Unusual Cars Seen in Thailand

[eezergood]

19 hours ago, mike324 said:

the owners takes it for coffee around the city on weekends and night driving along the highways ... sure beats being kept in the garage and rotting away. Don't think any sane person would have that as a daily car for getting to work.

 

Roads in bangkok isn't too bad for the most parts, just got to choose which roads to take. Those frequent by 10 wheels are brutal for these sports cars.

Im sure it would overheat in the traffic chaos of Bangkok

 

[Just Weird]

On 9/9/2019 at 11:47 AM, toofarnorth said:

Ok , the headline is unusual cars seen . Maybe others have seen plenty of these about but this is the only one I have seen up here in my town.  A Toyota Crown Majestica , Mk 2  '95 - 99.  Don't know the owner and don't know if it is the 3 litre or 4 litre V8. Would swap my Vios for it.

Crown Majesta.

[Just Weird]

3 hours ago, eezergood said:

Im sure it would overheat in the traffic chaos of Bangkok

Why are you sure it would overheat?  It's very rare for any car to be seen incapacitated by overheating these days, so there's no reason to suspect that a V6 Jag, built to supercar standards, would either;  all cars are designed with temperature extremes in mind.

[Just Weird]

 

That's an old one, I reckon around 1950...

 

 

...and it's a Tourer.

Edited September 12, 2019 by Just Weird

[Rivo]

Not sure if this counts 555........................I saw it in Phayao a few years ago and apparently it was a daily driver for many years, and running on LPG...............

 

 

[Rivo]

An old 1957 Rambler ive seen many times in Chiang Rai.....................looks in very good condition........................

 

 

 

 

[Rivo]

Obviously an old Opel Caravan..................with updated running gear..............................I saw this on the outskirts of Chiang Rai...............

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rivo]

From Terminal 21 Coffee shop on the 118 near Chiang Mai........................from a few years ago .......................

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lacessit]

Damn, there are some beautiful cars on this thread. Problem is, you need pockets deeper than the Marianas Trench. Here's my own old man's folly.

[ChouDoufu]

krapmobile - ubon

 

 

[Rdrokit]

1 hour ago, ChouDoufu said:

krapmobile - ubon

 

 

I think that was a Fiat in its last life. 

[transam]

12 hours ago, ChouDoufu said:

krapmobile - ubon

 

 

I haven't seen "that" around lately....

[Lacessit]

Saw this Toyota in Yangon. I think it is either pre-World War 2 or just after.

In it's own way, its successor, the humble Toyota Vios, is a modern classic because you can't kill the 1.5 L motor with an axe.

[Just Weird]

5 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Saw this Toyota in Yangon. I think it is either pre-World War 2 or just after.

In it's own way, its successor, the humble Toyota Vios, is a modern classic because you can't kill the 1.5 L motor with an axe.

 

It's something with either a Toyota AA or AC front end grafted on but can't be a  pre-war Toyota.  Toyotas of that era  (1936 onwards) didn't have that curved door glass with modern flush-fitting door handles (which look suspiciously 4-door pickup-like), curved, chrome-trimmed windscreen with modern wipers or non-suicide rear doors .  If it was the real thing it would be very, valuable. 

Edited September 29, 2019 by Just Weird

[Lacessit]

10 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

It's something with either a Toyota AA or AC front end grafted on but can't be a  pre-war Toyota.  Toyotas of that era  (1936 onwards) didn't have that curved door glass with modern flush-fitting door handles (which look suspiciously 4-door pickup-like), curved, chrome-trimmed windscreen with modern wipers or non-suicide rear doors .  If it was the real thing it would be very, valuable. 

You may be right. Grafting a body style of a previous or subsequent model seems to happen in Asia sometimes. My Merc coupe had the same treatment. Doesn't make sense, because it decreases the value as original.

[alan grice]

Toyota was a Cotton Factory. Its first car had a Chevy engine, the rest was made from new bits bought in . .there is only one left, on show somewhere in Holland.


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[Don Mega]

On 9/9/2019 at 2:24 PM, transam said:

It was a shame it ended up with a V6...????

A v6 pushing 550hp that was developed in a Ford Transit van.

