tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159710862024-03-13T15:46:39.729-07:00Funny cars you see in LondonTHE IDEA:
After some months living in London and seeing some of the most unbelievable cars and bizarre things-on-wheels, I have finally decided to keep track of this unique heritage.
Don't forget to check the archive for surprises.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-48062608126005501862007-05-04T12:43:00.000-07:002007-05-04T12:53:48.888-07:00Triumph TR4<img src=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/484192517_418d50ff0c.jpg?v=0><br /><br />Another Italianised Briton by Michelotti, like the <a href=http://funnycars.blogspot.com/2005/10/triumph-stag.html>Stag</a href> or the <a href=http://funnycars.blogspot.com/2005/10/triumph-2000.html>2000</a href>. Beautiful lines in those cars.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-11193822902855863562007-04-26T04:15:00.000-07:002007-04-28T04:10:15.857-07:00Saab 96 in the night<img src=http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2262/saab620ki1.jpg><br /><br />I don't know if this is a 93,95 or 96 ...but it's simply beautiful. This Swedish car sitting outside an Argentinian restaurant in London.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1144592741408807072006-04-09T07:19:00.000-07:002006-04-09T07:25:41.750-07:00Peugeot 504 Coupé<img src=http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/1486/peugeot5040sl.jpg><br /><br />The Pininfarina approach to the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_504>French myth.</a href><br /><br />C'est du joli!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1141077017042203442006-02-27T13:48:00.000-08:002006-02-27T13:50:17.060-08:00Austin Van<img src=http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/7782/austinvan9kn.jpg><br /><br />I'm not quite sure whether this is the A55 Van or some relative. Can you shed any light on the subject?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1139521418241021862006-02-09T13:36:00.000-08:002006-02-09T13:43:38.256-08:00BMW 3.0 CSI (1974)<img src=http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/2599/bmw30csi5wm.jpg><br /><br />Beautiful coupé on the Islington streets. To me, car beauty doesn't go much further than this. The owner appeared while I was taking the pictures and told me that the car was made in 1974, <a href=http://funnycars.blogspot.com/2005/09/my-birthday-74-corvette.html>just like me</a href>. Wikipedia knows <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_E9>something about the 3.0 and its relatives</a href>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1137602628007016582006-01-20T08:41:00.000-08:002006-01-19T14:31:11.066-08:00Peugeot 204 cabriolet<img src=http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/334/peugeot204cabrio0oh.jpg><br /><br />Beautiful little French car. The first Peugeot <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_204>to have disc brakes</a href>, amazing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1137603148260185622006-01-19T08:43:00.000-08:002006-01-18T15:38:34.010-08:00Austin Maxi<img src=http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/5962/austinmaxi3yw.jpg><br /><br />Another British classic from the mind of <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Issigonis>Sir Alec Issigonis</a href> just like the <a href=http://funnycars.blogspot.com/2005/08/morris-minor-1000.html>Morris Minor 1000</a href> or the <a href=http://funnycars.blogspot.com/2005/08/strange-mini-progeny.html>Mini</a href>.<br />I wonder what the passer-by thinks about the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Maxi>Maxi</a href>, well she's probably more interested in the ice cream.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1137600730575435262006-01-18T08:10:00.000-08:002006-01-18T08:12:10.586-08:00Ford Pilot V8<img src=http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4443/pilotv85cp.jpg><br /><br />Beautiful, <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pilot>the first large postwar Ford</a href>. Things you find on the streets of London.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1136998055745173482006-01-11T08:41:00.000-08:002006-01-12T03:44:23.093-08:00Living Scimitar<img src=http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/6802/livingscimitar1hl.jpg><br /><br />I already posted a <a href=http://funnycars.blogspot.com/2005/09/scimitar-gte.html>Scimitar GTE</a href> back in september last year. But this one is more <i>alive</i>, I love the colour, the silhouette and the January light.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1136997515274551342006-01-11T08:37:00.000-08:002006-01-11T08:38:35.283-08:00LDV Milkvan<img src=http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/8245/milkvan7hz.jpg><br /><br />Milkman van of the 21st century. New customers always welcome.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1136901383179643112006-01-10T05:47:00.000-08:002006-01-10T05:56:23.190-08:00Volvo 121<img src=http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4632/volvo1211gi.jpg><br /><br />Relatively easy to be spotted in London. I specially like the estate version. Here by the <i>Pub on the park</i>. This one, from the early 60's, was fitted with the famous B18 motor.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1134477739603561552005-12-13T04:41:00.000-08:002007-04-26T04:28:23.889-07:00Saab 99<img src=http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6762/saab995qc.jpg><br /><br />Lovely Swedish silhouette from the late sixties. When cars still had a personality on their own.