Cars you didn't know existed...

[Fast Bug]

AlexiusG55 said:

The only Briggs and Stratton car I was aware of was this one:
[Img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WHocpk-b6OM/TCcYXitzlmI/AAAAAAAABVA/NmeBVkTcDk0/s1600/briggs-stratton.jpg[/thumb]

One-wheel-drive, no brakes except the driver's feet, and I think the "clutch pedal" worked by lifting the driven wheel off the ground. Possibly the cheapest new car ever sold ($125 new).

I never knew they made that. I was aware they made the motor wheel* to turn a bicycle in to a cheap motorbike type thing, but never that they made a complete 'car'

• Thanks to American Pickers

[Noyzboy]

Edwards Brothers 1950s Special at Bagshot Waitrose Nov 2019

[Ares]

LuS1fer said:

BFleming said:

Except over there, they look like this. All this bhing about the new BMW grilles, and Lexus are doing this (stateside):

Still better than BMW grilles which make me flinch and gag at the same time.

Suspect thats the badge, not the grill.

But this is the new crash protection. ALL manufacturers are going for big grills.

[SturdyHSV]

I saw this car (literally this one, there's only 5, so it was this one) in MK the other day, had no idea they existed, obviously there was a PH thread about them but in the archive...



An FBS Census no less.

[SturdyHSV]

Matt Cup said:

Halmyre said:

That sonds vaguely familiar. In a similar vein, I remember reading about a prototype battery or hybrid car that one of the big manufacturers made, it was allocated to selected members of the public but after the trial period they were all recalled and scrapped.

GM EV1?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1

The 'Who killed the electric car?' documentary mentioned was relatively interesting and the first time I'd heard of the EV1. Twas available on Netflix some time ago I think, as I can't imagine where else I would have seen it.

[eldar]

Ares said:

Suspect thats the badge, not the grill.

But this is the new crash protection. ALL manufacturers are going for big grills.

I can’t work out how a large grille would help in crash protection. Seems counterintuitive.

[tr7v8]

Noyzboy said:

Edwards Brothers 1950s Special at Bagshot Waitrose Nov 2019

A mate and I pulled one out of a hedge in Hungerford. It was E93A chassis, 100E engine. This would have been around 1983 or so. Not sure what happened to it, I'll find out.

[LuS1fer]

eldar said:

I can’t work out how a large grille would help in crash protection. Seems counterintuitive.

I think it's more to do with trying to style a front end that now has to be much higher, for safety reasons.

[generationx]

tr7v8 said:

Noyzboy said:

Edwards Brothers 1950s Special at Bagshot Waitrose Nov 2019

A mate and I pulled one out of a hedge in Hungerford. It was E93A chassis, 100E engine. This would have been around 1983 or so. Not sure what happened to it, I'll find out.

There no chance this is a convertible version of THAT car?

[Dapster]

generationx said:

tr7v8 said:

Noyzboy said:

Edwards Brothers 1950s Special at Bagshot Waitrose Nov 2019

A mate and I pulled one out of a hedge in Hungerford. It was E93A chassis, 100E engine. This would have been around 1983 or so. Not sure what happened to it, I'll find out.

There no chance this is a convertible version of THAT car?

You mean this one? Er, mais non.

[LuS1fer]

Dapster said:

You mean this one? Er, mais non.

I think he may mean the mystery blue one but it's nothing like that one either.

[eldar]

LuS1fer said:

eldar said:

I can’t work out how a large grille would help in crash protection. Seems counterintuitive.

I think it's more to do with trying to style a front end that now has to be much higher, for safety reasons.

Ah, that would make sense, cheers

[Doofus]

eldar said:

LuS1fer said:

eldar said:

I can’t work out how a large grille would help in crash protection. Seems counterintuitive.

I think it's more to do with trying to style a front end that now has to be much higher, for safety reasons.

Ah, that would make sense, cheers

And ugly enough to make people run away.

[soxboy]

Whilst 'working from home' I ended watching an old Bergerac on Drama channel. It was a special set in France, where Jim ended up driving a very well-converted Merc 190 cabrio

[Fast Bug]

soxboy said:

Whilst 'working from home' I ended watching an old Bergerac on Drama channel. It was a special set in France, where Jim ended up driving a very well-converted Merc 190 cabrio

There was also some 190 Coupe and Compact prototypes built by MB

[tr7v8]

generationx said:

tr7v8 said:

Noyzboy said:

Edwards Brothers 1950s Special at Bagshot Waitrose Nov 2019

A mate and I pulled one out of a hedge in Hungerford. It was E93A chassis, 100E engine. This would have been around 1983 or so. Not sure what happened to it, I'll find out.

There no chance this is a convertible version of THAT car?

Just had a message from the mate who had his one:-
I sold it to a guy locally from Overton. I think the reg on mine was CBH 716 It had a Standard Flying 9 chassis.

[Jader1973]

Matt Cup said:

Halmyre said:

That sonds vaguely familiar. In a similar vein, I remember reading about a prototype battery or hybrid car that one of the big manufacturers made, it was allocated to selected members of the public but after the trial period they were all recalled and scrapped.

GM EV1?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1

They weren't all scrapped. They donated quite a few to academic institutions.

I've seen one in the flesh. Odd little thing.

[sinbaddio]

soxboy said:

Whilst 'working from home' I ended watching an old Bergerac on Drama channel. It was a special set in France, where Jim ended up driving a very well-converted Merc 190 cabrio

Ooh I do like that!

[Dapster]

Fast Bug said:

soxboy said:

Whilst 'working from home' I ended watching an old Bergerac on Drama channel. It was a special set in France, where Jim ended up driving a very well-converted Merc 190 cabrio

There was also some 190 Coupe and Compact prototypes built by MB

Back in 1981, Mercedes built a prototype "Compact Car" which was based on the yet to be launched W201 190E platform and W123 estate rear.




By the late 80's, German tuners Shultz would do you a 190E "City" - a 2.6 petrol 190E front end, shortened wheelbase and a W124 tail grafted to the back.



The factory produced a few W201 convertible prototypes, including this one produced late in the model life cycle

[Red Devil]

Doofus said:

Red Devil said:

Maybe, in your universe...

THERE IS NO PICTURE

Don't know why the link didn't work. It's there now.