The "WTF is that?" thread

[chaseracer]

6 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

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

Fiat 124.

[Dyslexic Viking]

3 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Fiat 124.

Thanks, it reminded me of a Lada but the picture is too old for that and I had completely forgotten about the Fiat today.

[EyesWeldedShut]

3 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Fiat 124.

TK trying to photobomb

[Dyslexic Viking]

14 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

TK trying to photobomb

They were quite common here too, so not surprised that one is in the picture.

[High Jetter]

I wasn't aware they did a 125 estate but apparently so. Different shape tailgate though, the one in the pic is 124 shape.

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 hour ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

They were quite common here too, so not surprised that one is in the picture.

There's been a couple of old pictures in other threads from various parts of the EU that have featured TKs - Bedford seem to have had a bit of an export market at some point.

[High Jetter]

TK was a great truck at the time

[sheffcortinacentre]

Sorry meant 124.

[Dyslexic Viking]

12 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

There's been a couple of old pictures in other threads from various parts of the EU that have featured TKs - Bedford seem to have had a bit of an export market at some point.

They must have had. But from what I have gathered, the trucks were not exactly flawless, they probably had the same reputation then as Iveco has now.

[EyesWeldedShut]

3 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

They must have had. But from what I have gathered, the trucks were not exactly flawless, they probably had the same reputation then as Iveco has now.

I drove TK/TLs from 1990s to around 2010 and they were very basic/simple bits of engineering. Most of the technology was 1950s era. Brakes were poor, if you forgot to keep the  kingpins greased they'd wear out and they were dreadfully slow and noisy.
Chassis made from railway lines but cabwork out of old baked bean tins. Company failed to move with the times really.

[bunglebus]

[Jon]

Peugeot 309 estate story, in the format of a Netflix 2 part documentary.

 

Episode 1

(Man interviewed in crumbling old building, sat on uncomfortable chair)

"I built a 309 estate":

 

"Using a Polo hatchback rear end":

 

 

"All was well in the world and the Internet congratulated me":

 

But then an image started circulating on dull car forums frequented by middle-aged men and all hell broke loose:

 

(Cue bassy "BOOM" sound effect over extreme close-up cutaways of uncomfortable chair interview man looking uncomfortable)

END OF EPISODE 1....

 

 

[Jon]

Episode 2 begins

SKIP INTRO (overlaid images of tape recorders spooling round and images of a Peugeot 309)

Cut to: drone shot of roads. A ringtone is heard:

"Autoshite 999, what's your emergency?"

"Yeah, I'd like to report my displeasure at what some bloke's done to a Peugeot. It's not on"

Cut to: Uncomfortable chair interview man says some dialogue which totally isn't several takes in and is purposely a bit misleading/could be taken 2 ways.

"I mean, I don't know what all the fuss was about. My car, my rules. Those blokes on forums do my head in".

45 minutes of needless speculation later:

A reveal:

THERE WERE TWO FLIPPING 309 ESTATES!

And a logical explanation:

THE END.

Actually, my Netflix doco comparison falls a little short here, as in this instance, the outcome is solved. And it's at least 2 episodes too short.

Anyway, if all the above was too much tosh, here's a build thread from the Blue:

https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/203017/1990-peugeot-309-touring-estate

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Clue in the plate?

 

[Spiny Norman]

Reminds me of the Renault 25 estate someone (Heuliez maybe?) made where the entire estate conversion was the bootlid. Google "Renault 25 estate" and it time warps you back to these very pages.

https://autoshite.com/topic/5611-renault-25-convertible/

[Pieman]

I know the guys behind the 309 estates - yes they are banger racers, but they are what banger racers should be in my eyes.  They race purely for a bit of fun, always racing silly cars whenever possible and doing their best to entertain, and only racing really rusty old rubbish that is way too far gone for the road.  Their build diaries of some of them are brilliant too.

[bunglebus]

Q173 UKG - comes up as an HRW whatever the hell that is

[MiniMinorMk3]

I found a couple more pictures of it. The info with the shots says it's a kit car from 1990.

[New POD]

Didn't Princess Anne have a passion for those door handles. Was it designed and built by a reliant employee? 

[Pieman]

I quite like that!

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, New POD said:

Didn't Princess Anne have a passion for those door handles. Was it designed and built by a reliant employee? 

70s BL door handles found on Allegros and Marinas and also on late Reliant Scimitars .

[Spiny Norman]

10 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

70s BL door handles found on Allegros and Marinas and also on late Reliant Scimitars .

Plus Mk1 Range Rover & MK1 Disco 4 doors, some Lotus like early Esprit, Elite, Eclat, TR7 plus probably more I can't remember.

[New POD]

14 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

70s BL door handles found on Allegros and Marinas and also on late Reliant Scimitars .

Should be enshrined into law that all car makers have to use them.  They could survive a nuclear blast. 

[ETCHY]

On 10/11/2023 at 08:20, EyesWeldedShut said:

I drove TK/TLs from 1990s to around 2010 and they were very basic/simple bits of engineering. Most of the technology was 1950s era. Brakes were poor, if you forgot to keep the  kingpins greased they'd wear out and they were dreadfully slow and noisy.
Chassis made from railway lines but cabwork out of old baked bean tins. Company failed to move with the times really.

Sadly that's pretty much the British truck industry in a nutshell.

Also throw in a helping of a 'take it or leave it" attitude especially in the late 60s early 1970's & you can see why it all went wrong.

So sad.

[martc]

NuT in the mid sixties, nice Bedford, but what's the estate car near the scooter shop? Something septic is my guess.

[Captain Mainwaring]

AMC Rambler?

[Sham]

Buick special? Early 60's

[C1am]

Photo from Krakow, Poland, 1964. What is the car on the right?

[Pieman]

Looks like a Vauxhall Cresta PB to me, but I'm unsure how one of those would have ended up in Poland.

[C1am]

Thanks, that's what I thought it was. It must have been an amazing sight at that time.