Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Tayne]

Bolwell Nagari mk8.

Australian coupe with a Ford V8 made between 1970 and 1974, killed off when car manufacturers were required to crash test their cars and "comply with regulations".

Bolweel carried in working with fibreglass and attempted to bring the car back in the noughties.

[Tayne]

Bolwell Nagari mk8.

Australian coupe with a Ford V8 made between 1970 and 1974, killed off when car manufacturers were required to crash test their cars and "comply with regulations".

Bolweel carried in working with fibreglass and attempted to bring the car back in the noughties.

[Remspoor]

Another retro based concept.

DS Citroen SM.

https://archive.ph/b1Zko

Just hope it is a wee bit more reliable.

[sheffcortinacentre]

You can't see the join!

[artdjones]

A South African Corsa pick up.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Go back as far as the B,also sold in south America.

[GeordieInExile]

Oh man. If only they'd put these into production. Doesn't even look any longer than the hatch!

[warch]

The Opel Kadett Pirsch (or Kadett Off Road).

According to the marketing description which is in Americanese; 'This was a station wagon with rustic trim, fitted with a limited-slip differential, reinforced suspension and more suitable tires, increased ground clearance, a skid plate, and shortened front fenders'.

Apparently it was designed for deer stalking. 

 

[D.E]

12 minutes ago, warch said:

The Opel Kadett Pirsch (or Kadett Off Road).

According to the marketing description which is in Americanese; 'This was a station wagon with rustic trim, fitted with a limited-slip differential, reinforced suspension and more suitable tires, increased ground clearance, a skid plate, and shortened front fenders'.

Apparently it was designed for deer stalking. 

 

A similar idea was the Irmscher Tramp, which looked a lot less inconspicuous:

[delux]

9 hours ago, D.E said:

A similar idea was the Irmscher Tramp, which looked a lot less inconspicuous:

It does appear to be wearing a tramps hat! 😄

[martc]

SIMCA 'Panda' buggy made by Tremonti in Padova.

[martc]

The 1956 Škoda 440 Spartak designed by Otakar Diblík of Karosa, more famous for their coach bodies, which were often painted blue and cream, rather fortutiously.

Only one was made and it's in the Vysoké Mýto Museum.

[martc]

Kleinschnittger was a German company that produced microcars between 1950 and 1957. The F125 was powered by a 125 cc single cylinder two-stroke engine that produced 4 kW (5.4 hp) and a top speed of 70 km/h (43 mph).  The F250 was fitted with a 250 cc engine from ILO-Motorenwerke giving 11 kW (14.8 hp). They had aluminium bodies and were very economical to run. They were also made in Belgium as the Kleinstwagen and in the Netherlands as the Alco.

There's a write up about them here - https://classiccarcatalogue.com/KLEINSCHNITTGER_1952.html

Lots of pictures of one for sale here - https://www.gallery-aaldering.com/de/kleinschnittger-f-125-1950/

 

 

 

[Madman Of The People]

4 hours ago, martc said:

Kleinschnittger was a German company that produced microcars between 1950 and 1957. The F125 was powered by a 125 cc single cylinder two-stroke engine that produced 4 kW (5.4 hp) and a top speed of 70 km/h (43 mph).  The F250 was fitted with a 250 cc engine from ILO-Motorenwerke giving 11 kW (14.8 hp). They had aluminium bodies and were very economical to run. They were also made in Belgium as the Kleinstwagen and in the Netherlands as the Alco.

There's a write up about them here - https://classiccarcatalogue.com/KLEINSCHNITTGER_1952.html

Lots of pictures of one for sale here - https://www.gallery-aaldering.com/de/kleinschnittger-f-125-1950/

 

 

 

These remind me of a King Midget.

 

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, Madman Of The People said:

These remind me of a King Midget.

 

‘king awful!

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Honda AMG thingy:

https://carbuzz.com/honda-mercedes-benz-amg-rare-car/

[bunglebus]

[bunglebus]

Weird microcars in Amsterdam. The red one is two stroke which surprised me

[D.E]

The red one is a Canta. This is an older model and no longer in production, but they're still a common sight and the drivers of them continue to cause idiotic news headlines such as "Canta driver crashes, claims she didn't see parked lorry", "Canta driver gets spooked by other traffic, drives into canal", "86 year old Canta owner gets lost in park, ends up in pond", "Canta got stuck on rails", "Canta fell over after crash with scooter", etc.

