The "WTF is that?" thread

[Sudsprint]

No more information I am afraid- just an old family photo and a comment from my late Aunt that one of my great uncles built it in the 1950s

[JeeExEll]

Ohh yeahhhh!!

I like that very much, especially the slide back roof canopy. Definitely a reason to wear a suit and tie whilst partaking in the art of driving.

Even the dog's impressed.

Pressed the 'like' button 20 times but only one recorded.

[anonymous user]

  On 08/06/2019 at 06:21, Sudsprint said:

A great uncle of mine thought he could improve on a TR2 for ugliness...

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Did he also build Inspector Clouseau's  Silver Hornet?

Can't find a decent picture of it unfortunately 

[Sigmund Fraud]

  On 08/06/2019 at 11:38, anonymous user said:

Did he also build Inspector Clouseau's  Silver Hornet?

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[Pillock]

What did he used to grow in the little greenhouse?

[Tayne]

  On 08/06/2019 at 12:09, Pillock said:

What did he used to grow in the little greenhouse?

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I think that might slide forward in times of inclement weather.

But it doesn’t look as though it’s higher than his head nor would it cover his elbows...

 

Is the car still around?

[sierraman]

What’s the little moustache thing at the front made from?

The roof reminds me of one of those WW2 Morrison shelters. 

Still it probably kept him out of trouble for many a night building it. I wonder what on earth became of it?

Driving that camper must have been an experience, a bit like piloting a terraced house from the upstairs bedroom. Wouldn’t fancy a crosswind in one...

[Eddie Honda]

  On 08/06/2019 at 14:45, sierraman said:

I wonder what on earth became of it?

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The current theory is that it's still with its 2015 seller.

[DSdriver]

What sort of mother would let her daughter be a passenger in that.... Oh, your great Aunt

[Sudsprint]

  On 08/06/2019 at 14:27, Tayne said:

I think that might slide forward in times of inclement weather.

But it doesn’t look as though it’s higher than his head nor would it cover his elbows...

 

Is the car still around?

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At a guess it might have been my great uncle John, in which case both he and the aluminium babe magnet are long gone up in that garage in the sky.

[martc]

  On 08/06/2019 at 12:09, Pillock said:

What did he used to grow in the little greenhouse?

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Mind altering herbs and mushrooms.

[brownnova]

All these lash ups remind me of this from the Llangollen car museum

[chaseracer]

/\ There's a large dollop of Ford Corsair in the Llangollen lash-up, apparently.  But the question remains... WHY?

[anonymous user]

  On 09/06/2019 at 18:32, chaseracer said:

/\ There's a large dollop of Ford Corsair in the Llangollen lash-up, apparently.  But the question remains... WHY?

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And the answer is, because he could. (Not necessarily that he should, but wouldn't life be boring if everyone was sensible)

[anonymous user]

And we have this one from West Wales a 2cv based three wheeler with handbuilt laminated wooden body

[sutty2006]

I was hammering my way through pictures of a mahindra Willy’s Jeep shite replica the other day when I noticed this in the background. I hope it had an engine....

[Maurice Marina]

  On 09/06/2019 at 20:25, sutty2006 said:

I was hammering my way through pictures of a mahindra Willy’s Jeep shite replica the other day when I noticed this in the background. I hope it had an engine....

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I hope it’s inflammable...

[anonymous user]

It's a George Clarke Amazing Spaces garden room bidet facility, based on a Hardly-Likely electric milk-float, this must not be confused with the Hardly-Worthitt milk-float which pre-dates it and which had an on board Lister generator to charge the batteries if used in locations that did not yet have mains electricity.

[Sudsprint]

The Swiftmobile with, and I kid you not , Thora Hird's daughter...

[Amishtat]

Think that was a 3-litre Bentley underneath, I half remember reading a magazine article about it a few years ago. Sadly its then-owner hadn't restored it as the Swiftmobile.. 

[Sudsprint]

... no and that would be just typical of the upper crust nobs who now own these cars.

How wonderful if it had stayed the Swiftmobile - complete with smoke and steam and Janette Scott

[bunglebus]

24 Hours of Lemons

[chaseracer]

  On 09/06/2019 at 19:53, anonymous user said:

And the answer is, because he could. (Not necessarily that he should, but wouldn't life be boring if everyone was sensible)

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True dat.  And we wouldn't be here ?

[skoda_fan]

I'd have to be a total Philistine not to admire the vision, ingenuity and skill of the creators of all these machines. Nevertheless after viewing this thread not only are my eyes hurting but I feel a tad queasy.

[skoda_fan]

  On 09/06/2019 at 19:57, anonymous user said:

And we have this one from West Wales a 2cv based three wheeler with handbuilt laminated wooden body

 

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Featured in the latest PC mag. Built by a man who rejoices in the name of Friend Wood!?

[Spiny Norman]

Is it wrong that I kinda like that twin-arsed Pacer?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 10/06/2019 at 11:51, skoda_fan said:

.....rejoices in the name of Friend Wood!?

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As long as it's not Gott Wood.

[bunglebus]

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[STUNO]

  On 10/06/2019 at 15:23, Spiny Norman said:

Is it wrong that I kinda like that twin-arsed Pacer?

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So long as you look at it from the front

[bunglebus]