The "WTF is that?" thread

[MiniMinorMk3]

22 hours ago, martc said:

Clearly the inspiration for the hideous current crop of BMW's, but who do they owe the design money too?

George McLaughlin's Roadster - Kustomrama

[inconsistant]

This is a screen grab from A Hard Day's Night, just after Ringo comes out of the pub.

What is that rear end off of please, don't recognise it?

[bunglebus]

Looks like an Apollo GT - but I don't think it is

[Volksy]

Ogle GT?

[bunglebus]

Got to be!

[martc]

Any ideas? It looks familiar, I can't get Peugeot out of my mind, but that tends to spelt horizonatally, not diagonally, and that flourish above the letters....

Grandma looks happy.

[GingerNuttz]

2 minutes ago, martc said:

Any ideas? It looks familiar, I can't get Peugeot out of my mind, but that tends to spelt horizonatally, not diagonally, and that flourish above the letters....

[artdjones]

15 minutes ago, GingerNuttz said:

That is lovely, but the number plate is awful.

[FakeConcern]

I wouldn't suggest watching this

However, what is this thing shown in it? (I've not looked at the comments to see if anyone has said)

 

[sdkrc]

This one's probably fairly easy and can be done with a few seconds of googling but it had me stumped

[EyesWeldedShut]

4 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

This one's probably fairly easy and can be done with a few seconds of googling but it had me stumped

Corolla someplace in Asia circa 1985/6 - I was in Brunei at that point and these were everywhere - Sultan had just got independence from Malaysia and Toyota/Nissan were straight in there. Given that most other stuff was rusting BL stock then they cleaned up.
Corollas there had no badging other than on the boot. No heater either - just a fan and, if you was posh, air con  - so the 'heat' dial had no red segment.

[Adrian_pt]

UK Embassy in Bucharest, 1958. All familiar stuff apart from the vans, which look like Austins - are they? 

[barrett]

3 hours ago, Adrian_pt said:

UK Embassy in Bucharest, 1958. All familiar stuff apart from the vans, which look like Austins - are they? 

 

That's interesting. They do look Austin-based, but clearly not the usual Papworth woodies. I'd guess locally-bodied in Romania, but I can't find anything online about Romanian Austin estate cars, funnily enough.

[chaseracer]

The Hampshire/Hereford/I'm guessing here on the right looks like it's on axle stands...

[chaseracer]

On 10/3/2023 at 10:16 PM, FakeConcern said:

However, what is this thing shown in it? (I've not looked at the comments to see if anyone has said)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_Cars

[bunglebus]

Anyone recognise the van? Not the VW obvs...

[barrett]

53 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Anyone recognise the van? Not the VW obvs...

 

Holden EJ

[MorrisItalSLX]

On 14/10/2023 at 21:19, bunglebus said:

Anyone recognise the van? Not the VW obvs...

That’s a lot of pizzas.

Also, it’s a crying shame knee high socks went out of fashion.

[bunglebus]

On women, maybe

[artdjones]

36 minutes ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

That’s a lot of pizzas.

Also, it’s a crying shame knee high socks went out of fashion.

I was thinking GM but didn't realise it was Australia so gave up puzzled. The knee length socks should have alerted me 😊

[bunglebus]

Guy is selling a speedboat windscreen that he's now not fitting to his "custom car". But what was the car? MX5?

[S2000]

48 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Guy is selling a speedboat windscreen that he's now not fitting to his "custom car". But what was the car? MX5?

Looking at t dials, pedals and seat runners I’d say mx5….

[MiniMort]

Spotted today in Bali. Lots of 70s Japanese cars and vans about, but it's left hand drive so maybe something European?

[Stinkwheel]

24 minutes ago, MiniMort said:

Spotted today in Bali. Lots of 70s Japanese cars and vans about, but it's left hand drive so maybe something European?

Back end looks fairly Sunbeam esque to me, but the front doesnt look right for that 

[MiniMort]

17 minutes ago, Stinkwheel said:

Back end looks fairly Sunbeam esque to me, but the front doesnt look right for that

I thought exactly that too! But it doesn't have the same tail fins either. Quite odd.

Also the headlamps are slightly recessed from the very front. Its a bit like a Renault Floride but it doesn't have anything to show its rear engined, plus looked a bit smaller than that. 

[barrett]

Blimey, that's a rare one!

[RayMK]

Rare indeed!  This is the only photo I could find which shows the matching features.

By Arnaud 25 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=133529122

[MiniMort]

1 hour ago, barrett said:

Blimey, that's a rare one!

Sir! A lot of respect to you! Well done!

[Dyslexic Viking]

Picture taken in Oslo Norway in 1970, what is the estate on the right?

[sheffcortinacentre]

Fiat 125 became the lada.