The "WTF is that?" thread

[Rust Collector]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

which Sainsburys?

Newhaven, my usual lunchtime haunt.

[Inspector Morose]

So good, a band named themselves after the advert.

[MiniMinorMk3]

and here's the ad.

[MiniMinorMk3]

@LightBulbFun What is 486 TDV?

 

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

@LightBulbFun What is 486 TDV?

 

Stanley Mk7 Invalid Car  (Model 65 in Ministry speak)

they look like this from the front (282RTA)

only 1 example is known to survive, they where the direct successor to the Stanley Harper Mk6

[bunglebus]

From a IMSTOKZE video on youtube - think it's a Fuego but I'm also seeing a possible gingercator under the headlight which is confusing me. Is it an Isuzu Piazza?

https://youtu.be/1ARsoo6XAHk?si=HRqAZUHWTJCBVoEp&t=172

 

[D.E]

Xantia? I think that gingercator might just be a leaf...

[sheffcortinacentre]

Not a fuego possibly pizza

[Madman Of The People]

On 29/11/2023 at 13:55, martc said:

Right it's those pesky Finns again, for a country with such a small population they had a very eclectic taste in 4 wheeled bolides.

This is Töölö Sports Hall (then an Exhibition Hall) was built in 1935. The photo was taken in 1954. But what is the green car? Touch of the DS about it but I bet it's a Yank of some description.

 

Hudson Commodore is correct.  The side trim on the car in the photo above indicates this is a 1951 model.  Badge on the front wing touches the wheel arch.

 

[Madman Of The People]

On 29/11/2023 at 13:57, martc said:

Just a bit later, I think it's a Hudson, probably a Commodore.

 

This rusty Commodore is a 1950 model.  Note how the badge on the wing does not touch the wheel arch.

 

[martc]

Wow! The noise. But what is the white roofed vehicle? It has the look of some sort of '50's fibreglass horror.

I guess we're looking at the rear (of the car).

 

[High Jetter]

Or maybe the front of a truck cab, nose into the kerb?

[Mr Pastry]

Possibly one of these?  What's the event though?

[martc]

8 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

Possibly one of these?  What's the event though?

Good point, and may, or may not help. The photo is labelled as 'Argentinian Meteor flying low in Montevideo, Uruguay'.

So could it be some sort of South American pick-up....?

[barrett]

Yeah I'd say it was a '40s American pick-up of some description. Not specifically one of these, but this sort of thing

[barrett]

On 02/12/2023 at 21:35, bunglebus said:

From a IMSTOKZE video on youtube - think it's a Fuego but I'm also seeing a possible gingercator under the headlight which is confusing me. Is it an Isuzu Piazza?

https://youtu.be/1ARsoo6XAHk?si=HRqAZUHWTJCBVoEp&t=172

 

Xantia, definitely

[lesapandre]

On 04/12/2023 at 05:56, Madman Of The People said:

 

Hudson Commodore is correct.  The side trim on the car in the photo above indicates this is a 1951 model.  Badge on the front wing touches the wheel arch.

 

Fantastic cars. If you ever get the chance to buy one don't hesitate.

[FakeConcern]

A terrible photo of a photo in a pub near me, I think the car on the left is a Jowett Javelin and I thought the one on the right was an Austin Atlantic, but now I'm not so sure.

[vulgalour]

You're probably correct, they did do a drophead version of the Atlantic.

[Rust Collector]

21 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

You're probably correct, they did do a drophead version of the Atlantic.

That's stunning.

[martc]

Looking beyond the cats, what's the car? I'm sure the grille will give it away. To me it looks like a Lancia grille but I just can't believe that.

[bunglebus]

Horsey horseless cabrio

[mat777]

3 hours ago, martc said:

Looking beyond the cats, what's the car? I'm sure the grille will give it away. To me it looks like a Lancia grille but I just can't believe that.

As a vintage car buff, I did a quick dig and it seems it is indeed a Lancia - a 20hp Gamma apparrently, but post 1911 due to there being a grille badge 

 

Note the radiator, front and rear wings, unusual scuttle, and especially that very distinctive crescent shaped "seam" between front and rear doors:

 

 

[barrett]

6 hours ago, martc said:

Looking beyond the cats, what's the car? I'm sure the grille will give it away. To me it looks like a Lancia grille but I just can't believe that.

The pic isn't too clear, but looking at a larger version gives plenty of clues:

Although I thought it was pretty obvious after a close look at the radiator, I began to doubt myself as I couldn't find an exact match online. I started going down some rabbit-holes of French cars for a while with no luck. Annoyingly I don't have my handy 1912-1913 radiator identification guide to hand today (it's a lifesaver in these situations). Luckily, books exist, and Nic Portway's big volume on early Vauxhalls confirms my suspicions: it's a 20hp, one of a fleet used by Black Cat Cigarettes. There's even a picture of a panel van in the same livery, and another identical tourer (or perhaps the same one).

 

[Rust Collector]

10 hours ago, martc said:

Looking beyond the cats, what's the car? I'm sure the grille will give it away. To me it looks like a Lancia grille but I just can't believe that.

Jesus. You'd need to stop for a cigarette after seeing those 3 drive past. I know I'm having nightmares tonight now.

[martc]

6 hours ago, barrett said:

The pic isn't too clear, but looking at a larger version gives plenty of clues:

Although I thought it was pretty obvious after a close look at the radiator, I began to doubt myself as I couldn't find an exact match online. I started going down some rabbit-holes of French cars for a while with no luck. Annoyingly I don't have my handy 1912-1913 radiator identification guide to hand today (it's a lifesaver in these situations). Luckily, books exist, and Nic Portway's big volume on early Vauxhalls confirms my suspicions: it's a 20hp, one of a fleet used by Black Cat Cigarettes. There's even a picture of a panel van in the same livery, and another identical tourer (or perhaps the same one).

 

Thanks for the dedication to dig into this, although I would have liked it to have been a Lancia deep down I thought it would be British and a Vauxhall fits the bill, the flutes along the bonnet should have been a big clue to me....

[stuboy]

14 hours ago, martc said:

Looking beyond the cats, what's the car? I'm sure the grille will give it away. To me it looks like a Lancia grille but I just can't believe that.

i reckoned id took too much meds, if i seen this

[martc]

The sports car looks like an Alfa Romeo, judging by the grille, but what model is it? And the estate, any ideas?

[EyesWeldedShut]

TZ2 for the Alfa and a  Fiat Topolina (Topolina?) is my guess

[martc]

That was quick, thanks.

8 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

TZ2 for the Alfa and a  Fiat Topolina (Topolina?) is my guess