Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[JeeExEll]

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

[Lacquer Peel]

The Dollop episode on the Dale and its creator is good.

 

https://m.soundcloud.com/the-dollop/152-the-car-known-as-the-dale

[JeeExEll]

^ 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.

 

[bunglebus]

New A Class is very Japanesey from the back

 

[bunglebus]

Somehow missed that there is an Aldi Q2

 

[bunglebus]

Street Scooter

 

20190207_150320 by RS, on Flickr

[bunglebus]

20190206_143055 by RS, on Flickr

[Aston Martin]

I saw one of these.

[Aston Martin]

This drove past me, I assumed Ireland only. But it was on English plates and available here.

[FakeConcern]

Saw this on another forum & rather like it

 

https://clubmegapassion2016.wordpress.com/presse/

 

[JeeExEll]

The Simca 1200 Campero. Made in Spain from fibreglass and Spanish stuff.

I want one.

Matra Rancho? - paaah, geddadda here.

 

[JeeExEll]

Here's another one, so I think they were meant to look like that.

 

 

 

 

[RayMK]

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.

[JeeExEll]

^ 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 . . .

[cros]

C15 van with strange bodywork.

 

What the devil is this?

[Six-cylinder]

C15 van with strange bodywork._IMG_000000_000000.jpg

 

What the devil is this?

 

My Guess is a pick up with hardtop cover

[cros]

My Guess is a pick up with hardtop cover

That would be it, never seen one before. It's on an H plate so it's got a bit of age to it, standing outside a garage in Bourne.

[Six-cylinder]

That would be it, never seen one before. It's on an H plate so it's got a bit of age to it, standing outside a garage in Bourne.

 

I think my one was on ebay with an engine problem around Milton keynes and I captured the pictures Nov 2017, I did think about buying it.

 

Can you revisit and get the reg?

[cros]

I will, it's at the front of

"Phone, +44 1778 426099 · Address. Spalding Rd Business Park Unit 2; PE10 9LF ... Peters Motor Company, Bourne. 1 like."

I'm dying of a cold at the moment so might be a few days- you now have the number if desperate. I must say I like the sound of a Basculante for shifting the old ordure.

[Six-cylinder]

I will, it's at the front of

"Phone, +44 1778 426099 · Address. Spalding Rd Business Park Unit 2; PE10 9LF ... Peters Motor Company, Bourne. 1 like."

I'm dying of a cold at the moment so might be a few days- you now have the number if desperate. I must say I like the sound of a Basculante for shifting the old ordure.

 

There is no rush so in your own time.

 

I am not sure if I want to buy one at the moment as we hardly use our C15 van.

[bangernomics]

Would you recommend the c15? What sort of load capacity does it have? As a van?

[Spottedlaurel]

Interesting to see the alternative bodywork. This pickup is local to me:

 

1991 Citroen C15D Teilhol Pickup by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

[Ohdearme]

 

Nissan Tilda?

[Ghosty]

Yes, they come in hatch as well.

Meant to be Ireland only but they found their way over through Arnold Clark iirc.

There's a beige saloon one local to me used as a minicab.

[martc]

Just returned from Italy where I saw one of these - an Iveco Massif; although 'mine' was red and belonged to the local fire brigade.

 

 

A very purposeful looking vehicle, desperately trying not to look like a Land Rover and failing. Built by Santana in Spain until 2011. There were plans to sell them in the UK but these came to naught.

[ChinaTom]

Ignore the red er... Chinese version of a Mazda in the foreground - I triple-took the BMW 2 series 4 door gran coupe in the background, jaw dropped even more when 5 people got out of it! 

[Tayne]

Front drive, based on the 2 active tourer.

 

Looks nice though.

[LightBulbFun]

The AC "Sociable" and Bristol "petite" I think? (tho they both come back as ACs) dont really know anything about them sadly... 

 

 

(well truth be told I had come across OPK110L in barretts quiz http://autoshite.com/topic/33944-barretts-unsolvable-nightmare-before-christmas-quiz/?do=findComment&comment=1688485 but the rules at the time stopped me from posting anything, I noticed OPK110L came back as AC and having a 500cc engine which sent my Model 70 alarm bells ringing and I wanted to post about that so bad but he said no guesses or such LOL)

 

I also notice VPA167M comes back as 650cc

 

I wonder if the yellow car has the same Steyr puch 500cc engine found in Model 70s and the red car having the 650cc version of that engine?

 

(would make sense as AC would have a load of them lying around from Model 70 production)

[barrett]

Yes, I believe they are Steyr-powered. I suspect they used the basic platform of the Model 70 but I'm not sure, I've never seen these cars written up anywhere. AC wanted to re-enter the small car market to compete with the Reliant Robin but they never went beyond the prototype stage. At least one survives, not sure about the two above.

 

Anyway, here's a new one for me:

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25450/preview_lot/5247180/?category=list&length=10&page=4

[lesapandre]

 

Nissan Tilda?

Tilda the builder and allotment tiller from St. Kilda who owns a Nissan Tilda dented it and filled the wing.