a.j.z Posted November 10, 2018 Share #11561 Posted November 10, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Ok, here is something a little more interesting 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=3628921'>More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted November 10, 2018 Share #11562 Posted November 10, 2018 Hello Andreas, Could this be an English car? Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted November 10, 2018 Share #11563 Posted November 10, 2018 Michael, yes it could. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted November 10, 2018 Share #11564 Posted November 10, 2018 AM DB 2/4, 1957, chassis AM # 300/1211, engine # VB6J/834/L1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted November 10, 2018 Share #11565 Posted November 10, 2018 (edited) I hoped that the colour would be a distraction but forgot that you are back 🙈 You obviously know more about the car than me. I was just fascinated by an AM in yellow external and internal. 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! Edited November 10, 2018 by a.j.z 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=3629026'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted November 10, 2018 Share #11566 Posted November 10, 2018 That color could indeed distract people and beam their thoughts into the field of Lotus, TVR, Elva etc. BUT none of these light weight vehicles would have had such old school head lights with massive chrome and chrome/metal trim on the fender and the brakes wouldn´t be the same size. Color: There are nicer colors for an DB 2/4, a "German Postal Service" yellow exteriour is one thing (some Ferraris look very nice with it!), but also yellow for the interiour would make me eye sick (as a driver, owner and even as a photographer). Once owned by Richard Attwood (won Le Mans in 1970 on Porsche 917K with Hans Hermann) it had been converted from RHD to LHD and repainted. One reason I wouldn´t buy it whatever color it has. Not sure if Attwood drove it, the engine and exhaust were special with some extra power (165 bhp instead of 140 bhp). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted November 11, 2018 Share #11567 Posted November 11, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) On 11/9/2018 at 11:04 AM, hektor said: Agreed. John's point is well made, however may I suggest we post "interesting cars", which when revealed are enjoyable to see and from which I for one might learn something. My understanding of the rules here are simply that the image must be taken by the poster with Leica gear of some sort ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted November 12, 2018 Share #11568 Posted November 12, 2018 Sorry, took me a while to find another special 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! 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=3630016'>More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted November 12, 2018 Share #11569 Posted November 12, 2018 Some version of a LAnd Rover? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted November 12, 2018 Share #11570 Posted November 12, 2018 Forward Control Land Rover 101 - one of the world's nastiest vehicles to drive! Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZach Posted November 12, 2018 Share #11571 Posted November 12, 2018 Volvo C303 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted November 12, 2018 Share #11572 Posted November 12, 2018 Volvo C303 Lapplander, you got it. You might see them more often up in the North than in the rest of the world. I expected someone would say Pinzgauer or the like. This is the vehicle of a boat friend and I really like it. 6 cyl. and runs >100 km/h. Very compact but with a lot of ground clearance. There is a super restored one in Switzerland, they also have a Hägglund as a design pair to bring their guests up to the hotel on the hill. Wilson, I think the Lapplander is nicer to drive than the 101 (which I only know from the passengers seat as a guest of UK Army Mountain Training Camp (AMTC) of the BAOR - those guys had some really strange vehicles). The C303 has portal axles similar to the Unimog (but not that extreme), guess the LR 101/FWC is more conventional in that point? 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=3630241'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted November 13, 2018 Share #11573 Posted November 13, 2018 Ronald, I would guess Volvo took a lot of trouble to get the steering and suspension geometry correct whereas the folks at Solihull didn't bother with the Forward Control Land Rover. The very remote place I used to go shooting in Scotland, would lend me one. Trying to keep it on the tarmac on a narrow single track and very crowned road, with a deep drainage ditch on either side, was a sweaty forehead and white knuckles job. You knew that if it went into the ditch, it would roll over. The six wheeled Pinzgauer they replaced the Land Rover with, was a huge improvement. I had always thought they were made in Austria but this one was made in the UK by a company called ATL for the British Army. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted November 13, 2018 Share #11574 Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) I at first glance also thought that it might be a Pinzgauer but as I drove one during my army service at second glance I realized that it must be something different. The Pinzgauer was developed and built by the Austrian company Steyr-Puch (they also built tanks and the famous Puch G, now know as Mercedes G). It was also exported in several countries. However, the production was sold to the UK in 2000. When driving in winter in the Pinzgauer on the highway the drivers feet almost froze because cold air came in so I wrapped my feet in tinfoil. When there was a lot of snow, I was the kind of the highway though. In rough terrain of course, too, but you had to be very careful due to the quite high gravity centre and relatively small track width that you did not end up on your side mirror. During driving training somebedy drove on a rock with the left front wheel and the Pinzgauer started to tilt in slow motion. We ran down and clung to the right front and could stopp it from falling. Edited November 13, 2018 by a.j.z 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZach Posted November 13, 2018 Share #11575 Posted November 13, 2018 During my service our options were this Lapplander (a lucky day) or more commonly Soviet-made UAZ 452 and 469. All very capable to go and maintainable anywhere. UAZ specs included absolutely no driving comfort whatsoever. Will post the next one later today. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted November 13, 2018 Share #11576 Posted November 13, 2018 British Aerospace (the later owner) sold the Pinzgauer production and development to a subsidiary in South Africa about ten years ago. Only a handful of men are left in the UK for the sparepart stock. UAZ 452 is still in production, now with ABS, power steering and even a heated driver seat as extra options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZach Posted November 13, 2018 Share #11577 Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) This quite special vehicle is definitely much more comfortable than the previous ones discussed. Make, model and purpose? 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! Edited November 13, 2018 by AZach 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=3630506'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted November 13, 2018 Share #11578 Posted November 13, 2018 Well known design, and maybe a special version 😉 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZach Posted November 13, 2018 Share #11579 Posted November 13, 2018 a really special one.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted November 13, 2018 Share #11580 Posted November 13, 2018 There is a funny low budget counterpart used in Barcelona. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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