loserone Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 What's this? Dick Longbridge and JeeExEll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercedade Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Old DSdriver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I don't know, but you should send it to https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/ loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 New old cars all look the same camryv6, mk2_craig, Crackers and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 8 hours ago, barrett said: I don't know, but you should send it to https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/ I have, and I've asked to join.  What does the panel think.  a) is the car outside my house something older, rebodied? and b) is this car the same thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, loserone said: I have, and I've asked to join.  What does the panel think.  a) is the car outside my house something older, rebodied? and b) is this car the same thing?  I think the body is certainly a bit later than the chassis, but I don't think those two are the same cars. Lots of differences on the radiator, wheel hubs, angle of steering column etc... difficult to tell for an idiot like me, but the second one could be a Star? loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 One is longer than the other. There were so many manufacturers and body builders you may need a specialist to id it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 What's the unusual buggy in the left hand corner? bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 DVLA reg check suggests it was a 998cc Austin, so probably Mini based. Did think it might be something like a Biota or a Stimson right up until I tried to find a picture of one like it. NorfolkNWeigh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 How can you see a registration number to check ?!? It's just an indistinct blur when I look at it... NorfolkNWeigh and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 2 hours ago, vulgalour said: DVLA reg check suggests it was a 998cc Austin, so probably Mini based. Did think it might be something like a Biota or a Stimson right up until I tried to find a picture of one like it. Does it give a year?  The size and offset of the wheels suggests RWD , so possibly Sprite orA35/40 based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 hour ago, barrett said: How can you see a registration number to check ?!? It's just an indistinct blur when I look at it... Click on the picture, and it takes you to Flikr. You can get a legible read on the plate then of CRE263K, 1971 I think, cba to go and check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I was viewing the full-size pic, but even now you've said the reg I can only just barely see the figures on the plate... I must have worse eyesight than I thought. Date is 1971 so not an A35/A40, and not a Sprite (all 1275 by that time, right?). I'd guess Mini subframe in a bespoke chassis. I've asked the man who'll know, if anyone does, what it is. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 Back then you'd get a brand new reg if you built a kit/hot rod or whatever so still possibly A35 etc running gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 My nephew in NZ has just got this, I'd like to know what it is without asking him so I can impress him with my knowledge haha. The Toyota bB is my sisters. spartacus and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Infinity Q45 I believe. But may well be Nissan's version of the car. FakeConcern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Laurence Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 That looks like an A31 Nissan Cefiro. The slightly lesser known relative of the R32 Skyline FakeConcern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Thanks for the input above and after a google image search, I'm pretty sure it is the A31 Nissan Cefiro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Laurence Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Just now, FakeConcern said: Thanks for the input above and after a google image search, I'm pretty sure it is the A31 Nissan Cefiro. Advan 3 spokes too! FakeConcern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 What's going on with this Lancia Beta Berlina: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Lancia Beta Berlina by Swiss coachbuilders Felber in 1976. Rear was modified too with tail-lights from the Beta coupe and a full glass hatchback rather than a fixed rear window and lift up bootlid. I like it although direct front view is a bit gawky. (But then who am I to criticise). ProgRocker and Austat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 The entire 1970s Felber 'range' was pretty out-there. I'm not keen on the two retro-styled roadsters, but I love the Ferrari because brown Ferraris are ace. How good would the Beta/365 be as a two-car garage for the ultimate ironic '70s cheesefest lifestyle? I even like the Firebird thing turned into a swb town car Edit to add - the Beta was styled by none other than Michelotti, and was based heavily on his Beta-based Mizar show car of 1974, which is genuinely cool Mr Laurence, Lacquer Peel, JeeExEll and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 I saw a chopped-off Felber Beta front end on French or swiss eBay donkeys years ago, it was ridiculously expensive I think otherwise I might have hoovered it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 NAMI Okhta. The Okhta automobile was built in 1986-87 at the Leningrad Laboratory of Advanced Prototyping of Light Vehicles by NAMI (the Central Automobile Research Institute). This concept car could seat a maximum of seven: the second and third seat rows were removable, while the front could be rotated through 180°. The rear seat folded into a handy table. At that time, the multiplex system — in a Soviet car no less — was pure science fiction. The only example, restored after a crash, is on display in a museum. More Soviet concept cars here - https://www.rbth.com/multimedia/pictures/2014/03/11/12_conceptual_cars_produced_and_forgotten_in_the_ussr_34977 garethj, Lacquer Peel, Leyland Worldmaster and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 LightBulbFun, Dick Longbridge, martc and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKT Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Have we had this yet? Dick Longbridge, chaseracer, Lacquer Peel and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Mx5 middle... Just hope it's not a mx5 chassis 😒  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 Yet another MX5 pickup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKT Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said: Mx5 middle... Just hope it's not a mx5 chassis 😒  Looking at the springs on the back I'd say not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 It looks like a TX taxi with mx5 cabin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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