Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[Austat]

LMX 2300 HCS:

[nomiST]

20 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

 

 

Just found the pics from Ardingly...

Yep betty looking than a Juke from the front...

 

THREE  WIPERS!

[Austat]

The Paradise Garage "Tiger Mustang":

[martc]

It's a Morris Marina Jim, but not as we know it...

[somewhatfoolish]

Skandiwegian of some kind?

[martc]

12 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Skandiwegian of some kind?

They were 'made' in Denmark by Dansk Oversoisk Motor Industri who assembeled knocked down kits of various BMC products including the ADO 16, MG and Minor.

Famous in Denmark is the DOMI post van, based on the Morris MO and later Minor vans (also used by the Swedish post office).

[Austat]

Didn't know that Opel sold some Rekord C estates as 2 doors.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

3 hours ago, Austat said:

Didn't know that Opel sold some Rekord C estates as 2 doors.

And vans
Also Rekord d 

This could have meant 2 door Carlton estates and vans, alas according to Vauxpedia  one 2 door Carlton saloon was made and the van considered , probably not needed when the Astravan replaced the Chevanne.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

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[anonymous user]

Much less interesting than most of these, but, until I was behind one yesterday I  did not know that Renault made a modern 4wd pickup.

[flat4alfa]

37 minutes ago, anonymous user said:

Much less interesting than most of these, but, until I was behind one yesterday I  did not know that Renault made a modern 4wd pickup.

If you mean the Alaskan, then its a rebadged/rejigged Nissan Navara

[Cheezey]

On 2/22/2020 at 3:26 PM, Largactil said:

This Seat was a new one to me...

Wasn’t there a long running thread on retro rides trying to identify what looked like a vertically stretched Metro. Thinking it could have been one of these. 
 

Edit: it looks nothing like it. 
https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/183830/curious-tall-metro?page=1

[LightBulbFun]

26 minutes ago, Cheezey said:

Wasn’t there a long running thread on retro rides trying to identify what looked like a vertically stretched Metro. Thinking it could have been one of these. 

that was a specially built/adapted Metro as a replacement vehicle for the user-owner of an Invacar New era DJN944  

[ProgRocker]

@DVee8 mentioned BINIs on @New POD 's thread about Ford Kas in the 'Modern Shite' subforum.

Everyday is a school day. So off I trot to the Auto Trader site. I never knew that there was a Mini Clubvan!

Clubvan

[DVee8]

4 minutes ago, ProgRocker said:

@DVee8 mentioned BINIs on @New POD 's thread about Ford Kas in the 'Modern Shite' subforum.

Everyday is a school day. So off I trot to the Auto Trader site. I never knew that there was a Mini Clubvan!

Clubvan

 

Mini clubman van as well,Doesn't look like much room in the back.

[Austat]

Peugeot never made a 604 Estate, but this didn't stop some people from making their own:

[Austat]

1957 BMW 507 Coupé by Raymond Leowy:

[somewhatfoolish]

[Sir Snipes]

I think I prefer the original;

I've never heard of a 507 before but Wikipedia says famous Hollywood owners include Fred Astaire, Elvis and Ursula Andrees.

[martc]

4 hours ago, Austat said:

1957 BMW 507 Coupé by Raymond Leowy:

 

Raymond 'Woolard' Baxter is not impressed with the colour of the 'water' Pierre is washing it with. Raymond thinks Pierre must have dipped the bucket into the harbour.

[Sir Snipes]

Is that Raymond doing a Wollard 30 years before that was a thing?

Also, I've just realised it looks reminiscent of an early Corvette Stingray.

[somewhatfoolish]

8 hours ago, Sir Snipes said:

I think I prefer the original;

I've never heard of a 507 before but Wikipedia says famous Hollywood owners include Fred Astaire, Elvis and Ursula Andrees.

John Surtees had one too.

[Richard_FM]

11 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Yes a very gormless looking.

[martc]

On ‎3‎/‎2‎/‎2020 at 12:21 PM, Sir Snipes said:

Is that Raymond doing a Wollard 30 years before that was a thing?

Also, I've just realised it looks reminiscent of an early Corvette Stingray.

Quite a trend setter was old Raymond. But I think our Wollarding chum above is an imposter.

The real Raymond and chums.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 2/26/2020 at 11:45 PM, Austat said:

LMX 2300 HCS:

Austin Princess headlamps?

[barrett]

It predates the Princess by several years. BMW 2000 maybe?

[Sir Snipes]

Head on view might make it a bit easier to determine. 

[bunglebus]

Saw one of these in France today. Most exciting!

 

 

Also several of these prowling Paris looking for illegal parked voitures

 

[barrett]

Since when did they start towing parked cars in Paris? Most people park illegally because the parking tickets are significantly less expensive than the car parks... France will be shit soon if they're not careful

[lesapandre]

On 3/2/2020 at 12:09 PM, martc said:

Raymond 'Woolard' Baxter is not impressed with the colour of the 'water' Pierre is washing it with. Raymond thinks Pierre must have dipped the bucket into the harbour.

That is Loewy himself on the right of the photo. His office designed all Rootes 50's cars from Minx to Humber - the most successful  probably being the Sunbeam Talbot 90.  It's possible it is his own car - he used to drive his own custom designs. 

He took his scalpel to the E-Type including shortening the wheelbase - a lot of this stuff was used as rolling adverts for his business and touting for consultancy and design work. Here:

http://www.carstyling.ru/en/entry/Jaguar_XKE_Coupe_1966_Raymond_Loewy/

A lot of his car stuff is flashy in a Palm Springs kind of way but nevertheless a prodigious talent.

Best design - the 1962 Studebaker Avanti.