Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques

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Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Jan 30, 2018 4:56:08 GMT

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Merging some of my threads so...hopefully this will de-clutter the board.

This will be the thread for pictures of cars from obscure and/or unusual car marques...

This shall prove fun. I hope to get someone enjoys this thread and might share some thoughts on the cars or maybe just say "that's cute".

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Matthew the Swordsman Elite Member @wolfswordsman Posts: 10,995 Likes: 2,346	Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Jan 30, 2018 4:56:30 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jan 30, 2018 4:56:30 GMT You gotta admit, Messerschmitt had a really cool name. Here are some pictures of two similar 1950s cars by them, the Messerschmitt KR175 and the Messerschmitt KR200:
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Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Jan 30, 2018 4:56:48 GMT

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From the super obscure Bayerische Autowerke, comes the the 1950s-era Spatz, also known as the Victoria 250. Cute little car....when I saw these pictures of it, I imagined to myself a cute little alien in a small kingdom on a distant planet driving this car....yeah I guess I'm weird.

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Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Jan 30, 2018 4:57:14 GMT

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Not one of the better moments in Australian history, washing machine maker Lightburn made its Zeta cars from 1963 to 1966, and uh, only a few hundred were sold. There was a sedan, a ute, and a sports model. There were two versions of the sedan.

It took a lot of searching on flickr to find pictures that allowed me to link to them. Unfortunately, good photos of this car are hard to find....

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Matthew the Swordsman Elite Member @wolfswordsman Posts: 10,995 Likes: 2,346	Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Jan 31, 2018 20:39:34 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jan 31, 2018 20:39:34 GMT From the 1990s badge engineering files, here's the Passport Optima. This was a re-badged Daewoo for the Canadian market. Almost none of these survive.
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Matthew the Swordsman Elite Member @wolfswordsman Posts: 10,995 Likes: 2,346	Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Jan 31, 2018 20:53:04 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jan 31, 2018 20:53:04 GMT A 1970s American electric car, the Citicar. It's ugly, yet very cute at the same name. Maybe they should resume production now that electric cars are the next big thing?
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Matthew the Swordsman Elite Member @wolfswordsman Posts: 10,995 Likes: 2,346	Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Jan 31, 2018 21:00:13 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jan 31, 2018 21:00:13 GMT Buckmobile was founded 1902 and folded 1905. They were based in Utica, New York. Only a few dozen were made.
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Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Jan 31, 2018 21:03:17 GMT Matthew the Swordsman likes this

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Hupmobile - at one time a fairly popular car, but fell on hard times (like almost everyone else) during the Depression. Their last ditch effort was a joint venture with Graham
Paige using the old Cord 810 dies (albeit with rear wheel drive).

Hupmobile Skylark

Graham Hollywood (sister car to the Hupmobile Skylark)

I've always found the Skylark just slightly more attractive even though they are basically the same cars. The Skylark had a larger standard engine (inline six with around 140 hp) but the Hollywood had an optional supercharged inline six with more power (the base Graham engine was smaller and less powerful than the Skylark).

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Matthew the Swordsman Elite Member @wolfswordsman Posts: 10,995 Likes: 2,346	Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Jan 31, 2018 21:30:54 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jan 31, 2018 21:30:54 GMT Not obscure by any means, very famous actually, but certainly unusual: DeLorean
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Matthew the Swordsman Elite Member @wolfswordsman Posts: 10,995 Likes: 2,346	Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Feb 1, 2018 20:40:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Feb 1, 2018 20:40:08 GMT Gasmobile operated from 1899 to 1902.
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Matthew the Swordsman Elite Member @wolfswordsman Posts: 10,995 Likes: 2,346	Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Feb 1, 2018 22:14:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Feb 1, 2018 22:14:57 GMT Based in Detroit, Hupp-Yeats lasted from 1911 to 1916. Yes, they already had electric cars by then.
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Matthew the Swordsman Elite Member @wolfswordsman Posts: 10,995 Likes: 2,346	Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Feb 3, 2018 7:25:55 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Feb 3, 2018 7:25:55 GMT The Gordon Microcar....a British three-wheeler from the 1950s.
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Matthew the Swordsman Elite Member @wolfswordsman Posts: 10,995 Likes: 2,346	Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Feb 3, 2018 7:31:00 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Feb 3, 2018 7:31:00 GMT From 1900s America, the Bugmobile....no, really, they called it the Bugmobile.
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Matthew the Swordsman Elite Member @wolfswordsman Posts: 10,995 Likes: 2,346	Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Feb 6, 2018 14:45:21 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Feb 6, 2018 14:45:21 GMT Believe it or not, there have been four car marques called Aerocar... The 1905-1908 one was based in Detroit.
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Matthew the Swordsman Elite Member @wolfswordsman Posts: 10,995 Likes: 2,346	Pictures of cars from obscure/unusual car marques Feb 6, 2018 14:57:41 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Feb 6, 2018 14:57:41 GMT From 1949, the Aerocar, a plane which was also a car. Prototypes only, never entered production.
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