The "WTF is that?" thread

[skoda_fan]

  On 24/11/2022 at 15:15, Rust Collector said:

That's a shame. It's just down the road from me and it's probably one of the places that helped to shape my love of cars, my Nan would take me there regularly when I was little.

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Yes that is a shame. It's not a million miles from me either and I last went there many years ago. It was a good day out and in a nice setting. I didn't see the Stimson there though but that's unsurprising as I think most of the exhibits were on loan from individuals so liable to change. Yet another reminder of how precarious these smaller museums seem to be and once anything happens to the individual or family behind them, then they just close. Quite a few in the south east alone have closed over the last twenty years or so.

[bunglebus]

I've got some pictures from that museum but they're actually prints I'll have to scan

[Austat]

What's the red car? I originally thought Datsun Sunny but it has a different grille and scutter panel vents.

[EyesWeldedShut]

  On 06/01/2023 at 09:35, Austat said:

What's the red car? I originally thought Datsun Sunny but it has a different grille and scutter panel vents.

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Datsun 1200 maybe (with a couple of spotlights fitted)?

[edit] -  I've just twigged that the car I knew as the Datsun 1200 is just a Sunny but exported here - oops

[EyesWeldedShut]

Apparently that's a Sunny PB110 - maybe your boy?

[mk2_craig]

What the hell is this thing?

No original badging visible.

[chaseracer]

Going by the grille, it's a Jeep... 😉

[Missy Charm]

  On 07/01/2023 at 09:58, mk2_craig said:

What the hell is this thing?

No original badging visible.

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me Micro Electric.  Chinese thingy that seems to be a copy of the ill-fated G Whizz: https://www.siticars.com

Why anyone would bother is beyond me...

[Metal Guru]

  On 07/01/2023 at 12:32, Missy Charm said:

me Micro Electric.  Chinese thingy that seems to be a copy of the ill-fated G Whizz: https://www.siticars.com

Why anyone would bother is beyond me...

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GWhizz with a bit of Jimny.

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 07/01/2023 at 12:32, Missy Charm said:

me Micro Electric.  Chinese thingy that seems to be a copy of the ill-fated G Whizz: https://www.siticars.com

Why anyone would bother is beyond me...

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Jersey plate. so probably a good idea for an island. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

Some sort of Peugeot concept that my Mum photographed when we went to Paris about 14 years ago.

 

[Pieman]

Peugeot Moovie, a concept car that features in a book I own called "Daft Cars".  It won a design contest by the company in 2005, but no one seems to know why.

[MiniMinorMk3]

  Quote

2004-2005[edit]

This contest was won by André Costa with Moovie. His was a bubble-shaped 2-door, 2-seat city car, almost totally enclosed by glass. The creator has stated that the car was designed to be environmentally friendly and ideal for use in cities.^[7]

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It won the biennial Peugeot Concours Design competition

Peugeot Concours Design - Wikipedia

[martc]

Any idea what this is? The only clue is the photo's title - 'Poland '60's'

[Spiny Norman]

Google reverse image search says it's an FSO Syrena Sport.
Concept car from the late 50s, never made production.

[martc]

^^^ Thanks, makes sense...

[Aston Martin]

It's off the Twitter.

[bunglebus]

Chop up your Sedona into a luxury* camper - fine. Drill a hole in a Mini and the DVLA are out for blood...

Still, you won't be parked next to another one on your holiday to Bognor

Also - is the door sticker a flambléd horse?

[Ghosty]

Is that a C15 Romahome body tacked on the back?!

[artdjones]

  On 16/01/2023 at 15:14, Aston Martin said:

It's off the Twitter.

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I thought it was a mispost from the base model hearse thread.

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 16/01/2023 at 16:10, Ghosty said:

Is that a C15 Romahome body tacked on the back?!

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Looks like it to me

[Aston Martin]

I'll tell you what's impressive, it's the correct width.

 

So, did they start with a Kia or the Romahome?

[somewhatfoolish]

  On 16/01/2023 at 16:10, Ghosty said:

Is that a C15 Romahome body tacked on the back?!

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I think a metric shit tonne of wob may have been involved in the unhappy marriage.

[High Jetter]

  On 16/01/2023 at 15:14, Aston Martin said:

It's off the Twitter.

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FFS put it back then.

[artdjones]

This is the same vehicle before a new owner decided to go for the hearse vibe.

[motorpunk]

  On 16/01/2023 at 15:14, Aston Martin said:

It's off the Twitter.

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That's the most miserable thing I have ever seen in my life. 

[adw1977]

"If you're going to ride my ass, at least pull my hair"

 

[martc]

Govan, 1981. But what is the car?

[EyesWeldedShut]

  On 24/01/2023 at 19:56, martc said:

Govan, 1981. But what is the car?

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  I was thinking some sort of Bristol but my friend* tells me it's a Fiat 2300S Coupe

In Govan? Eh?

[EyesWeldedShut]

  On 17/01/2023 at 11:37, motorpunk said:

That's the most miserable thing I have ever seen in my life. 

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You never met my Grannie from Ayrshire in her later years then.
Bulldog chewing a wasp does not do her look justice.