Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[GeordieInExile]

On 9/2/2019 at 9:32 AM, bunglebus said:

4X4!

 

20190830_192146 by RS, on Flickr

20190830_192159 by RS, on Flickr

20190830_192136 by RS, on Flickr

M reg feels late for these, I thought they were discontinued in 1992?!

[Yoss]

Never seen a Visa with a boot before though I know it was quite common to do booted versions of hatchbacks in Europe that we didn't get here. 

[barrett]

That one's a photoshop. Not sure if Citroen ever did prototype a Visa 'loon, but it would probably have sold well enough in the Pug 204 bracket. Then again, Renault never bothered with the 7 in France, so maybe the small saloon market was drying up by that stage?

Anyway, here's a pretty amazing thing. One-off '62 wagon built by FLM Panelcraft in Britain for Stengel coachwork in California. Amazingly, it survives. Totally new one on me and one of the colest cars I've seen for a while

[lesapandre]

Lincoln Continental base?

[lesapandre]

Renault 7 Alpine Turbo...

[lesapandre]

Rolls Shooting Brake - not sure if this is real or photoshopped? I feel it's the latter but not sure.  [edit: yes it looks like a photoshopped image]

[lesapandre]

Various Anadol. Not seen the estate car before.

[lesapandre]

Bilenkin as in... blinkin' hell. Based on a BMW apparently.

[lesapandre]

Clenet...I and II.

[lesapandre]

Volvo - Sport.

[lesapandre]

Dowsetts Comet.

[egg]

Trilec Electric scooter

https://www.britishpathe.com/video/new-form-of-transport-the-trilec/query/trilec

[AnthonyG]

Mrs Fox looks a trifle nervous in the first pic, and tbh I’m not surprised. 

This may be where BSA got the inspiration* for the Aerial 3 from. 

[AnthonyG]

9 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Rolls Shooting Brake - not sure if this is real or photoshopped? I feel it's the latter but not sure.

That’s a photoshop, and not a great one given where the door handle/door shut and the ‘b pillar’ are in relation to each other - the original photo would have been of a Corniche I reckon.

[vulgalour]

1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aero.  Not a homebrew, an actual option that was available towards the end of the car's production to allow Chevy to use more aero parts in racing.  Basically a US homologation special.

[lesapandre]

DS Chapron 'Le Dandy' (a Chapron with a fixed hard-top). And isn't it just dandy.

[Sudsprint]

To those of us of a certain age the Le Dandy was a common sight on the dining room table.

[1duck]

Fiat idea? Saw one as a dominoes delivery car. Never seen one before.

Edited September 7, 2019 by 1duck

[Muniphobia]

The Fiat Idea was so called after the last thing Michael Caine said in the Italian Job "hold on lads, I've got a great idea" (probably)

[JeeExEll]

What the fuck is it??

Started off called the 'Tara King' by French designer Dominique Billiote in 1973. Used a NSU Ro80 engine.

Then, in an attempt to re-introduce it in 1981 it was called the 'Nancy, and badged as, errrrm, the 'Tony Russell'.

Interesting looking thing, wonder where it is now.

Rear seats didn't actually function as on-board toilets, as far as I'm aware. 

 

[lesapandre]

The days when the car of the future was seen as sleek and low  - not  a massive 4x4  pick-up weighing 4500kg.

1969 Opel CD concept.

[adw1977]

17 hours ago, JeeExEll said:

Rear seats didn't actually function as on-board toilets, as far as I'm aware. 

 

I'm not sure how a human being with legs is actually supposed to sit in those seats. 

[martc]

On ‎9‎/‎8‎/‎2019 at 9:33 AM, adw1977 said:

I'm not sure how a human being with legs is actually supposed to sit in those seats. 

The result of a literal translation of 'bucket seat'.

[chaseracer]

Is that what they mean by a 'hip bath'?

[martc]

For a hip chick. (C) 1973.

[burraston2006]

No pics but saw a Renault Talisman in Rome. Never heard of them.

[lesapandre]

I saw one in France - a bit generic really looking like a lot of other cars. Not imported into UK or other RHD markets! So generic it's not even worth posting a pic...if you want to see what it looks like Google...

[bunglebus]

Saw one I can't ID today. Yellow Nissan, looked like a Cube, 4 seater but with a small pickup bed. Looked factory - PG51 MTY

[Aston Martin]

9 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Saw one I can't ID today. Yellow Nissan, looked like a Cube, 4 seater but with a small pickup bed. Looked factory - PG51 MTY

Toyota bb Open Deck

 

 

[bunglebus]

That's the kiddie!