Cars you didn't know existed...

[Deranged Rover]

Rod200SX said:

Can't just be me that absolutely loves this? Though would need some nicer wheels.

I love american trucks/SUVs. At some point, if I ever find a good one, I will have a Chevrolet S10 Xtreme of sorts, either pickup or blazer.

Nope, I love that, too!

[Doofus]

JPvanRossem said:

MarkwG said:

In a hand crafted car, that looks sh!t - it even has the mounting points to screw it down "properly" for pities sake, it looks like it's held on with Blutac...

Where did you get the idea that handcrafted cars have superior design, fit or finish?

Or the idea that it wouldn't look st in a robot-built car?

[MarkwG]

Doofus said:

JPvanRossem said:

MarkwG said:

In a hand crafted car, that looks sh!t - it even has the mounting points to screw it down "properly" for pities sake, it looks like it's held on with Blutac...

Where did you get the idea that handcrafted cars have superior design, fit or finish?

Or the idea that it wouldn't look st in a robot-built car?

I'm not judging hand built vs mass production - if you're building it by hand, you have the time to put it in correctly, particularly on a demonstration car, so why wouldn't you take that time? Bristols were supposedly a premium product, at a premium price, after all.

[Veeayt]

67Dino said:

Just come across this for sale: a Dodge Durango Shelby sp360, a huge 4x4 estate thing with a 5.9L supercharged V8. It’s like an Audi RS6 designed by the Dukes of Hazzard. Joy.

Funnily enough, my mate actually owns one, with 6.6 conversion but with supercharger removed - he's had trouble making it running, don't remember the details. It's such a weird car, and a pain to own. Fuel economy is in single figures ANYWHERE except motorways, and it drives like a wounded boar. However, he can't get himself to part with it.

Anyway, a new one for me - '34 Graber Duesenberg Convertible. Simply the most beautiful convertible I've ever seen.

[NomduJour]

MarkwG said:

I'm not judging hand built vs mass production - if you're building it by hand, you have the time to put it in correctly, particularly on a demonstration car, so why wouldn't you take that time? Bristols were supposedly a premium product, at a premium price, after all.

This is clearly something added by a past owner, it obviously didn’t leave Bristol with that stuck to the dashboard.

[67Dino]

Veeayt said:

67Dino said:

Just come across this for sale: a Dodge Durango Shelby sp360, a huge 4x4 estate thing with a 5.9L supercharged V8. It’s like an Audi RS6 designed by the Dukes of Hazzard. Joy.

Funnily enough, my mate actually owns one, with 6.6 conversion but with supercharger removed - he's had trouble making it running, don't remember the details. It's such a weird car, and a pain to own. Fuel economy is in single figures ANYWHERE except motorways, and it drives like a wounded boar. However, he can't get himself to part with it.

Anyway, a new one for me - '34 Graber Duesenberg Convertible. Simply the most beautiful convertible I've ever seen.

Wow. Surely there can’t be any other field of human endeavour where ostensibly the same function is fulfilled by two options so widely differing in aesthetic merit? That’s gorgeous.

[MarkwG]

NomduJour said:

MarkwG said:

I'm not judging hand built vs mass production - if you're building it by hand, you have the time to put it in correctly, particularly on a demonstration car, so why wouldn't you take that time? Bristols were supposedly a premium product, at a premium price, after all.

This is clearly something added by a past owner, it obviously didn’t leave Bristol with that stuck to the dashboard.

I'd certainly hope that was the case.

[essdaytwelve]

Bertini GT25. A body panel replacement kit to fit all versions of the Z3.

[saaby93]

[quote= essdaytwelve]Bertini GT25. A body panel replacement kit to fit all versions of the Z3.





Looks too much like a Z3?
http://www.bertinigt25.com/

[Steamer]

It was all going so well until I got to the front view

...hopefully a line I don't have to repeat too often in life.

[F1GTRUeno]

I seem to remember there being a thread on here about the guy creating the Bertini kit?

[Doofus]

F1GTRUeno said:

I seem to remember there being a thread on here about the guy creating the Bertini kit?

Me too. It was several years ago, now.

[Red Devil]

Doofus said:

F1GTRUeno said:

I seem to remember there being a thread on here about the guy creating the Bertini kit?

Me too. It was several years ago, now.

2013 - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Hobbes003]

Mercedes 560 TEL:



Conversion by Caro.



There were several Estate conversions of the W126

[BFleming]

Hobbes003 said:

There were several Estate conversions of the W126

Indeed, I saw this one in the metal at a classic car show in Berlin a couple of years ago. Impressive/imposing for sure!

[Fast Bug]

Jazzy Jag said:

Not a car, but until today I had never heard of the VW Fridolin.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Type_14...

Made in limited numbers in the 70s for the postal service.

Love the Frid, there have been a couple of well modified nice ones over the years. I wasn't aware that DAF did their own take on it though with the 441

[Blown2CV]

BFleming said:

Hobbes003 said:

There were several Estate conversions of the W126

Indeed, I saw this one in the metal at a classic car show in Berlin a couple of years ago. Impressive/imposing for sure!

think i prefer the boxy one!

[BFleming]

Blown2CV said:

BFleming said:

Hobbes003 said:

There were several Estate conversions of the W126

Indeed, I saw this one in the metal at a classic car show in Berlin a couple of years ago. Impressive/imposing for sure!

think i prefer the boxy one!

Oh I do too, not a fan of the blue one at all!

[Dapster]

JPvanRossem said:

It'd be a bit sluggish, though. How about a 6.3 wagon, courtesy of Crayford?

Those Crayford conversions were so awkward looking! Even the publicity shots couldn't make them look good. None of the rear window edges lined up with anything!



Compare that with Mercedes's own prototype which sadly never made production.

[21st Century Man]

That publicity shot doesn't make me fap.