Help identifying a strange little car
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smileymikey said:
Good god we have found something rarer than that bloody car......three Pistonheaders on the same thread that agree
Just to throw a spanner in....does anyone else think the headlamp is at an odd angle....could the car have had a bit of a front end bump?
Yep, that has been suggested just a few times Just to throw a spanner in....does anyone else think the headlamp is at an odd angle....could the car have had a bit of a front end bump?
bockaaarck said:
I was having a bit of a search around after catching up with this thread over the weekend. I do think a Panhard is definitely a fair shout. In particular the Panhard-Levassor-CD coupe.
The shape is very similar, has the same window configuration too. If you have a look at the photo, then check the image of a Panhard-Levassor-CD. The rear wheel arch has a 'half wheel' cover. But with that cover removed, it matches the wheel arch closely. The tricky element is the lights, they don't see be quite right. However, the picture does look like the front end is a touch 'stoved in'
But the shape of the door (leading edge) is wrong, as is the relationship between the base of the A pillar and the front wheel.The shape is very similar, has the same window configuration too. If you have a look at the photo, then check the image of a Panhard-Levassor-CD. The rear wheel arch has a 'half wheel' cover. But with that cover removed, it matches the wheel arch closely. The tricky element is the lights, they don't see be quite right. However, the picture does look like the front end is a touch 'stoved in'
Fairly fundamental 'hard-points' that aren't easily changed.
Puddenchucker said:
But the shape of the door (leading edge) is wrong, as is the relationship between the base of the A pillar and the front wheel.
Fairly fundamental 'hard-points' that aren't easily changed.
Agreed, it's close, but those fundamentals discount it. More searching to be done!Fairly fundamental 'hard-points' that aren't easily changed.
NASA? You know anyone?
If you look back at my previous post you will see that I had lightened up the picture to reveal the nuts on the wheels,
folk back then weren't into swapping wheels around so much, I would suggest that the wheels are the standard original fit of
Panhard.
I think the car is a Panhard, it may even be in a state of R&D and that's why we can't recognise what it is.
If you look back at my previous post you will see that I had lightened up the picture to reveal the nuts on the wheels,
folk back then weren't into swapping wheels around so much, I would suggest that the wheels are the standard original fit of
Panhard.
I think the car is a Panhard, it may even be in a state of R&D and that's why we can't recognise what it is.
HarryW said:
I kept looking at Panhards, particularly the X86 and wonder if it was a one off derivative of that type... Keep looking.
Yeah, if you putAllemano Crepaldi Panhard Dyna X86 Coupe 1951
Into Google you'll see another car that it's almost like, we keep moaning about modern cars all looking the same but it seems there were hundreds that looked like this strange little car!
Bebee said:
NASA? You know anyone?
If you look back at my previous post you will see that I had lightened up the picture to reveal the nuts on the wheels,
folk back then weren't into swapping wheels around so much, I would suggest that the wheels are the standard original fit of
Panhard.
I think the car is a Panhard, it may even be in a state of R&D and that's why we can't recognise what it is.
Personally I still don't understand why anyone thinks it's some sort of "factory" car. Looks completely amateurish to me, and I've got no doubts it's a homebuilt using aluminium left around after WW2.If you look back at my previous post you will see that I had lightened up the picture to reveal the nuts on the wheels,
folk back then weren't into swapping wheels around so much, I would suggest that the wheels are the standard original fit of
Panhard.
I think the car is a Panhard, it may even be in a state of R&D and that's why we can't recognise what it is.
I've made a mental note to post here shortly before Le Mans, reminding members to take a copy of this image with them - there may be some old guy in the hotels or cafes who remembers this car, because his mate Jacques in the garage round the corner built it in his spare time.
This is a "heads-up" for anyone attending Le Mans next weekend. PLEASE take a copy of the photo with you, especially if you're intending to visit this town centre. This puzzle must be solved this year - it's doing my head in.
PS I've just repeated this request on the Le Mans forum.
PS I've just repeated this request on the Le Mans forum.
Edited by nicanary on Sunday 12th June 14:29
A fellow member of Autopuzzles has a thread on which he places images of unknown homebuilt cars - this is an eigenbau (one-off) which bears an uncanny resemblance to our "strange" car although there are some differences, so please don't start putting me in my place!
It's a sight nearer the mark than some of the ridiculous suggestions we've had over the months.
It's a sight nearer the mark than some of the ridiculous suggestions we've had over the months.
Thought I'd stumbled across it this morning with this one off for sale in Holland:
http://www.kucarfa.nl/DKW/AutoUnionProtoGB.html
But no.
http://www.kucarfa.nl/DKW/AutoUnionProtoGB.html
But no.
It could be one of those Tatra 600 or others with rear wheel cover removed? but the door shut lines dont match up.. it is large enough though.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Tatra+600&ne...
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Tatra+600&ne...
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