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1133351952430521842005-11-30T03:54:00.000-08:002005-11-30T03:59:12.443-08:00Mercedes Benz 220<img src=http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/7077/mb2203hd.jpg><br /><br />First produced in the late fifties, this was one of the first cars to be engineered with a great concern about safety. A lovely fintail desing on the Hackney night.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1132663894125135382005-11-22T04:46:00.000-08:002005-11-22T04:51:34.136-08:00Ferrari 308<img src=http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/502/ferrari3080cg.jpg><br /><br />A very familiar car from the late 70's. <a href=http://tomselleck.tv-website.com/>Magnum (Tom Selleck)</a href> drove this car!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1132576717242700682005-11-21T04:31:00.000-08:002005-11-21T04:38:37.256-08:00Rover 3500 V8<img src="http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/8832/rover35002ov.jpg" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1131448109675372362005-11-08T03:03:00.000-08:002005-11-08T03:08:29.696-08:00Nissan Pao<img src=http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9648/nissanpao1jj.jpg><br /><br />Another lovely funny Nissan from the late 80's, somehow from the same breed as the <a href=http://funnycars.blogspot.com/2005/09/nissan-figaro.html>Nissan Figaro</a href>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1130319929082653972005-10-26T10:46:00.000-07:002005-10-26T02:45:29.086-07:00Hillman Minx 1967<img src=http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/6999/hillman4at.jpg><br /><font size=1>Original ad from the 60's. Image taken from Mclellansautomotive.com</font><br /><br />The car is quite funny, but the ad is just gorgeous. And, yes the car looks pretty reliable...almost 40 years old. Anyway, at <a href=http://mclellansautomotive.com/>Mclellansautomotive</a href> you can find lots of old brochures and ads. <a href=http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B22634.jpg>Here's another one of the Minx</a href><br /><br />*They don't pay me for this!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1128936208486727832005-10-20T00:22:00.000-07:002005-10-20T04:16:05.593-07:00Alfa Romeo Pick-up<img src=http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/885/alfapickup7nm.jpg><br /><br />Strange breed.<br />And to think that Alfa-Romeo's motto is <i>cuore sportivo</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1128936284829282522005-10-18T10:24:00.000-07:002005-10-18T02:34:50.916-07:00Jaguar MK X<img src=http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/7443/jagmk109by.jpg><br /><br />1961, the big Jaguar saloon of the sixties. For many years it was the widest car produced in the UK.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1128936142592667902005-10-17T13:58:00.000-07:002005-10-17T05:58:59.943-07:00Vauxhall Viva HC<img src=http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/7683/vauxhalviva4nv.jpg><br /><br />A European car with quite an American look back in 1970. <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Viva>Wikipedia knows it all about it</a href>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1128936089837543332005-10-14T09:21:00.000-07:002005-10-14T01:24:47.086-07:00Ford Capri MKI<img src=http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/866/fordcapri8yh.jpg><br /><br />Launched in 1969 somehow as the European counterpart to the very succesful <a href=http://funnycars.blogspot.com/2005/10/ford-mustang-gta.html>Ford Mustang</a href>.<br />It´s silhouette and C shaped rear window make it unmistakable.<br />It was then adevertised as "The car you always promised yourself".Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1128936041735924132005-10-13T11:02:00.000-07:002005-10-13T03:01:37.703-07:00Ford Mustang GTA<img src=http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/237/mustanggta4rx.jpg><br /><br />I'm no expert in American cars, but I reckon this is probably the 1967 version. The A on GTA stands for Automatic. Quite a surprise to find this sort of car on a London Street.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1128935984725560402005-10-12T08:39:00.000-07:002005-10-12T00:38:48.493-07:00Morris Oxford VI<img src=http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/716/morrisoxford1dx.jpg><br /><br />Launched in 1961 was a restyling of the Oxford V. <br />As a BMC (the 1952 merger of Austin and Morris)the car had its <i>twin</i>, the Austin A60 Cambridge. Both having been designed by Pininfarina, like the <a href=http://funnycars.blogspot.com/2005/09/austin-a40-farina.html>beuatiful A40 Farina</a href>.<br />Apparently, the long tailfins (although smaller in the VI series than in the V) were a typical desing feature of those modelsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1128935776721329802005-10-11T09:14:00.000-07:002007-05-04T12:55:15.520-07:00Triumph Stag<img src=http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/8884/triumphstag7sh.jpg><br /><br />A convertible from the early 70's derived from the <a href=http://funnycars.blogspot.com/2005/10/triumph-2000.html>Triumph 2000 saloon</a href>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15971086.post-1128935671707250052005-10-10T02:11:00.000-07:002007-05-04T12:55:34.175-07:00Triumph 2000<img src=http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3007/triumphautom5qm.jpg><br /><br />A nice looking car designed in 1963 by Giovanni Michelotti, who also designed the car coming up tomorrow.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1