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Peter C Rank: Renault 16

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  On 13/10/2024 at 15:25, martc said:

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Any ideas? The reg  is for Oxfordshire, 1974.

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Bearing in mind there’s an R reg Skoda in the photo, this contraption was used relatively* recently.

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Missy Charm Rank: BL Wedge

Missy Charm

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  On 13/10/2024 at 15:25, martc said:

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Any ideas? The reg  is for Oxfordshire, 1974.

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Some poking about: the number comes back to a 'Special Ford', fitted with a 2,994 cc engine - presumably an Essex V6.  Said number also takes one to a ten-year-old Flicker post with the same image and some discussion beneath.  The only pertinent comment is by someone who claims that that motorcaravan was, at some point in the late nineties,  resident at a block of flats called Viceroy Court in Dunstable.  Circa 2000, some local hoodlums torched the thing and completely destroyed it.  

As for what it was, God knows.  Looks to have been cobbled together out of caravan bits.  

Stretching chassis and adding generally spurious additional axles was big in the seventies, too:

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I know the above is a Bedford, but I've seen numerous examples of such things.  I'd suspect that someone did similar to a Transit and then coach-built a body to create the mystery machine under discussion.

Spiny Norman Rank: Lancia Gamma

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  On 13/10/2024 at 15:25, martc said:

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Any ideas? The reg  is for Oxfordshire, 1974.

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All kinds of awesome is what it is !!! 😎
When I was about 12 I spent days drawing up a mobile home/Airwolf attack helicopter carrier and it looked a lot like that.
But with rocket launchers...

High Jetter Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

High Jetter

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  On 13/10/2024 at 15:25, martc said:

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Any ideas? The reg  is for Oxfordshire, 1974.

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Am pretty sure that pic was ID'd on here a year or 3 back. Have you run image  searches?

Missy Charm Rank: BL Wedge

Missy Charm

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  On 13/10/2024 at 18:55, High Jetter said:

Am pretty sure that pic was ID'd on here a year or 3 back. Have you run image  searches?

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Yes, although it didn't produce anything other than a Reddit thread with the same picture and no information other than the claim that the motorcaravan was destroyed by fire 'in the nineties'.  

High Jetter Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

High Jetter

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  On 13/10/2024 at 19:30, Missy Charm said:

Yes, although it didn't produce anything other than a Reddit thread with the same picture and no information other than the claim that the motorcaravan was destroyed by fire 'in the nineties'.  

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You have to ask, why does it not show up anywhere?

MiniMinorMk3 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

MiniMinorMk3

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  On 13/10/2024 at 15:25, martc said:

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Any ideas? The reg  is for Oxfordshire, 1974.

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  On 13/10/2024 at 16:48, Missy Charm said:

Some poking about: the number comes back to a 'Special Ford', fitted with a 2,994 cc engine - presumably an Essex V6.  Said number also takes one to a ten-year-old Flicker post with the same image and some discussion beneath.  The only pertinent comment is by someone who claims that that motorcaravan was, at some point in the late nineties,  resident at a block of flats called Viceroy Court in Dunstable.  Circa 2000, some local hoodlums torched the thing and completely destroyed it.  

As for what it was, God knows.  Looks to have been cobbled together out of caravan bits.  

Stretching chassis and adding generally spurious additional axles was big in the seventies, too:

645c0c8a6773a5cc045d96d5d9966d50.jpg

I know the above is a Bedford, but I've seen numerous examples of such things.  I'd suspect that someone did similar to a Transit and then coach-built a body to create the mystery machine under discussion.

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  On 13/10/2024 at 18:15, Spiny Norman said:

All kinds of awesome is what it is !!! 😎
When I was about 12 I spent days drawing up a mobile home/Airwolf attack helicopter carrier and it looked a lot like that.
But with rocket launchers...

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  On 13/10/2024 at 18:55, High Jetter said:

Am pretty sure that pic was ID'd on here a year or 3 back. Have you run image  searches?

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Look hard enough and you will find the answer. (Or crop the original image and see what turns up.)

Designing & Building a Custom Motor Caravan Part 1 (weebly.com)

A custom Motor Caravan Part 2 (weebly.com)

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High Jetter Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

High Jetter

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  On 14/10/2024 at 15:31, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Look hard enough and you will find the answer.

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I deputized 😀

somewhatfoolish Rank: Talbot Tagora

somewhatfoolish

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Frustratingly poor pictures of the rear suspension arrangement and none at all of the front. Thanks for posting it though.

