I've got a reply from Erik of the China Motor Vehicle Documentation Centre (who, by the way, wrote the book about North Korean automobiles):

So it looks as if someone was trying to sell a Chinese pickup in the UK but couldn't get the venture off the ground and the stock is being sold off quietly on the secondhand market.

A picture I found on oslobilder.no, dated 1988. Just thought it might please someone around here ...

Many thanks! It's a 1972-only model.

My friend in Seattle sent me this pv544 he saw today. He sends me rare cars he sees every once in awhile. Atom will like this

Nice! With the classic sagging door handle

Take a look at the following link;

http://www.ttmotor.co.uk

It sure is spring time, I saw alot of nice cars today while driving home from work.

'70 Cuda
Impala '63
Ford '54
Mustang ~65
Early SAAB 99
SAAB 96 V4
66-67 B Kadett
BMW E28
Caprice Classic Wagon
Seventies Corolla, TE21 I would guess
Seventies Chevrolet pick-up truck
Dodge Ram

And to many of the new 9-5 to count.

Here is some pictures from yesterday:

Soon to be junked 9-5:


1970 SAAB 99, the big building in the background is the paint department at SAAB:


1971 SAAB 96 V4 and a pimped 1994 Opel F Astra:


MB W123:


1977 VW Kleinbus T2 and 1968-1971 Opel B Kadett:

Neither of the cars were unusual but I saw a car crash happen today.

It was strange. Somebody in a Megane was at a T junction and drove straight into a car going across. Not much damage but I was surprised the car he hit spun around as I thought that only really happened with rear drive cars. The fact that he didn't really take evasive action and how blind you have to be to not see a bright yellow Ford Puma suggested it was almost deliberate.

In the Toyono District of Osaka, I saw an old 1983 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight sedan, a rare sight in Japan, but the fun part was that it was painted to look like a Japanese Police car. It didn't have any markings on except "Metropolitan Police" on it. It also had amber turn signals added on the rear and fender mounted mirrors and a side indicator, making it made for the Japanese market. Unlike the usual slim Japanese police lamp of the older spec cars, this one had a big "R2D2" style light with four lamps inside and the siren housing under it, just like an old American police car. I tried to get a picture, but my phone was dead and when I went back later that week to take a picture, it was gone. I'm looking for it whenever I go to that area.

I saw a very rare Reliant Scimitar SS1 on Saturday night.

a friend of mine just sent me this picture of a BMW Isetta in rural Grandy, NC:



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Nice. Out-and-about for a classic car show somewhere nearby perhaps?

We have had one major car show already, for southeastern SC/NC, the "Run to the Sun" classic car & truck show, held at North Myrtle Beach, SC. I wanted to include my pickup, as it qualifies to be in the event, but it still has a few cosmetic issues to be dealt with before its entered into any car show.

Neptune I am not sure about the car show but it is likely as the 'car show season' starts in early April around here and there are dozens of local car shows.

Today I went to a friends shop in Virginia Beach (to take another friend's Jetta in for inspection) and I saw this Jeepney there, I have never seen one of these here and while it is wearing current VA tags it also had 1972 Republic of the Philippines tags on it,



Sorry about the sideways shot, no matter what I do it wont rotate.

aparently the Sarao seen on the front is the manufacturer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepney

A couple of vehicles I wanted to get pictures of;
When I was driving up north, I saw a medium-duty crew cab Freightliner, possibly FS-65, towing a 5th Wheel trailer, which itself was towing a late-1960's to early-1970's Volkswagen Bus as a dinghy.

On a train trip into Westchester County, New York, I was riding the Metro-North Harlem Line, when I saw a NYPD impound or repair yard in the North Bronx, that had a 1965 Chevrolet Biscayne restored as a 1960's New York City Polide car.

Oh, I so wish I was able to get pics of all those vehicles.

I saw a Skoda Felicia Fun today, complete with Truckman top.

How to sell your old heap: http://nl.kapaza.be/antwerpen/volkswagen-polo-derby-55362115.htm



Although he could have been a little more selective....

I've seen quite a lot of interesting things this week.. No pictures though
- Ferrari F430 (twice)
- Porsche 911 Turbo (996)
- Porsche 911 (993)
- Lincoln Town Car
- Ford F-100 (1955-ish)
- Toyota/Toyopet Crown Pickup (S40, 1960-something, twice)
- Peugeot 504 Pickup (twice)
- VAZ Oka (with Russian plates)
- a lowered VW Typ 1 in pastel pink
...wow, that's quite a list

Nice haul.

I've not seen much lately what with being stuck working from home but I keep seeing: http://imcdb.org/vehicle_101356-Secma-Fun-Tech.html I'm sure I've mentioned it before on this thread but I have seen it the last few days in numerous places round where I live.