JeeExEll Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 A bit more of the yellow Enfield Safari. Didn't notice before but it's LHD. Edit to earlier post to add that it's actually powered by the 4.2 inline-6 AMC Jeep 258, not the period 360 5.9V8 as first thought (DVLA check shows 4228cc). Interesting little hinged opening window vents, with dash designed to suit ('Shit, where have my wallet and house keys gone, I'm sure I put them down here somewhere'). It looks like we've been here before briefly in 2012 . . . . https://autoshite.com/topic/11260-whatisthishite-i-know/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefag Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Have we had the Australian Cortina Van? More here - https://www.shannons.com.au/club/enthusiasts/mk2cortinapv/garage/1967-ford-cortina-440/?fbclid=IwAR3kdSf3_Rw8eUtovq-88vFAqH8Oib04cB3JXN2qAGCZ9jfXEN3yjBNXXjw adw1977, Mr_Bo11ox, JeeExEll and 13 others 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefag Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 A bit more about it - JeeExEll, Skizzer, davocano and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Green Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Brings to mind Mad Max's van. Holden Sandman: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 There were also MK1 vans made/converted for a bakery I think there were 2 known to survive. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Green Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Which in turn brings to mind a Chevy HHR van (Heritage High Roof). I had one of these a few years back. It was alright. JeeExEll, lesapandre and Sheefag 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefag Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I always thought GM missed a trick not offering the HHR over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Renault e-plein air... NorfolkNWeigh, JeeExEll, privatewire and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Last week, I saw a giant modern H-Van on a transporter, on the Autoroute near Lyon. Thought it was a one off custom or something, but no! it seems a company will sell you a kit for about €40,000 to transform any size of Citroen van, Springer, stonedagain, Sheefag and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Fuckin hell. Not sure what to think of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Soon to be selling over priced ‘specialty foods’ at an event near you... Nicola H and BlankFrank 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 It would be cheaper than buying a real one , then a trailer and the seemingly compulsory Disco4 to tow it everywhere. twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 One from FOTU that caused a lot of head scratching. It looks like an Alfetta but bigger and badged 'Alfa Romeo 2300 Rio'. It was made in Brazil and sounds like complete and utter shite that nobody wanted. The Brazilians were moving to ethanol fuel so Alfa ended up with a load of unsaleable petrol-engined cars that they dumped on their European importers. They sold badly there too and quality was so bad that the importers eventually had to buy almost all of them back. The ones in the Netherlands were then stored outside for 3 years and sold on with no warranty, pretty much destroying what was left of Alfa's reputation there. It must be a miracle that this one has survived. BlankFrank, Amishtat, catsinthewelder and 12 others 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 here's the rear end... adw1977, Lacquer Peel, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Saw a modern ish 3 dr Swb land cruiser today . Never knew such a thing existed. Looked comically under wheeled too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 hour ago, twosmoke300 said: Saw a modern ish 3 dr Swb land cruiser today . Never knew such a thing existed. Looked comically under wheeled too Wasn't this one , was it?Its Autocar's long termer, and I'm sure it's the only one in existence. I've seen it twice , once near Heathrow and once on the M40 near Gaydon, both times driven by Matt Prior of Autocar. rantingYoof 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 No was 07 plate or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyCat Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 As seen on Hairnet's thread, Citroen C-Elysee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I'm in Granada today and on the drive up from Malaga, I must have seen 20 odd of these , compared to last week driving from Calais to Nice I did t notice 1. GrumpyCat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Wasn't this one , was it?Its Autocar's long termer, and I'm sure it's the only one in existence. I've seen it twice , once near Heathrow and once on the M40 near Gaydon, both times driven by Matt Prior of Autocar.The SWB Land Cruisers are even unpopular here in Australia! Home of the Land Cruiser! I’ve seen a few about, but certainly many, many more LWB models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 its a ... and a chimney on the top !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 On 7/21/2019 at 4:28 PM, quicksilver said: One from FOTU that caused a lot of head scratching. It looks like an Alfetta but bigger and badged 'Alfa Romeo 2300 Rio'. It was made in Brazil and sounds like complete and utter shite that nobody wanted. The Brazilians were moving to ethanol fuel so Alfa ended up with a load of unsaleable petrol-engined cars that they dumped on their European importers. They sold badly there too and quality was so bad that the importers eventually had to buy almost all of them back. The ones in the Netherlands were then stored outside for 3 years and sold on with no warranty, pretty much destroying what was left of Alfa's reputation there. It must be a miracle that this one has survived. Funny, a red one of them with Dutch plates appeared on Instagram only the other day (@plankhond) - a totally new one on me too. Another commenter mentioned that, in its country of origin, these cars were very, very, VERY expensive to buy new - about the same price as a house. Plus, of course, the ethanol thing making them unsaleable by the early 80s. And they were based on the 1950s Alfa 1900, so in terms of driving dynamics they were no great shakes anyway. Those badges on the back look like Halfords stick-on jobbers. Those on the red example were just as wonky, showing the fastidious* attention to detail which the importer lavished upon these fine Italo-Brazilian throughbreds. Verdict: 1000% shite. Irredeemably godawful. Hence Mr. Bickle's probably lining one up... ? egg, Split_Pin and Volksy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Funnily enough, @plankhond posted some pics of a car I wasn't aware of the other day, too: the XM Séduction. This is the lowest spec XM, with a 2-litre carb-fed engine (although you could order a 2.1 n/a diesel, too) which, unlike other XMs, wasn't fitted with the afterthought rear spoiler, had no centre console, cloth seats etc and was generall the closest you could get to the XM prototype. I had never noticed it before, but not having a spoiler totally transforms the look of the car and makes it much more retrofuturistic. They also had 'the trims' which were carried over from the prototype. Actually, properly lovely. This one is for sale and looks worth every penny. http://www.theparking.eu/used-cars-detail/citroen-xm/2.0l-seduction/LD25K808.html Jim Bergerac, RoadworkUK, davocano and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 I learned about this one today.. Aussie market Ford Capri apparently.. Aston Martin and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 The Seat Tarraco. Totally different* to all the other MPVs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 I saw a Clio Campus Van. The normal Campus is a sparse sight, I didn't know they did a van version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 14 minutes ago, bunglebus said: The Seat Tarraco. Totally different* to all the other MPVs Why do they all look the same? Legislation, use of common platforms and parts, fear of being different...or is this look what the market demands? Is that dual exhaust exiting through the bumper like some 50's chrome laden monster? Probably totally pointless and difficult to repair in a rear end bump or needing a new exhaust...but thats probably not the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 4 hours ago, barrett said: XM Séduction. This is the lowest spec XM, with a 2-litre carb-fed engine .... had no centre console, cloth seats etc and was generally the closest you could get to the XM prototype... but not having a spoiler totally transforms the look of the car and makes it much more retrofuturistic. They also had 'the trims' which were carried over from the prototype. Rightoh, that'll be me spending this evening looking for early French XM brochures on eBay egg and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 The basic XM in the UK was imaginatively called “2.0 Carb" (did it actually say that in the rear badge?) but did have a spoiler. (Edited to remove incorrect reference to alloy wheels that NorfolkNWeigh pointed out). NorfolkNWeigh, Datsuncog and egg 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Don't bother with brochures, why not pick up the real thing? This one is €2k but it's a one-owner car with full Citroen service historyhttps://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1618815645.htm/ This one is a weird colour and is a bit rougher, but its five hundred quid https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1636439349.htm/ Both, importantly, have a full compliment of The Trims from what one can see, and are 2.1 diesels egg, LightBulbFun and angle 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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