Help identifying a strange little car

[thegreenhell]

RONV said:

great hotel for classic car owners been a few times always cars on show and the owner is a motor sport petrol head

Does he know what the mystery car is?

[blueg33]

thegreenhell said:

RONV said:

great hotel for classic car owners been a few times always cars on show and the owner is a motor sport petrol head

Does he know what the mystery car is?

Current owner hasn’t had it for that long, maybe 5 years. However, when the thread was new, I showed the pic to the previous french owner and the ancient waiter who has been there for for ever , but they couldn’t help.

Edited by blueg33 on Thursday 31st December 11:23

[Orangecurry]

blueg33 said:

thegreenhell said:

RONV said:

great hotel for classic car owners been a few times always cars on show and the owner is a motor sport petrol head

Does he know what the mystery car is?

Current owner hasn’t had it for that long, maybe 5 years.

He's owned the mystery car for five years? And he can't tell us anything about it?

[blueg33]

Orangecurry said:

blueg33 said:

thegreenhell said:

RONV said:

great hotel for classic car owners been a few times always cars on show and the owner is a motor sport petrol head

Does he know what the mystery car is?

Current owner hasn’t had it for that long, maybe 5 years.

He's owned the mystery car for five years? And he can't tell us anything about it?

Grrr. Hotel owner

[talksthetorque]

Turbobanana said:

Was it a coincidence that all the other cars visible look at least 20 years older than our "misery car"?



Discuss...

My discussion point is that if you do happen to find yourself in a small french town you will notice that the majority of cars are old battered, so this makes it MORE plausible for me.

[jammy-git]

Orangecurry said:

Now we have conspiracy theorists!!

What you see is probably what you can see - as discussed many pages ago, there is a big crease on the far front wing as well - it's had a big bash at the front, and the headlights are probably wired to the wreckage.

As I pointed out on the previous page, the Renault Primaquatre has in all probability no adornments on the back.

The front line of the bonnet is completely straight. Doesn't look like it's had any front end collision to me.

[saaby93]

Turbobanana said:

I've been trying to work out where the front comes from: I reckon it's from a Moskvich or something similar, meaning the car is younger than we thought.

Discuss...

Bingo?



The mirrors arent quite right

[Snoggledog]

Every time that I look at the bonnet I think Series 4 Aurelia GT with the tiny bonnet scoop but there's no way that it's a Lancia

[Orangecurry]

jammy-git said:

The front line of the bonnet is completely straight. Doesn't look like it's had any front end collision to me.

Your interpretation is different from mine. I tend to agree with the points noted in the Photo from p.30

If the 'crumpled' area of 'white' is not part of the car, what is it? It is partially obscuring the cafe sign, and if on the pavement is very low on the ground and in the way, and just happens to be the same contrast as the bonnet or far front-wing?

[Orangecurry]

Actually I think that is Bing Crosby's head at the front, not a headlight at all. He died in 1977, so we are looking at a scene from that year.

[Fink-Nottle]

It's very risky to read specific details, such as accident damage, into the visual white noise of an old b/w photo reproduced in a subpar scan.

The assumption is that the further you zoom into an image, the more hidden details it will disclose. But depending on the quality of the image, beyond a certain point you will just see things into the pixel salad.

Look at the full image of the square. Suddenly all those "accident" details look rather less dramatic.

[Orangecurry]

Fink-Nottle said:

It's very risky to read specific details, such as accident damage, into the visual white noise of an old b/w photo reproduced in a subpar scan.

The assumption is that the further you zoom into an image, the more hidden details it will disclose. But depending on the quality of the image, beyond a certain point you will just see things into the pixel salad.

Strongly agree.

Fink-Nottle said:

Look at the full image of the square. Suddenly all those "accident" details look rather less dramatic.

Disagree.

But as we'll never know, unless someone produces another photo, it is still 'fun' to pontificate.

[Mgtf01]

I'm going to try and find out the wheel base of mistry car , and the side window length ,to see what that tally's up with. = Some form of answer.

[Mgtf01]

Incidentally panhard and Citroen paired up in 1955 ,may be a hack car tested at lemans????

[talksthetorque]

Mgtf01 said:

I'm going to try and find out the wheel base of mistry car , and the side window length ,to see what that tally's up with. = Some form of answer.

I applaud your optimism. It's a fair tactic if there is a database to reference.I have no idea if there is or not.

[Mgtf01]

Just for laughs ,with a tinge of seriousness

[Mgtf01]

Thanks for the applause, I think even if there is no database, IL be able to check these against the suspect's lol , 🤟

[Mgtf01]

If it's a coach build car it's probably not going to have a stretched chassis, therefore built on a known platform, = have way there?

[Mgtf01]

Half way there.

[Mgtf01]

Dose look like the wheel base of a 356, if not the looks.