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martc Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

martc

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  On 13/10/2024 at 18:55, High Jetter said:

Am pretty sure that pic was ID'd on here a year or 3 back. Have you run image  searches?

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No, I got my man to do it for me.

Actually I did and nothing came up apart from US custom builds, this sort of stuff -

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What does AI know?

bunglebus Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

bunglebus

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  On 15/10/2024 at 10:04, martc said:

No, I got my man to do it for me.

Actually I did and nothing came up apart from US custom builds, this sort of stuff -

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What does AI know?

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I've got one of those

Zylmex P341 Super Van

 

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MiniMinorMk3 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

MiniMinorMk3

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  On 15/10/2024 at 14:30, bunglebus said:

From Friendface 

 

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Sylva Jester. Based on Fiesta mechanicals.

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somewhatfoolish Rank: Talbot Tagora

somewhatfoolish

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Judging by the solid tyred wheels and the huge overhangs it's something cobbled together by the local coachbuilder on an ex-war department WW1 lorry, so could be many things, Albion, Dennis, AEC, Thornicroft or even one of the american makes which were imported in large numbers.

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The red and white car at the front of the shot, what is that?  I'm assuming something obscure and German and now long defunct, like a Lloyd.

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Mr Pastry Rank: Renault 16

Mr Pastry

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  On 22/10/2024 at 17:30, vulgalour said:

The red and white car at the front of the shot, what is that?  I'm assuming something obscure and German and now long defunct, like a Lloyd.

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Ford Taunus 12M, 1952-55

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Pieman Rank: Renault 16

Pieman

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Screenshot from a documentary posted in the YT thread called "Secrets of the Company Car Men" (which is very funny, it's like watching Alan Partridge in real life)...

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What is the car on the left?  Only thing I can find that vaguely matches is a Toyota Sera, but I'm not certain.  And is that a US number plate?

(edit) Here's the video - go to about 15:25 to see it.
 

 

warch Rank: Renault 16

warch

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  On 17/11/2024 at 15:56, Pieman said:

Screenshot from a documentary posted in the YT thread called "Secrets of the Company Car Men" (which is very funny, it's like watching Alan Partridge in real life)...

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What is the car on the left?  Only thing I can find that vaguely matches is a Toyota Sera, but I'm not certain.  And is that a US number plate?

(edit) Here's the video - go to about 15:25 to see it.
 

 

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Toyota Paseo?

Barry Cade Rank: Lancia Gamma

Barry Cade

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  On 17/11/2024 at 15:56, Pieman said:

Screenshot from a documentary posted in the YT thread called "Secrets of the Company Car Men" (which is very funny, it's like watching Alan Partridge in real life)...

image.png.7a0756b0c0259b4b810d7dbe09875671.png

What is the car on the left?  Only thing I can find that vaguely matches is a Toyota Sera, but I'm not certain.  And is that a US number plate?

(edit) Here's the video - go to about 15:25 to see it.
 

 

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Saturn SC2?

Pieman Rank: Renault 16

Pieman

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Saturn is a good shout, lights definitely match and it would tie in with US number plates, although it's hard to tell if there is a coloured panel between the lights or if the clear plastic extends all the way across from that screenshot.  Number plate also appears to be at the bottom of the bumper instead of recessed into it.

File:1992 Saturn SC2, rear right (Hershey 2019).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Paseo was the first thing I checked, rear lights don't match on those.

1992 Toyota Paseo - Specs, Prices, MPG, Reviews & Photos | Cars.com
1998 Toyota Paseo | Alan Gold | Flickr

Pieman Rank: Renault 16

Pieman

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Yes I think that might be it, nicely done!  Saturn isn't a marque I know a lot about.

MiniMinorMk3 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

MiniMinorMk3

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  On 17/11/2024 at 15:56, Pieman said:

Screenshot from a documentary posted in the YT thread called "Secrets of the Company Car Men" (which is very funny, it's like watching Alan Partridge in real life)...

image.png.7a0756b0c0259b4b810d7dbe09875671.png

What is the car on the left?  Only thing I can find that vaguely matches is a Toyota Sera, but I'm not certain.  And is that a US number plate?

(edit) Here's the video - go to about 15:25 to see it.
 

 

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  On 17/11/2024 at 17:24, Pieman said:

OR....as a fellow car nerd on my Facemuck has just pointed out, could it be a Geo Storm?

https://www.cars.com/research/geo-storm-1993/

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A Geo Storm with boot spoiler

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