Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[martc]

On 12/30/2020 at 2:28 PM, warch said:

I expect this has already been posted but it is a Mini based 4x4 pickup (there's one on Car and Classic at the moment)

I've tried to dig deeper into the RTV but the internet seems to only know about the one above and the vast range of Kubota 'RTV' vehicles that are in a similar vein but un-related.

However I did stumble upon the 'Toro Workman HD' a strange confection made in Torah, Wisconsin, USofA.  https://www.toro.com/en-gb

You can configure it to various agricultural roles. Toro also make all sorts of stuff from the Workman to golf buggies, ditch diggers to lawn mowers. And plastic pipes.

[lesapandre]

Toyota Classic...lot of 1949 Ford Prefect there...

 

[lesapandre]

Bollinger B1 electric....

[lesapandre]

Joss Car Indigo - 44 made in Sweden.

[RoadworkUK]

Is it wholly wrong of me to be imagining what a self-propelled bowser might be like as a motorhome conversion?

[somewhatfoolish]

I'm pretty sure that a gully cleaner or similar appeared on the tat thread with its tank converted to 'luxurious accommodation' not that long ago.

[martc]

1 hour ago, RoadworkUK said:

Is it wholly wrong of me to be imagining what a self-propelled bowser might be like as a motorhome conversion?

Smelly and cramped. Like most motorhomes.

[vulgalour]

5 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Toyota Classic...lot of 1949 Ford Prefect there...

 

It's actually styled after Toyota's first car, when Toyota was Toyoda.

 

[RoadworkUK]

Fairly convinced that there's nothing I dislike about the Lands Precedent Sportswagen. Citroen CX doors FTW!

Particulars here:

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2020/12/rare-rides-the-1986-lands-precedent-sportswagon-ultimate-obscure-luxury-van-time/

[martc]

 

Alfa Romeo Navajo (by Bertone) , one of a series of concept cars based on the Tipo 33 Stradale.

And here are some of the others -

The Carabo (Bertone)

The Iguana (Ital Design)

Pininfarina Prototipo Speciale

Stadelo Cuneo (Pininfarina)

And this is what's underneath them all -

[NorfolkNWeigh]

43 minutes ago, martc said:

 

Alfa Romeo Navajo (by Bertone) , one of a series of concept cars based on the Tipo 33 Stradale.

And here are some of the others -

The Carabo (Bertone)

The Iguana (Ital Design)

Pininfarina Prototipo Speciale

Stadelo Cuneo (Pininfarina)

And this is what's underneath them all -

All of them just prove how perfect the 33 Stradale was, Franco Scaglione gave up designing cars after creating this masterpiece. Wonder if he’d have just kept doing slightly different versions of the same thing  each decade, too..

[DSdriver]

On 12/26/2020 at 1:10 PM, Asimo said:

That flying G logo is design perfection 

[Inspiral_Mondays]

1 hour ago, martc said:

 

Alfa Romeo Navajo (by Bertone) , one of a series of concept cars based on the Tipo 33 Stradale.

And here are some of the others -

The Carabo (Bertone)

The Iguana (Ital Design)

Pininfarina Prototipo Speciale

Stadelo Cuneo (Pininfarina)

And this is what's underneath them all -

I had a Carabo many years ago, though I think it was lilac, not green. Oh and Bertone had outsourced its manufacture to a company called Matchbox.

[Spottedlaurel]

On 12/31/2020 at 3:50 PM, lesapandre said:

Toyota Classic...lot of 1949 Ford Prefect there...

Even more of their own Toyoda Model AA:

 

[17-Coffees]

On 12/31/2020 at 3:55 PM, lesapandre said:

Joss Car Indigo - 44 made in Sweden.

 

At first glance, I though it was a TVR Chimaera that'd got a new front end... 

And I oddly like that. 🤣

[martc]

OK some more Alfa Romeo concept cars i knew nothing about. The 'BAT' series BAT = Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica. This was a joint project between AR and Bertone between 1953 and 1955, they had drag coefficients below 0.19 which would be an acheivement today never mind 60 years ago. The underpinnings came from the 1900 sereis

The donor. And

Clockwise, from the left - the 5, 7 and 9.

Alfa Romeo and Bertone showed a new BAT concept in 2008 the BAT 11 based on the 8C Competzione

[NorfolkNWeigh]

2 minutes ago, martc said:

OK some more Alfa Romeo concept cars i knew nothing about. The 'BAT' series BAT = Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica. This was a joint project between AR and Bertone between 1953 and 1955, they had drag coefficients below 0.19 which would be an acheivement today never mind 60 years ago. The underpinnings came from the 1900 sereis

The donor. And

Clockwise, from the left - the 5, 7 and 9.

Alfa Romeo and Bertone showed a new BAT concept in 2008 the BAT 11 based on the 8C Competzione

Guess who at Bertone actually drew the BAT cars?  Yes that man Scaglione again!

[Austat]

Alfa Romeo 2600 Berlina:

[Aston Martin]

306 Break De Chasse... HDI. 🤔

 

 

[barrett]

That's really nice, and I've never seen it before either. Is it a factory job or something by Ooooley-ez?

[Aston Martin]

5 minutes ago, barrett said:

That's really nice, and I've never seen it before either. Is it a factory job or something by Ooooley-ez?

Here's an article... It's in French.

 

https://www.carjager.com/blog/article/peugeot-306-hdi-break-de-chasse-one-shot.html

 

But you have what appears to be a 306 cabriolet body, 607 rear lights and I assume a modified Peugeot roof?

[barrett]

Ah, says it was built by Heuliez. I like the palm tree in their studio!

[sdkrc]

Can anyone figure out what the car in white is?

[Sham]

Late 80's Mazda 323?

[bunglebus]

[barrett]

24 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

Can anyone figure out what the car in white is?

Pretty sure it's a Xantia with a weird grille (mk3 Cavalier?) and various bits of oddness around the bumper/lamps

[somewhatfoolish]

35 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

Can anyone figure out what the car in white is?

What's the programme?

 

[sdkrc]

Still Game: series 2 episode 8

[Aston Martin]

16 minutes ago, barrett said:

Pretty sure it's a Xantia with a weird grille (mk3 Cavalier?) and various bits of oddness around the bumper/lamps

 

Looks like one of those insurance advert cars.

[Spiny Norman]

On 1/2/2021 at 11:39 AM, martc said:

 

Alfa Romeo Navajo (by Bertone) , one of a series of concept cars based on the Tipo 33 Stradale.

And here are some of the others -

 

Looks a bit like the Japanese Dome Zero from the late 70s. I remember reading about it in an old issue of CAR but I gather it's had a resurgence of interest after appearing in a couple of driving games.