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Thu 23 Oct, 2003 05:15 pm
Odd or bizzare features, accessories, designs or facts about cars.
They may have had a brief life or succeeded.
The Ford Edsel had buttons in the middle of the steering wheel for shifting.
The 1950's Czechoslovakian Skoda used a role of toilet paper for an oil filter.
The Citroen 2CV (two cylinders) had a shift arm that came straight out of the dashboard.
The 1939 Packard was the first vehicle with air conditioning. It was turned on by hooking up the A/C belt in the engine and stopped by removing it.
not sure how odd this was but i had a '48 packard that had a button on the floor for changing the radio station with your foot.
And let us never forget the died-a-bornin' Tucker, with its turn tracking headlights...
The Renault Master does too. (respondind to the 2cv shift)
During the holidays, I mentioned to a relative that in the 1950's, the Czechoslovakian car called a Skoda used a roll of toilet paper for an oil filter.
My relative informed me that J. C. Whitney catalogue still offers a kit to use toilet paper rolls for oil filters.
Oldies
Well speaking of old wierdos from that neck of the woods can you identify this?
Pitter,
It may be a genuine real military light vehicle.
However, VW made a Jeep-looking vehicle like the one in your picture. thye called it "The Thing"
It was marketed about 1960. Am I right?
(and i thought the rambler we had as a kid with the three-speed manual shifter on the stem was weird...)
You mean three on the tree? That was dead stock for decades. Stayed that way till those unromantic seat belts caught on and removing the front love seat made room for four on the floor (sometimes 5 or 6).
Pitter, waiting to find out what the jeep-like vehicle is.
Second guess is a jeep like vehicle on a DKW frame.
Or a Wartburg?
It's not a VW Thing or a Wartburg. Could be DKW but I'm thinking Mercedes.
Not a Merc', it's a Gaz-69. Probably a mid 50's model by the look.
Quote:You mean three on the tree? That was dead stock for decades. Stayed that way till those unromantic seat belts caught on and removing the front love seat made room for four on the floor (sometimes 5 or 6).
Ah, well. As a child of the 80s, I didn't know this.
Adrian, some good info on the topic.
There is a hint of Russia in that vehicle. Is it a Russian Lada?
Come on, Pitter. Make us iinformed.
Ok the GAZ was close. The military looking vehicle I posted the picture of above is a Romanian Aro Carpati. No idea what year. The chrome lettering on the side of the hood says "Carpati". I recently ran accross the fact that a brand new Brazillian made version of it called "Cross Lander" is being marketed in the US. Land Rover eat your heart out!
My dad drove one of these:
Anybody know or want to take a guess?
(No cheating...)
That's got the chunky look of a Checker car
made in Kalamazoo.
I first had the big picture in there, but it would've stretched everyones' screen too much.
A 1960 Borgward Isabella Combi.
New Test
Here's a test that didn't get any bites on anouther string. The flag of course is a clue it's Japonese. Anybody know what it is?
Regarding odd features don't forget the sixties models Saabs and DKWs with their three cylinder two cycle engines and the Saab's free-wheeling clutch. The constant speeding up and slowing down drove the drivers behind you nuts.
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