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Thread Author: ToMoCo	Replies: 41

Tue 21 Oct 14 13:11   Holiday Oddities - ToMoCo

tinyurl.com/kzvjvob I love spotting old/obscure cars when on holiday. Wasn't really much of interest on my last one, but caught this while out walking one day. Still in daily use as a builders van by the look of it. Anyone know what it is before the next picture? Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 13:15   Holiday Oddities - madf

Judging by the other photos, It was a Lexus Soarer converted to a van... Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 13:19   Holiday Oddities - ToMoCo

Lexus Soarer? No such vehicle exists! :) Exactly why I haven't uploaded the next photo yet. ;-0 Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 14:21   Holiday Oddities - rtj70

>> Lexus Soarer? No such vehicle exists! :) He meant Toyota Soarer surely? But was a version of the Soarer not also sold elsewhere as a Lexus? Depends which model you're talking about. The Lexus SC was also sold as a Toyota Soarer was it not? Last edited by: rtj70 on Tue 21 Oct 14 at 14:23 Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 14:40   Holiday Oddities - henry k

>>>>Judging by the other photos, It was a Lexus Soarer converted to a van... >> >>Lexus Soarer? No such vehicle exists! :) >> >>Exactly why I haven't uploaded the next photo yet. ;-0 Something strange going on! I saw photos of a Lexus Soarer which is a model that does exist and gray imports are here in the UK.Also several photos of exhaust parts etc. Hence I assume the initial comment about that model. " I haven't uploaded the next photo next" refers to ??? as there were additional photos. When I tried again to view the photos I got a warning from my virus checker about a suspect site. I closed the link and now trying the link again I see just the photo of the pick up. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 15:23   Holiday Oddities - ToMoCo

I don't know why sometimes the links take you to my photobucket page and other times take you to a single photo, but the pictures you seen were almost certainly of my Toyota Soarer. There was never a Lexus Soarer. Comment about next photo were just regarding further photos of the pick up. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 13:56   Holiday Oddities - Westpig

Morris Marina pick up www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/miscpics/marina2.jpg Last edited by: Westpig on Tue 21 Oct 14 at 13:58 Reply to this message | Report message       1

Tue 21 Oct 14 14:07   Holiday Oddities - ToMoCo

Yup, well done WP. tinyurl.com/klffyzw That didn't last long then! Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 14:11   Holiday Oddities - Old Navy

Of course the next question is where is it? Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 14:40   Holiday Oddities - RattleandSmoke

Been a long time since I have seen one of them, a neighbour used to have the van version in the 1990s, it was in good knick and it would be a shame if it is scrapped now but it would have been a 20 year old banger in 1995. Last time I saw some unusual cars abroad was in 2007 in Berlin, lots of Trabants and Wartbergs still about, I bet now they are long gone. In Spain I often see a lot of 1980s Fords still running but never anything that unusual. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 15:14   Holiday Oddities - Old Navy

A few years ago I saw an abandoned Trabant in Bryce Canyon City, a motel and a couple of shops miles from anywhere in the Utah desert. It can still be seen on Google maps, near the zebra crossing, across the road from the hotel. Last edited by: Old Navy on Tue 21 Oct 14 at 15:18 Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 15:39   Holiday Oddities - legacylad

Quite a lot of old vehicles here in Madeira, although I am struggling to venture out from the hotel much. Plenty of old Corollas, Audis and some kind of vintage Chevrolet parked around the corner. I find the number of newish Porsche Turbo's an oddity, given the dimensions of the island. Although they could doubtless be the same few driving around & around. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 15:43   Holiday Oddities - Old Navy

You need a bit of power for the hills. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 15:57   Holiday Oddities - Zero

>> You need a bit of power for the hills. Not really, driven round there in a very exhausted worn out low powered clio, and I have a seen a veteran car run up into into the Curral das Freiras Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 16:14   Holiday Oddities - Old Navy

It was an obviously poor joke Zero, you may remember that I found a 1.2 Sandero adequate for the mountains of Tenerief. Admittedly it was a newish one. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 16:19   Holiday Oddities - legacylad

I seem to be coping ok with my havaianas. Just don't tell Runfer.... Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 16:30   Holiday Oddities - Zero

>> I seem to be coping ok with my havaianas. >> Just don't tell Runfer.... Flip flops are flip flops. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 17:02   Holiday Oddities - CGNorwich

The owner of the last house I rented in La Palma in the Canaries worked at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory which is 2,400 metres above sea level. He did the commute in a 10 year old battered Fiat Panda. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 16:24   Holiday Oddities - bathtub tom

>>A few years ago I saw an abandoned Trabant in Bryce Canyon City Yup, looks like a Trabby to me: tinyurl.com/ogaeved Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 18:18   Holiday Oddities - Westpig

