The "WTF is that?" thread

[Datsuncog]

^^^ That's fantastic - I've seen that pic doing the rounds for quite a few years now, so it's good to learn a bit about the background, finally.

I suspect Maxwagen was Earnshaw's code name for their secret test prototypes, just as the pre-production Range Rovers were badged as Velar... did you get any pics of the 666cc whirligig engine?

 

No, I actually thought it was a Beetle that had been recently ruined in the name of RatLuk Xtreme, but no - I guess people have been doing silly shit to Dubs for no particular reason since Moses was a nipper...

[flat4alfa]

More Earnshaw Maxwagen Diamond discussion here

 

 

[Floatylight]

Lolz...

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[flat4alfa]

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[bunglebus]

12 hours ago, barefoot said:

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'.

The Maxwagen GEP14G VW Based Special by RS, on Flickr

 

I remember reading about it, the creator couldn't weld so the entire thing is bolted together like Meccano

[bunglebus]

Any guesses?

 

20190826_120625 by RS, on Flickr

[RetroMotoring]

On 8/21/2019 at 8:44 AM, barefoot said:

I would say that I took this very photograph;

 

I took it. Here's the other from the same day, what a weird contraption!

The Maxwagen GEP14G VW Based Special - photo by Retro-Motoring

 

[barefoot]

We must have been stood all but side by side!

I was the one with no shoes.

[bunglebus]

345cf124177c969 by RS, on Flickr

[Inspector Morose]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

345cf124177c969 by RS, on Flickr

Crikey SirVival lives! I’ve got a picture of that in one of my obscure books somewhere with it in a goldish colour.

 

edit: here’s a bit about it 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Vival

[Asimo]

Hot on the heels of this thing 

 

is this thing

 

Both should really be in the WTF thread and in the Six wheel thread.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1967-Morris-Minor-Traveller-Extended-double-axle-Project-1-8-Diesel-needs-work/283623967943?hash=item42094e4cc7:g:wYIAAOSwa4xdilQk

[GeordieInExile]

On 8/26/2019 at 9:41 PM, bunglebus said:

Any guesses?

 

20190826_120625 by RS, on Flickr

Easy, it's a Golf Mk IV.

[Garythesnail]

Isn't it an EP3 Civic?

[dean36014]

I'm certain I remember reading about that Moggie on the MMOC forum years ago, it was in daily use then. Can't be too many six wheelers with a ford diesel in them. Makes you wonder how it got in that state when it was obviously loved at some point.

[bunglebus]

[adw1977]

That looks like a child's drawing of a car, made real.

[LightBulbFun]

6 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

That looks like a child's drawing of a car, made real.

heres a van from the same manufacturer probably LOL

 

[Sudsprint]

16 hours ago, bunglebus said:

More than a whiff of Lancia Appia about this little beauty

[barrett]

If my library was more organised I could tell you who built that car and what it's made of. iirc he did not have the use of his legs and it's a sort of home-made Greek invacar with hand controls. Wheels are obviously Mini but I can't remember what powers it. I did spend an hour last night looking for the answer but I got distracted, soz

[martc]

5 hours ago, barrett said:

If my library was more organised I could tell you who built that car and what it's made of. iirc he did not have the use of his legs and it's a sort of home-made Greek invacar with hand controls. Wheels are obviously Mini but I can't remember what powers it. I did spend an hour last night looking for the answer but I got distracted, soz

I had a look last night as well - couldn't find a thing, but I did discover some fantastic Greek cars from defunct local manufacturers which I will put in the 'cars I didn't know existed until recently' thread.

[barrett]

Here you go. Apparently it has a Mercedes diesel engine and no floor, with rope hammock seats as the guy's legs just dangled underneath....

This was his first attempt at making a car:

Based on a triporter-style three wheeled delivery motorcycle, with a windscreen repurposed from a light aircraft canopy...

[somewhatfoolish]

Sounds a bit grim. The leaf springs on the front are certainly 'charming'.

[bunglebus]

FB_IMG_1570699052464 by RS, on Flickr

[Lord Sterling]

43 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

FB_IMG_1570699052464 by RS, on Flickr

Must admit. That is nice.

[flat4alfa]

 

Rendered by Tamás Jakus

[rmt87]

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[Sudsprint]

On 10/10/2019 at 8:02 PM, Lord Sterling said:

Must admit. That is nice.

Big improvement IMHO

[sheffcortinacentre]

Looks similar to the GT90

[bunglebus]

[bunglebus]