The "WTF is that?" thread

[Fumbler]

It looks like that trike Hammond fell off a mountain in the Grand Tour China episode.

[Steve79]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Snyder ST-600

[C1am]

Imported into America as the Zapcar (you can just see the logo on the sill) - made in China.

[bunglebus]

OK I know what it is, but...WTF?

 

20190719_115257 by RS, on Flickr

[HMC]

Spats needed on the rear wheels and cream/burgundy colours scheme for the full effect.

[bunglebus]

Screenshot_20190818-084958_Facebook by RS, on Flickr

[rusty998]

On 7/19/2019 at 2:59 PM, bunglebus said:

OK I know what it is, but...WTF?

 

20190719_115257 by RS, on Flickr

Looks much better with the headlights like that

[Tomtation]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Screenshot_20190818-084958_Facebook by RS, on Flickr

This looks the tits! And I don't even particularly like tits! Extra points for juxtaposition with smart car. Anyone know what it is?

[Skizzer]

I’d love to know what that is too. And how you get in it. And how it got type approval or SVA or whatever.

But it is, indeed, the very tits.

[vulgalour]

Looks like it could be another of Erwin Wurm's shenanigans.  You know Erwin, but you don't know Erwin, he's responsible for this nonsense which is all ace.

I like his stuff.  It's all stupid, in the best possible way.

[vulgalour]

Here's another of that Renault 25 which is frankly one of his best.  You feel drunk just looking at the thing, I'd love to see it in person.

[LightBulbFun]

that renault 25 makes my brain hurt big time LOL

[inconsistant]

Thanks for posting Vulg, I've seen the fat cars before but didn't know the artist and hadn't seen the other stuff. 

[MorrisItalSLX]

They remind me of this Holden Kingswood art installation

 

 

[martc]

16 hours ago, Tomtation said:

This looks the tits! And I don't even particularly like tits! Extra points for juxtaposition with smart car. Anyone know what it is?

Looks like Hotblack Desiato is back in town (after taking a year out being dead for tax reasons).

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 6/26/2019 at 6:22 PM, bunglebus said:

Chinese budget knock-off of Daewoo Matiz?

[bunglebus]

I've got quite a few oddball ones I've found online over the years

 

The Maxwagen GEP14G VW Based Special by RS, on Flickr

 

DSC03951 by RS, on Flickr

 

These are all from some obscure film by Michel Gondry (l'ecume des jours);

 

michel_gondry_citroen_gsa-06 by RS, on Flickr

michel_gondry_fiat_uno-01 by RS, on Flickr

michel_gondry_peugeot-104-04 by RS, on Flickr

michel_gondry_peugeot-205-02 by RS, on Flickr

michel_gondry_peugeot-306-02 by RS, on Flickr

michel_gondry_peugeot-404-02 by RS, on Flickr

michel_gondry_renault_4-02 by RS, on Flickr

michel_gondry_renault_16-02 by RS, on Flickr

michel_gondry_renault_18-03 by RS, on Flickr

michel_gondry_renault_19-04 by RS, on Flickr

michel_gondry_renault_21-01 by RS, on Flickr

michel_gondry_renault_espace-03 by RS, on Flickr

michel_gondry_renault_espace-02 by RS, on Flickr

michel_gondry_rue-04 by RS, on Flickr

14926_510344435682612_950414678_n by RS, on Flickr

 

uglybastard by RS, on Flickr

FB_IMG_1518852658245 by RS, on Flickr

 

vw465 by RS, on Flickr

 

post-19639-0-52720500-1499273638 by RS, on Flickr

 

004_pics by RS, on Flickr

 

53 by RS, on Flickr

 

84 by RS, on Flickr

 

181e2725 by RS, on Flickr

 

133241 by RS, on Flickr

 

694573_zpspmlamido by RS, on Flickr

 

365094683_19ac8b69ac by RS, on Flickr

 

10018047506_ba0c634a46_z_zpsccw3bobo by RS, on Flickr

 

beetlebus_3 by RS, on Flickr

 

Cyclops_zpsae0866c7 by RS, on Flickr

 

FibronShockQRabr85 by RS, on Flickr

 

GurgelBR-800furgao by RS, on Flickr

 

GURGELG-800MAXI-TAXIQRDEZ82 by RS, on Flickr

 

GURGELTUQRFEV74 by RS, on Flickr

 

GurgelVan-GuardM3set80 by RS, on Flickr

 

Gurgels are weird!

