OK, any takers on this one (I haven't got a clue what it is):
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2014/08/1297.jpg
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OK, any takers on this one (I haven't got a clue what it is):
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2014/08/1297.jpg
I would guess a 1926 Ford Model T Roadster Pickup
https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...rpickup-vi.jpg
The Cloaked Invisible SupercarQuote:
Originally Posted by Roobarb
It's a toy ! The background is blurred, but the car is in focus.
How about this one then ?
https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...32511/Car1.jpg
https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...32511/Car2.jpg
Yea the ford is a model TQuote:
Originally Posted by Roobarb
I think the pink car is an NSU Prinz, very unusual to see one.
Has a Bugatti look to it, but obviously a custom built model.Quote:
Originally Posted by Latindancer
I've got it listed as a Dubonnet Xenia 1938. An 8 litre, inline 6 cylinder.
I thought it might be Challenger 1 but it isn't. Thank you for appreciating my humble attempt at humour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roobarb
Bingo. At last and it wasn't easy even cheating. Badge looked Abarth but it isn't. Trucks in background are Italian.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roobarb
Autobianchi Bianchina Cabriolet
looks like a picture from a peter sellers film shot in Italy, so my geuss is aQuote:
Originally Posted by Roobarb
fiat 500
that almost reminds me of king midget
I had a feeling I knew where you were going with it. Good to have a morning chuckle.Quote:
Originally Posted by VocalNeal
Spot on, I had to look it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by VocalNeal
Actually it made me think of our very own illustrious King Willy. I think traffic in Jakarta is a little heavier though, and he does have a driver so the Autobianchi may not be the ideal choice of exec motor for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kambreezh
Wrong car (although it did actually have a Fiat 500 engine in it) but you're right about the film, it's one of the Pink Panther ones, not sure which though.Quote:
Originally Posted by r1 pet
Here's a clip from Youtube showing the car in action.
For those who have not seen the film, the story so far - There has been a big fancy dress party at the local chateau, during which a huge diamond called the Pink Panther has been stolen by Sir Charles Lytton, the notorious Phantom. Happily Inspector Clouseau was attending the party and able to give chase.
The Best Car Chase EVER - YouTube
No-one else going to post one? OK, here's another to hazard a guess at:
https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif
Not sure it had a name as it was I think only a concept vehicle, but which company made it?
Nissan??????
Tsk tsk..Quote:
Originally Posted by Roobarb
Sir Charles Phantom, the famous pink Lytton if you please:
1'30" in:
Return Of The Pink Panther Clouseau Solves The Case - YouTube
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Originally Posted by taxexile
I hang my head in shame...Quote:
Originally Posted by quimbian corholla
Nice guess, but no. It's an American offering and was a concept before its time from a company not generally associated with cutting edge technology...Quote:
Originally Posted by taxexile
...or perhaps in some ways they are?
AMC? No wait, could it be?...Quote:
Originally Posted by Roobarb
https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif
Oh, not them either.
I found it but I cheated, interesting thing though.
I cheated too, I was thinking it looked liked an old Lancia Delta.
Apparently the doors and windscreen are off a Mk 1 VW Scirocco, no idea where the other bits came from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dillinger
So, to give some pointers:
It was designed in the late 70s when fuel prices were going through the roof.
It says Hybrid on the front which probably means fuel/electric. Batteries were pretty crap back then so to carry the weight it had twin wheels on the rear. Hybrid cars use small petrol motors to charge batteries.
A whole new market would open up to which company if they could get it to work properly?
The comment I made about cutting edge technology a bit earlier was a rather cryptic clue to the manufacturer. Here's a more obvious one:
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2014/08/1466.jpg
Tesla ?
I thought you said you cheated?
FFS Dill, if you're going to cheat... :)
No, it's not Tesla, they were only formed in 2003 I think.
Bit of Tesla trivia for you though. In March this year the Tesla model S was the best selling car in Norway. They sold 1493 of the things. The next highest seller was the VW Golf which clocked up 625 sales that month. It's not just the affluent, green-leaning happy clappy Californians tooling about in these, now the Vikings are into them too.
The Tesla Model S, a tasty looking motor I reckon:
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2014/08/1470.jpg
Is the hybrid a Briggs?
^ halfway there Tax.
Briggs and ........
They make small engines for lawn mowers, water pumps etc.
Not that bad boy, from the page I found on it seems it went balls to the wall for all-out sheer performance!Quote:
Originally Posted by Roobarb
0-40 mph well over a minute on petrol only
36.4 seconds on the electric motor
21.9 seconds in hybrid mode!
Yup, wouldn't pull the skin off a custard - which for me I suppose could be said to be a point in its favour.Quote:
Originally Posted by quimbian corholla
I think that performance was clearly something of an issue.
Nomad 1970's ChevyQuote:
Originally Posted by wasabiChevroletQuote:
Originally Posted by ChittychangchangLook's like a hybrid series 1/2/3 Land rover????Quote:
Originally Posted by wasabi
^Australian model?
Clearly ahead of its time! early 80's if I recall. Just that Briggs is not an auto maker and accounts and marketing and....Quote:
Originally Posted by RoobarbYup, wouldn't pull the skin off a custard - which for me I suppose could be said to be a point in its favour.Quote:
Originally Posted by quimbian corholla
I think that performance was clearly something of an issue.
Even modern hybrids still play the HP game on the ICE. Prius went from 1.6l to 1.8l:confused: in a car built for fuel economy.
Not forgetting of course theat the Briggs and Stratton was designed when the speed limit in the US was still 55. So performance as such was not quite so important.
While i am thinking about the Jeep.
Here is another
https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u..._weird_car.jpg
citroen?
^ No but I see where you were going?
These are Citroen
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2014/09/136.jpg
Africar based on a 2CH Citroen.
^ yep Africar
But not Citroen based but was supposed to use 2CV engine until another was found.
Creator like Delorean was not exactly on the up and up.
Here's another while i am on a roll.
https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...eird_car_2.jpg
I was going to punt it as being a Commer commercial vehicle from the early 1960s, but with the wraparound windshield it's a bit too good looking for that and I have a suspicion it's from the other side if the pond.Quote:
Originally Posted by VocalNeal
Seven vertical vents in the grille - some type of Jeep?
Here's the clue (and a fit bird to boot :) )
https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...43542/tttt.jpg
Now what's the name of this car?
https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u.../43542/sss.jpg