Cars you didn't know existed...

[gothatway]

AstonZagato said:

1960 DB HBR5 Coach Surbaissé

Are those finned brake drums, mounted outboard of the wheels ?

[Doofus]

gothatway said:

Are those finned brake drums, mounted outboard of the wheels ?

Yes. The wheel rims fit around them, rather than behind them.

[ambuletz]

This video clip peaked my interest to post it in here.

https://imgur.com/gallery/OmLVIxZ

we know it as a mk5 fiesta. over there it's a mk1 ford figo with a different front. the mk2 is basically our Ka+

[Gompo]

The Dacon 828, a microcar designed to loosley mimic the Porsche 928.





Some info here https://www.vwheritage.com/blog/2016/03/11/what-is...

A Flickr contact recently spotted one, which made me aware. Like it.

[gothatway]

Gompo said:

The Dacon 828, a microcar designed to loosley mimic the Porsche 928.

It's got four wheels, so yes it's practically identical.

[saaby93]

gothatway said:

Gompo said:

The Dacon 828, a microcar designed to loosley mimic the Porsche 928.

It's got four wheels, so yes it's practically identical.

maybe squint slightly and see if it comes into focus
- it says 'Subsequent cars had more conventional 13in alloys, similar in design to the Porsche 944 '



erm no

[poing]

saaby93 said:

gothatway said:

Gompo said:

The Dacon 828, a microcar designed to loosley mimic the Porsche 928.

It's got four wheels, so yes it's practically identical.

maybe squint slightly and see if it comes into focus - it says 944 too



erm no

Not sure what you are all talking about, it's clearly a SWB 928 created for rallying just like the Quattro. Look at the wheels, clearly genuine Porch wheels.

It might have had a small crash at the front though...

[W00DY]

I want one!

[gothatway]

saaby93 said:

- it says 'Subsequent cars had more conventional 13in alloys, similar in design to the Porsche 944 '

An easy mistake to make - they obviously mean the 924 as that had 4-stud wheels whereas the 944 had 5-studs.

[Pericoloso]

W00DY said:

I want one!

Me too and then squeeze in something that gives it 928 performance.

LOL.

[ajprice]

Gompo said:

The Dacon 828, a microcar designed to loosley mimic the Porsche 928.





Some info here https://www.vwheritage.com/blog/2016/03/11/what-is...

A Flickr contact recently spotted one, which made me aware. Like it.

Yep, I'd have one, truck lights at an angle to look like 928 lights is genius . The link says it has a 1600 Beetle engine, so about 40bhp?

I'd want to get something very silly done to it though, something like Jonny Smith's Flux Capacitor EV drag car

[Truckosaurus]

I was flicking through the tv channels after Saturday's football and came across the show 'Rosemary and Thyme' in which, I believe, Felicity Kendal plays a crime solving gardener. They were in Italy and were pottering around in what looked like a 4-wheeled version of the classic 'Ape van' that every visitor to Italy has seen, a quick google shows that's exactly what it was.

A Piaggio Ape Porter:

[poing]

I'm sure I saw those with James May on one of his shows. Fantastically simple and easy to maintain.

[Usget]

Gompo said:

The Dacon 828, a microcar designed to loosley mimic the Porsche 928.





Some info here https://www.vwheritage.com/blog/2016/03/11/what-is...

A Flickr contact recently spotted one, which made me aware. Like it.

That is absolute genius. It looks like one of those caricature pictures of cars, you'd just need to fit stanced 24" wheels!

[Agent XXX]

Have just seen a Renault Thalius

on foreign plates

Looks like a booted megane and butt ugly.

Renault Phallus

Edit: Apparently it's THALIA and it's a clio sedan. Absolute LOL

[Hugo a Gogo]

Truckosaurus said:

I was flicking through the tv channels after Saturday's football and came across the show 'Rosemary and Thyme' in which, I believe, Felicity Kendal plays a crime solving gardener. They were in Italy and were pottering around in what looked like a 4-wheeled version of the classic 'Ape van' that every visitor to Italy has seen, a quick google shows that's exactly what it was.

A Piaggio Ape Porter:

that's odd
the later Porter is a badge-engineered Daihatsu HiJet, available as a van or a pickup, lots of them still about in Europe
they did a passenger van which was badged as an Innocenti Porter

[soxboy]

Truckosaurus said:

A Piaggio Ape Porter:

A Piaggio Ape is on my lottery wish list for when I retire abroad. I only recently realised that they are pronounced ‘Apay’ rather than Ape as in monkey.

[Pericoloso]

soxboy said:

A Piaggio Ape is on my lottery wish list for when I retire abroad. I only recently realised that they are pronounced ‘Apay’ rather than Ape as in monkey.

Why wait ?

My sister's partner has one in Sutton ,Surrey and uses it for local journeys.

Not sure my sister enjoys travelling in it.....

[48k]

soxboy said:

Truckosaurus said:

A Piaggio Ape Porter:

A Piaggio Ape is on my lottery wish list for when I retire abroad. I only recently realised that they are pronounced ‘Apay’ rather than Ape as in monkey.

I've been looking in to these for a while, with the coffee machine conversion on the back. Basically just a scooter with a body stuck on it. But some of the prices are eye watering.

[hondafanatic]

It’s highely likely this is already on here...or probably more likely I’m just out of touch with current cars...I saw an MG ZS which looks like a Renault Kadjar from the back.

I honestly thought the brand had died a quite death! I know they had a hatchback and Mondeo sized something or other...