RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2019 Now here's a strange one. This looks like an NSU or a Simca 1200S but it isn't..... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2019 Apologies for the LNER teak Mini in the background of the previous shot, a hazard of car shows. Anyway, here's another one. Why did this have to be parked near a building? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 28, 2019 I rather like the chopped top mini, though I.m not sure about the 'teak' effect, but why leave the roof rack on while on display? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Joseph_Pestell said: Now here's a strange one. This looks like an NSU or a Simca 1200S but it isn't..... Then what was it? Looks too 'produced' to be kit. steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, steve1 said: Then what was it? Looks too 'produced' to be kit. steve Yes, quite a pleasing vehicle. I'll give it until tomorrow to see if one of our "clever clogs" members can give the answers. But another clue. The model name is now, oddly, used by Renault. Edited May 28, 2019 by Joseph_Pestell Extra clue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Joseph_Pestell said: That one looks a bit odd to me. Perhaps a bitza. French registered, could be a basic model only sold in France. 1 hour ago, Joseph_Pestell said: Now here's a strange one. This looks like an NSU or a Simca 1200S but it isn't..... 5 minutes ago, steve1 said: Then what was it? Looks too 'produced' to be kit. steve Gilbern? Edited May 28, 2019 by PhilJ W 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2019 Just now, PhilJ W said: French registered, could be a basic model only sold in France. Gilburn? A Dutch plate, I think. But for it to have the full canvas top it should have the speedo on the door pillar. I can't see the bonnet panels but they would be corrugated too for the full canvas variant. I suspect this 2CV is late 60s/70s and the canvas bootlid has been added to make it look older. Nope. Not a Gilbern. But it is British and not a marque that I had come across before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2019 1 hour ago, petethemole said: though I.m not sure about the 'teak' effect, but why leave the roof rack on while on display? It's a whole lot better than Hornby's recent efforts! The roof rack had some toys attached to it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Joseph_Pestell said: A Dutch plate, I think. But for it to have the full canvas top it should have the speedo on the door pillar. I can't see the bonnet panels but they would be corrugated too for the full canvas variant. I suspect this 2CV is late 60s/70s and the canvas bootlid has been added to make it look older. In many European countries where unlike the UK where vehicles do carry the same registration throughout their lives cross border sales of second hand cars are quite common. The classic movement of second hand cars is German MOT failures to Poland which when they fail the less stringent Polish MOT are passed on to the Ukraine and then in turn to Russia. Edited May 28, 2019 by PhilJ W 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2019 I did think Fairthorpe - but I can’t see a Renault connection. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2019 8 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: In many European countries where unlike the UK vehicles do carry the same registration throughout their lives cross border sales of second hand cars are quite common. The classic movement of second hand cars is German MOT failures to Poland which when they fail the less stringent Polish MOT are passed on to the Ukraine and then in turn to Russia. Don't you mean that the other way around? - here most cars do carry the same registration for life, on the continent they often don't - in some countries they change registration when they change owner (I believe in Poland it's only if the change region - so a car registered in Warsaw, sold to someone in Warsaw will keep the same plate, but if sold to someone in Krakow it will be re-registered with a Krakow area plate) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 27 minutes ago, Joseph_Pestell said: Nope. Not a Gilbern. But it is British and not a marque that I had come across before. Tornado Talisman............ 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, alastairq said: Tornado Talisman............ I knew that someone here would have the answer. A 1962 car. Were designers all of one mind? Or was some copying going on, one way or the other. Looking them up when I got home, they have had a remarkably successful career on track. Based on Ford 105E mechanical parts. Only a 993cc engine but I think those could be tuned up quite a bit. For comparison, picture of an NSU Prinz coupe Edited May 28, 2019 by Joseph_Pestell Add photo 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, Joseph_Pestell said: ooking them up when I got home, they have had a remarkably successful career on track. Based on Ford 105E mechanical parts. Only a 993cc engine but I think those could be tuned up quite a bit. Ford pre-crossflow 1500cc [Cortina] engines...... They went on to cut 'n' shut the chassis from a Daimler SP250....[Triumph TR chassis, as it happens...I think...?] With the Daimler 2.5 V8.....offered this mix to Jagwar with the Talisman bodyshell on top....[must have been an improvement over the original Daimler shape?]....I think only one was made.....but it did well in a French rally..vey well. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 28, 2019 17 minutes ago, Nick C said: Don't you mean that the other way around? - here most cars do carry the same registration for life, on the continent they often don't - in some countries they change registration when they change owner (I believe in Poland it's only if the change region - so a car registered in Warsaw, sold to someone in Warsaw will keep the same plate, but if sold to someone in Krakow it will be re-registered with a Krakow area plate) Oops, missed the word 'where' after UK, now amended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 My first thought was a French Bonnet......somehow got confused with all the chatter about canvas 2CVs.......then the swage line above the rear wheelarch [is that the right description?] made me think of Rochdale......but the headlamps would have been wrong... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 It looks like it could be the one on the Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_Cars steve 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 29, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2019 18 hours ago, Joseph_Pestell said: Apologies for the LNER teak Mini in the background of the previous shot, a hazard of car shows. Anyway, here's another one. Why did this have to be parked near a building? No replies on this one. The reason it had to be parked on its own, and near the building, was for the hose to reach the tap. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 29, 2019 28 minutes ago, Joseph_Pestell said: No replies on this one. The reason it had to be parked on its own, and near the building, was for the hose to reach the tap. Stanley steamer. http://www.stanleymotorcarriage.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 The Teak Mini has been doing the rounds for a while now (that's the owner Lizzie in the pic).... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kingzance Posted May 29, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2019 7 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: The Teak Mini has been doing the rounds for a while now (that's the owner Lizzie in the pic).... I have to say, nicely trimmed 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 There will soon be brand new Ford Escort Mk2s available... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted May 30, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2019 That escort is fantastic, no mention of price mind 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Quarryscapes said: There will soon be brand new Ford Escort Mk2s available... Four door too? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 9 hours ago, russ p said: That escort is fantastic, no mention of price mind That one was £22,200 as a non rolling shell, we recently shipped a rolling shell to New Zealand with additional parts totalling £43,000 and still not a full car! 9 hours ago, BernardTPM said: Four door too? The new shells only come in 2 door configuration as they were always intended to be rally cars. 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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