sdkrc Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 7 hours ago, High Jetter said: Linky to the pics? https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAx8UT bunglebus and High Jetter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 8 hours ago, sdkrc said: From @bunglebus's Flickr album of NEC pics Yes that was hiding behind the stage area - not sure why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 22 hours ago, bunglebus said: Just passed a Hyundai Bayon A face only its mother could love. The alloys look like they could have been stolen from an early Bini too. I'd be really tempted to replace the Y with a C just for shits and giggles. bunglebus and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 5 hours ago, sdkrc said: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAx8UT Great pics! Thanks for sharing, @bunglebus bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Voisin C25 Aerodyne lesapandre, Pieman, Remspoor and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Leaky sunroofs aren't a new phenomena then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 15 hours ago, bunglebus said: Voisin C25 Aerodyne That is stunning! bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 17 hours ago, bunglebus said: Voisin C25 Aerodyne Voisin made some very interesting designs. Here's the C27 Aerosport, a coupe version of the Aerodyne Rust Collector and lesapandre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 There are a number of rally cars which I had never heard about mentioned in this video. MiniMinorMk3 and sheffcortinacentre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 This photo was shared elsewhere on the forum by @junkyarddog and I was intrigued to find out more. It turns out that it's an Austin A90 Atlantic estate - a one off build based on an Atlantic convertible. I wonder where the photo was taken and what became of the car? @Angrydicky Have you ever seen the photos before? As an aside, do you still own your 1952 Atlantic? I hadn't seen it before but a search on Atlantics also showed your old thread. What an amazing car. lesapandre, MiniMinorMk3, Yoss and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Slightly better version of the second pic. If I ever win the lottery, I'm building a replica of that. Such a great looking car. The ex-Dicky Atlantic is now owned by a cunt in London Remspoor, Dick Longbridge and RoadworkUK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, barrett said: Slightly better version of the second pic. If I ever win the lottery, I'm building a replica of that. Such a great looking car. The ex-Dicky Atlantic is now owned by a cunt in London First pic, I thought someone had reversed a Citroen DS into a Moggie Traveller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 3 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said: I wonder where the photo was taken and what became of the car? Looks like the Frensham Pond Hotel Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 18 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said: Looks like the Frensham Pond Hotel Great work! That makes sense now as the article mentions the conversion was done for a 'Frensham estate manager'. I guess the conversion was done locally too as Abbotts were listed as being located in Farnham in Wrecclesham Road, 4 miles away. I prefer the earlier photo! MiniMinorMk3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 36 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: I prefer the earlier photo! That picture is from 1925 according to the Frances Frith site. The trellis work must have been removed shortly after the picture of teh Atlantic was taken as there are further shots of the hotel from 1955 and the trellis has been removed. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 14 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said: This photo was shared elsewhere on the forum by @junkyarddog and I was intrigued to find out more. It turns out that it's an Austin A90 Atlantic estate - a one off build based on an Atlantic convertible. I wonder where the photo was taken and what became of the car? @Angrydicky Have you ever seen the photos before? As an aside, do you still own your 1952 Atlantic? I hadn't seen it before but a search on Atlantics also showed your old thread. What an amazing car. Yes. Seen them shared on the Counties group on Fb. My Atlantic is long gone, sold over 10 years ago to the Automobile mag who then sold it on again to someone in London. Unfortunately, it seems to have disappeared as I’ve never seen any pictures pop up of it anywhere at shows or parked on the street. The Atlantic is a nice car but over the last few years they’ve really started becoming a lot more ‘aspirational’ with the kind of people who would never touch any Austin with a barge pole normally, buying them and lavishing expensive restorations on them. Lots have been imported from Oz etc. They’re becoming mainstream and I don’t like that. The Hampshire on the other hand, is effectively the same car but a stodgy four door saloon variant with a smaller engine and single