What car did I see?

[VeeTEC]

Coming out of Sainsburys in Norwich this evening

Boxy shape that you'd possibly associate with a 60s/70s era car.

Not actually that far off the shape of a Lada Riva, but not as ugly from my brief glance.

Pretty sure the badge had a blue "C" on it.

The one I saw cruised past me and had a lovely deep V8 burble

[Doofus]

Tatra T603
Tatra T613 (more likely)

Edited by Doofus on Wednesday 16th June 20:29

[ewenm]

No blue C but a Bristol?

[useyourdellusion]

Gordon Keeble? Had a V8.



Or a Gilbern Invader? Was a V6 iirc.




Ok, not exactly Lada shaped, but kind of boxy.

Edited by useyourdellusion on Wednesday 16th June 20:23

[kiteless]

Bristol Brigand?



Rolls Royce Camargue?

[Alfanatic]

Boxy car that looks like it's from the '70s, has a V8 and a C in it's name...


Jeep Grand Cherokee?

[VeeTEC]

useyourdellusion said:

Or a Gilbern Invader? Was a V6 iirc.




Ok, not exactly Lada shaped, but kind of boxy.

Edited by useyourdellusion on Wednesday 16th June 20:23

Closest so far in terms of shape. The shape was only for a rough idea. I only caught a fleeting glance.

I suppose the badge could have been a "G"

It was quite small, so the likes of RR are definitely out. I could spot one of those a mile off

literally.

Edited by VeeTEC on Wednesday 16th June 20:53

Edited by VeeTEC on Wednesday 16th June 20:58

[useyourdellusion]

Hmm, What about a Stag? They look quite saloon-esque with the hard-top fitted. This one looks like it's missing its engine, but you get the idea.




Could it have been American? Thinking Cadillac Seville or something..

[VeeTEC]

useyourdellusion said:

Hmm, What about a Stag? They look quite saloon-esque with the hard-top fitted. This one looks like it's missing its engine, but you get the idea.



Could it have been American? Thinking Cadillac Seville or something..

No. It wasn't that big. Looked fairly small and austere. I assumed at the time that the engine noise was because it had had a conversion, so the engine doesn't necessarily have to be much of a clue.

The badge is driving me mad. I've been looking through this website, but haven't found it so far.

http://hem.passagen.se/diecast43/

[edo]

Alfa of some sort?

[VeeTEC]

edo said:

That sort of size and shape, but I'm sure the badge looked nothing like that, and I'm equally sure I'd have clocked an Alfa grille.

[edo]

have a sniff around the classifieds and the alfa "other" there are some similar cars. Also this sort of thing?

[Doofus]

Wasn't an Iso Rivolta, was it?

[VeeTEC]

edo said:

have a sniff around the classifieds and the alfa "other" there are some similar cars. Also this sort of thing?

Nope.

TBH you could probably show me a picture of it and I wouldn't be sure. I thought the badge would be the key, but having searched the web I can't find anything that looks like the badge I saw. I'm beginning to think it wasn't a manufacturers badge.

[Johnny Drama]

Lancia Fulvia?

[Or888t]

Mk1 Capri

[VeeTEC]

Johnny Drama said:

Lancia Fulvia?

Perhaps not a million miles off in terms of shape (I did say I only saw it briefly!), but I think it was shorter and more squat.

[VeeTEC]

Or888t said:

Mk1 Capri

No.

My god that colour is hideous. The one next to it looks lovely though.

[Doofus]

Hmm. Shorter and squatter than a Fulvia. "C" for a badge. There's only one answer!

http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/20...

[useyourdellusion]

Your last post opens things up then OP!

This looks very Lada-esque. I can't make out if it's a Datun or a Toyota though..





Or there's the early Skyline:





They all look as if they'd accomodate a smallish V8 conversion.