Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

16,137 · August 31

36 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Up soon at the Anglia Car Auction Classic sale - Smart Car 'Crossblade' apparently
HFM??

Looks like an expensive way to kill yourself.

7,619 · August 31

This week I found out about the Atlantis A1. A car designed and developed in the 80s using lots of Jaguar parts.

Such a cool car

20,608 · August 31

2 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Up soon at the Anglia Car Auction Classic sale - Smart Car 'Crossblade' apparently
HFM??

Rare for a reason. Nobody. Wanted one.

62,276 · August 31

3 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Up soon at the Anglia Car Auction Classic sale - Smart Car 'Crossblade' apparently
HFM??

I had a go in one of those when I worked for Mercedes/Chrysler)Smart. I did think about driving it straight under the car park barrier, but the owner was watching

10,238 · August 31

3 hours ago, New POD said:

Rare for a reason. Nobody. Wanted one.

At least two people (or their guide dogs) wanted it bad enough to bid it up to £14K
Looks like the vendor thought that a risible offer as it didn't sell.
I'd have taken the offer :-)

10,238 · August 31

5 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Looks like an expensive way to kill yourself.

Or get flies in your teeth? Proper weird looking thing but folks seem to want it ? Weird

24,090 · September 1

On 31/08/2025 at 13:34, EyesWeldedShut said:

Up soon at the Anglia Car Auction Classic sale - Smart Car 'Crossblade' apparently
HFM??

This....

46,883 · September 4

We all know that Hunters were made in Iran almost up to today (albeit disguised as a Peugeot); but did you know they made Avengers as well?

It was made in 2 and 4 door forms, using the same engine as the Hunter (was that the same in the UK?). They exported them to the USSR and UAE (and may be more). It would seem that the basic models were made in Iran and the high spec and more powerful Avengers came from the UK.

46,883 · September 4

I mean, we all know about Triumph Heralds, but did you know they flogged them in Japan?

26,032 · September 4

4 hours ago, martc said:

We all know that Hunters were made in Iran almost up to today (albeit disguised as a Peugeot); but did you know they made Avengers as well?

It was made in 2 and 4 door forms, using the same engine as the Hunter (was that the same in the UK?). They exported them to the USSR and UAE (and may be more). It would seem that the basic models were made in Iran and the high spec and more powerful Avengers came from the UK.

Hunter had 1500 then 1725 engines derived from the earlier Minx ranges. Avenger used 1250/1500 then 1300/1600 motors of a completely different design. As far as I'm aware, the two cars shared no components whatsoever.

It's a total* surprise** that Rootes/Chrysler UK went bump - or maybe that they lasted as long as they did...

8,241 · September 5

17 hours ago, martc said:

We all know that Hunters were made in Iran almost up to today (albeit disguised as a Peugeot); but did you know they made Avengers as well?

It was made in 2 and 4 door forms, using the same engine as the Hunter (was that the same in the UK?). They exported them to the USSR and UAE (and may be more). It would seem that the basic models were made in Iran and the high spec and more powerful Avengers came from the UK.

Do you have any sources? I'd quite like to read more about that.

I will Google, but if you had something that you thought was good, I'd appreciate the recommendation

46,883 · September 5

18 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said:

Do you have any sources? I'd quite like to read more about that.

I will Google, but if you had something that you thought was good, I'd appreciate the recommendation

I found it on Instagram from an Iranian poster, in Iranian. Instagram makes a fair attempt at translating but you need to use a bit of imagination to understand what it's about.

https://www.instagram.com/irane_ghadim/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DN_N1eYjQml/?igsh=MWY5Mm1tNXZxYW90cw%3D%3D

62,276 · September 5

A ~~Portaloo~~ Portaro Pampas

Here's one in a scrapyard just now

5,934 · September 5

10 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

A ~~Portaloo~~ Portaro Pampas

Here's one in a scrapyard just now

Umm. I think I prefer the other one.

