"What's this car?" Official Thread

[henk4]

Originally Posted by nota

In this excellent pic of yours you can clearly see the tiny raised 'fins' atop the trailing edges of the W108's rear guards, conveniently placed to allow the driver to precisely see right to the end of the aft bodywork, merely through the rear-view mirror, without even having to turn your head - very convenient!

Nice fleet, yes the successor was a bit strange.
I'll put up more pics of both in the oddball corner soon, the 6.3 and the 6.9 as well...

[nota]

From left to right my fleet cost $3k for the 380SE, a mere $1500 for the tidy 'mexican' 280S (Manual aka Manuel, get it?) and $2k got the 280SE. With a bit of forethought you can buy decent-condition oldies like these for not much these days

A few oldtimers for your perusal - he's not cheap eh! - from my local aftermarket parts source (its a reasonably expansive website)

http://www.mbspares.com.au/default.asp?d=17854

[nota]

Originally Posted by henk4

Nice fleet, yes the successor was a bit strange.
I'll put up more pics of both in the oddball corner soon, the 6.3 and the 6.9 as well...

For thanks here's some oddball Mercs

#1: This 600 Grosser (W100) from Sydney has the later 6.9 litre V8 which features twin-turbos, reputedly 600 hp

#2: It's the W107 SL fitted with a four-rotor wankel

[Ferrer]

What about a 300 SEL 6.9 AMG?

[Peroen]

My uncle bought a 300hp Mercedes 5.6 SEC.

but he and his brother took it apart and made a Trike out of it

[go.pawel]

Originally Posted by Peroen

but he and his brother took it apart and made a Trike out of it

A rather ugly one I'm afraid.

[dubdoc]

Anyone hazard a guess as to what this is?

[nota]

Originally Posted by dubdoc

Anyone hazard a guess as to what this is?

Purely guesswork some sort of Anadol, or related? It kinda looks Turkish

[henk4]

Originally Posted by nota

Purely guesswork some sort of Anadol, or related? It kinda looks Turkish

still it runs on Michelin X-tyres, which makes a French or German contraption more likely, such as a pimped Lloyd

[nota]

Originally Posted by henk4

still it runs on Michelin X-tyres, which makes a French or German contraption more likely, such as a pimped Lloyd

Funny you should mention the tyres as I initially thought they were Michelin (I've only ever seen ones with two central zigzag treads) then convinced myself they weren't as I've never seen any X's so narrow!

The declining tail is very Lloyd and those headlights are interesting too, not what I'd expect from my nomination, but the grille is 'in theme'

[henk4]

Originally Posted by nota

Funny you should mention the tyres as I initially thought they were Michelin (I've only ever seen ones with two central zigzag treads) then convinced myself they weren't as I've never seen any X's so narrow!

The declining tail is very Lloyd and those headlights are interesting too, not what I'd expect from my nomination, but the grille is 'in theme'

The 2CV ran on 125s or so.

[go.pawel]

Originally Posted by dubdoc

Anyone hazard a guess as to what this is?

It's Soletta. A Swiss prototype from 1955/56 made by Willi Salzmann. It had a 750 ccm Condor engine in the rear. The idea was to sell it as a kitcar, but the car remained a prototype.

[henk4]

great find, for those who speak German, here is more

http://www.rollermobilclub.ch/rmc/pa...fo/soletta.htm

and it is indeed worth reading.
Salzmann had developed a new type of rear axle, with swing halfshafts and rubber suspension, which he wanted to show at the Paris and Geneva Motorshow. However, showing only a rear axle would mean that he would he have to have a stand at the accessory suppliers sections so he decided to build a complete car around the axle. It is was made of glassfibre, and to save cost was made in symmetric way, i.e. the suicide door on the driver side was mirrored by a normal door for the passenger. Onyl the locks needed to be replaced.
The car has two trunks, in front and in the rear as the two cylinder boxer engine (22 bhp) sits underneath the rear seat.

The car attracted significant interest but Salzmann did not fancy production so it remainded a prototype.

[stangelini]

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EE.jpghello fellow Ucarpagers'.

I finally joined this GREAT website and this is my first post.

I was going thru my harddrive and came across some sportscar that I got off the web but forgot its name. I don't need the specific model number/name, I just need the manufacturer or the brand that makes it. The pix are from an Estonia website - looked thru the site , but i couldnt translate the site and didnt have any luck finding the car again. Can anyone help me out?
thanks!

[henk4]

Welcome to UCP, how much I would like to help you out here you just drew a blank with me. I have no idea, I would have said an English kit car, but it looks a bit too sophisticated for that.