Badly modified cars thread Mk2

[SpamCan]

irocfan said:

Do badly modified tanks go in here too?

Tiger 1

What on earth is that based on?

[feef]

SpamCan said:

irocfan said:

Do badly modified tanks go in here too?

Tiger 1

What on earth is that based on?

Russian MT-LB APC I believe

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MT-LB

Wasn't this the 'tiger' built as a prop for Saving Private Ryan?

[Alan L]

Slow said:

Just google what he said he owns

Ah it's a Barry boy Chavved up skyline, quite why anyone would do that to a nice car is beyond me. They want shooting

[Hugo a Gogo]

feef said:

Russian MT-LB APC I believe

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MT-LB

Wasn't this the 'tiger' built as a prop for Saving Private Ryan?

SPR Tiger was pretty good, I think it was a modded T34 (like Kelly's Heroes)

[Slow]

Alan L said:

Slow said:

Just google what he said he owns

Ah it's a Barry boy Chavved up skyline, quite why anyone would do that to a nice car is beyond me. They want shooting

Quite a rare car actually, wouldnt say chavved up.

http://neweraimports.com/soldcarDetails.jsp?carId=...

https://www.autogespot.com/spots?licenseplate=M300...

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/314729-black-r34-tommy-...

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/144717-tommy-kaira-25r-...

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[Stickyfinger]

Good or bad ?....not if you like or dislike the 2Cv

You vote:

[ambuletz]

1- Is not done to a poor standard
2- is not tacky/tasteless or chavvy.

I see no problem with it, its clever.

[Slow]

ambuletz said:

1- Is not done to a poor standard
2- is not tacky/tasteless or chavvy.

I see no problem with it, its clever.

Unless they hit you side on.

Then again would a standard door hold up to a mouse hitting it anyway?

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

Stickyfinger said:

Good or bad ?....not if you like or dislike the 2Cv

You vote:

I don't like the 2CV, but I respect it. That's not badly done, and has been given thought and imagination to.

[Some Gump]

Tommykaira said:

Hi I'm owner of the tommykaira m300sky and it's real.

Your mum must be proud =)

[Joe5y]

Stickyfinger said:

Good or bad ?....not if you like or dislike the 2Cv

You vote:

I love this!

[bobfather]

Joe5y said:

Stickyfinger said:

Good or bad ?....not if you like or dislike the 2Cv

You vote:

I love this!

I like that, very tastefully done

[yellowjack]

feef said:

SpamCan said:

irocfan said:

Do badly modified tanks go in here too?

Tiger 1

What on earth is that based on?

Russian MT-LB APC I believe

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MT-LB

Wasn't this the 'tiger' built as a prop for Saving Private Ryan?

Hugo a Gogo said:

SPR Tiger was pretty good, I think it was a modded T34 (like Kelly's Heroes)

The 'Saving Private Ryan' Tiger is indeed a modified T34. It's in the Land Warfare Hall at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford...


...and it's displayed directly opposite a standard T-34 so you can look for the similarities under the movie 'make up'.


MT-LB is a 1970s (very) lightly armoured Artillery tractor and APC design in use by quite a few nations around the world. Based origianally on the PT-76 light tank (chassis/suspension) and using 'off the shelf' parts like a truck engine, it was cheap and relatively simple to build, and they're almost ten a penny scrap and surplus now as even the less developed nations begin replacing what is a forty-odd year old design with more modern, better protected kit.

The same suspension and drive components were used on several variant vehicles, including the ZSU 23-4 Anti Aircraft Artillery 'tank' and the 2P25 Surface to Air missile launcher (NATO reporting name: SA-6 "Gainful").

The trouble is, I'm pretty sure that all of the above variants have 6 road wheels, while the unconvincing 'Tiger' replica has 7. The 2S1 self propelled 122mm artillery piece had a redesigned chassis/hull with 7 road wheels, but the turret of that replica appears to be too far forward for a 2S1,and the driving position too far back. The 'turret' would be fitted directly over the engine too, so highly impractical...


I think it might actually be based on a PPRU-1 (9S80M) Russian mobile radar or command vehicle. The height of the hull and forward driving position seem to be correct, along with the 7 road wheels. There was also a mid 1990s upgraded MT-LB, unimaginatively called the MT-LB(U), with a similar 7 road wheel chassis/hull, but without any of the top secret sneaky-beaky radar and 3C kit inside it.

MT-LB(U) for sale... http://www.prewarcar.com/index.php?option=com_cara... - or - http://militarytechnics.com/vehicles/mtlbu/mtlbu/ ...and if you go with counting the wheels in the photographs rather than believing the rather lazy cut/paste text description (for a standard MT-LB) then I think I'd probably go with this as "my final answer, Chris"...




Apologies for "showing my workings-out", but this one had me intrigued. In a former career I taught vehicle recognition, and I was annoyed that I couldn't immediately state with confidence what the base vehicle was!

[Alan L]

Slow said:

Alan L said:

Slow said:

Just google what he said he owns

Ah it's a Barry boy Chavved up skyline, quite why anyone would do that to a nice car is beyond me. They want shooting

Quite a rare car actually, wouldnt say chavved up.

http://neweraimports.com/soldcarDetails.jsp?carId=...

https://www.autogespot.com/spots?licenseplate=M300...

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/314729-black-r34-tommy-...

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/144717-tommy-kaira-25r-...

Nope we are going to have to differ on that one. The £40 cheap looking (I'm sure it cost hundreds) rear spoiler is all very chavvy in my opinion.

[Stickyfinger]

Guess this one then

[Joe5y]

[Iva Barchetta]

No,that Mercedes is genius....

[rohrl]

Stickyfinger said:

Guess this one then

The bonnet and wing mirrors look like a Renault Laguna.

[Double.D]

rohrl said:

The bonnet and wing mirrors look like a Renault Laguna.

what?! can`t see any resemblance