Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[somewhatfoolish]

On 19/11/2024 at 17:59, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Zunder 1500

If it was licence built in the USSR would it have been a Gazunder? 😁

[High Jetter]

Did they get Rolf Harris to publicise them? 😁

[lesapandre]

On 06/11/2024 at 11:11, Austat said:

1971 NSU Ro80 2+2 by Pininfarina:

And there - reworked with a more conventional stance, doors and rear window arrangement you have the BLMC 1800 replacement - if BLMC had retained their connection with Pininfarina instead of attempting to style their own cars in house and ending up with the Princess.

[lesapandre]

9 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

If it was licence built in the USSR would it have been a Gazunder? 😁

There is a boat version too - the Gazuntide.

[Yoss]

On 19/11/2024 at 11:12, martc said:

Dacias.

The Dacia 1325 Liberta an update on the 1320 (below) another one new to me.

These were supposed to appeal to d'youth with their more modern shape, but they were more expensive than the familiar Renault 11 based 1310 and didn't sell very well. The red one is from 1995.

And here's the Dacia 2000

A rebadged Renault 20 TS sold only to higher officials in communist Romania. It was only available in blue or black (the foxed one has been resprayed). The 2000 came complete with a Renault badge on the steering wheel and behind the Dacia badge on the grille.

This was the Dacia that caught me out when I was there in May. 

Early Logans were everywhere but this was the only  Solenza I saw. Never heard of it til that point.

[myglaren]

[Remspoor]

SWM. Started off as an Italian brand now Chinese . Selling vehicles as being Italian, just like MG being British (not).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWM_(automobiles)#

[artdjones]

On 21/11/2024 at 09:15, lesapandre said:

And there - reworked with a more conventional stance, doors and rear window arrangement you have the BLMC 1800 replacement - if BLMC had retained their connection with Pininfarina instead of attempting to style their own cars in house and ending up with the Princess.

They already did a Pininfarina 1800 years before.

Citroen nicked it for the CX.

They also did an 11/1300

In a recurring theme, nicked by Citroen for the GS.

I quite like the wedge Princess. But it should have been the Ambassador 7 years early with a hatchback.

[myglaren]

[sheffcortinacentre]

3 hours ago, Remspoor said:

SWM. Started off as an Italian brand now Chinese . Selling vehicles as being Italian, just like MG being British (not).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWM_(automobiles)#

MG not British 🤯🤯🤯

[somewhatfoolish]

Scottish Wolwo Massiv?

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Hino Carz, innit:

https://driventowrite.com/2024/11/18/book-of-the-dead-hino/#more-118876

[bunglebus]

VW Pingo from Paraguay. Much want

[Verysleepyboy]

10 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

VW Pingo from Paraguay. Much want

Looks a lot like a very mildly updated* Type 181/2 Trekker / Thing / Safari

Never knew about the Pingo model name though!

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Verysleepyboy said:

Looks a lot like a very mildly updated* Type 181/2 Trekker / Thing / Safari

Never knew about the Pingo model name though!

Two door body in fibreglass though. Don't think many were built but I'd like to roll into VW Action in one!

[Verysleepyboy]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Two door body in fibreglass though. Don't think many were built but I'd like to roll into VW Action in one!

Was it an official VW offering? 

[Verysleepyboy]

A bit of research on The Samba:

Ever heard of the "VW Pingo", a 2-door fiberglass Thing knockoff from Uruguay?

http://eduardoascaniovwtenerife.blogspot.com/2013/04/volkswagen-pingo.html

Although the page is in Spanish it's basically about how the car was developed to compete with the Citroen Mehari. The body was made in Uruguay, and the drivetrain and chassis were adapted from a Brazilian VW Beetle. Apparently only 12 were made

[Volksy]

This odd thing was sat on a property I stayed on in the Mojave Desert last week. 

My mate who I was travelling with was completely smitten with it. Apparently it was built by OTIS (who principally manufacture Lifts and Escalators). They made around 40 of them for the US Postal Service and NASA apparently. 

It's quite an over engineered bit of kit. It has a mid mounted 30hp electric motor with a prop to drive the rear axle. I think given the proximity to the Edwards Air Force Base it may have originally been stationed there. 

Our host had gone off for the day, so didn't get change to ask about where it came from, or his intentions with it. 

The site had a fair bit of old rammel knocking around the place, including this, which I think may be a Lloyd? Although the grill which is propped against it looks like it's off a Morris Minor?? Any ideas?

 

 

 

[bunglebus]

Definitely an early Minor grille, car looks like a Crosley to me

 

[Volksy]

Think you're correct there! 
It really was tiny, and in pretty poor shape. 

[bunglebus]

This is an Omoda 5. No, me either, and it looks just like everything else 

https://omodaauto.co.uk/omoda-5/

[Verysleepyboy]

On 27/11/2024 at 12:42, bunglebus said:

Two door body in fibreglass though. Don't think many were built but I'd like to roll into VW Action in one!

Spotted this on Faceache today:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VWThingsOnly/permalink/8466259500169457/

 

[bunglebus]

6 minutes ago, Verysleepyboy said:

Spotted this on Faceache today:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VWThingsOnly/permalink/8466259500169457/

 

I saw that too! Well at least it won't be rusty 

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 27/11/2024 at 11:16, bunglebus said:

VW Pingo from Paraguay. Much want

 

 

 

 

In a similar vein, here's the BMC Chiliean built fibreglass bodied Mini. Around 180 wee built in 1965.

[Metal Guru]

On 27/11/2024 at 15:03, bunglebus said:

Definitely an early Minor grille, car looks like a Crosley to me

 

Looks really really pleased with itself.

[Verysleepyboy]

18 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I saw that too! Well at least it won't be rusty 

Apart from the floor pans, heater channels, frame head, gearbox mounts........

[Dyslexic Viking]

Skoda ST180 tractor

[catsinthewelder]

In a similar vein, my friend sent me these pictures of a Volvo tractor today.

 

[bunglebus]

Voll converted Opels for postal service use

[GeordieInExile]

3 hours ago, Tayne said:

I think Skoda made everything at one point, there are Skoda trains in the Bratislava transport museum.

The metro trains in Prague are all Skoda.