Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Stinkwheel]

On 8/2/2023 at 10:45 AM, adw1977 said:

A Peugeot 104 with a 2CV engine, launched shortly after Peugeot bought Citroën.  The Citroën purists were not happy!

As a citroen purist, i dont mind at all 😆

[morris_ital_lover]

3 hours ago, Pieman said:

This one was in a  shithole suburb of Walsall, so I don't think it was a footballer...

I suspect the residual value on these things is stupidly low... at the end of the day they are just a van full of tat. 😂

[MiniMinorMk3]

2 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

Lada 112 Coupe. A proper shite looking car.

The 5-door looks even more shite

 

[chaseracer]

2 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

Lada 112 Coupe. A proper shite looking car.

The bastard love child of a GM Saab 900 and a Yugo Sana...

[egg]

Uneco Suburban Safari

Located just north of Madison Nebraska, Suburban Motors came to life in the late 1960's from a metal fabricating company called Uneco. In 1968 the Suburban Safari was born. While the exact number made is up for debate, sources say between 58 and 64 were officially produced before a fire destroyed the plant and ended any future plans.

https://www.motoexotica.com/vehicles/3830/1968-suburban-safari-1968-suburban-safari

[Madman Of The People]

6 hours ago, egg said:

Uneco Suburban Safari

Located just north of Madison Nebraska, Suburban Motors came to life in the late 1960's from a metal fabricating company called Uneco. In 1968 the Suburban Safari was born. While the exact number made is up for debate, sources say between 58 and 64 were officially produced before a fire destroyed the plant and ended any future plans.

https://www.motoexotica.com/vehicles/3830/1968-suburban-safari-1968-suburban-safari

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like a close cousin of the King Midget.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Midget

 

[somewhatfoolish]

13 hours ago, morris_ital_lover said:

I suspect the residual value on these things is stupidly low... at the end of the day they are just a van full of tat. 😂

It's like they ramraided World of Leather.

[egg]

Apparently 3 of these Codford Mini were built.

https://maximummini.blogspot.com/2014/09/codford-mini-wheres-red-one.html

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, egg said:

Apparently 3 of these Codford Mini were built.

https://maximummini.blogspot.com/2014/09/codford-mini-wheres-red-one.html

I can hear Johnny Cash singing now.

[bunglebus]

Dutton Surf. Perfect for rising sea levels

[warch]

Couple spotted in Australia….

Haval H6 (generic Chinese crossover made by Great Wall) quite popular in Aus.

Skoda Scala, presumably on the Golf/A3 platform. 

[Sham]

I think you can still buy the Scala new in the UK.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, warch said:

Couple spotted in Australia….

Haval H6 (generic Chinese crossover made by Great Wall) quite popular in Aus.

Looks like the O/S door mirror is bleeding

[GeordieInExile]

On 8/8/2023 at 3:23 PM, TheOtherStu said:

Lada 112 Coupe. A proper shite looking car.

I like that! Like a Skoda Rapid for the nineties.

[EyesWeldedShut]

3 minutes ago, GeordieInExile said:

I like that! Like a Skoda Rapid for the nineties.

Reminds me of the Nexia

[chaseracer]

On 09/08/2023 at 08:58, egg said:

Apparently 3 of these Codford Mini were built.

https://maximummini.blogspot.com/2014/09/codford-mini-wheres-red-one.html

Fair bit of MGB GT in that...

[TheOtherStu]

2 hours ago, GeordieInExile said:

I like that! Like a Skoda Rapid for the nineties.

It's got a bit of Baleno about it too.

[martc]

Citroën 2cv Radar
Robert Radar created this 2-door convertible, based on the 2cv platform, in 1956. Citroën was interested and made 20 of these in their Forest factory between 1957 and 1962. And yes, that windscreen is the rear window of the DS.

 

[adw1977]

It looks like it melted.

[High Jetter]

It reminds me of a mini dachshund. 

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, adw1977 said:

It looks like it melted.

Did Salvador Dali design it?

[bunglebus]

Taunus P4 panel van

[artdjones]

10 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Taunus P4 panel van

I love that style of estate based van, having had a Peugeot 305.

Remember the Rekord vans?

Also in 92/93 a reasonable number of BX vans were sold in Ireland. Here's one that got to the UK 

[DSdriver]

On 8/10/2023 at 4:40 PM, martc said:

Citroën 2cv Radar
Robert Radar created this 2-door convertible, based on the 2cv platform, in 1956. Citroën was interested and made 20 of these in their Forest factory between 1957 and 1962. And yes, that windscreen is the rear window of the DS.

 

As soon as I saw the B plate i thought "yup, that's why" 😁

Heated windscreen option, its all win!

[DSdriver]

27 minutes ago, artdjones said:

I love that style of estate based van, having had a Peugeot 305.

Remember the Rekord vans?

Also in 92/93 a reasonable number of BX vans were sold in Ireland. Here's one that got to the UK 

Simca also did a van, later to become a Talbot or Dodge. A friend had one for his company runabout that I borrowed to collect some furniture from the Isle of Wight, somehow we managed to squeeze in a sideboard, a disassembled dining room table and four chairs, as well as my pregnant wife and myself. I think the inside is a bit like a Tardis.

[artdjones]

1 minute ago, DSdriver said:

Simca also did a van, later to become a Talbot or Dodge. A friend had one for his company runabout that I borrowed to collect some furniture from the Isle of Wight, somehow we managed to squeeze in a sideboard, a disassembled dining room table and four chairs, as well as my pregnant wife and myself. I think the inside is a bit like a Tardis.

Yes, I only had my 305 for a year, but in that time I took my brother with all his  worldly possessions to Germany where hes lived ever since. We loaded up, drove down the road then realised that one tyre was rubbing on the inner wheel arch, owing to a previously undiagnosed worn suspension bearing . We stopped, pulled everything out then put it back with all the heavy stuff on the other side. No more problems, and once I dropped him off in Essen my wife flew out and we had a week's holiday. It cruised at 75-80 fine on the autobahn.

[Aston Martin]

Saw one of these and maybe there's a billion I don't know, looked great.
 

(No, not just a Kangoo you wankers)

 

Front sunroof and then a complete webasto rear.

 

 

[Rusty Pelican]

Not a clue what this is TBH 

[chaseracer]

The grille suggests there's some Austin in there, but that might be a deliberate distraction... 😉

[inconsistant]

Two of them today.
1. I thought it was a Toyota Avensis as I approached from the rear/side but says Subaru Levorg on the back

 

2. people carrier from outer space,  Aparently it’s a very modern Hyundai something.