 

[bunglebus]

Found it

And another type. Front reminds me of a Jimny

[sheffcortinacentre]

Reminds me that drugs are bad.

[artdjones]

12 hours ago, D.E said:

The red one is a Canta. This is an older model and no longer in production, but they're still a common sight and the drivers of them continue to cause idiotic news headlines such as "Canta driver crashes, claims she didn't see parked lorry", "Canta driver gets spooked by other traffic, drives into canal", "86 year old Canta owner gets lost in park, ends up in pond", "Canta got stuck on rails", "Canta fell over after crash with scooter", etc.

 

The car for Dignitas devotees everywhere.

[somewhatfoolish]

20 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I'd need to rearrange the letters so it was an Eco Elon, or maybe an Eco Elmo if I bought extra letters.

[DavieW]

On 19/10/2024 at 19:35, Tayne said:

Bolwell Nagari mk8.

Australian coupe with a Ford V8 made between 1970 and 1974, killed off when car manufacturers were required to crash test their cars and "comply with regulations".

Bolweel carried in working with fibreglass and attempted to bring the car back in the noughties.

I'm liking the convertible. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Skoda 110 Super Sport

Škoda 110 Super Sport - Wikipedia

 

Turned into Ferat the Vampire

Upír z Feratu (1982) - IMDb

[Datsuncog]

This weird little retro bug, parked outside a neighbour's house the other night.

A Microlino, apparently.

https://microlino-car.com/en-ch/microlino

They've actually done quite a good job of retaining most of the Isetta styling cues.

[Missy Charm]

On 13/10/2024 at 19:44, martc said:

They were designed at a similar time, I thought it had the look of a VW Variant about it.

Phun Phact, Vignale was taken over by Ghia, but ran as a separate concern until the two were bought out by Ford in the '70's when they dropped the Vignale name using the well known Ghia monicker. Until now when Vignale is hammered onto the boot of your top spec Ford and Ghia is no more. Strange world.

Thanks, didn't know that about Vignale.  I do seem to remember, however, that Ford's purchase of the Ghia name and trademarks was made under rather odd circumstances - the agreement was something along the lines of Alejandro De Tomaso signing Ghia over in exchange for a supply of Ford engines for the Mangusta and what followed.  One assumes, given the gravitas the new owner were able to bestow the Ghia name and the subsequent sales generated, that the Blue Oval did better out of the deal.  

On the subject of De Tomaso, did you know that his name was stuck on various special editions of the Daihatsu Charade?  Me neither, but it was:

[MiniMinorMk3]

2 hours ago, Missy Charm said:

Thanks, didn't know that about Vignale.  I do seem to remember, however, that Ford's purchase of the Ghia name and trademarks was made under rather odd circumstances - the agreement was something along the lines of Alejandro De Tomaso signing Ghia over in exchange for a supply of Ford engines for the Mangusta and what followed.  One assumes, given the gravitas the new owner were able to bestow the Ghia name and the subsequent sales generated, that the Blue Oval did better out of the deal.  

On the subject of De Tomaso, did you know that his name was stuck on various special editions of the Daihatsu Charade?  Me neither, but it was:

In April 1982 BL stopped supplying engines to Innocenti. They where then supplied by Daihatsu instead. At the same time the Mini's original rubber suspension was changed to a more conventional layout with MacPherson struts in the front and an independent, rear suspension with lower wishbones and a transverse single-leaf spring. To indicate the new engines, the cars were renamed Innocenti Tre Cilindri,

The hot version was the Innocenti Mini De Tomaso Turbo 

[Remspoor]

5 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

This weird little retro bug, parked outside a neighbour's house the other night.

A Microlino, apparently.

https://microlino-car.com/en-ch/microlino

They've actually done quite a good job of retaining most of the Isetta styling cues.

As previously reported on here.

An American who has a drive of one.

 

[Austat]

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