Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Bfg]

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And why would a fire tender want those many windows ..to see the flames without getting out of the car ? 

 

Must admit it has some sort of appeal (I'd like a Zeppelin !). Though perhaps not for the shy !  

I said bombs away, not bums !

[Steve79]

I'm just going to leave this here

 

http://www.madeinrussia.cz/en/

[11001010]

Holy sht, what is that? I want one.

 

 

And why would a fire tender want those many windows ..to see the flames without getting out of the car ? 

 

Must admit it has some sort of appeal (I'd like a Zeppelin !). Though perhaps not for the shy !  

I said bombs away, not bums !

 

 

"It's a 1941 Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet purchased in November 1945 by a firefighting team in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Altered so that it could deliver 6 people plus hoses quickly to the scene of a fire."

[JeeExEll]

"It's a 1941 Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet purchased in November 1945 by a firefighting team in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Altered so that it could deliver 6 people plus hoses quickly to the scene of a fire."

Faahkin hell, makes Trumpton look a bunch of amateurs.

 

The fire probably looked at the car once and said "Ahm oot".

[chaseracer]

"It's a 1941 Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet purchased in November 1945 by a firefighting team in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Altered so that it could deliver 6 people plus hoses quickly to the scene of a fire."

 

Hasiči-related modifications aside, a 1941 Horch finding itself in eastern Europe at the end of WW2 would have some interesting tales to tell...

[Lukas]

If this fire brigade-car arouses you, you will love this too: 

 

A Steyr XX from the 1930s, used by a huge company selling Radios and Televisions in Graz/Styria. Rumor has it that it had a matching trailer too,

but the trailer is lost sadly. 

 

The car was found some years ago in a barn (not kidding), and it´s unrestored. It was THE sensation at the biggest austrian classic car show last year. 

 

 

[Lukas]

And that´s how it looked in the earlier days:

 

 

Some say the one who found it in the barn wanted to restore it and change the body and make a Roadster out of it. But thankfully, 

it will stay like that now with the new owner. 

[rantingYoof]

 

Obviously it's a Landcruiser; I just didn't expect to see one in the UK.

[pshome]

Ford Pampa, looks nice!

[Timewaster]

Pampa. 3 stud hubs. Renault 12 based? Brazilian I guess.

[cros]

Isuzu Bellel. 2.0 60's diesel, 50s Hillman underpinnings, did they really think this would crack the USA market?

[xkjagnz]

How about these little beauties.

The first is the 1967 Hino Contessa (based on a 4cv)

this one is currently for sale on TradeMe in NZ for around $6k

then this beauty

the Hino Contessa 900 Sprint a michelotti designed masterpiece (still based on the 4cv)

rear view

 

want!!!!! but not for sale

[chaseracer]

Pampa. 3 stud hubs. Renault 12 based? Brazilian I guess.

 

Ford Corcel II.  But yes, essentially R12.

[vulgalour]

I knew about the first Hino but that second one... phwoar!  Prettier than a Glas, a BMW and a Karmann Ghia any day of the week.

[xkjagnz]

I knew about the first Hino but that second one... phwoar!  Prettier than a Glas, a BMW and a Karmann Ghia any day of the week.

Something up with the rear camber though, looks mighty odd

[JeeExEll]

Something up with the rear camber though, looks mighty odd

Capable of drifftin in the wet at 3mph yo.

[xkjagnz]

Capable of drifftin in the wet at 3mph yo.

I don't think it goes THAT fast!

[JeeExEll]

Ford Pampa, looks nice!

Have heard about the Ford Corcel before and some of the 70s Corcel coupes look quite cool.

 

Just checked out Ford Pampa on Wiki. First pic shows one with the text underneath "1992-1997, alcohol powered". Yeah, 12 gallons please.

I can only imagine how bad it handles in the corners near the end of a long journey.

[Spottedlaurel]

A couple of JDM Honda obscurities here, seen within a short distance of each other and both completely new to me:

 

1999 Honda Avancier 3.0 V6 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Apparently this model only lasted one generation. I didn't have a clue what it was called and only found it due to searching the engine capacity.

 

2002 Honda Mobilio 1.5 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Boxy! Bigger than kei-class I think.

 

Edit: I've just discovered that our very own Bramm77 photographed that very Avancier a couple of years ago, and I even commented on it at that time. Senility is starting to kick in....

[Eddie Honda]

Mmmm Mobilio. Boxy one for the Jazz lickers.

[philibusmo]

We all know that the Vauxhall Zafira exists, surely. But what was this sat in Arrowtown? A Subaru Traviq!

Badge engineering at its very best.

[Lacquer Peel]

 

Adam Revo, mega shite car developed in Pakistan, the company lasted less than a year.

 

 

Grim!!

[Bianconeri]

Adam Revo, mega shite car developed in Pakistan, the company lasted less than a year.

Grim!!

Right colour but looks irredeemingly awful.

[RayMK]

The handbrake can't be trusted either - unless the brick IS the brake.

[cort1977]

Have heard about the Ford Corcel before and some of the 70s Corcel coupes look quite cool.

 

Just checked out Ford Pampa on Wiki. First pic shows one with the text underneath "1992-1997, alcohol powered". Yeah, 12 gallons please.

I can only imagine how bad it handles in the corners near the end of a long journey.

 

Think the alcohol powered thing a reference to Brazil's policy of requiring cars to run on sugar cane derived ethanol blend as a subsidy to wealthy farmers environmental measure.

 

EDIT - just realized I missed the joke.  Twat.

 

[Timewaster]

That Adam Revo looks like a cross between a City Rover and a G-wizz

 

Awful

[Lacquer Peel]

 

Micro Trend from Sri Lanka

[RichardK]

Adam Revo, mega shite car developed in Pakistan, the company lasted less than a year.

 

Grim!!

 

 

What on earth is it based on? And are those cheap aftermarket SLK headlights?

[Tayne]

I saw a Micro Trend being used as a taxi in Vung Tao.

[Lacquer Peel]

What on earth is it based on? And are those cheap aftermarket SLK headlights?

It's not based on anything, it uses a Chinese drivetrain but the rest of the car is home grown, possibly using ancient Suzuki Mehran (Alto) parts.