The "WTF is that?" thread

[bunglebus]

[Spiny Norman]

32 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Doesn't actually say what it is but it's referenced here in Autocar.
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/archive-soviet-dream-machines

[bunglebus]

That's where I found it!

[High Jetter]

Loop to 10!

[bunglebus]

Is this a vehicle badge?

 

[Zie]

This brought back some memories. 

[Adrian_pt]

On 10/13/2021 at 10:11 PM, Spiny Norman said:

Doesn't actually say what it is but it's referenced here in Autocar.
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/archive-soviet-dream-machines

Soviet bitsa. They made lots of them, some stylish, a lot complete lash-ups. Same kind of stuff was going on elsewhere in the Eastern bloc - and indeed in immediate post-war Germany and Austria.

The most bonkers one I've heard of was this, made from two 125 motorbikes welded together with a home-made body up top - at some stage in the 60s it even had a facelift to give it quad headlights. Power came from ... both engines. 

 

 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

On 10/16/2021 at 8:47 PM, bunglebus said:

Is this a vehicle badge?

 

No, but I'm wondering if that car park ever gets icy... 😁😁😁

[bunglebus]

I mean - WTF is that? 

[Spiny Norman]

Looks pedal powered.

[bunglebus]

Was apparently quite noisy so two stroke?

[somewhatfoolish]

It's a cross between the Turbo Terrific and the Compact Pussycat.

[LightBulbFun]

On 16/11/2021 at 16:49, bunglebus said:

I mean - WTF is that? 

its a  velomobile quattrovelo, I think!

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

[bunglebus]

How odd that it made a noise!

[LightBulbFun]

30 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

How odd that it made a noise!

maybe someone stuck one of those Chinese 2 Stroke engine kits you can get for pedal cycles into it just for giggles? 

like a fancy version of the Autoshite DeathBike LOL

[FakeConcern]

This is not a car, just a very small part of one...

While cutting the hedge I found this part from a Range Rover stuck in the undergrowth, but WTF is it?

 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said:

its a  velomobile quattrovelo I think!

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

I hesitate to query you on such matters, but I don't think the shape's right and the quattrovelo has 4 wheels, whereas that one appears to have a single front wheel.

[Jason_Robb]

11 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

This is not a car, just a very small part of one...

While cutting the hedge I found this part from a Range Rover stuck in the undergrowth, but WTF is it?

 

Looks like the side/end off the key fob for one.

 

[High Jetter]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

I hesitate to query you on such matters, but I don't think the shape's right and the quattrovelo has 4 wheels, whereas that one appears to have a single front wheel.

Scratch that, I've just looked at the vid, you're probably right. Again. 🤣

[supermellowman]

16 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

This is not a car, just a very small part of one...

While cutting the hedge I found this part from a Range Rover stuck in the undergrowth, but WTF is it?…

 

I’d say it’s a finisher for the remote key fob.

[FakeConcern]

@Jason_Robb & @supermellowman thanks, it's been driving me mad looking at every RR I see trying to work out what it is haha. I wonder if it's available separately from the fob? I should stick it outside in a prominant place in case the owner walks past again.

[D.E]

I spotted this years ago, had a Fiat badge on the steering wheel and is probably from one of the countless Italian coachbuilders of the 50s, but which one exactly?

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, High Jetter said:

I hesitate to query you on such matters, but I don't think the shape's right and the quattrovelo has 4 wheels, whereas that one appears to have a single front wheel.

it has got four - only clear towards the end of the video

[ChinaTom]

4 hours ago, D.E said:

I spotted this years ago, had a Fiat badge on the steering wheel and is probably from one of the countless Italian coachbuilders of the 50s, but which one exactly?

Big grilles always make me think of Cisitalia, but the rear is wrong.

[martc]

16 hours ago, D.E said:

I spotted this years ago, had a Fiat badge on the steering wheel and is probably from one of the countless Italian coachbuilders of the 50s, but which one exactly?

If you've time, it could be somewhere on here - https://www.carrozzieri-italiani.com/

[sdkrc]

17 hours ago, D.E said:

 

Fiat 1100 TV - it's pininfarina

I've posted a series 2 but the one above looks like a series 1

[D.E]

2 hours ago, sdkrc said:

Fiat 1100 TV - it's pininfarina

I've posted a series 2 but the one above looks like a series 1

That's gotta be it, mystery solved! Thanks!

[grogee]

22 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

maybe someone stuck one of those Chinese 2 Stroke engine kits you can get for pedal cycles into it just for giggles? 

like a fancy version of the Autoshite DeathBike LOL

Deathbike, you say?

I built it two years ago and I haven't been brave enough to ride it yet. 

[bunglebus]

I've been intending to build one of those for years. Finding suitable frames is getting harder as they're all odd shaped tubes and funny angles now

[SteersWithThrottle]

5 hours ago, martc said:

If you've time, it could be somewhere on here - https://www.carrozzieri-italiani.com/

Screaming "You bastaarrdd!!!" while falling down the rabbit hole...  😆