Return of the Guess the Mystery Car Thread

mike65

Mike.

Hifive

mike65 wrote: »

Mike.

Austin 1100/1300 or one of its Reilly or Mg variants?

carchaeologist

like the one basil faulty thrashes in faulty towers, the estate version?

Hifive

carchaeologist wrote: »

like the one basil faulty thrashes in faulty towers, the estate version?

Heres the car I'm talking about. The only video I can find, and some prawn has put a Motorhead track for the sound clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXqjqRf1KyI

Anan1

That's an Austin 1100 estate.

mike65

No its not, it is British and far more rare. Clue - its got a Ford V6 under the bonnet.

Mike.

Blue850

Gilbern Invader

mike65

Bah! Foiled Tis indeed, a car I did'nt know existed until a few days ago. Welsh-German fibreglass project which was a sort of alternative Reliant Scimitar.

Mike.

Anan1

Well done! I went through the whole TVR/Marcos/AC spectrum in my head, but finally had to admit that I just hadn't a clue.

peasant

Now, boys and girls ...what's this then?

(I'll even show you the whole car)

Sids Not

Horrible...?

colm_mcm

Looks like a Melkus RS 1000 with front fogs added on!

peasant

Correct (although I'm not sure if those "fogs" aren't original)

For all others who haven't heard of Melkus before:

http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/1421/

unkel

I won't get involved in these searches again after I nearly debilatated myself finding the solution to one of Paul's mystery cars a few years ago. Can't find the link, but some of you might remember. Mike?

mike65

Yeah I was thinking about some of Pauls choices (he was just showing off ).

Mike.

PaulK_CCI

Are you sure you guys are up for this??? Like Unkel said, it's quite addictive, and can take quite a bit of one's valuable time ...



I wasn't showing off by the way, but we seem to know our cars, even the Gilbern in the top pic is in fact a Dutch registered car ;-)

Max_Damage

Try this:

Blue850

SIMCA VEDETTE

Max_Damage

Correct! Didn't think someone would get it that soon!

peasant

Can I, or is it Blue 850's turn to post a pic?

mike65

Heinkel/Isetta type thing. nah its too big. Scrap that.

Mike.

peasant

hint ...most of them were yellow

G Luxel

Its a Volkswagen Fridolin

peasant

correct ...also known as Type 147.

almost exclusively used by the German post.

alastair

peasant wrote: »

correct ...also known as Type 147.

almost exclusively used by the German post.

Never heard of these before.

But what did they offer that a regular VW van didn't?

Blue850

I remember seeing one in Practical Classics years in the rust in peace section and it was over here somewhere.

peasant

alastair wrote: »

Never heard of these before.

But what did they offer that a regular VW van didn't?

smaller, cheaper, two sliding doors to the cab for easy access

http://www.vw-fridolin-ig.de/en/content/

G Luxel

what is this car ?

peasant

Some sort of Triumph made in India from old press tools ?

Blue850

Autocar Rom 1300, Israeli manufacturer with Triumph running gear.

mike65

Well done that man. Austin-Rover/BMC/BL should still be in business - they sold so many patents!

Heres another teaser.



Mike.

Max_Damage

My guess it is some sort of TVR...

G Luxel

wild guess, is it a vw sirocco?

mike65

Nope and nope

Mike.

peasant

The bodyshell reminds me of a Mark I Golf, the door handles look somewhat Lancia and the exhaust fits neither ...I'm stumped

mike65

Its Italian.

Mike.

Volvoboy

Fiat?

Max_Damage

Fiat X1/9 Bertone?

mike65

Nope. Another clue the model is named after a city.

Mike.

Hifive

mike65 wrote: »

Nope. Another clue the model is named after a city.

Mike.

Don't know whether Montecarlo is a city, but is it a Lancia Montecarlo?

mike65

Nope Its an



Alfa Milano based on the early 80s Sprint I think

Mike.

Hifive

Actually I thought the front wing had a look of the Alfa Sprint, but the name threw me, that and the fact that I've never heard of an Alfa milano!

Nice sprint on Carzone.


The original is, in my opinion, a much nicer looking car.

carchaeologist

How about this one? It was for sale at the killarney show sunday,i dont actually know what it is either. It said minicar F4 on the back, im just wondering what manufacturer made it.

mike65

Daihatsu? Looks like the sort of box they'd make.

Mike.

peasant

Should be a Honda

google Honda Z600 or N600 or 600 coupe ...one should fit the bill





Sadly no S800 !

Max_Damage

It's not a Z600, as the door handles are completely different to that shown in the picture.

The reg. doesn't come up either on the HPI website.

carchaeologist

It was like a proper car inside it, had a gearstick on the floor, and back seats,wouldnt like to take 4 adults on a long trip in it though!!

PaulK_CCI

mike65 wrote: »

Nope Its an



Alfa Milano based on the early 80s Sprint I think

Mike.

I'm not 100% convinced on this one. The "Alfa Milano" is in fact a North-American Alfa Romeo 75.
This car is clearly based, not on the Sprint or the 75, but on the GTV (which in turn was based on the Alfetta). The bulge in the bonnet would suggest the V6 version. However, officially the Alfetta GT/GTV6 was never released by Alfa Romeo as a convertible, which to me would suggest this is a hybrid/one off/home grown convertible, based on a GTV6.
But, I will stand corrected if someone provides me more info on this car...

mike65

I've been looking! I knew the Milano name was used for the US market and I've been trying to find where I got the pic from in the first instance, without success so far.

Mike.

G Luxel

carchaeologist wrote: »

How about this one? It said minicar F4 on the back, im just wondering what manufacturer made it.

Mitsuibishi make a Minica since I962 so probably this

carchaeologist

That looks about right....