The "WTF is that?" thread

[High Jetter]

Um ah..pickup 'pass the duchy from the left hand side...'

[barrett]

I think the combination of round rear lamps and wide rubbing strips makes it a Singer Vogue which has been cut down into a pick-up

[High Jetter]

Could be, but only 2 lamps. Different strip, too. Anyway, Y Tho?

[barrett]

I've changed my mind, I think it's actually one of these

[martc]

Thanks for the contributions chaps! I think we can conclude it's not a Dodge but a cut down Rootes product.

[bunglebus]

I concur but I'd like to know which one. Definitely looks like MINX on the door but could also be SUPER MINX. Wheels trims are identical to those on my mum's 66 Super.

I think Barrett is right - I've flipped the image but quarter light shape is right, as is the side trim

[PhilA]

On 3/13/2021 at 1:25 PM, martc said:

What's this?

1946 Chevrolet. Bunch of custom work (door fadeaways for the front wings, roof chop, lowered etc)

Thoughts extend to one of two cars built by Barris for the movie "High School Confidential", but may simply be inspired by.

It's a car built by Tim Sutton (editor at Motortrend). Build progress photos above.

 

[barrett]

From the archives. Based on a Renault Dauphine. Shocking.

[bunglebus]

I rather like it, presumably it doesn't survive?

[High Jetter]

Front reminds me of a Stingray. Yes, the proper one.

[barrett]

25 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I rather like it, presumably it doesn't survive?

Photo is from the 90s but the number doesn't show up on the DVLA. No idea what happened to it but I suppose it might be out there somewhere.

[somewhatfoolish]

Humber was Poo-Joe Talbot by 1979, but a parallel universe it might have been a Dodge. 🤣

  

On 2/1/2022 at 7:35 PM, Rusty Pelican said:

looks like a Humber sceptre to me

 

[lesapandre]

This could have gone under the Lazy Spotters thread, or Crap Photos - but I thought I would pop it here:

Looks professionally made and the body clothes a bike - no new-fangled electrikity involved.

Sarf Londin yesterday.

[Asimo]

 

[Missy Charm]

8 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

This could have gone under the Lazy Spotters thread, or Crap Photos - but I thought I would pop it here:

Looks professionally made and the body clothes a bike - no new-fangled electrikity involved.

Sarf Londin yesterday.

The general class of vehicle is 'velomobile', although God knows what sort as lots are one-offs, kits or modified at home.  There's a fool in Suffolk who rides one on the A12.  

[Missy Charm]

56 minutes ago, Asimo said:

 

1968 Chrysler/Simca Esplanada/Regente GTX.  Brazilian.  It's actually a restyled Ford Vedette and retains a non-flathead variant of the Ford Flathead V8, which is probably why the car looks confusing to the eye; the colour, stripe and aspects of the trim are pure Dodge but something about the shape suggests Ford.  

[martc]

15 hours ago, barrett said:

From the archives. Based on a Renault Dauphine. Shocking.

A touch of the Bond Equipe about it as well. in particular the flanks...

[lesapandre]

3 hours ago, Missy Charm said:

1968 Chrysler/Simca Esplanada/Regente GTX.  Brazilian.  It's actually a restyled Ford Vedette and retains a non-flathead variant of the Ford Flathead V8, which is probably why the car looks confusing to the eye; the colour, stripe and aspects of the trim are pure Dodge but something about the shape suggests Ford.  

It's  one of those cars cheaply done manufacturers face-lifts as well...the bottom of the doors and cills blacked-out, the wide strip and blacking-out the grille etc.

[Asimo]

This has been at the side of the A49 for years. Google pictures.

[Datsuncog]

I seem to recall that one up for discussion before, with a positive ID eventually unearthed - wasn't it some sort of university project EV type thing, or something like that?

[barrett]

It was for sale on ebay a while back, iirc it was part of some pilot scheme of very low-cost EVs which all inevitably ended up rotting away on an industrial estate somewhere. wish I could remember the deets but I obviously failed to save pics and info like a proper person would.

[bunglebus]

With the ongoing increase in the weight of the general public, they might have had to re-think the width of those doors...

[somewhatfoolish]

6 hours ago, barrett said:

It was for sale on ebay a while back, iirc it was part of some pilot scheme of very low-cost EVs which all inevitably ended up rotting away on an industrial estate somewhere. wish I could remember the deets but I obviously failed to save pics and info like a proper person would.

It's a Stevens Zevan.

[Missy Charm]

5 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

It's a Stevens Zevan.

Squarewolves of London?

[RoadworkUK]

There's a very nice pub just around the corner from that. Beer garden is right next to the railway. Can't remember what it's called or exactly where it is, though, helpfully.

[somewhatfoolish]

3 hours ago, Missy Charm said:

Squarewolves of London?

No chinese menu.

[D.E]

On the cover of a salsa cd. Anyone? Of course, it could very well be a local homebuilt thing...

 

 

[Missy Charm]

19 minutes ago, D.E said:

On the cover of a salsa cd. Anyone? Of course, it could very well be a local homebuilt thing...

 

 

Almost definitely a home made one off, judging by the obvious crudity of the construction.  Best guess is that it's on a VW Beetle floorpan, which would also make sense if it's in South America.  That would explain the odd proportions of the bonnet and apparent lack of functional radiator grille.  There also appears to be an air intake on the box behind the seats, suggesting there might be an engine in there.  The headlights might be Beetle, given they're peaked, but hard to tell.  God only knows in regards to the front position lights.  

As a strange bit of synchronicity, Rita Ray presented a programme on the BBC about African music, which is well worth watching, a couple of years ago.  One of the singers she went to visit was a real eccentric Mad Max type who lived in a house he had built himself using bits of an old plane.  He also had a home made car which he took Rita Ray out in; it was a convertible that somewhat aped the Morgan shape, but in an extravagantly African fashion, being covered in chrome, extra mirrors and all manner of stick on accoutrements.  It looked much better put together than the car pictured on the CD here, but was still as dodgy as anything and needed a push to get going.  I think it might have been Beetle based too.  

[D.E]

15 minutes ago, Missy Charm said:

Almost definitely a home made one off, judging by the obvious crudity of the construction.  Best guess is that it's on a VW Beetle floorpan, which would also make sense if it's in South America.  That would explain the odd proportions of the bonnet and apparent lack of functional radiator grille.  There also appears to be an air intake on the box behind the seats, suggesting there might be an engine in there.  The headlights might be Beetle, given they're peaked, but hard to tell.  God only knows in regards to the front position lights.  

Judging by the air vents I too suspect there's a Beetle hidden underneath. Possibly a shortened chassis?  It *seems* quite small.

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As a strange bit of synchronicity, Rita Ray presented a programme on the BBC about African music, which is well worth watching, a couple of years ago.  One of the singers she went to visit was a real eccentric Mad Max type who lived in a house he had built himself using bits of an old plane.  He also had a home made car which he took Rita Ray out in; it was a convertible that somewhat aped the Morgan shape, but in an extravagantly African fashion, being covered in chrome, extra mirrors and all manner of stick on accoutrements.  It looked much better put together than the car pictured on the CD here, but was still as dodgy as anything and needed a push to get going.  I think it might have been Beetle based too.  

Questionable as they often look, imo it's admirable what these people can do with often very limited resources. Ever read about that boy that built a car entirely out of scrap?

[martc]

High Row, Reeth 1940 (apparently). The one on the right is obviously an AC, but the one on the left? The bumpers suggest it's a Yank. All old cars look the same.