The "WTF is that?" thread

[martc]

3 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

  I was thinking some sort of Bristol but my friend* tells me it's a Fiat 2300S Coupe

In Govan? Eh?

 

Thanks, what a lovely looking thing. Plenty of Italians in Glasgow, could be a yearning for home?

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

You never met my Grannie from Ayrshire in her later years then.
Bulldog chewing a wasp does not do her look justice.

Attractive, was she? 🤣

[EyesWeldedShut]

11 hours ago, martc said:

Thanks, what a lovely looking thing. Plenty of Italians in Glasgow, could be a yearning for home?

I was thinking Ice Cream Wars era - that's be some big McMafia boss collecting his racket money from the Bingo?
(Mind you - to me at least - the picture just screams post-war Glesgae)

8 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Attractive, was she? 🤣

Indeed, I carry her handsome genes all over my face. Kind of a Scottish Richard Burton don't you know.
(Wife says more like feckin Quasimodo)

[MiniMinorMk3]

20 hours ago, martc said:

 

 

Last time I saw one of those was on the 2018 Rally of the Tests

[bunglebus]

[SteersWithThrottle]

9 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Toyota FJ Cruiser, called the BJ in GTA V...

[cobblers]

I have never known a car who's design aged from being "that's bloody cool" to "no actually that's incredibly gawky and naff" in as quick of a time as the FJs did. Literally, within about three weeks of release the design aged 15 years

[sdkrc]

I know what this is, does anyone else?

[Spottedlaurel]

Hunter or one of the others in the Arrow family?

[bunglebus]

Yeah Hunter/Vogue etc unless I'm very mistaken?

DVLA says Singer for JBT 833E

[High Jetter]

My first thought was Rapier.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

27 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Yeah Hunter/Vouge etc unless I'm very mistaken?

DVLA says Singer for JBT 833E

Something very odd going on with this one. Last v5 issued in 1970 apparently (unlikely) and last taxed in 1990. Looks like it was partly cancelled on dvla's system or something. Help us out @LightBulbFun

[LightBulbFun]

17 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Something very odd going on with this one. Last v5 issued in 1970 apparently (unlikely) and last taxed in 1990. Looks like it was partly cancelled on dvla's system or something. Help us out @LightBulbFun

I am curious where you got the date of 1970 from? are you using a 3rd party tool (and if so which one?) that sounds like the UNIX time epoch,  I have seen a few 3rd party tools default to that where no data is available  

its record on my end checks out fine, does not look like its ever been archived or cancelled by the DVLA

looks like it  was computerised in the mid 1970's and just never had a keeper change so still on its on its original dateless V5 hence "not available" for V5 issue date, and theres no recorded keeper changes  

(V5's from inception (1st October 1974) to about 1979~ did not have their issue date recorded/noted on them, so they will show no information available for V5 issue date)

[Dick Cheeseburger]

11 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

I am curious where you got the date of 1970 from? are you using a 3rd party tool (and if so which one?) that sounds like the UNIX time epoch,  I have seen a few 3rd party tools default to that where no data is available  

its record on my end checks out fine, does not look like its ever been archived or cancelled by the DVLA

looks like it  was computerised in the mid 1970's and just never had a keeper change so still on its on its original dateless V5 hence "not available" for V5 issue date, and theres no recorded keeper changes  

(V5's from inception (1st October 1974) to about 1979~ did not have their issue date recorded/noted on them, so they will show no information available for V5 issue date)

Checkthecar app...

 

[sdkrc]

Plus some other bonus pics of the guy's collection 

[bunglebus]

I always think when a car like the Singer is pictured, there's a previous owner checking the DVLA site thinking their old car is long gone as it hasn't been taxed in 33 years - but it does actually survive.

Maybe my dad's 1600E and mum's Super Minx are out there - somewhere 

[mk2_craig]

So that car presumably had the tax cashed in back in 1990, rather than left to expire at the end of a month. Been off the road for a whole decade longer than it was on the road. 

[martc]

Any ideas? Looks like it's in France - could be a clue.

[D.E]

5 minutes ago, martc said:

Any ideas? Looks like it's in France - could be a clue.

Pussycar.

[High Jetter]

Naked chocolate orange car?

[MiniMinorMk3]

[martc]

What's the sports car? Looks like a Fairthorpe or perhaps an AC. It couldn't be that car could it?

It's a scene from Randall and Hopkirk (deceased). Phun phact - the house in the background is the one occupied by Olive and Co in 'On the Buses'.

[barrett]

I would have said Fairthorpe or maybe a TVR, and IMCDB confirms it's a TVR Grantura

[High Jetter]

That looks fit tho!

[DaveDorson]

5 hours ago, martc said:

What's the sports car? Looks like a Fairthorpe or perhaps an AC. It couldn't be that car could it?

It's a scene from Randall and Hopkirk (deceased). Phun phact - the house in the background is the one occupied by Olive and Co in 'On the Buses'.

Looks like a Berkley to me 

[High Jetter]

3 minutes ago, DaveDorson said:

Looks like a Berkley to me 

Regular or superkings?

[sdkrc]

[D.E]

2 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

Fiat Palio hatchback.

[sdkrc]

5 minutes ago, D.E said:

Fiat Palio hatchback.

Fuck that was quick. It's hideous, I want one

[D.E]

14 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

Fuck that was quick. It's hideous, I want one

That red one is a (facelifted) estate. This is the hatchback:

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