What's this car?
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AndrewT1275

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911 posts

269 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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Saw this parked up earlier. Any idea what it is?


aeropilot

40,526 posts

256 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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Given it's clearly been extensively 'kustomised' it will be more a case of working out what it was, rather than is....??

I'd say its 30's era, but I don't think it's American though.......?


dandarez

14,009 posts

312 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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The wheel caps (centre domes) remind me of old Citroens. Could it be a madly customised Traction Avant?

Mike-tf3n0

573 posts

111 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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Looks like a BMW 328 might be in there somewhere, in the back of my mind too is the thought that wasn't Archie Fraser Nash involved in importing them after the war but this may be something else entirely under the skin!

williamp

20,380 posts

302 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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Front looks like a pre war peugeot

Pericoloso

44,044 posts

192 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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We're going to need a whole new forum area for "Cars we can't identify"

Roy C

4,213 posts

313 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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The grille is in the style of the late 1930s Peugeot 402, with the headlamps hidden behind, but the rest of the vehicle is very different from anything built at Sochaux.

soad

34,630 posts

205 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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I like it. cool

Doofus

34,282 posts

202 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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Looks like Andy Saunders to me. Or something inspired by him

Pericoloso

44,044 posts

192 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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Doofus said:
Looks like Andy Saunders to me. Or something inspired by him
good call ,is he still active ?

Doofus

34,282 posts

202 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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Pericoloso said:
good call ,is he still active ?
Well, he was last week...

smile

Edited by Doofus on Friday 10th August 23:03

restoman

1,011 posts

237 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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It is a 1939 Peugeot 202 pick up and yes, it's an Andy Saunders creation known as 'Metropolis'.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2kw9v1aLm8

Edited by restoman on Friday 10th August 23:04

Yertis

19,707 posts

295 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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I follow Andy on FB, I thought this was a really nice piece of work.

(That’s a nice part of the world BTW - handy for the park, handy for the seaside, and just generally a nicer part of town. My auntie lived 100 yards from there.)


AndrewT1275

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911 posts

269 months

Saturday 11th August 2018
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Good work. Although standards do seem to be slipping as that took over two hours to identify. hehe

Yertis said:
That’s a nice part of the world BTW
Did you identify that location from half a house or are there tags embedded in the photo?

Yertis

19,707 posts

295 months

Saturday 11th August 2018
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Half a house and the bend in the road. No tags.
Spent a huge amount of time around there as a kid. Quickest way to town from my Nan’s place up near the main road was along that road, down the steep steps (just by that corner we’re looking at) to the park, along between the park and the railway, into town past the swimming pool. In those days the bit at the other end of the park was derelict ex-gasworks. Drove through last month and scarcely recognised it.

Just as an aside my Dad was a mate of Andy’s Dad and was often suggesting I go along to look at what Andy was up to, but I was quite reclusive and only really interested in aircraft in those days, so passed on the offer. Regret that now.

aeropilot

40,526 posts

256 months

Saturday 11th August 2018
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Doofus said:
Pericoloso said:
good call ,is he still active ?
Well, he was last week...

smile

Edited by Doofus on Friday 10th August 23:03
laugh


AndrewT1275

Original Poster:

911 posts

269 months

Saturday 11th August 2018
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Yertis said:
Half a house and the bend in the road. No tags.
Spent a huge amount of time around there as a kid. Quickest way to town from my Nan’s place up near the main road was along that road, down the steep steps (just by that corner we’re looking at) to the park, along between the park and the railway, into town past the swimming pool. In those days the bit at the other end of the park was derelict ex-gasworks. Drove through last month and scarcely recognised it.

Just as an aside my Dad was a mate of Andy’s Dad and was often suggesting I go along to look at what Andy was up to, but I was quite reclusive and only really interested in aircraft in those days, so passed on the offer. Regret that now.
Are you this guy?


I remember being able to see the gasworks from in the swimming pool. thumbup It's certainly changed a lot since then.

Yertis

19,707 posts

295 months

Saturday 11th August 2018
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biggrin

Maybe I am. Even I was surprised I recognised it on so little evidence. I used to love looking across the lake at the gasworks all lit up, with its little flame burning.

Some Gump

13,018 posts

215 months

Saturday 11th August 2018
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I really like that. Massively impractical, borderline illegal and totally different.

Doofus

34,282 posts

202 months

Sunday 12th August 2018
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Some Gump said:
I really like that. Massively impractical, borderline illegal and totally different.
What's borderline illegal about it?