Another mystery car - London Oddities
Discussion
Whilst looking for the above Mystery Car, internet searches keep turning up other rare (or unidentified) vehicles.
So this is a place to post any interesting cars found in and around Oxford Street, Vere Street, Regent Street, Pall Mall, Waterloo Place etc, in London during the 1960s and early 1970s, whilst we look for sightings of the mystery car above...........
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EDITED TO AVOID CONFUSION -
Not to identify the blue car in the picture - for other oddities discovered whilst looking for the blue car to avoid going off topic in the main thread.........
Apologies for any confusion............
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Edited by borrani72 on Monday 4th March 15:40
Edited by borrani72 on Monday 4th March 15:43
4 years too late.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Whilst some of the original pics are gone, it was about this car in particular.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Whilst some of the original pics are gone, it was about this car in particular.
Du1point8 said:
4 years too late.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Whilst some of the original pics are gone, it was about this car in particular.
Have you read that thread lately and noted the names of recent contributors?https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Whilst some of the original pics are gone, it was about this car in particular.
Riley Blue said:
Du1point8 said:
4 years too late.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Whilst some of the original pics are gone, it was about this car in particular.
Have you read that thread lately and noted the names of recent contributors?https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Whilst some of the original pics are gone, it was about this car in particular.
Du1point8 said:
Sort of noted the picture and remember the thread, whats the point of going through it all again... research is all there.
He's not suggesting that though, he's suggesting a thread to showcase some of the other oddities we've found while looking for 'the one'. (At least that's how I read it.)SCREENSHOTS
Spot something interesting, and the image won't save as an image? Take a screen shot..........
Press 'Windows' button (bottom left, between Ctrl & Alt) at the same time as
'Print Screen' (top row, next to F12)
The image will be stored in a folder called 'Screenshots' in the 'Pictures' folder of your hard drive (using Microsoft Windows).
Here's a few oddities I've come across..........
Not sure what this out-of-focus gold blob (above) is.........
Going by the wheels (below), some sort of Ford special
Looks familiar, but I can't place it.....
What's the metallic blue soft-top behind the barriers?
Click to embiggenate........
c1965 Corvair Spyder on the left (below)
c1972 Buick Riviera turning left
FIAT 1500 and a rare 2300S
1965 or '66 Corvette
Foreign-registered LHD Karmann-Ghia
Alfa Romeo Giulietta/Giulia Sprint Speciale
Alfa Romeo Giulietta/Giulia Sprint Speciale
How's this for contrast? A Tippen Delta invalid carriage in front of a '68 Thunderbird.
Black Marcos emerging from a side road
Below, a Powerdrive - as identified by nicanary
WHAT IS THIS???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks2SP4czKP4
Is it even a car? Could it be a streamlined 'bike? Is that a small stabilizing fin on the roof, like a Tatra?
It doesn't seem to be a trailer as there's nothing in the film that could be towing it.
It looks like one of those strange cars designed by famous architects like the Dymaxion or something by Norman Bell Geddes....
Spot something interesting, and the image won't save as an image? Take a screen shot..........
Press 'Windows' button (bottom left, between Ctrl & Alt) at the same time as
'Print Screen' (top row, next to F12)
The image will be stored in a folder called 'Screenshots' in the 'Pictures' folder of your hard drive (using Microsoft Windows).
Here's a few oddities I've come across..........
Not sure what this out-of-focus gold blob (above) is.........
Going by the wheels (below), some sort of Ford special
Looks familiar, but I can't place it.....
What's the metallic blue soft-top behind the barriers?
Click to embiggenate........
c1965 Corvair Spyder on the left (below)
c1972 Buick Riviera turning left
FIAT 1500 and a rare 2300S
1965 or '66 Corvette
Foreign-registered LHD Karmann-Ghia
Alfa Romeo Giulietta/Giulia Sprint Speciale
Alfa Romeo Giulietta/Giulia Sprint Speciale
How's this for contrast? A Tippen Delta invalid carriage in front of a '68 Thunderbird.
Black Marcos emerging from a side road
Below, a Powerdrive - as identified by nicanary
WHAT IS THIS???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks2SP4czKP4
Is it even a car? Could it be a streamlined 'bike? Is that a small stabilizing fin on the roof, like a Tatra?
It doesn't seem to be a trailer as there's nothing in the film that could be towing it.
It looks like one of those strange cars designed by famous architects like the Dymaxion or something by Norman Bell Geddes....
Great thread all the same!
The rear fins are remarkably similar, especially the way that they are angled up at the rear, and the low build seems right too.
But the gold car seems to have rear and side windows more like a Lamborghini 350 GT, and no filler cap.
Were there any after market hardtops made for the Auto Union?
On the gold car, I think the tail lights seem to be wide and rectangular, below the boot lid.
I wonder whether it could be a coachbuilt, updated version?
Fissore built some that looked like this........
Are there any other versions of the 1000SP that might fit?
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