carb etc. Much rarer and more unusual, I suppose it’s like a cross between a Devon and an Atlantic. I personally prefer them. From memory, Austin made circa 7900 Atlantics and 35000 Hampshires. But, while the Atlantic was seen as a bit special back in the 1960s, and people hung onto them, the Hampshires, with their dated, stodgy styling and poor fuel economy, ended up consigned to the crusher. The counties club managed ten Atlantics and only one Hampshire at their national rally last year, that probably shows you how the survival rates compare. Wouldn’t kick another Atlantic out of bed, but it would have to be a convertible, and I won’t pay the prices asked nowadays. RoadworkUK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 The Renault Rambler, introduced when Renault didn't want to build a replacement for the Frégate, so started importing CKD AMC Ramblers as a replacement. AnthonyG, Dyslexic Viking, Remspoor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 This... Quote Lunotto Panoramico Lombardi https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1949-fiat-topolino-c-francis-lombardi-lunotto-panoramico-special-n0Zym8 Remspoor, somewhatfoolish, bunglebus and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 If a Daimler Dart isn’t odd enough for you. Retractable hard-top, all hydraulic, like an SLK. More photos here: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/23595/lot/123/1960-daimler-sp250-ahc-retractable-hardtop-coupe-chassis-no-101354/ SteersWithThrottle, warren t claim, MiniMinorMk3 and 4 others 4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Liked in absence of puke emoji timolloyd, SteersWithThrottle, Datsuncog and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Just when I thought the Dart couldn’t get any more fugly… sheffcortinacentre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 I really like the shape of the Dart, but that one has been ruined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 4 hours ago, Asimo said: If a Daimler Dart isn’t odd enough for you. Retractable hard-top, all hydraulic, like an SLK. More photos here: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/23595/lot/123/1960-daimler-sp250-ahc-retractable-hardtop-coupe-chassis-no-101354/ sheffcortinacentre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 On 3/5/2023 at 4:51 PM, Peter C said: Apologies if already posted before. Land Rover long nose, one of two factory prototypes. That’s either Photoshop or something built recently for some Hooray Henry who wanted some 4WD Morgan/Series crossover and had more money than sense. No way did that come out of the Rover Company in period, Wilks would have had a coronary and so would the directors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 18 minutes ago, AnthonyG said: That’s either Photoshop or something built recently for some Hooray Henry who wanted some 4WD Morgan/Series crossover and had more money than sense. No way did that come out of the Rover Company in period, Wilks would have had a coronary and so would the directors. Ain't that a Belgium/Dutch/summat built custom thing Bell Aurens? Seems to be doing the social media rounds a bit at the moment - toys for the sheikhs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 5 hours ago, Asimo said: If a Daimler Dart isn’t odd enough for you. Retractable hard-top, all hydraulic, like an SLK. More photos here: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/23595/lot/123/1960-daimler-sp250-ahc-retractable-hardtop-coupe-chassis-no-101354/ What a waste of some probably quite clever/advanced engineering. If they had done it on something pretty like a TR4, it might have got somewhere… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 On 3/24/2023 at 3:30 PM, Metal Guru said: New Explorer? On 3/24/2023 at 10:41 AM, goosey said: Ford Everest, built in South Africa on a Ranger platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter C Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 10 hours ago, AnthonyG said: That’s either Photoshop or something built recently for some Hooray Henry who wanted some 4WD Morgan/Series crossover and had more money than sense. No way did that come out of the Rover Company in period, Wilks would have had a coronary and so would the directors. I first saw it here: But this clears matters up: https://silodrome.com/bell-aurens-longnose/ Bfg, timolloyd, jon.k and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 2 hours ago, Peter C said: I first saw it here: But this clears matters up: https://silodrome.com/bell-aurens-longnose/ Hmm, a long-nosed two-door station wagon painted beige and designed to have a Merlin engine. Looks like somebody was a big fan of the late great John Dodd. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 16 hours ago, quicksilver said: Hmm, a long-nosed two-door station wagon painted beige and designed to have a Merlin engine. Looks like somebody was a big fan of the late great John Dodd. With a Merlin it would do about 10 half-shafts per mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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