MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Now there's an idea, how to recycle Annes cast offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alusilber Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 On 12/30/2022 at 9:40 PM, Three Speed said: I've never paid much attention to Minis. I was surprised to see this at the Haynes Museum - one of 3 prototypes designed by Issigonis in 1967 as his idea for a replacement to the original. 3 inches wider, 4 inches shorter and roomier inside and with 42% fewer components (and therefore cheaper) you can see why Issigonis would see it as what was needed. And yet it still has sliding windows and external seams and hinges and looks almost identical to the 1959 car. Interesting - I wonder which parts Issigonis decided were not necessary. Issigonis was dead against wind-up windows on the Mini - they would rob space from his door storage bins, which he thought were much more important. After BMC merged with Leyland, Harry Webster took over as technical director, and Issigonis was sidelined. They let him continue with his pet projects (like 9X) but the BL management were never serious about taking any of them into production. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 The C8 corvette is made as a RHD from Chevy themselves. MrGTI6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintwth Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Mitsuoka Le Seade RichardK and FakeConcern 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 From the same bunch that made these out of Micras Leyland Worldmaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon.k Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I saw a Toyota Corolla fielder taxi earlier, which was a new one on me. Also in Birmingham I saw loads of large hybrid Honda (I think - now doubting my memory) taxis that looked like jap imports. Maybe a Fit/jazz shuttle, which having googled, it seems may have been imported officially? There’s a whatcar test at least. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Lamborghini Silhouette Shite Ron, MiniMinorMk3, meggersdog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 14 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said: From the same bunch that made these out of Micras Did they do a Japanese version of Inspector Morse too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 14 hours ago, Snake Charmer said: Lamborghini Silhouette Developed from the Urraco and developed into the Jalpa wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 The Urraco / Silhouette / Jalpa seems to have followed much the same path as the De Tomaso Pantera - kept going well beyond its sell-by date by tacking on ever increasing amounts of plastic tat. mk2_craig, warren t claim and MiniMinorMk3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 On the subject of obscure supercars*, this is the Entop Mada 9. Designed by the Taliban no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Charm Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Starpod! As seen on telly's The Apprentice with Alan Sugar. There's one for sale on Ebay for £20,000, which seems rather steep for something that isn't road registered and probably doesn't run. Here's a photo of the workings: which look like the contents of a computer shop storeroom, but never mind. Interestingly, 'Starpod' was a name created for the vehicle for the purposes of the Apprentice episode by one of the teams. The rival team named their vehicle 'Beepure' and gave it a different livery: There are at least two of them, then, but what are they? Judging by the 'quality' of the workings, one might think the vehicles were props knocked up by the television company, but possibly not. The Ebay seller includes this photo: which suggests there are several of the things in existence. It might be the 'Beepure' car, but it looks to be a different colour. Anyway, the Starpod bears a strong resemblance to the TRL (Transport Research Laboratory) Greenwich GATEway vehicles from 2018: which were 'driverless taxis' made by a consortium of bodies including Westfield, the University of Greenwich, the aforementioned TRL and others. The vehicles were electric and drove themselves around the Greenwich peninsular for a short time. They were built for research purposes, with a focus on finding out how the general public would react to such things in the wild. The vehicles never performed revenue earning service and, presumably, became surplus to requirements when the trial ended. My guess is that they were sold on and later used in the BBC series. The Beeb then presumably disposed of the things and now our mystery seller is trying to hawk them to the general public. God only knows who would want one at any price, let alone £20,000. There seems to be some sort of remote control box in one of the shots; perhaps it's possible to fire one up and 'drive' it in some fashion manually? Otherwise they would be entirely immobile, the driverless systems having been decommissioned, and useless. RoadworkUK, garethj, puddlethumper and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 On 1/7/2023 at 10:14 PM, mintwth said: Mitsuoka Le Seade One day I will own one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 On 1/7/2023 at 10:14 PM, mintwth said: Mitsuoka Le Seade I thought that was a Panther De Ville at first