 

jiakechong10 by RS, on Flickr

 

PAGDACONQRJUL84 by RS, on Flickr

 

VW_Porsche_locomotive_by_Kotbaum by RS, on Flickr

 

4tHvOxF by RS, on Flickr

 

59ef26b985600a647147d027 by RS, on Flickr

 

FB_IMG_1531210628993 by RS, on Flickr

FB_IMG_1531210632979 by RS, on Flickr

FB_IMG_1531210636467 by RS, on Flickr

 

FB_IMG_1549476612911 by RS, on Flickr

 

FB_IMG_1548759474271 by RS, on Flickr

 

FB_IMG_1551256710403 by RS, on Flickr

 

FB_IMG_1560584877576 by RS, on Flickr

 

FB_IMG_1562518690043 by RS, on Flickr

 

FB_IMG_1566058819525 by RS, on Flickr

 

[Timewaster]

Loving some of the weirdness here.

Should the W in wtf mean what or why?

[sutty2006]

Manta with twin front steered wheels featured in “manta manta” the film. Epic. 

[myglaren]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49393998

[sheffcortinacentre]

The red 2cv is one of Andy Saunders creations.

The Mk5 Cortina hatchback (escort rear) was built in Ireland & at one point was trying to be passed off as ford built.

[LightBulbFun]

2 hours ago, myglaren said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49393998

Jay Leno's shotwell be damned!

 

[Pieman]

 

Is it wrong that I think that's an improvement over the standard VW camper?

[Wilko220]

On 6/6/2019 at 12:18 PM, Eddie Honda said:

 

In its "better" days:

Taking its badging cues from an old Autoshite favourite...

 

 

[somewhatfoolish]

On 6/10/2019 at 12:51 PM, skoda_fan said:

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

Also in CCC a million years ago; I was surprised no-one took a mould of it and made it into a kit, the fuel economy is something else!

[cort1977]

On ‎8‎/‎19‎/‎2019 at 1:49 AM, vulgalour said:

Looks like it could be another of Erwin Wurm's shenanigans.  You know Erwin, but you don't know Erwin, he's responsible for this nonsense which is all ace.

 

 

 

 

I like his stuff.  It's all stupid, in the best possible way.

Also a Wurm Porsche at MONA in Hobart, Tasmania which is one of the best things to do should you ever be in Tasmania.

[Datsuncog]

Oddity that I spied in France in the late 1990s. 

It looked pretty well done, I'll give it that.

[AdeMk1]

Oddity that I spied in France in the late 1990s. 


It looked pretty well done, I'll give it that.

Never seen one of those before, looks like a Capri boot on it? Interesting!

[barefoot]

19 hours ago, myglaren said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49393998

That's not me.

[barefoot]

I would say that I took this very photograph;

I uploaded the photo with a dozen or so others to FOTKI hosting thing, who held me to ransom, wanting me to pay them money. As the caption says, it was taken at Deva-Dubs & rods show at Chester Racecourse and that bloke and another spent much of the weekend persuading it to fire up and run, which eventually it did, but it drove & sounded like it only had one gear, I suspect it was a semi-auto. The story went that the owner bought it as a new car and immediately did this to it, he & his wife then covered something like sixty thousand miles in it before laying it up. What you can't see is that there's a fourth (steering) wheel at the back, it really does have a rhomboid wheelbase! As you can imagine, I captioned the picture 'Earnshaw Diamond'.