The "WTF is that?" thread

[EyesWeldedShut]

10 minutes ago, martc said:

That was quick, thanks.

 

Mrs. EWS is the fount of all knowledge on old stuff.
She doesn't allow me to buy it but she knows  her stuff....

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 20/12/2023 at 19:23, martc said:

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

The car registered PA 25921 is a Fiat 500C Giardinetta.

The PA on the plate is from Palermo, which is on Sicily. So after a quick look on the interwebs it turns out that the picture was taken during the 1966 Targa Florio. The Alfa is the Autodelta Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2, chassis number 750111 , that was driven by Teodoro Zeccoli and "Geki". The car number was 114 and the reg no was UD 119445. 

[DavieW]

What's the Yank tank?

[Dyslexic Viking]

22 minutes ago, DavieW said:

What's the Yank tank?

I think it looks like a Dodge or Plymouth maybe a Plymouth Savoy?

[STUNO]

1961 Plymouth, probably a Fury as it seems to have a chrome strip on the trunk lid

[Hertz]

[Madman Of The People]

On 21/12/2023 at 15:50, STUNO said:

1961 Plymouth, probably a Fury as it seems to have a chrome strip on the trunk lid

 

Correct.  1961 Fury had the chrome strip on the trunk.  Belvedere and Savoy didn't.

 

[martc]

Special internet game with special internet points. Can you name the vehicles these rear lights were fitted to?

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Top left fiat 131 saloon.

Top centre Reno 4,

Top right Merc,

Centre left simca,

2nd up left fiat 128,

Bottom right Merc,

Top second from right & bottom second from left are on tip of my tongue.

 

[bunglebus]

The one next to "a new flag over european car industry" is off a Nissan Juke

[chaseracer]

Third down on left is Citroen Dyane.

[Ghosty]

W123 front and rear are on there. Bottom right and middle on penultimate row. 

[Metal Guru]

6 hours ago, martc said:

Special internet game with special internet points. Can you name the vehicles these rear lights were fitted to?

 

That  has to be the ultimate anorak game.

[Spiny Norman]

The one next to the W114 rear light is off a Fiat 125 Special. I feel I should know the first one on the next row too but it's not coming to me.

[ChinaTom]

Second down on left Fiat 127. 
bottom left Simca 1000
 

want to say Alfa 90 or Fiat 130 Berlina for one of them but reflector in wrong place.

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 Early Fiat 131
2 Renault 4 TL
3 Fiat 125 Special
4 Mercedes W114/W115
5 Fiat 127 Series 2
6 Generic truck lamp
7 
8 Early Fiat 128 front indicator
9 Mercedes W123
10 Fiat 127, 128, 131, 132
11 Fiat 132
12 Simca 1000 LS
13 Fiat 128 Series 3 Saloon
14 Auto Bianchi A112 Series 3
15 Mercedes W123
 

[chaseracer]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

1 Early Fiat 131
2 Renault 4 TL
3 Fiat 125 Special
4 Mercedes W114/W115
5 Fiat 127 Series 2
6 Generic truck lamp
7 Citroen Dyane
8 Early Fiat 128 front indicator
9 Mercedes W123
10 Fiat 127, 128, 131, 132
11 Fiat 132
12 Simca 1000 LS
13 Fiat 128 Series 3 Saloon
14 Auto Bianchi A112 Series 3
15 Mercedes W123
 

C'est complet... 😎

[chaseracer]

Is the one between the Dyane unit and what might be some kind of work lamp a front indicator off a mk1 Ford Escort?

[sheffcortinacentre]

3 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Is the one between the Dyane unit and what might be some kind of work lamp a front indicator off a mk1 Ford Escort?

To long/thin

[bunglebus]

[High Jetter]

I like that

[Spiny Norman]

All Google comes up with is "1941 Hispano Suiza Electric van three wheels Tipus 531 design by Alain Goupy in the Tarbes Factory." and that picture but more Googling of all these names comes up with nothing else that I can see. I wonder if it's a clever photoshop?

[JeeExEll]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Hey I'd love to use one of those as a daily. It's like something out of Doctor Who.

[bunglebus]

I feel like I should know but I don't. 1939 Willys is the closest I can get 

 

[RoadworkUK]

You got the 1939 right.

1939 "sharknose" Graham Supercharged sedan.

[High Jetter]

I guessed Cord.

[barrett]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

I guessed Cord.

There's a connection. The next generation Graham in 1940 used obsolete Cord body dies, with a restyled front end, but on a rear-wheel drive platform. Called the Graham Hollywood, which I always thought sounded like a cruise ship comedian or a local radio DJ

Edit to add: I wonder if this is the only case of a car being replaced by a design which was older than the one it was replacing?

[Pieman]

3 hours ago, RoadworkUK said:

You got the 1939 right.

1939 "sharknose" Graham Supercharged sedan.

The square headlamps spoil that imho.  

[Dyslexic Viking]

A bit of history that no one asked for. Norway's police chief during the war Karl Marthinsen was shot and killed in a Graham sharknose in February 1945 by Norwegian resistance fighters. The bullet holes are clearly visible in the picture. So some of these special cars existed here.

[adw1977]

19 hours ago, Pieman said:

The square headlamps spoil that imho.  

Probably the first car to have square headlights, does anyone know of an earlier example?