Teh Spotted Thread

[Jobbo]

Went to that museum last year, loved it. My personal favourite was the freelander mule with the maestro van body, they need to go back to mad mules rather than camo wraps

That mule is excellent. I always loved the spy shots of it at the time and the Car magazine drawing of the Pathfinder to show what it was going to look like. It was clearly drawn from memory by someone who had had a quick glimpse at a styling proposal for the Freelander

[mik]

[Jobbo]

While I love it, there were plenty of oddities like that 6-cyl MG Metro - many of which weren't obvious unless you looked at the details. One particularly intrigued me; it was a Land Rover built as a Shaun the Sheep promo vehicle, with a Q plate, a wheelbase too long for its body and 6-stud hubs. Underneath it looked consistent with a Land Rover's running gear. The info plaque said something about it being built from parts lying around (IIRC) but which Land Rover products have 6-stud hubs?

https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/on ... 6417800233

[jamcg]

Probably based off old forward control landrover axles

[mik]

but which Land Rover products have 6-stud hubs?

Forest Rover? Didn't make many though....

[JonMad]

oh, that's
more here https://www.tennants.co.uk/discover/new ... landrover/
and https://dunsfoldcollection.co.uk/wp-con ... 021LRM.pdf

[Ascender]

That's insanely cool! Never knew that existed before but can think of loads of uses for one up this way.

[Jobbo]

Probably based off old forward control landrover axles

I know the forward control had 6-stud hubs but why on earth would they have done that? It's not as if it's supposed to be anything other than a Land Rover with some Shaun the Sheep stickers on it; standard axles would have been around in more quantity when the Defender was still being produced.

[IanF]

Went to that museum last year, loved it. My personal favourite was the freelander mule with the maestro van body, they need to go back to mad mules rather than camo wraps

The slantnose 911 is using 991 body parts..

https://www.evo.co.uk/porsche/911-gt2-r ... s-platform

[jamcg]

Went to that museum last year, loved it. My personal favourite was the freelander mule with the maestro van body, they need to go back to mad mules rather than camo wraps

The slantnose 911 is using 991 body parts..

https://www.evo.co.uk/porsche/911-gt2-r ... s-platform

Yes but it needed to be in vw caddy body panels, or a badly proportioned cut and shut cayenne

[ZedLeg]

While I love it, there were plenty of oddities like that 6-cyl MG Metro - many of which weren't obvious unless you looked at the details. One particularly intrigued me; it was a Land Rover built as a Shaun the Sheep promo vehicle, with a Q plate, a wheelbase too long for its body and 6-stud hubs. Underneath it looked consistent with a Land Rover's running gear. The info plaque said something about it being built from parts lying around (IIRC) but which Land Rover products have 6-stud hubs?

https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/on ... 6417800233

That is a bit of an oddball isn’t it.

Found a short article about it, definitely thrown together from bits they had lying around.

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/ ... ven-weeks/

[ZedLeg]

Actually I bet the axles were leftovers from when they built a few of these for the Stallone Judge Dredd movie

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They were based on Forward Controls iirc

[Zonda_]

Ultra rare spot driving through town today but I was driving too so couldn’t get a pic, an Aston Martin DBR1!!

[DeskJockey]

Ultra rare spot driving through town today but I was driving too so could get a pic, an Aston Martin DBR1!!

Blimey. Not your everyday spot!

[speedingfine]

A rather dusty manual 456 in Malvern Waitrose

[Mito Man]

[nuttinnew]

[PaulJ]

Is that the new Ferrari?