Austat Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Fiat 124 Touring Superleggera Cabriolet: dikkehemaworst, SpareSnare, gm and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennabm Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 On 4/21/2020 at 7:29 AM, Austat said: AD016 Hatchback conversion by Crayford, using an MGB tailgate! Crayford also did conversions on the first Princesses, before BL decided to do it for themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangernomics Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Fiat 124 Touring Superleggera Cabriolet:That’s such a pretty little car, shame lada didn’t carry them through. Austat, spartacus, LightBulbFun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Whatever this is. 11001010, chodweaver, Austat and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 There are many plastic clad cars, this is a new one for me. 207 Outdoor.... Because, cars are usually indoor? Or always at the dealership? Fuck knows. jumpingjehovahs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 This has been bugging me for a while, anyone know what my airport taxi was? I can't work it out from googling. No exterior badges but a Chevy one on the steering wheel, three rows of three bench seats (and I'm guessing running gear from some sort of Soviet truck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Humber Pullman, early fifties. They normally look more like this. EDIT: actually, no it isn't, it's just similar. ALL OLD CARS LOOK THE SAME. LightBulbFun and somewhatfoolish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Second attempt. Maybe a 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe with some modifications. angle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 36 minutes ago, vulgalour said: Humber Pullman, early fifties. They normally look more like this. EDIT: actually, no it isn't, it's just similar. ALL OLD CARS LOOK THE SAME. if it makes you feel better I also thought it was a humber of some kind at first especially as I had recently seen this photo of one @quicksilver spotted https://flic.kr/p/2i18zeP Remspoor and vulgalour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 11 hours ago, angle said: Loving the toilet door knob on the boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 10 hours ago, vulgalour said: Second attempt. Maybe a 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe with some modifications. Close but I can't see the Cubans fitting hidden door hinges - probably a 1940. *edit* except they have a different boot profile... puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 The 1940 does at least have more correct looking back doors. Perhaps it's a '40 with a '39 arse and obviously bits from other cars too. angle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 On 4/16/2020 at 10:58 PM, AnthonyG said: Seen an advert on Car and Classic for a Mk3 Cortina with an 1100 engine. Apparently this was a special spec for Greece due to tax rates. Lordy it must be slow, the 1300s were just about acceptable.. Reminds me that they did a 940cc x-flow in the MK1 escort in Italy....must have been dreadful. AnthonyG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Thanks again to the Facebook group 'Microcar world' the Chihuahua Microcar (Italian). 50cc. Made in the South in Salerno. jumpingjehovahs, Austat, Remspoor and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 1940 GM is definitely right for that taxi. I think the shape of the boot changed depending on model rather than year. angle, LightBulbFun and bunglebus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Right then, I'm probably going to get this wrong but from what I can fathom it's most likely a 1939 or 1940 car on the GM A body platform, because that's the years that sort of rear end was around, and the all-upright-pillars also spanned the two years. The door hinges are external on some cars, hidden on others, in both '39 and '40, just to confuse things further. I've been unable to find any with the vertical bar in the rear door as on the taxi. The other complication as that the roof line changes and I'm yet to find anything that has the taxi's lower roof line (pretty sure it's not been chopped) as well as the big bustle boot and the hidden hinges. The other complication is trying to find something with three rows of seats. Then I found this 1942 Cadillac Fleetwood. adw1977, chaseracer, bunglebus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 At this point who frigging knows? That Cadillac find really made me question what I was looking at, it's absolutely not what I would have expected it to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Looks pretty good doesn't it? Lots of detail differences but the basic shape looks right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 It looks like a hack job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Fiat 125P Jamnik Cabriolet, used by the tourist bureau of Warsaw for sightseeing back in the 70's: martc, Yoss, bunglebus and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 7 hours ago, vulgalour said: The other complication is trying to find something with three rows of seats. Then I found this 1942 Cadillac Fleetwood. Three rows of seats will be a Cuba mod to fit more passengers in. Reckon you're bob-on with the body, as the fuel filler in the wing was bugging me too, could have been filled I suppose. The sill area also looks identical, shape of the rear of the front wing, front quarterlights, Some of the Chevies seem to have a shaped rear door around the leading edge of the rear wing too. 10 shite points to Vulgalor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 The Leopard, 700 of these were built in Rhodesia in the 1970s. Designed to allow the occupants to survive driving over a land mine! bunglebus, Skizzer, Bfg and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Air cooled VW engine and suspension, I had a read up on them a while back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 There's a Leopard on display at the Imperial War Museum in Salford. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 10 hours ago, vulgalour said: Right then, I'm probably going to get this wrong but from what I can fathom it's most likely a 1939 or 1940 car on the GM A body platform, because that's the years that sort of rear end was around, and the all-upright-pillars also spanned the two years. The door hinges are external on some cars, hidden on others, in both '39 and '40, just to confuse things further. I've been unable to find any with the vertical bar in the rear door as on the taxi. The other complication as that the roof line changes and I'm yet to find anything that has the taxi's lower roof line (pretty sure it's not been chopped) as well as the big bustle boot and the hidden hinges. The other complication is trying to find something with three rows of seats. Then I found this 1942 Cadillac Fleetwood. I think you're there, thanks Vulgalour! It doesn't really come across in the photos but the '39 and' 40 Chevys both looked a bit short, this definitely looks like it. vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Lamborghini Islero RayMK, face and Austat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermellowman Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Islero. Had a co-starring role alongside Sir Rog in “The Man Who Haunted Himself” as a raffish alter ego of a Rover P5B... great film. Here’s the two of them some years later. Googled pic anonymous user and Shite Ron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Looks like the designer forgot the tail lights and had to throw them in at the last moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Did not realise this was a thing. or this myglaren, 17-Coffees and Aston Martin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Fiberfab Bonanza GT: Shite Ron, bunglebus and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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