Stefan2010 Posted April 23, 2013 Share #4861 Posted April 23, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) ok, one more hint with customized wiper Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2305638'>More sharing options...
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wlaidlaw Posted April 23, 2013 Share #4862 Posted April 23, 2013 Volvo 122 Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan2010 Posted April 23, 2013 Share #4863 Posted April 23, 2013 sorry, no - think about more upper class. I guess you won't imagine a car like this normally in that kind of state but in a licensed driving condition Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted April 23, 2013 Share #4864 Posted April 23, 2013 The bottom of the windscreen and the door mirror look like a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. Why the weird wiper? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan2010 Posted April 23, 2013 Share #4865 Posted April 23, 2013 Wilson you got it - thats the car: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! There is a toy steering wheel on the right, maybe the wiper is for the kids Its up to you again Stefan 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! There is a toy steering wheel on the right, maybe the wiper is for the kids Its up to you again Stefan ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2305811'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted April 23, 2013 Share #4866 Posted April 23, 2013 Could this be a car of the crazy german car dealer who also had a real tank on public city roads years ago ? (No, I will not mention his name). He has some more of those in his garden in Neandertal. You see, this car even has got a classic car number plate (those end with "H" in Germany). That said this car is not in such a worse condition like it looks like. Maybe "false aged", but in technical good condition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted April 23, 2013 Share #4867 Posted April 23, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Ronald, I think it is really in that bad condition - look at the drivers window and the Webasto roof. These Silver Shadows were notorious rust buckets and lacking the chassis of the earlier Silver Cloud, lose their structural integrity when they go that rusty. You can pick them up very cheaply in the UK. The rarer equivalent Bentley T Type, which used to be worth less than a Rolls Royce, now fetch quite a bit more. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted April 23, 2013 Share #4868 Posted April 23, 2013 Wilson, found out what I assumed before. This car belongs/belonged to a crazy classic car dealer and survived a big fire in his company. He is known for driving "rotten" luxary cars to shock people. He once put many classic cars in his garden to become rusted sculptures one day. There was an XK Roadster and 356 among them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted April 23, 2013 Share #4869 Posted April 23, 2013 There used to be a dealer, called Chris Steele, like that at Halland, quite near where I live now. We developed quite a good relationship with him and over the years managed to rescue a 1961 Le Mans Healey-Jaguar, a 1959 Tojeiro Buick and an XK150S Coupé with an original D type wide angle head engine in it but there were others we never got away from him and I would guess eventually rotted away. There was a WW1 Rolls Royce armoured car on a Ghost Chassis, that he used with a crane on the back as a tow truck, a 1923 C1 5 litre Delage race car, a Hispano Alphonso, loads of old Mercedes, Hotchkiss, 1920's Renaults plus others. If we had been able to fight our way through the dense undergrowth, I am sure we would have found things like the remains of old Bugattis and Bentleys etc rotting away. I found out later that he had been put into a mental hospital and the whole place was bulldozed to make an industrial estate. All the remains of the cars were taken to a steel recyclers after being burnt up, without sorting what was there and what could be salvaged. Next car follows tomorrow. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan2010 Posted April 24, 2013 Share #4870 Posted April 24, 2013 Wilson, found out what I assumed before. This car belongs/belonged to a crazy classic car dealer and survived a big fire in his company. He is known for driving "rotten" luxary cars to shock people. He once put many classic cars in his garden to become rusted sculptures one day. There was an XK Roadster and 356 among them. yep Rona|d you're right, some time ago he drove nice a Bentley Pickup Stefan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted April 24, 2013 Share #4871 Posted April 24, 2013 Your next one. I cannot find a decent photo of anything difficult so here is an easy one. To make it more difficult, I would like its competition history please Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2306135'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 24, 2013 Share #4872 Posted April 24, 2013 Alfa Giulia Sprint? Correct or not I have no idea of this car's competition history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted April 24, 2013 Share #4873 Posted April 24, 2013 Alfa Giulia Sprint? Correct or not I have no idea of this car's competition history. Not an Alfa but correct colour. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 24, 2013 Share #4874 Posted April 24, 2013 That suggests Ferrari, making me think of 250 SWB or 250 TDF, but not the 250 GTO since it had sliding side windows and no vent wing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted April 24, 2013 Share #4875 Posted April 24, 2013 That suggests Ferrari, making me think of 250 SWB or 250 TDF, but not the 250 GTO since it had sliding side windows and no vent wing. Warmish Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 28, 2013 Share #4876 Posted April 28, 2013 Wilson - Assuming you're not yet in hospital, how about a hint? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted April 28, 2013 Share #4877 Posted April 28, 2013 Wilson - Assuming you're not yet in hospital, how about a hint? Stuart, You were very close with your last guess but a little too old. This looks superficially very like a road car, but is totally different. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted April 28, 2013 Share #4878 Posted April 28, 2013 So we are looking for a rally car Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted April 28, 2013 Share #4879 Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) 250 GTE? Edit: or rather a 250GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione Edited April 28, 2013 by a.j.z Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted April 28, 2013 Share #4880 Posted April 28, 2013 Later than a 250GTE. To the best of my knowledge the GTE was never used as a rally car. The one I had, had "interesting" handling with a very flexy chassis. Mind you that might have been due to the amount of rust on it. This car has been used as both a race car and tarmac high speed type rally car (events like Tour de France, Tour Espagna etc). In this photograph it was actually doing a speed hill climb at Prescott. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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