the time, years later it was tracked down to a breakers, I’d have to re read it but supposedly they found her DNA in it, how likely or true that is I don’t know. Loads of instances like that like in the Melanie Hall murder they were looking for the car used at the time - a white Golf iirc. 

[lesapandre]

The USA with different laws and sensitivities seems to preserve a lot more of these cars.

The JFK Lincoln continued to used by the White House - it was loaned from Ford. It's now at Detroit. The Jayne Mansfield, James Dean, Bonnie and Clyde cars all survive and lots more. 

[adw1977]

15 hours ago, ProgRocker said:

I think @adw1977 once took a photograph of a 1972 Mercury Comet which I guess is the more upmarket version of this Ford.

Well remembered, I had forgotten!

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