Author Topic: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread (Read 856874 times)

Juggler · « **Reply #1375 on:** April 21, 2021, 07:26:34 AM »

Hello all

New member here, posting from Suffolk UK

Main interests are Model A's and T's, but a passing glance at 50's English Ford Specials (Flatpack EB60 Sports on the list of things to get round to)

A fellow club member has a friend who has just bought this. No idea what it is but kph instrumentation suggests a European heritage despite US mechanicals

Can only link to pics sorry, but YouTube below might help

Many thanks

Juggs

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pro_photo/sets/72157718973032618/

https://youtu.be/8nDpdSO1LKA

727 · « **Reply #1376 on:** April 21, 2021, 09:22:45 AM »

It looks like a variation of the LeGene Special

https://www.undiscoveredclassics.com/forgotten-fiberglass/christian-reichardts-1953-legene-special/

Delorean · « **Reply #1377 on:** May 19, 2021, 06:05:52 PM »

I've found this on a FB-page ; anybody has a clue what it might be?

Wendax · « **Reply #1378 on:** May 20, 2021, 01:25:18 AM »

Funny, I've got a picture of the same car in my collection. It is most probably an Opel P4 with post-war bodywork, either done by a private person or a small unknown coachbuilder. The Opel has a post-1953 East German registration from Leipzig.

Allemano · « **Reply #1379 on:** July 21, 2021, 11:45:24 AM »

Does anybody know what this could be?
I don't know if was built 1:1

Wendax · « **Reply #1380 on:** July 21, 2021, 12:40:15 PM »

A Japanese tin toy dream car inspired by Buick, I'd say.
Would have looked nice next to Tintin's Turbot I.

Allemano · « **Reply #1381 on:** July 21, 2021, 02:28:51 PM »

Quote from: Wendax on July 21, 2021, 12:40:15 PM

A Japanese tin toy dream car inspired by Buick, I'd say.
Would have looked nice next to Tintin's Turbot I.

I found it.. It's an ordinary toy car from Spain. Sorry was a little bit fooled by a friend of mine.

Wendax · « **Reply #1382 on:** August 01, 2021, 04:19:15 PM »

Despite the German post-war license plate it looks like a coachbuilt Italian car to me, perhaps some kind of Fiat 1500. Who can tell me exactly?

SolanaBogon · « **Reply #1383 on:** August 02, 2021, 12:26:19 PM »

Hello everyone,
are you able to identify this Czech-registered car? According to rixo insurance check website, it has been registered in 1995

Wendax · « **Reply #1384 on:** August 02, 2021, 12:35:27 PM »

Quote from: SolanaBogon on August 02, 2021, 12:26:19 PM

Hello everyone,
are you able to identify this Czech-registered car? According to rixo insurance check website, it has been registered in 1995

I'd say it is a British Merlin +2. At least the chrome script reads like MERLIN 2000 to me.

SolanaBogon · « **Reply #1385 on:** August 02, 2021, 01:20:12 PM »

Quote from: Wendax on August 02, 2021, 12:35:27 PM

Quote from: SolanaBogon on August 02, 2021, 12:26:19 PM
Hello everyone,
are you able to identify this Czech-registered car? According to rixo insurance check website, it has been registered in 1995
I'd say it is a British Merlin +2. At least the chrome script reads like MERLIN 2000 to me.

That seems about right. Thanks you very much!

Trommel · « **Reply #1386 on:** August 09, 2021, 07:20:09 AM »

Anyone up-to-speed on Sidevalve specials?

scootyson · « **Reply #1387 on:** August 30, 2021, 04:21:11 AM »

who can help me identify this small car?
no manufacturer's plate, probable USA origin.
the only clues I identified:
-flathead 6 engine from studebaker,
-front bumper from cadillac 41,
-inscribed on the WITHNEY steering wheel,
-The car is around 10-12 'long & 41/2' wide,
-1948 sticker on the windshield,
-a US Navy crest certainly from the previous owner
is it a prototype or a very beautiful handcrafted achievement?

nicanary · « **Reply #1388 on:** August 30, 2021, 05:08:45 AM »

Could it be a re-engined Crosley ?

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #1389 on:** August 30, 2021, 07:00:39 AM »

The mascot looks like Buick, but the mascot base has a red circle that it seems like Bantam logo. The wings logo in the front reminds me the Austin brand. Just guessing

kitaharo · « **Reply #1390 on:** September 05, 2021, 11:19:50 PM »

Quote from: dzima1985 on October 28, 2014, 05:31:30 PM

Quote from: sixtee5cuda on October 28, 2014, 09:00:18 AM
The chrome "fin" on the "trunk/boot" says "Scorpion" in a hard-to-read font. The original poster on the kit car blog indicated it was a Corvette. Did you try contacting him? (In spite of the image being from 2007).
Thanks, I found this car on the YouTube.
This is a Scorpion V8 kitcar from USA -

Wow wow!
This is a real wild beast beauty.
Do you have clear photo of it and more information , like year and base (l guess Fiero ?)
Thanks a lot !

kitaharo · « **Reply #1391 on:** September 06, 2021, 03:05:47 AM »

Quote from: Delorean on February 08, 2016, 05:25:11 PM

Would anybody happen to know what this is? I found it on a Facebook page and nobody seems to know what it is ...

OMG this one is true beauty!!!
have you found any more information about it ?

Wendax · « **Reply #1392 on:** September 22, 2021, 12:18:45 PM »

Yesterday my daughter sent me a picture from Bari in Italy showing two cars in a small garage. (Some paternal influence in education must have been right

) At first sight the front car looks like a Lotus Seven, but I rather think it might be an Austin Seven special or something alike. Neither can I identify the car behind it. An Italian etceterini?

Who can help?

Carnut · « **Reply #1393 on:** September 23, 2021, 06:10:05 AM »

The front car does look very like a Lotus Seven, whatever the badging.. And it's RHD.
The car behind it looks rather like a Rochdale GT to me:

Wendax · « **Reply #1394 on:** September 23, 2021, 07:40:52 AM »

Thanks a lot. The rear car certainly is a Rochdale GT. I found a picture of the very car online (notice the number on the door).

Ergo: not all small red cars in Italy are Etceterini.

Trommel · « **Reply #1395 on:** September 23, 2021, 07:51:03 AM »

Silver car:

nicanary · « **Reply #1396 on:** September 23, 2021, 08:04:27 AM »

I'm fairly sure the silver car is an Austin 7 Speedex Special. They seem to have been built with various different rear bodywork.

Wendax · « **Reply #1397 on:** September 23, 2021, 08:17:04 AM »

Thank you both. I'd agree.

SolanaBogon · « **Reply #1398 on:** October 01, 2021, 03:43:38 AM »

Hello everyone,
a friend of mine found this car in a 1976 magazine. According to him it is electric and from Taiwan. We have no idea what it is called. Does anyone have any idea?
Thanks in advance!

nicanary · « **Reply #1399 on:** October 15, 2021, 05:33:39 AM »

This photo is the subject of much debate on another forum. I show an enlarged section of a bigger image of parked cars in an English market town.

Many have suggested a Lancia Aurelia\ but I doubt it. Not a Vanguard or a Pobeda. Any ideas?

News:

Author Topic: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread (Read 856874 times)