sierraman Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 The thing is by the time you’d built something like that you could have probably afforded an e-type. stonedagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 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 spartacus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 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. Sigmund Fraud, Lacquer Peel, spartacus and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 5 hours ago, Sudsprint said: A great uncle of mine thought he could improve on a TR2 for ugliness... Did he also build Inspector Clouseau's Silver Hornet? Can't find a decent picture of it unfortunately Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 11 minutes ago, anonymous user said: Did he also build Inspector Clouseau's Silver Hornet? Sudsprint, Tadhg Tiogar, richardmorris and 2 others 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 What did he used to grow in the little greenhouse? Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Pillock said: What did he used to grow in the little greenhouse? 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? Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 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... JeeExEll and Split_Pin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 52 minutes ago, sierraman said: I wonder what on earth became of it? The current theory is that it's still with its 2015 seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 What sort of mother would let her daughter be a passenger in that.... Oh, your great Aunt Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 6 hours ago, 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? 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. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 On 6/8/2019 at 1:09 PM, Pillock said: What did he used to grow in the little greenhouse? Mind altering herbs and mushrooms. Pillock, paulplom, Sudsprint and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 All these lash ups remind me of this from the Llangollen car museum anonymous user, Datsuncog, Sudsprint and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 /\ There's a large dollop of Ford Corsair in the Llangollen lash-up, apparently. But the question remains... WHY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 1 hour ago, chaseracer said: /\ There's a large dollop of Ford Corsair in the Llangollen lash-up, apparently. But the question remains... WHY? And the answer is, because he could. (Not necessarily that he should, but wouldn't life be boring if everyone was sensible) chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 And we have this one from West Wales a 2cv based three wheeler with handbuilt laminated wooden body skoda_fan, Sudsprint, jumpingjehovahs and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 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.... LightBulbFun, Sudsprint and JeeExEll 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Marina Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 1 hour ago, 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.... I hope it’s inflammable... stonedagain and Aston Martin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 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. skoda_fan, DSdriver, Sudsprint and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 The Swiftmobile with, and I kid you not , Thora Hird's daughter... Amishtat, JimH, richardmorris and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 ... 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 richardmorris and DSdriver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 24 Hours of Lemons horriblemercedes, chaseracer, jumpingjehovahs and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 12 hours ago, 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) True dat. And we wouldn't be here ? skoda_fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoda_fan Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoda_fan Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 15 hours ago, anonymous user said: And we have this one from West Wales a 2cv based three wheeler with handbuilt laminated wooden body Featured in the latest PC mag. Built by a man who rejoices in the name of Friend Wood!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Is it wrong that I kinda like that twin-arsed Pacer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 3 hours ago, skoda_fan said: .....rejoices in the name of Friend Wood!? As long as it's not Gott Wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 FB_IMG_1560584885758 by RS, on Flickr FB_IMG_1560584880308 by RS, on Flickr FB_IMG_1560584877576 by RS, on Flickr FB_IMG_1560584871898 by RS, on Flickr FB_IMG_1560584847167 by RS, on Flickr FB_IMG_1560584129671 by RS, on Flickr FB_IMG_1560583778698 by RS, on Flickr Supernaut, Lacquer Peel, JeeExEll and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 On 6/11/2019 at 3:23 AM, Spiny Norman said: Is it wrong that I kinda like that twin-arsed Pacer? So long as you look at it from the front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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