Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[bunglebus]

[ChinaTom]

On 11/29/2019 at 10:07 PM, bunglebus said:

Peugeot 505 crew cab

There used to be 3 of these at Phnom Penh airport before they expanded it. They used to haul the baggage from the planes to the carousel. 

After the rebuild, they had disappeared but in their place was a yellow 605 pickup with some contraption on the back - not quite sure what it was used for. I can’t find my photos of it but I know a google image search for the airport used to have a pic of an Air Koryo plane and it was clearly in shot.

[inconsistant]

On 12/2/2019 at 1:41 PM, quicksilver said:

Those allegedly have sills full of concrete as chopping the roof off lost so much structural integrity. Not so much a floppytop as a floppybody.

I'm sure I must have told this story before, but way back in the early 1990s my mum's Metro got run into by what she was adamant was an Allegro convertible and was one of only two on the road, but both my dad and I refused to believe such a thing existed and thought she must have been confused. Turns out she was right and the Allegro convertible is indeed a thing as I saw one at a BL show a couple of years ago.

[jumpingjehovahs]

I knew the Yaris existed, obvs, but didn’t know that for a couple of years between 2011 & 2013 it was sold as the Daihatsu Charade on the continent.




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[somewhatfoolish]

Russians be crazy vodka-fueled mofos.

[bunglebus]

Tempo Mikafa Sport camper van

 

Tempo Matador chassis, Porsche 356 engine, VW transmission, FWD

 

[myglaren]

 

 

[bunglebus]

1980 Buehrig Carraige-roof coupé, 1 of 3. Thank fuck

 

[Pieman]

/\ That is the ugliest car I have ever seen.  No contest.

Anyway, just found out that Australia produced this - the Nissan Pintara, a basic four-cylinder version of the Skyline.  Fantastically shite styling.

[quicksilver]

That Buehrig thing...my eyes have been soiled. No need to even ask what country it's from. The generic 1980s Japanese saloon car is a relief after seeing that monstrosity.

[bunglebus]

I'm counting this because much as I knew about them, I didn't know who made them. Disappointed to find out they're made near me in Essex. Coming to a wedding/twee hipster shop near you soon. Asquith are the guilty company

 

[somewhatfoolish]

Artisanaal Bereid? That Dick Strawbridge bought one and his loony wife converted it to a camper.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Artisanaal Bereid? 

Sounds like double dutch to me.

[Timewaster]

I worked with a guy who has previously worked at Asquith. 

He said they were full of wob and woodscrew from the factory!

Although I think he had been sacked so perhaps not a reliable source. 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

When I was 16 I hitchiked a lot and once got a lift from Spaghetti junction to the bottom of the M1 in an Asquith or similar . The driver moaned like fuck about how horrible it was to drive and I remember it being so slow I thought about asking him to drop me at a Services to get a better lift!

[STUNO]

A Volkswagen I have never heard of. Assumed it was a South American only model, but it seems to be German.

The seller has probably sealed it's fate by using a chain round the roof to lift it.

1979 VW Derby.      https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/volkswagen/auction-2413183945.htm?rsqid=7e62066be3fd4bfa8e2c0906764b1657-003

[The Vicar]

The VW Derby was sold in Ireland. Did you know it as the Polo saloon in the UK?

[bunglebus]

We had them in the UK, seen a few about. An old work colleague had one. Polo saloon essentially.

 

20170520_095044_zpsu0ha9ycm (2) by RS, on Flickr

20170520_095059_zpsjdyhv9um (2) by RS, on Flickr

[Vince70]

I had a lovely couple of owner low mileage one on a A plate a few 

8 hours ago, bunglebus said:

We had them in the UK, seen a few about. An old work colleague had one. Polo saloon essentially.

 

20170520_095044_zpsu0ha9ycm (2) by RS, on Flickr

20170520_095059_zpsjdyhv9um (2) by RS, on Flickr

 

[Vince70]

 

10 minutes ago, Vince70 said:

I had a lovely couple of owner low mileage immaculate Polo Saloon (badged as a classic)  on a A plate a few years back in metallic brown and I  ended up giving it to my brother and he wrecked it to my disgust.

It was a posh one as well as it it even came with headlamp washers.

 

 

[egg]

For unfathomable reasons, when I think 'VW Derby' the associated image stored in the old grey matter = Wimpy Brown Derby.

[vulgalour]

Wimpy Brown Derby sounds like something you'd find in the Urban Dictionary.

[steveo3002]

15 hours ago, Timewaster said:

I worked with a guy who has previously worked at Asquith. 

He said they were full of wob and woodscrew from the factory!

Although I think he had been sacked so perhaps not a reliable source. 

i worked there for a while , they werent nothing special like a factory made kit car i guess 

[face]

I took a particularly satisfying ‘Brown Derby’ first thing this morning.

[steveo3002]

https://wimpy.uk.com/food-stories/bender-bun

one for your urban dictionary

[lesapandre]

Mega Tjaffer - 1997....

[chaseracer]

There's a Visa under there, somewhere...

[lesapandre]

25 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

There's a Visa under there, somewhere...

May be AX based I think...and Dutch? 

[Pieman]

Mega became Aixam, and believe it or not, the above was the base for this...

 

[STUNO]

The Crowther, another failed NZ car to beat the world.  1974

Two were built, a utility ( the Toiler) and a two door saloon. The saloon has disappeared, but the Ute exists but not in running order. Bodies were fibreglass, engines apparently Renault and transmission Daf variomatic

The car to the right may be an earlier attempt by Crowther, a rotary powered car from 1969

Details are pretty minimal, so I may be wrong about anything except the word Crowther !!!