Rona!d Posted October 18, 2022 Share #18641 Posted October 18, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 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! 1 1 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=4538215'>More sharing options...
NigelG Posted October 18, 2022 Share #18642 Posted October 18, 2022 15 minutes ago, Rona!d said: 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! Why is there no OMG! response button! 🤣 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 18, 2022 Share #18643 Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, NigelG said: In white as shown I think we have hit “peak” eighties in terms of European mass market styling…(though a white XR3i cabriolet might come close 😀) There were some truly hideous creations leaking-out from car companies throughout the 1980s but, believe it or not, there was one of Vauxhall's 'grey porridge' cars produced during that time for which I have an inexplicable liking; a late-series Chevette Estate and I'm not kidding! OK; perhaps it was just this one particular example (which I came to know well) which has 'rose-tinted' my view and the car in question was owned by a fellow student but, having just had a quick google to refresh my memory, even now I still think they look stylish. Being a late one her car had the flush-fitting glass headlamps, was finished in gleaming Jet Black, wore perfect chrome trim and rolled on spotless silver-and-black Rostyle wheels. Seriously; it was a very elegant car considering its humble aspirations......and the fact that it was an estate!... I'll sort out the next car for you soon! Philip. Edited October 18, 2022 by pippy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted October 18, 2022 Share #18644 Posted October 18, 2022 I used to share doing disco shuttles with a guy who had a beige Chevette limousine. When it was his turn with driving the girls asked him to park around the corner so nobody could see that strange looking car they came in. I knew it was rare in Germany (Opel tried to fill the price gap to the Ascona or Kadett until the Corsa arrived, so the Chevette was the „cheap“ car here). It turned out to be a nightmare for the small local Opel service because most metric tools didn‘t fit. When that poor guy wanted to switch to independent workshops I recommended him to choose those who were familiar with british cars. Cost him an extra though because his Chevette had to compete with Jags, Land/Range Rovers, Jensens which the garage preferred. They charged the same labor costs for the Chevette, Minis, Triumphs etc. hence a Chevette was a pretty exotic vehicle here although it was a just a cheap version of an old „Kadett“ for Germans. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18645 Posted October 19, 2022 Can't remember seeing a Chevette Estate. The HS2300 (or was it HSR?) had a certain attraction, but we were into following and occasionally marshalling car rallies (competition) back then. The Talbot Sunbeam Lotus looked much better though 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZach Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18646 Posted October 19, 2022 15 hours ago, Rona!d said: The name was Irmscher Corsa Spider Remember seeing Cabrio-versions of Lada Samara looking almost exactly similar…😊 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18647 Posted October 19, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) On 10/17/2022 at 10:12 AM, a.j.z said: Perfect, that‘s it. Michael: the Ape is produced since the 50s (based on the Vespa, thus I used the term vehicle) but they started to reproduce the Ape Calessino in 2007: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_Ape 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! It's not a car. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18648 Posted October 19, 2022 OK; here's the next one. Maker and Model will suffice; 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! Philip. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4538692'>More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18649 Posted October 19, 2022 Rather uneven shut line! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18650 Posted October 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, Graham (G4FUJ) said: Rather uneven shut line! No, Graham; sorry. Not a 1970's British Leyland car... Philip. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18651 Posted October 19, 2022 Alfa Romeo SZ? Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18652 Posted October 19, 2022 Correct country of origin, Wilson, but not an Alfa. I'll wait a bit before posting the next clue as I only have two pictures of this car and one of them is just a bit-shot!... Philip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18653 Posted October 19, 2022 vor 1 Stunde schrieb Graham (G4FUJ): Rather uneven shut line! Wrong, Graham, I think this is the slot for the hand to reach the hidden (aerodynamic) door handle 😉 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18654 Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) Well, gentlemen, if you thought that shut-line was a bit ropey have a look at how bad the panel-beating is and how shockingly poor was their sense of 'design'! I think after this car was finished their next project was commissioned by someone called 'Noddy'....and I don't mean the chap from Slade... 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! I should check out the manufacturer on Wiki to see if they lasted for very much longer in the car business and, if not, then see what they are doing now.....that's assuming they still exist after this disaster! Philip. Edited October 19, 2022 by pippy 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! I should check out the manufacturer on Wiki to see if they lasted for very much longer in the car business and, if not, then see what they are doing now.....that's assuming they still exist after this disaster! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4538893'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18655 Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) Autobianchi Bianchina? Wilson Edited October 19, 2022 by wlaidlaw 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18656 Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, wlaidlaw said: Autobianchi Bianchina? Thank you for the suggestion, Wilson, as I wasn't sure what the Biancina looked like and have just had a very pleasant glimpse at the Wiki entry for the thing. Very Cute! I think in the interests of transparency and full-disclosure I should mention that one or two of the comments I made in my previous post were of the Red Herring variety. The manufacturer most assuredly does still exist and is still producing cars. Furthermore, from having read many posts by many forumites here, I can say with absolute certainty that all of us know the marque and a few are, themselves, owners/drivers of the breed - although possibly not of this particular model... Another crop soon! P. Edited October 19, 2022 by pippy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18657 Posted October 19, 2022 Lets try and Alfa Romeo Furgoneta? Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18658 Posted October 19, 2022 22 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said: Lets try and Alfa Romeo Furgoneta?... Sorry Wilson; not an Alfa Romeo Furgoneta nor, for that matter, any Alfa at all. Incidentally my quip about 'Noddy' isn't so far from the truth - in a manner of speaking. This manufacturer, themselves, didn't make Noddy's car but the manufacturer's parent company does - in a roundabout 'nickname' way - have some connection to the vehicle used by the fictional be-hatted one... OK; we're fast approaching the point where Hercule Poirot assembles everyone in a large room. Here's a crop of a fairly recognisable bit of the car but rendered in monochrome just to give it a little bit of an air of mystery... 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! I have to say that this particular vehicle (I believe) occupies a rather special 'historical' place even in the pantheon of this company's remarkable stable... Philip. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! I have to say that this particular vehicle (I believe) occupies a rather special 'historical' place even in the pantheon of this company's remarkable stable... Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4538989'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18659 Posted October 19, 2022 What about a Fiat Bartoletti Ferrari F1 transporter truck from 1956. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18660 Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: Fiat Bartoletti Ferrari... Excellent, Wilson! One of those words is spot on! This car, however, predates the F1 transporter you mention by a number of years. Back to Technicolor with some fairly good clues. It really is quite a well-known car despite all my witterings to the contrary; 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! Philip. Edited October 19, 2022 by pippy Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4539174'>More sharing options...
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