>> That didn't last long then! >> Not willing to admit to that. Last edited by: Westpig on Tue 21 Oct 14 at 18:18 Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 16:12   Holiday Oddities - ToMoCo

Some old Bikes - no idea what they are (except Vespa), but the Blue one may give a clue as to the where? i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af130/Chris1JZ-GTE/bike1_zpsb278c8d6.jpg i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af130/Chris1JZ-GTE/bike2_zpsf0cd6a97.jpg Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 16:22   Holiday Oddities - Harleyman

The blue one on its own looks like a Casal. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 16:27   Holiday Oddities - bathtub tom

Could that red one next to the Vespa be a Zundapp? ISTR they did a fan cooled one (could never understand why). Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 20:01   Holiday Oddities - wokingham

Because a Zundapp couldn't go fast enough for its passing through the air to cool the engine, hence to power sapping fan! Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 21:07   Holiday Oddities - Harleyman

I think it's more likely to be a Puch. They had the fan-cooled engine and the frame looks similar in design as does the rear carrier. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 16:28   Holiday Oddities - ToMoCo

>> The blue one on its own looks like a Casal. >> Very good shout - the headlight does look right. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 16:34   Holiday Oddities - Harleyman

Done a bit of research; it's a Mebea, pic was taken in Greece (where they were made) and I claim my five drachma! Reply to this message | Report message       1

Tue 21 Oct 14 16:53   Holiday Oddities - Runfer D'Hills

I drove all over Madeira in a Seat Marbella 750cc years ago. It's steep a lot of the time, Madeira. Good job we weren't in a hurry. ( the only car I've ever driven which made a mk 1 Fiat Panda feel luxurious, somehow, goodness knows how, they managed to make it even more basic. ) What's that black fish stuff they have there again? Supposed to be a delicacy. Ronks in reality. Last edited by: Runfer D'Hills on Tue 21 Oct 14 at 16:53 Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 20:31   Holiday Oddities - bathtub tom

>>I drove all over Madeira in a Seat Marbella 750cc years ago I recall dropping into second for an up gradient on a Madeiran motorway in a Cinquecento, but IIRC the island is only five miles wide and two miles high (in the middle). Those Marbellas were the early incantation of Pandas, had leaf springs in the back! Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 17:01   Holiday Oddities - ToMoCo

Good detective work HM. I was on the Greek island, Zante. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 17:15   Holiday Oddities - legacylad

Scabbard. Apparently they have big pointy teeth. Quite 'meaty' but I prefer a nice piece of halibut. Had some on a skewer in the Mexican restaurant next door a few days ago. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 17:17   Holiday Oddities - legacylad

Gong to have meat in a stone tonight. A hot slice of marble, then cook the lump of dead cow as much, or as little, as you fancy. There's novel. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 17:43   Holiday Oddities - ToMoCo

>> Gong to have meat in a stone tonight. A hot slice of marble, then cook >> the lump of dead cow as much, or as little, as you fancy. There's novel. >> Nice, but I'd much rather not cook my own food when paying to eat out. Reply to this message | Report message       1

Tue 21 Oct 14 20:50   Holiday Oddities - rtj70

Encountered this in Frankfurt in 1990. Still not sure about the concept. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 17:26   Holiday Oddities - CGNorwich

Indeed they do have big pointy teeth and huge eyes. www.pbase.com/image/75883325 Know locally as espada and curiously to my mind often served with banana. Not to be confused with espetada which is beef on a skewer Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 17:30   Holiday Oddities - legacylad

Chuffing banana with everything. Apart from Carols beer,as we call it. My room even looks over a banana plantation. And it's raining. Again. Wish I was back home. Didn't want to come anyway. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 17:48   Holiday Oddities - CGNorwich

well at least the forecast is for 29C in Funchal tomorrow. Only 12C here in Norwich so I would make the most of it. I like Madeira especially the older parts of Funchal. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 19:58   Holiday Oddities - No FM2R

Right here, right now, its 31 degrees and clear blue skies. I love the spring. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 18:27   Holiday Oddities - Old Navy

>> And it's raining. Again. Ungrateful whinger, at least the rain is warm. :) Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 19:33   Holiday Oddities - Runfer D'Hills

That's them right enough. Ugly critters. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 22:38   Holiday Oddities - Ted

Found 2 of these on a Greek island 20 yrs ago. Both the same colour as the photo but not together. Both abandoned. tinyurl.com/ly2y4aj There was also a blue Nechar and a WW2 British Bedford 3 tonner......totally rust covered. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 21 Oct 14 23:42   Holiday Oddities - rtj70

I was expecting to see a tank on a beach or something. e.g. www.flickr.com/photos/21655897@N07/12099406505 Reply to this message | Report message