The Cat Piss Tarp Challenge Thread

[sheffcortinacentre]

Oxford MO

[Rustybullethole]

Looks split screen in one pic and not in the other. Could be reflection though. Oxford is a good guess.

[JeeExEll]

Oxford is a good call. Looks like maybe the mid 50s MG Magnette / Wolseley family of cars or maybe the Riley One Point Five. Could be totally wrong but worth checking out.

At first I thought mystery car is a split screen but I think it's a reflection after seeing 2nd covered pic.

[Mr Pastry]

7 minutes ago, JeeExEll said:

At first I thought mystery car is a split screen but I think it's a reflection after seeing 2nd covered pic.

Agreed, if you look at the windscreen wipers, it can't be a spit screen, 2nd photo is clearer.    I think not a Magnette or Riley 1.5, as the top corner of the screen isn't quite right.  Possibly a pre-Farina Cambridge or Westminster?

 

[JeeExEll]

Pic of 54 Cambridge. Maybe has a slightly flatter roof than the Magnette or Riley. 

Hope pic wasn't taken near a banger racing track. 70s oval racing tracks were full of these, especially Westminsters. Loads of interesting period vids on YouTube.

[bunglebus]

I thought it was split screen too but yes the other pic confirms it was not. I was passenger in a van so that was the best I could do!

[grogee]

No ideas on this, I only know it's low. 

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 hour ago, grogee said:

No ideas on this, I only know it's low. 

Buggered BX?
Only joking - I was going for 924/944 but I don't think the roof line works? Matra Simca thingy?
Rusty trolley jack at the back? I can't ID the wheel/trim either

[High Jetter]

Celica?

[ChinaTom]

Montecarlo?

[Lonestar]

What do we think about this one? Wheels make me think BMW E30, but not sure the proportions fit. 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, Lonestar said:

What do we think about this one? Wheels make me think BMW E30, but not sure the proportions fit. 

Is that a bustle, or an open boot?

[Lonestar]

15 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Is that a bustle, or an open boot?

Now you've said it, I'm not entirely sure.

I did have a look on street view (it's been there for a couple of years) to see if it was like that before, and it's not entirely clear.

[Spiny Norman]

22 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Is that a bustle, or an open boot?

Or has it been whacked up the trumpet, hence being off road? 

First guess was the  early 80s Alfa Giulietta which has a body moulding which could be the crease shown by the wheelarch, but the actual arch shape itself was a lot rounder on the Alfa. 
Rover 213/216 perhaps, I'm pretty sure they coule be had with what look like the fake BBS wheels you can see, and also had quite a short bootlid. 

[High Jetter]

15 minutes ago, Spiny Norman said:

Or has it been whacked up the trumpet, hence being off road? 

First guess was the  early 80s Alfa Giulietta which has a body moulding which could be the crease shown by the wheelarch, but the actual arch shape itself was a lot rounder on the Alfa. 
Rover 213/216 perhaps, I'm pretty sure they coule be had with what look like the fake BBS wheels you can see, and also had quite a short bootlid. 

R8 maybe, not sure the front is right tho

[catsinthewelder]

Volvo 440?

[bramz7]

Is it not a Montego? The shape and outline looks like it, but I can't be sure. 

 

[Lonestar]

View of the front end from Google Street View in 2024.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Mondeo.