ChinaTom Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 11 hours ago, Richard_FM said: Reliant FW11, did Skoda see one when designing the Favorit? If you’d said Citroën BX you could have said that, but the other way round. See Anadol for more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 12 hours ago, barrett said: WTF??? That's all new to me. So does it have a hydro system then? That's mental! Yeh, self contained on the rear only, with an electric LHM pump. barrett and adw1977 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Volkswagen Country Buggy/Sakbayan: LightBulbFun, bunglebus, Aston Martin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Yeah very cool, was it Indonesia for the Sakbayan and Australia for the Country Buggy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Volksy said: Yeh, self contained on the rear only, with an electric LHM pump. And if 2 bored apprentices sit on the boot, it will sag right down on it suspension before realising and pumping itself level. Then they jump off and for 10 seconds the car looks like a hot wheels racer with its arse right up on the air until it sinks down. Repeat until battery flat or chased by salesman. (er, apparently) Skizzer, catsinthewelder, bunglebus and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 5 hours ago, ChinaTom said: If you’d said Citroën BX you could have said that, but the other way round. See Anadol for more info. I know that reliant helped out with the original anadol design, was this a planned update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 17 hours ago, quicksilver said: G728 BHP - 1990 Peugeot 405 GLx4 1.9 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Yes, it is a Pug 405 and not one of those weird Iranian versions. Looks so normal I never even noticed at the time that it's four-wheel drive. I knew of the sporty Mi16x4 but not the lesser GLx4, of which this is the only roadworthy example. I had a red one as a company car for a while. Nice to drive in bad weather, terrible fuel consumption and not the quietest of transmissions. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 16 hours ago, 5speedracer said: Wrong Sunbeam I think you mean Rapier? Wrong NSU I think you mean K70? Austat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Not exactly a lot of difference visually between an RO80 and a K70, but yeah the front definitely K70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 I assume this was a design concept for the Corsa B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 9 hours ago, Austat said: Avenger R429 concept: Looking very much like a scaled down muscle car, the nearest we got was the Avenger Tiger & other sporty ones like the BRM Avenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 7 hours ago, Volksy said: Yeh, self contained on the rear only, with an electric LHM pump. That's fantastic. I reckon there's probably one out of 100 cars posted in this thread that I didn't know existed (because I know all the cars) but that genuinely is one. Weirdly I must have seen it irl if it was at FOU last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 They're hard to spot, as apart from a tiny GLx4 badge on the rear, they look like any other 405. They can sink on the rear which, like an early Xantia gives them a saggy arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 The GT-77, a homemade sports car from Soviet-era Armenia: http://antiqcar.ru/news?view=13670100 Heidel_Kakao, LightBulbFun, adw1977 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 1985 Chevrolet Monza S/R. A Brazilian Cavalier 2 door coupe, would of been a hit in the UK: bunglebus, chodweaver, Supernaut and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Probably unnecessary with the Manta in the same UK showrooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 The cavalier, Ascona, Monza, sunbird, aska, canine, j-car was surely the first global car. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_J_platform Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Found a few oddball concepts for the 3rd generation VW Transporter Supernaut, Austat, Aston Martin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vicar Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 In Ireland, there was a 1200cc version of the Wolseley 1500. There was also a 1200cc A55 Cambridge, called the A45 (not listed here): lesapandre, adw1977 and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 40 minutes ago, The Vicar said: In Ireland, there was a 1200cc version of the Wolseley 1500. There was also a 1200cc A55 Cambridge, called the A45 (not listed here): There was the Morris Crowley with a 1200cc engine in an Oxford body shell. There was also the Isis with a 2.6 litre engine in a smartened Oxford body & a right hand gear lever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 7 hours ago, Richard_FM said: There was also the Isis with a 2.6 litre engine in a smartened Oxford body & a right hand gear lever. In certain markets these were replaced with Toyota Hi Lux pick ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 9 hours ago, The Vicar said: In Ireland, there was a 1200cc version of the Wolseley 1500. There was also a 1200cc A55 Cambridge, called the A45 (not listed here): Ah the madness of BMC. Magnette and Wolseley 15/50 and Wolseley 1500 and 1200 and Riley 1.5 all similar size cars in production at the same time. The Wolseley 1500 bodyshell was intended to be the new Morris Minor but that was canned - but in Australia it was sold as both Morris (Major) and Austin (Lancer) whilst the Minor continued with updates in the UK. Phew. Whilst at the same time selling the Austin Cambridge and Morris Oxford - but at least they eventually ended up with the same Farina bodyshell... AROnline tells the story of the RoI CKD history. https://www.aronline.co.uk/around-the-world/around-the-world-ireland/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62 Austin Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Uh...this car. A concept car only for some reason. One wag said "The Renalt R5 6x6 is Le Nuts." Another proffered that with all the glass it would make a good aquarium. Austat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpareSnare Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Never heard of a Subaru 360Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L31 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Japanese Beetle, you can even get one in Gran Tourismo 4 + 5 Aston Martin and SpareSnare 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I remember the game Auto Modellists had a 360 as car you could drive but was painfully slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delux Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 14 hours ago, SpareSnare said: Never heard of a Subaru 360 Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L31 using Tapatalk Subaru UK have one at their West Bromwich workshop... Image0343 by deeelux deeelux, on Flickr Heidel_Kakao, SpareSnare, The Vicar and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 On 4/10/2020 at 12:01 AM, 17-Coffees said: So back to my China related cars. I'm sure most of us know of the ZAP Xebra... A 3 wheeled, 5 door electric car sold in the USA in the Mid-late 2000's. Think a Daewoo Matiz but on 3 wheels... Photo for those of you who don't know. And Keep in mind, it was USA road legal! Sold as a Snyder 660 in parts of the States. Interestingly, despite the steering wheel, three pedals and four speed floor change gear lever, it can ONLY be "driven" if you hold a motorcycle licence. Seem to be quite stable, as "WatchJRGo" on YouTube manages to do (pretty poor) doughnuts in his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpareSnare Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 This appeared on Twitter today. Alfa Guilia Prototype. The production version is beautiful enough, but this......wow.Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L31 using Tapatalk chodweaver, bunglebus, DSdriver and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 AD016 Hatchback conversion by Crayford, using an MGB tailgate! hennabm, Yoss, bunglebus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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