Yesterday, @hans mentioned that the Dutch police used to use Porsche 911s. That reminded me of this earlier police-spec Porsche 356 SC I saw at Techno Classica Essen in 2023. It is described as being in ‘delivery condition’ - which appears to mean it has its police equipment such as the blue light (top of the windscreen) and siren (rear engine cover) fitted but not its police livery. Nice.
Paris Day 2 had some real #weirdcarmastodon winners #Renault 
#Alpine 
#Twingo
Chapter Three - Financial Failures
Daf 33/Daffodil 1967 - 1975
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAF_Daffodil
The transmission was made of a series of belt driven cones, attached to the axles, and split by a centrifugal clutch. Way too expensive for what was meant to be a cheap and cheerful family car. Daf went under due to massive debt and was bought out by Volvo in 1975.
Chapter Three - Financial Failures
Chrysler Gas Turbine Car 1963
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Turbine_Car
Jet engines are cool, right? Let's stick one in a car! Hey it likes idling at 44,000 RPM, that's normal, right? What do you mean it can't handle the power?
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Chrysler 180/2 Litre 1970 - 1980
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_180
Dreadful to drive, riddled with corrosion problems and boring to look at. Chrysler lost money on every one sold but had no alternative model so sold them for a decade.
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Bugatti Royale 1927 - 1933
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Royale
One of the largest cars in the world, originally designed to sell to royalty. Then the Great Depression hit.
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Bricklin SV1 1974 - 1975
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bricklin_SV-1
Reliability was poor and build quality terrible; people were trapped inside when the doors broke.
6 Wienermobiles Will Race for Glory at the Indy Motor Speedway This Friday
The Wienermobiles, each representing a region of the U.S., will take on the Indy Motor Speedway's banked oval in the first-ever "Wienie 500."
Glorious! God I wish I could be there.
This Plymouth Superbird Sold for $1.65M in 2022. It Just Brought $418,000 at Auction
This Plymouth Superbird effectively lost its seller more than $1 million, after it was recently auctioned for a fraction of what they had paid for it.
Money laundering or has the bubble burst
Sing when you’re winning: how karaoke in cars heralds the triumph of Chinese firms
European manufacturers of electric vehicles are scrambling to match the technology of their Chinese rivals
I must say, this evenings time in the garage was really nice. The shell of the car is kind of in a good place. It’s nice to be past the phase where I’m scraping 50 years of crud off of this car. It’s also nice to be adding rather than subtracting for a change.
#WeirdCarMastodon #EVconversion
Thought I had lost these new rubber ‘insulators’ that go at the top of the springs. They fit great.
Just want to inform everyone that some good #becauseracecar stuff is happening over at BAT again.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1960-fiat-abarth-abarth-allemano-spider-750-pushrod-race-car/
Starting to put the front suspension back together. Just test fitting for now to make sure everything goes together as there are a fair few totally new parts going in. These upper and lower arms are brand new for example. Nothing torqued down yet (need to learn how to use my new torque wrenches).
#RadRide #weirdcarmastodon exclusive for sale! This is a 2000 Toyota FunCargo, an MPV that's so blissfully of the turn-of-the-century blobject era. It's clean inside and out, AT and has a secret inside: A wheelchair lift in the back! This vehicle is #disability ready, featuring an automatic transmission for easy driving and the fact it's right-hand drive makes exiting safer, since you'll be stepping onto a curb and not the road. $4100 shipped, $4750 with customs clearance docs. DM for interest!
Today, another fairly exotic police car. This Jaguar XJ-S coupé, which lives at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon, was a demonstration car that was lent out to police forces for evaluation purposes in the early 1980s, although I’m not sure whether any ended up being sold for police use. Jaguar’s four-door saloons have, of course, often been used by the police in the UK.
Chapter Three - Financial Failures
Bond Bug 1970 - 1974
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_Bug
Too controversial a design, sadly they only made just over 2000 unit. Many are still on the road though!
#WeirdCarMastodon
#WorldsWeirdestCars
I love these goofy little things, would totally drive one.
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Austin Gipsy 1958 - 1968
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Gipsy
Originally released as a competitor to the Land Rover. it looked the same but had an expensive suspension system. Also prone to rusting, and reliability issues.
Chapter Three - Financial Failures
Austin 1100/1300 1963 - 1974
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMC_ADO16
Bad build quality, lots of rust and mechanical problems. They were also sold to undercut Ford and lost ten pounds on every one.
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