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Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 6:22 am
by Jobbo
jamcg wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 10:54 pm
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
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 7:22 am
by mik
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 9:36 am
by 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
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 10:07 am
by jamcg
Probably based off old forward control landrover axles
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 10:17 am
by mik
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 10:21 am
by JonMad
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 10:48 am
by Ascender
That's insanely cool! Never knew that existed before but can think of loads of uses for one up this way.
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 10:52 am
by Jobbo
jamcg wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 10:07 am
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.
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 12:10 pm
by IanF
jamcg wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 10:54 pm
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
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 2:01 pm
by jamcg
IanF wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 12:10 pm
jamcg wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 10:54 pm
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
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 4:50 pm
by ZedLeg
Jobbo wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 9:36 am
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/
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 5:48 pm
by 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
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2025 6:20 pm
by Zonda_
Ultra rare spot driving through town today but I was driving too so couldn’t get a pic, an Aston Martin DBR1!!
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2025 6:34 pm
by DeskJockey
Zonda_ wrote: Fri Sep 05, 2025 6:20 pm
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!
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2025 10:20 pm
by speedingfine
A rather dusty manual 456 in Malvern Waitrose
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2025 7:57 pm
by Mito Man
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2025 10:04 pm
by nuttinnew
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2025 3:25 pm
by PaulJ
Mito Man wrote: Tue Sep 09, 2025 7:57 pm
Is that the new Ferrari?