[transam]

10 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

A v6 pushing 550hp that was developed in a Ford Transit van.

Thought it was an Austin Rover engine, as used in the Mini Metro rally car..

 

Edited September 29, 2019 by transam

[Don Mega]

2 minutes ago, transam said:

Thought it was an Austin Rover engine, as used in the Mini Metro rally car..

 

I said developed.. not vehicle of origin, Have a read of this.

 

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/videos/a7427/this-ford-transit-helped-build-the-jaguar-xj220/

 

 

 

[Just Weird]

14 minutes ago, alan grice said:

Toyota was a Cotton Factory. Its first car had a Chevy engine,

Toyota wasn't a "cotton factory", it has always been an automotive company. 

 

Toyoda was an engineering company making looms and Toyota the auto maker was spunoff from it and made it's own automobile engine based on something made by Chevrolet.

[Don Mega]

11 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Toyota wasn't a "cotton factory", it has always been an automotive company. 

 

Toyoda was an engineering company making looms and Toyota the auto maker was spunoff from it and made it's own automobile engine based on something made by Chevrolet.

I thought Sakichi made the loom machine intially for his fabric company.

[alan grice]

Well some historians say its Chevy , and theres only one left.Unless one can see the Block i dont know , or realy care.


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[Lacessit]

There's a lot of these really good biiig Toyotas on the streets of Yangon. Imported second-hand from Japan, due to the stringent environmental laws there. About 2 yo, no more than 40,000 km on the odometer. Not seen in Thailand, presumably due to import taxes. The Australian car industry squeals like a stuck pig whenever the topic is raised, although our neighbors across the Tasman seem to have no problem. Who said protectionism was dead?

[taichiplanet]

4 hours ago, Just Weird said:

It's something with either a Toyota AA or AC front end grafted on but can't be a  pre-war Toyota.  Toyotas of that era  (1936 onwards) didn't have that curved door glass with modern flush-fitting door handles (which look suspiciously 4-door pickup-like), curved, chrome-trimmed windscreen with modern wipers or non-suicide rear doors .  If it was the real thing it would be very, valuable. 

From wiki  "Three A1 prototypes were completed in May 1935. None of them survive." and "A total of 1,404 AA sedans were produced from 1936 to 1943, when the model was replaced by the more austere AC."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_AA#A1

 

There are/were some rare stuff in Burma. About 20 years ago i was there and saw a Jag XK120 roadster driving down the street. As i was sitting at Yangoon airport i saw 2 P51 Mustangs taking off.

Edited September 29, 2019 by taichiplanet

[mrblonde]

On 6/9/2019 at 4:30 AM, Rdrokit said:

Please guys do not hijack this thread with non Thailand pixs. Just to get us back on track. It does have a Thai license plate. Ferrari F430.

 

Normally see these parked up outside the Sala in Ayutthaya, while their talcum powder faced Thai owners spend 4 hours photographing and 'IG'ing' (whatever that is...) the overpriced meals they order, just so they could filter the life out of them before posting them for all to see

 

Nice car though ????

[Lacessit]

My apologies, rdrokit. Not intending to hijack the thread, just thought posters would be interested in the vehicles.

[JaiLai]

3 hours ago, mrblonde said:

Normally see these parked up outside the Sala in Ayutthaya, while their talcum powder faced Thai owners spend 4 hours photographing and 'IG'ing' (whatever that is...) the overpriced meals they order, just so they could filter the life out of them before posting them for all to see

 

Nice car though ????

Their food is overpriced and not all that but the architecture there is nice, something a bit different for Thailand..

[RAZZELL]

On 8/25/2019 at 1:58 AM, PAV123 said:

Where in Nonthaburi? GPS info, contact info?

Sorry for the late reply. He said it wasn't for sale.

 

Probably worth $1m?

 

RAZZ

Edited September 30, 2019 by RAZZELL

[Rivo]

An old FJ55 Toyota Landcruiser I saw in Chiang Rai a few months ago.............................

 

 

[Rivo]

I saw this Oldsmobile Cutlass Convertible a few months ago in Chiang Rai city...................and then a few days later I see it again sitting out the front of a house when I was driving past......................