September 5

On 04/08/2025 at 12:21, bunglebus said:

GAC GS3 it says. Don't even know where the plates are from

My plate geek hat is on today... 🤓 These TU plates are used by Tunisian citizens who work abroad frequently with their cars. Regular Tunisia plates are in the format below. They use Latin script series for travelling abroad. If a regular plate like this one below was to travel abroad it would use TN like 119 TN 4415. Plate geek moment over for today!

27,754 · September 6

18 hours ago, bunglebus said:

A ~~Portaloo~~ Portaro Pampas

Here's one in a scrapyard just now

Like a cross between a Series Land Rover and a Jeep Wagoneer. Love it.

62,276 · September 9

62,276 · September 9

Crayford apparently

5,813 · September 10

Yep they were only UK converter with factory approval.

1,638 · September 10

What possible advantage could this lash-up have had over a readily available W123 or W124 Merc estate? That lift-over at the rear is ridiculous!

BTW, any guesses as to where those side windows came from? Ford Granada estate, perhaps, or something else?

14,946 · September 10

On 05/09/2025 at 10:01, martc said:

I found it on Instagram from an Iranian poster, in Iranian. Instagram makes a fair attempt at translating but you need to use a bit of imagination to understand what it's about.

https://www.instagram.com/irane_ghadim/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DN_N1eYjQml/?igsh=MWY5Mm1tNXZxYW90cw%3D%3D

That’s @PaykanHunter I guess.

24,090 · September 10

Bedford CF Chaser 4x4

http://vauxpedianet.uk2sitebuilder.com/bedford-chaser-4-x-4

and the Bedford CF Reebur.

https://crisparmour.co.uk/2022/05/08/bws-bro-uwchaled/

2,119 · September 10

7 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Bedford CF Chaser 4x4

http://vauxpedianet.uk2sitebuilder.com/bedford-chaser-4-x-4

and the Bedford CF Reebur.

https://crisparmour.co.uk/2022/05/08/bws-bro-uwchaled/

@eddyramrod

29,552 · September 10

The story of the Chaser is an interesting read! It also makes a very stylish little truck. What a shame it wasn't followed up.

2,119 · September 11

Austin 1800 motorcaravan.

https://www.aronline.co.uk/opinion/blog-last-see-austin-caravan/

9,798 · September 11

On 10/09/2025 at 04:42, Madman Of The People said:

What possible advantage could this lash-up have had over a readily available W123 or W124 Merc estate? That lift-over at the rear is ridiculous!

BTW, any guesses as to where those side windows came from? Ford Granada estate, perhaps, or something else?

Well it's larger and more luxurious than a W123 or W124, with a V8 engine, so a rather different proposition.

I think the side windows probably are from the Granada, but I don't know where the tailgate is from.

26,032 · September 11

20 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

...the side windows probably are from the Granada, but I don't know where the tailgate is from.

All Granada, IIRC

September 13

I don't know if we have had this one before. It is the only surviving Gaylord Gladiator with a body. Three chassis were built by Zeppelin at Fredricshafen between 1955 and 1957, originally 25 were planned, but the money ran out and one of the Gaylord brothers was a perfectionist and kept changing the specs, which didn't help. The engine was a 365 cubic inch Cadillac V8 with automatic transmission. Apparently all three exist, but only the exhibit in the Zeppelin Museum where I took this photo last week has a body. The photo looks better than the real thing.

16,137 · September 13

38 minutes ago, MrT said:

I don't know if we have had this one before. It is the only surviving Gaylord Gladiator with a body. Three chassis were built by Zeppelin at Fredricshafen between 1955 and 1957, originally 25 were planned, but the money ran out and one of the Gaylord brothers was a perfectionist and kept changing the specs, which didn't help. The engine was a 365 cubic inch Cadillac V8 with automatic transmission. Apparently all three exist, but only the exhibit in the Zeppelin Museum where I took this photo last week has a body. The photo looks better than the real thing.

Lots of people say the Interceptor was the best car name ever. I have to disagree now. Gaylord Gladiator beats it by a mile!

62,276 · September 13

I think Isuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard takes some beating, although I'd find perverse pleasure in registering a Gaylord with the DVLA

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