Richard_FM Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 I think in Brazil some cars can run on fuel made from sugar cane waste. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Leata Cabalero https://www.thedrive.com/vintage/2659/i-drove-the-worst-car-in-america gtd2000, Dr_Slow, Dyslexic Viking and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL Bloke Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 I'd never heard of FSC Zuk vans until I saw this one yesterday. Based on the chassis and running gear of the FSO Warzawa, according to Wikipedia. bunglebus, sdkrc, Austat and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaTom Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 On 8/8/2021 at 1:17 PM, Richard_FM said: I think in Brazil some cars can run on fuel made from sugar cane waste. It isn’t waste - it is sometimes worth more than the sugar. Which is why most plants split the process and produce it from molasses or low purity recycle flows. Those that take cane to ethanol directly are boom bust operations from year to year. Shell and BP both have big joint ventures with sugar companies in Brazil but hedge their bets making both. I played a minor part in the development of this technology. Long since developed further by younger generations and my little contribution is a just footnote in history. bunglebus, face, Leyland Worldmaster and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Panhard CD: Remspoor, myglaren, HarmonicCheeseburger and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Discovered whilst leafing through a 1970 copy of Motor: that Crayford made an "estate" (more hatchback IMO) conversion for the Austin 1800. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Another lost opportunity for BLMC etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Also the 1100/1300, plus BMW/ Mercedes of the same period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 ADO 16 hatch? Oh no, R16 was far more innovative. R1152 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 11 hours ago, R1152 said: Discovered whilst leafing through a 1970 copy of Motor: that Crayford made an "estate" (more hatchback IMO) conversion for the Austin 1800. Very hearsey. I approve Shite Ron, SteersWithThrottle, myglaren and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 That's the 3-Litre estate. I once owned a normal 3-Litre and the guy I sold it to turned up with one of these with a trailer on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: Very hearsey. I approve If they’d swept the roofline down and kept the rear screen level with the rear windows that would look awesome. Sure maybe you couldn’t get a twin-tub washing machine and mangle (or whatever shit people used to lug about in the olden days) in but whatever. Maybe a split tailgate would have worked nicely too. Alusilber 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 9 hours ago, High Jetter said: ADO 16 hatch? Oh no, R16 was far more innovative. The chap who owned the garage in the village (it was a family business) told me when I had my R16 that the R16 showed up just how bad the contemporary British offerings were, without being mental like a DS - all-alloy engines, electric cooling fan, five bearing crankshaft, load-compensated braking at the rear and a ride no British car could touch. Dyslexic Viking and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 10 minutes ago, Rod/b said: If they’d swept the roofline down and kept the rear screen level with the rear windows that would look awesome. Sure maybe you couldn’t get a twin-tub washing machine and mangle (or whatever shit people used to lug about in the olden days) in but whatever. Maybe a split tailgate would have worked nicely too. If they'd spent some money altering the rear door frame they could have made it look like a normal estate. It suffers from the same problems as the P6 and XJ6 estates, though not to the same extent, with downward sloping rear doors completely failing to match up with the stuck on estate section. The tailgate appears to be from an Austin 1100 estate but mounted more upright. It fits the 1100 perfectly. But doesn't fit the 3-Litre at all. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Here's the 1800 for anyone interested. It might just be the only acceptable car Crayford ever built RoadworkUK, Dyslexic Viking, Yoss and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 1 hour ago, barrett said: Here's the 1800 for anyone interested. It might just be the only acceptable car Crayford ever built An interesting conversion but I don't see the point of it after 1969. Surely it was a lot more expensive and didn't do much a Maxi couldn't do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Turbodelta, Alfa's first turbo model: MisterH, face, SteersWithThrottle and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Holy wow. What a honey! And what a noise!! myglaren, Austat, JeeExEll and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 1968 DAF 55 Siluro concept by Michelotti: Asimo, Shite Ron, Isopon and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Opel Manta B 1300: JeeExEll and face 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Too much of a filthy poor for an Evoque convertible?Think the Nissan Murano CrossConvertible just isn't niche enough?Then step forward and ingest the Volkswagen T-roc convertible.Sorry.Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Following on from the VW Gol (which looks a bit 1970s Jetta like), there was a 3 door estate version called the Parati. VW really were masters of the 3 door Estate weren't they. I loved these back in the day. bunglebus, garethj and inconsistant 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 this made interesting reading .. google .. pontiac tempest rope drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Remiss of me not to mention the recent discovery of the Kia Joice after this thread happened https://autoshite.com/topic/46343-i-saw-an-car-but-what-was-it-mystery-solved/ The peculiar-in-the-UK Kia Joice. sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 23 hours ago, fatharris said: ...step forward and ingest the Volkswagen T-roc convertible. Sorry. ...why VW axed the Golf cabrio, then a few years later effectively brought it back as this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 tooSavvy, Remspoor and myglaren 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Sunbeam Venezia Superleggera. According to CarBrochureAddict on Twitter, it was designed and built by Touring in Italy, based on the 1592cc Humber Sceptre and only around 200 were made in 1963 and 1964. A bit different from the rest of the Rootes range at the time! Yoss, warch, 5speedracer and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Wow, that Sunbeam's a new one to me. It's a bit like a cross between an Alpine and a Minx and maybe some sort of Lancia or early BMW coupe. Never seen that before. Some more info in this link https://www.below-the-radar.com/sunbeam-venezia/#iLightbox[image_gallery_1]/3 Wonder if it had an older brother . . . Austat, Shite Ron, Leyland Worldmaster and 6 others 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muniphobia Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 I remember reading about one found in a farm outbuilding in Classic and Sportscar and it had been damaged possibly by a farmhand to move it out of the way damaging the front of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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