The "WTF is that?" thread

3,094 · September 17

On 11/07/2024 at 09:35, Adrian_pt said:

This is a circa 1965 Vauxhall Victor 101. It’s very similar to the contemporary Opel Rekord:

Rear lights are also lower on the Victor than on the Rekord.

2,330 · September 17

3 hours ago, Pieman said:

OK, WTF is this then?

Spotted by someone on another forum in Germany recently. I'm guessing it's a one-off kit car, which will probably mean it's a Beetle underneath just like 99% of kit cars.

Almost certainly a VW underneath. The transverse, single tailpipe silencer is more reminiscent of the Type 3 or even a van, but that probably doesn't mean anything as bits can no doubt be adapted to fit anywhere. Of more interest are the wheels, which look like Empi Sprint Stars - probably worth a fortune if they're the real thing. VW wheels, obviously.

52,515 · September 17

It looks like the secret lovechild of a Piper GT and an Electrek.

37,081 · September 19

On 17/09/2024 at 19:21, Pieman said:

OK, WTF is this then?

Spotted by someone on another forum in Germany recently. I'm guessing it's a one-off kit car, which will probably mean it's a Beetle underneath just like 99% of kit cars.

On 17/09/2024 at 22:52, Missy Charm said:

Almost certainly a VW underneath. The transverse, single tailpipe silencer is more reminiscent of the Type 3 or even a van, but that probably doesn't mean anything as bits can no doubt be adapted to fit anywhere. Of more interest are the wheels, which look like Empi Sprint Stars - probably worth a fortune if they're the real thing. VW wheels, obviously.

I think it is based on a 411/412 because of teh length of the wheelbase and the exhaust exiting on the right.

411

VW 1600

51,297 · September 20

More pics of the VW based creation

5,607 · September 20

How the hell did you find those?!

51,297 · September 20

Popped up on FB

40,618 · October 13

Any ideas? The reg is for Oxfordshire, 1974.

9,978 · October 13

58 minutes ago, martc said:

Any ideas? The reg is for Oxfordshire, 1974.

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

2,330 · October 13

1 hour ago, martc said:

Any ideas? The reg is for Oxfordshire, 1974.

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:

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.

8,612 · October 13

2 hours ago, martc said:

Any ideas? The reg is for Oxfordshire, 1974.

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...

13,273 · October 13

3 hours ago, martc said:

Any ideas? The reg is for Oxfordshire, 1974.

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

2,330 · October 13

33 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

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

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'.

13,273 · October 13

3 hours ago, 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'.

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

37,081 · October 14

On 13/10/2024 at 16:25, martc said:

Any ideas? The reg is for Oxfordshire, 1974.

22 hours ago, 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:

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.

21 hours ago, 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...

20 hours ago, High Jetter said:

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

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)

13,273 · October 14

5 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Look hard enough and you will find the answer.

I deputized 😀

16,551 · October 15

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

40,618 · October 15

On 13/10/2024 at 19:55, High Jetter said:

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

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 -

What does AI know?

51,297 · October 15

39 minutes ago, 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 -

What does AI know?

I've got one of those

51,297 · October 15

From Friendface

37,081 · October 15

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

From Friendface

Sylva Jester. Based on Fiesta mechanicals.

51,297 · October 16

Picture of a picture in a Maldon pub

16,551 · October 16

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.

52,515 · October 22

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.

3,799 · October 22

2 minutes ago, 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.

Ford Taunus 12M, 1952-55

19,554 · October 22

Nicknamed the "wereldbol" ("globe") Taunus.

https://www.autowereld.nl/ford/taunus/12mx-wereldbol-39730565/details.html

5,607 · November 17

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)...

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.

5,755 · November 17

10 minutes ago, 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)...

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.

Toyota Paseo?

15,736 · November 17

28 minutes ago, 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)...

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.

Saturn SC2?

5,607 · November 17

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.

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

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