Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[vulgalour]

Right then, I'm probably going to get this wrong but from what I can fathom it's most likely a 1939 or 1940 car on the GM A body platform, because that's the years that sort of rear end was around, and the all-upright-pillars also spanned the two years.  The door hinges are external on some cars, hidden on others, in both '39 and '40, just to confuse things further.  I've been unable to find any with the vertical bar in the rear door as on the taxi.  The other complication as that the roof line changes and I'm yet to find anything that has the taxi's lower roof line (pretty sure it's not been chopped) as well as the big bustle boot and the hidden hinges.  The other complication is trying to find something with three rows of seats.

Then I found this 1942 Cadillac Fleetwood.

[vulgalour]

At this point who frigging knows?  That Cadillac find really made me question what I was looking at, it's absolutely not what I would have expected it to be.

[Snipes]

Looks pretty good doesn't it? Lots of detail differences but the basic shape looks right.

[Aston Martin]

It looks like a hack job.

[Austat]

Fiat 125P Jamnik Cabriolet, used by the tourist bureau of Warsaw for sightseeing back in the 70's:

[bunglebus]

7 hours ago, vulgalour said:

The other complication is trying to find something with three rows of seats. Then I found this 1942 Cadillac Fleetwood.

 

Three rows of seats will be a Cuba mod to fit more passengers in. Reckon you're bob-on with the body, as the fuel filler in the wing was bugging me too, could have been filled I suppose. The sill area also looks identical, shape of the rear of the front wing, front quarterlights,  Some of the Chevies seem to have a shaped rear door around the leading edge of the rear wing too. 10 shite points to Vulgalor!

[adw1977]

 

The Leopard, 700 of these were built in Rhodesia in the 1970s.  Designed to allow the occupants to survive driving over a land mine!

[bunglebus]

Air cooled VW engine and suspension, I had a read up on them a while back

[chaseracer]

There's a Leopard on display at the Imperial War Museum in Salford.

[angle]

10 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Right then, I'm probably going to get this wrong but from what I can fathom it's most likely a 1939 or 1940 car on the GM A body platform, because that's the years that sort of rear end was around, and the all-upright-pillars also spanned the two years.  The door hinges are external on some cars, hidden on others, in both '39 and '40, just to confuse things further.  I've been unable to find any with the vertical bar in the rear door as on the taxi.  The other complication as that the roof line changes and I'm yet to find anything that has the taxi's lower roof line (pretty sure it's not been chopped) as well as the big bustle boot and the hidden hinges.  The other complication is trying to find something with three rows of seats.

Then I found this 1942 Cadillac Fleetwood.

I think you're there, thanks Vulgalour! It doesn't really come across in the photos but the '39 and' 40 Chevys both looked a bit short, this definitely looks like it. 

[bunglebus]

Lamborghini Islero

 

[supermellowman]

Islero. Had a co-starring role alongside Sir Rog in “The Man Who Haunted Himself” as a raffish alter ego of a Rover P5B...

great film. Here’s the two of them some years later. Googled pic

[Snipes]

Looks like the designer forgot the tail lights and had to throw them in at the last moment.

[Remspoor]

Did not realise this was a thing.

or this

[Austat]

Fiberfab Bonanza GT:

[martc]

On ‎4‎/‎24‎/‎2020 at 9:44 AM, adw1977 said:

 

The Leopard, 700 of these were built in Rhodesia in the 1970s.  Designed to allow the occupants to survive driving over a land mine!

Reminds me of the armoured cars used by those evil apartheid buggers in South Africa when clearing the townships. I'm sure those of a certain age will remember the Casspir and Buffel.

[Supernaut]

4 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Did not realise this was a thing.

or this

[Aston Martin]

The Volvo ECC from 1992..... 6 years before the S80.

 

 

[17-Coffees]

11 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Did not realise this was a thing.

or this

Holy ducking shit! 

Not only them two, Wikipedia tells me of there other 'advantures', including using the late 2000's Holden Caprice , which you have to read to believe how much that re-styleing job apparently cost. 

 

But my personal favorite is...

 

THEY DID A CASCADA!

[Supernaut]

12 hours ago, 17-Coffees said:

Holy ducking shit! 

Not only them two, Wikipedia tells me of there other 'advantures', including using the late 2000's Holden Caprice , which you have to read to believe how much that re-styleing job apparently cost. 

 

But my personal favorite is...

 

THEY DID A CASCADA!

 

 

I'm more interested in this part about the Bitter SC.

Quote

Along with the introduction of the convertible in 1981, a four-wheel-drive version of the coupé was also added.^[2] The four-wheel-drive system was developed by Ferguson Research who also offered it for installation into the Opel Senator/Vauxhall Royale.^[3]

 

[Remspoor]

Covid is giving me a crap attack . This is in Dutch and there is a lot of talk about other cars in the conversation........ But you will see the car. pile of poo.

Volkswagen T-Roc Cabrio

err

[chaseracer]

Some info on the Ferguson-equipped Opels used by the British Mission during the Cold War: http://www.brixmis.co.uk/later-years.html

One of the cars is preserved at the RAF Museum at Cosford.

And it looks like we've been here before, a long time ago! 

 

[myglaren]

On 4/25/2020 at 1:26 AM, bunglebus said:

Lamborghini Isolero

 

How very appropriate.   Will there be a commemorative 2020 model

 

 

 

Slow but dependable.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

That Volvo concept car reminded me of this obscurity - The Brazilian-made Emme Lotus 422T

http://karakullake.blogspot.com/2009/12/emme-lotus-422t-brazilian-lotus-saloon.html

https://drivetribe.com/p/emme-422t-the-brazilian-lotus-einkpqT0RaqK3AvEB5lMpQ?iid=D3O8mbh1Q7Wi1PE9pEMOnA

[AnthonyG]

8 hours ago, Rovorsche said:

I didn't know the Chrysler 300c got a facelift, why wasn't it available here ?

6.4 Hemi!

 

 

The facelifted one was available in the U.K., but only for a short period before they dropped the Chrysler brand - also see the short lived Delta. 
Don’t know about the 6.4 Hemi though!

[Supernaut]

I can say from personal experience that the facelifted Chrysler 300 goes rather well even with the 3.8 V6. Corners surprisingly well too.

At least it felt like it somewhere outside Banff AB back in 2017. Nothing goes like a hire car.

[barrett]

9 hours ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

That Volvo concept car reminded me of this obscurity - The Brazilian-made Emme Lotus 422T

Never knew about that, thanks!

[somewhatfoolish]

How did they get around Ford owning the rights to the Mercury name?

[DSdriver]

On 4/22/2020 at 8:49 PM, angle said:

This has been bugging me for a while, anyone know what my airport taxi was? I can't work it out from googling. No exterior badges but a Chevy one on the steering wheel, three rows of three bench seats (and I'm guessing running gear from some sort of Soviet truck) 

 

Checker? Just a stab in the dark!

[Strela]

On 4/26/2020 at 3:17 PM, Supernaut said:

 

 

I'm more interested in this part about the Bitter SC.

 

There were only two SCs made with the Ferguson 4x4, both were three litre RHDs made in 1982. I don't think either have been taxed since about 1994, and in '99 they were both known to be almost beyond saving. I believe one (an ex-Patrick Collection car) may still just about exist.