glance. The family of a kid I knew at school at school had one and also a Daimler Double Six with the same engine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, FakeConcern said: I thought that was a Panther De Ville at first glance. The family of a kid I knew at school at school had one and also a Daimler Double Six with the same engine... Le Seyde is based on a Sylvia/200SX - there are videos of them drifting... FakeConcern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Are those 'Starpods' the same as the ones in use at Heathrow T5's 'Pod Parking'? They run on a designated track between the terminal and the car park. https://www.heathrow.com/transport-and-directions/heathrow-parking/heathrow-pod-parking-terminal-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Charm Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 29 minutes ago, Volksy said: Are those 'Starpods' the same as the ones in use at Heathrow T5's 'Pod Parking'? They run on a designated track between the terminal and the car park. https://www.heathrow.com/transport-and-directions/heathrow-parking/heathrow-pod-parking-terminal-5 Sure looks like them, although the Greenwich trial suggests that particular vehicle is capable of rather more than the Heathrow shuttle function, which appears to be as a sort of trackless tram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Charm Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Cumberford Martinique: An American neo-classic from 1982 which featured a BMW straight six engine and a Citroen CX hydropneumatic system for suspension and steering. The body and chassis were aluminium. Two were made and both still exist, appparently. Oh, and it's probably worth mentioning that the body, despite having an aluminium structure, was partially made of wood! The wings, cappings and minor details were made of mahogany. I like it. nb, the middle photograph would seem to depict car two, on the basis that it has subtle differences from the car in the other photos. nb again, it bears a striking resemblance to those varnished wooden model vintage cars that were all the rage in the eighties and nineties and now appear on the shelves of provincial charity shops, along with novelty clear Perspex paperweights filled with viscous liquid and coloured balls. bunglebus, Datsuncog, MiniMinorMk3 and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 We've had the Friend/Freeend 2CV wooden eco car many times haven't we? I heard about that via New Cyclist mag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampantrot Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 2 hours ago, FakeConcern said: I thought that was a Panther De Ville at first glance. The family of a kid I knew at school at school had one and also a Daimler Double Six with the same engine... BMC 1800 "Landcrab" doors on these, need Marina door handles for maxium parts bin - anyone got photos of the pink and gold 6 door limo version, I've seen them but I can't find any at the moment. Ideal for the person who wants to drive around in something that looks like it escaped from a funfair ride. FakeConcern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 3 hours ago, RichardK said: We've had the Friend/Freeend 2CV wooden eco car many times haven't we? I heard about that via New Cyclist mag There was a decent article about it in Cars&Car Conversions late 80s/early 90s; I think I may still have it. Nominative determinism; bloke called Friend Wood builds a wooden car. When I win the lottery I will track him and his car down, pay to have the thing scanned and make composite ones, as lovely as the shape is the process for building it sounds like a time consuming nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Saw a Scion TC today lesapandre, ProgRocker and FakeConcern 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintwth Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Aston Martin said: Saw a Scion TC today Only close friends get to call it TC coachie, garethj, lesapandre and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 15 hours ago, Aston Martin said: Saw a Scion TC today Twin Cam, Twin Carb, Twat Coupe LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Following one of these last night triggered my shite-detector. The biggest Daihatsu that isn’t a Fourtrack? https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202301073034505 Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Saw one of these earlier, with Dali-esque melted tail lights RichardK and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 VW Fridolin: http://www.vw-fridolin-ig.de/en/content/?goto=vw-fridolin-history.html MiniMinorMk3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 10 hours ago, Asimo said: Following one of these last night triggered my shite-detector. The biggest Daihatsu that isn’t a Fourtrack? https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202301073034505 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Probably mentioned already on this thread but last night I found out that there was a shortened Mercedes 190 in development. En Francais: Austat, bunglebus, Remspoor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Nissan Athena https://archive.ph/7kazC#selection-1481.4-1481.18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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