'Specialist' Cars of the 70s/80s

[brammy777]

Seeing as the saloon thread is in danger of becoming a bit too far off topic, I decided to make this one.

 

Anyway heres that W&P Metro Laser. Tasteful. I kind of like it though.......

 

You can post any mad shite car in here which was modified by a company which specialised in Bespoke cars, all shapes. Keep it shite though folks!

[Mr H Sceptre]

I would kill a man for this.

 

[Pete-M]

That appears to have Alfa 75 wheels

[brammy777]

Speaking of Ranchos, a man called Courreges made a pimping white one. Its pretty hideous but definite shite.

Here it is:

 

And heres some more for you:

 

 

 

[warren t claim]

I would kill a man for this.

 

I'm as straight as the next man but even I would take it up the Khyber for that six wheeled Rancho!

[woolleyiain]

[trigger]

That really is shite love!

[Pillock]

Spent ages looking at that 405, thinking "So what's special about that? 4 wheels... no gaudy paint.... no crazy graphics denoting an engine conversaion.... no robotic clowns head mounted on the roof"Then I realised. How tidy is that? What's the story - factory or homebrew? Looks like it should have been.

[barrett]

Brammy, that's an ace selection right there. I'd be happy with any of them, especially the Fuego ragtop.

IIRC, the pug was a factory prototype, I think they built two of them. Really lovely looking things eh?

 

I think Sbarro was mentioned on the other thread, pretty much everything he did was horrendous in some way, but not really shite. here's the boarderline-shite porker powered Golf:

GR9 engine access!

[barrett]

Oh and how could we forget the quite nasty Ginetta GRS, based on a Hillman Hunter

Bonus shite points for the non-standard trimzz

[brammy777]

The amazing thing is, most of those cars I posted up there still exist.

 

 

 

[VWPowered]

built by VW - Scirocco Twin (not the first twin engine vw have built)

 

 

The underbonnet view was impressive. Now that the factory 1,781cc engine was in production, this early 1983 prototype was able to use the new block and coupled this to Oettinger 16-valve heads. This 1800E/16 engine gave 141bhp at 6,100rpm and 125lb/ft of torque at 5,500rpm. The fuel system was a modified Bosch K-Jetronic and the compression ratio was 10.2:1.

 

x2 = 282 BHP and 4 Wheel drive and fun moments..

 

more info here - http://www.driversfound.com/scirocco/history/bimotor/

 

alhough not the same car but very same idea

 

[Mr Lobster]

 

Does this count? I'd love one

[Mr Lobster]

Also

 

[barrett]

Loving that BX estate, is it another Heuliez jobby?

[VWPowered]

i love the look of these, really just a cav with a fancy dress

 

 

XR2 Cab must be specialistic

 

[Vin]

Radbourne Panda. No idea how many were ever made. It could have been the only one.....

 

[Volksy]

Radbourne also imported, and converted to RHD, these pretty Supercinq convertables.

 

[Guest]

Brabham viva

[VWPowered]

how could we forget the...

 

Tickford Capri

 

 

anyone remember the KAT mini's and metros too, i really wanted a metro version as a kid

 

google turned up fruitless so maybe i have the name wrong

[pompei]

I've never seen those Radbourne Pandas - they're GR19! I hadn't realised they were still in business as late as that. I thought they'd finished in the sixties after their Abarthised 500s, 600s and 850s.

[face]

The lovely Avon Acclaim:

 

 

And the turbo version was an option:

 

[Guest]

Nicked from King Maz.

 

 

Have to wonder why the Elford 626 Turbo exists, you could get a 626 Turbo in Japan! Just import some of them instead.

[Volksy]

Have to wonder why the Elford 626 Turbo exists, you could get a 626 Turbo in Japan! Just import some of them instead.

I guess at the time the import quotas meant that Jap manufacturers were reluctant to import anything into the uk that wouldn't sell quickly, hence us getting the mainstream models, and none of the odd spec stuff.

[Cheggers]

how could we forget the...

 

Tickford Capri

 

 

anyone remember the KAT mini's and metros too, i really wanted a metro version as a kid

 

google turned up fruitless so maybe i have the name wrong

Wow - the fastest I have ever been on public roads was as a passenger in A58 XGL (above), 145mph through the Hanger Lane Underpass at 2am, happy days

[seth]

Wow - the fastest I have ever been on public roads was as a passenger in A58 XGL (above), 145mph through the Hanger Lane Underpass at 2am, happy days

You'd have to brake pretty hard now for the speed camera just after!

[VWPowered]

 

 

another i found

 

 

The burgundy 928 was made by ASC around the end of the 80ies, but information about it is conflicting. There is one more, with a slightly different tail end, in the factory's new museum. The latter is amethyst metallic, and was shown at the Automuseum Langenburg for many years.

[pogweasel]

Wow - the fastest I have ever been on public roads was as a passenger in A58 XGL (above), 145mph through the Hanger Lane Underpass at 2am, happy days

You'd have to brake pretty hard now for the speed camera just after!

I would have thought the gentle curves at the eastern end would have made this either impossible or horrifically frightening.

[Cheggers]

Wow - the fastest I have ever been on public roads was as a passenger in A58 XGL (above), 145mph through the Hanger Lane Underpass at 2am, happy days

You'd have to brake pretty hard now for the speed camera just after!

I would have thought the gentle curves at the eastern end would have made this either impossible or horrifically frightening.

Nearly and extremely, in that order.

[saabhappy]

I understand Ranchos are almost extinct now, but the Citroen CX and DS Safari-stretches really made me smile. Great stuff.