Cars you didn't know existed...

[carinaman]

Infiniti QX80 LIMITED AWD 5.6 5dr - There's a brown one on Autotrader for £45K. An utter monstrosity.

[Veeayt]

F1GTRUeno said:

From Touring Superleggera's FB page. Presumably based on the Maserati Granturismo.

Isn't it a Mustang in drag?

[Red Devil]

F1GTRUeno said:

From Touring Superleggera's FB page. Presumably based on the Maserati Granturismo.

- https://www.topspeed.com/cars/others/2018-touring-...
The convertible appeared the following year - https://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/the-2020-to...

Veeayt said:

Isn't it a Mustang in drag?

There are indeed Mustang elements in the design. See the second link above.

[threespires]

Killeen K16
"the Killeen K16, also known as the Springbok K16 and it is one of many projects by Tom Killeen, a former Jensen engineer and draughtsman who passed away in 1991."

Link -
http://maximummini.blogspot.com/2012/12/urban-lege...

And his Imp based Scorpion

Link -
https://www.imps4ever.info/specials/scorpion.html

[saaby93]

threespires said:

Killeen K16
"the Killeen K16, also known as the Springbok K16 and it is one of many projects by Tom Killeen, a former Jensen engineer and draughtsman who passed away in 1991."

Link -
http://maximummini.blogspot.com/2012/12/urban-lege...

And his Imp based Scorpion

Link -
https://www.imps4ever.info/specials/scorpion.html

There's quite a bit of Clan Crusader in that - maybe it's where you end up if you begin with an Imp.

[Hugo a Gogo]

Astacus said:

gingabloke said:

Both built by Bill Carter.

yep, definitely reminds me of




but the idea of my toes being that close to the car in front would give me sleepless nights

Edited by Astacus on Saturday 28th March 16:08

Clearly never driven an old VW van

[Composer62]

Red Devil said:

F1GTRUeno said:

From Touring Superleggera's FB page. Presumably based on the Maserati Granturismo.

- https://www.topspeed.com/cars/others/2018-touring-...
The convertible appeared the following year - https://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/the-2020-to...

Veeayt said:

Isn't it a Mustang in drag?

There are indeed Mustang elements in the design. See the second link above.

Jay Leno did a piece on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FghvF5iHp0

[threespires]

Red Devil said:

Fill your boots. - http://tardis.dl.ac.uk/Mercia/killeen_book/node14....

Good find.

[threespires]

Liege on the Kyrle trial April 2004

[ajprice]

The canopy cars from a few posts back got me thinking of a kit car, I've been looking around trying to think what it was called. I've found it now, the Vindicator F4



I think it's based on a Mondeo V6, specs are hard to find.

[Matt Cup]

Strange name, even stranger looking car. Paint it purple and it’d be perfect for Dick Dastardly.

[Matt Cup]

More of a Tuning Division is not heard of than the car I didn’t know existed.

Triumph Acclaim Avon Turbo



https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/triumph/acclaim/av...

Courtesy of this fella’s thread here.

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

[Hub]

Matt Cup said:

More of a Tuning Division is not heard of than the car I didn’t know existed.

Triumph Acclaim Avon Turbo



https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/triumph/acclaim/av...

Courtesy of this fella’s thread here.

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

Talking about tarted up Hondas, I was browsing a coffee table 'worst cars ever' book or something recently and they had one I'd never heard of, the 'Rapport Ritz'. A Honda Accord with some aerofoil nose that rises when the headlights are on, ruining the aerodynamics, and a posher interior for twice the price of the original car.



https://www.aronline.co.uk/the-converters/rapport-...

[Matt Cup]

Slam that to the ground on some 13x10 alloys, bolt on arches, an oil cooler hanging out of the front, with a crazy exhaust and you have the perfect bozosoku car right there.

[Fastpedeller]

ajprice said:

The canopy cars from a few posts back got me thinking of a kit car, I've been looking around trying to think what it was called. I've found it now, the Vindicator F4



I think it's based on a Mondeo V6, specs are hard to find.

That's the owner/designer in the blue top standing behind it with - Very pleasant guy. last time a saw the car (at Stoneleigh kit car show) it was bronze colour.

[Red Devil]

Fastpedeller said:

That's the owner/designer in the blue top standing behind it with - Very pleasant guy. last time a saw the car (at Stoneleigh kit car show) it was bronze colour.

His name is Peter Gallop. The F4 has appeared on PH before - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Matt Cup said:

Paint it purple and it’d be perfect for Dick Dastardly.

Close, but no cigar.

Here's a later one of the car and Peter (pink T-shirt). Belvoir Castle Classic Car and Motorcycle Show July 2018.



Walk round video from that show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoxWjir0aiY

In the video it the narrator says the car does have Mondeo parts. The engine is a 3 litre 24V Duratec.
Normally Vindicator used a Sierra as a parts donor car for their Sprint, Shadow, and Vulcan models.
The F4 though is unique.

Like many small volume specialist manufacturers Vindicator is no longer trading.
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/0709255...

[Doofus]

I lament the decline and probable demise of the kit car industry. Some say it's all about replicas, which it isn't; and others say it's just badly built shoddy heaps which, again, it's not. But there's no two ways about it, when it comes to original design, most kit car manufacturers were hopeless.

[Jimmy Recard]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Clearly never driven an old VW van

You don’t see enough cab over/cab forward vans any more. I’d quite like a Bedford Rascal

[CanAm]

Jimmy Recard said:

You don’t see enough cab over/cab forward vans any more. I’d quite like a Bedford Rascal

Probably for the same reason that F1 cars now have the drivers' feet behind the front axle line.

[andburg]

CanAm said:

Jimmy Recard said:

You don’t see enough cab over/cab forward vans any more. I’d quite like a Bedford Rascal

Probably for the same reason that F1 cars now have the drivers' feet behind the front axle line.

crumple what?