Unusual Cars Seen in Thailand

[Rivo]

A very rare VW Kombi van I saw in Bangkok.........................or is it a copy ????......................

 

 

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25 minutes ago, Rivo said:

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......................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice ride, but don't like the owners car cover tie down....

[SweatySock]

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1 minute ago, SweatySock said:

A Bangkok double decker.....????

[toofarnorth]

On 9/28/2019 at 8:25 PM, Rdrokit said:

I think that was a Fiat in its last life. 

How did you come to that conclusion ?  You may well be right , my guess ..old Opel . Wonder if it's legal.

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1 hour ago, Rivo said:

A very rare VW Kombi van I saw in Bangkok.........................or is it a copy ????......................

 

 

Copy....

[toofarnorth]

21 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. 

Have to agree with your comments , made me take a second look .

[SweatySock]

_{Saw these at Non Nooch a few years ago.}

Edited September 30, 2019 by SweatySock

[Just Weird]

20 hours ago, alan grice said:

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

Where has it been stated that an engine from Chevrolet was used?  

 

"...i dont know , or realy care".

You don't?  You cared enough to post a comment claiming that it was the case when it wasn't!

[Rdrokit]

32 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

How did you come to that conclusion ?  You may well be right , my guess ..old Opel . Wonder if it's legal.

The hood or bonnet as some say looks early Fiat.

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[Just Weird]

20 hours ago, Lacessit said:

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?

In Thailand those are called Lexus LS 430s and there's plenty of them here, in Japan they're Toyota Celsiors, exactly the same cars apart from the badges.

[Andrew Dwyer]

Just spotted my next purchase.



Eco friendly battery driven upgraded golf cart.

Probably get called Bumblebee by others........... I’ve been called worse !!

[Rimmer]

Troll baiting post removed

[Rdrokit]

The Porsche Club.

 

[eezergood]

On 9/29/2019 at 2:43 PM, transam said:

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

 

didn't a variation of that engine go into the XJ220 ? 

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41 minutes ago, eezergood said:

didn't a variation of that engine go into the XJ220 ? 

Yes...

[Phaitoon]

Chiang Mai, March 2018  ―  @ THE TEAK Baan Sakthong

 

 

 

 

I have no idea what model it is or when it was build.

It certainly looks like a pre WW2 old-timer to me…

Maybe someone in this forum can tell.

[taichiplanet]

10 minutes ago, Phaitoon said:

Chiang Mai, March 2018  ―  @ THE TEAK Baan Sakthong

 

 

 

 

I have no idea what model it is or when it was build.

It certainly looks like a pre WW2 old-timer to me…

Maybe someone in this forum can tell.

looks like a 170S or 170D; prewar design but made post war

https://mercedesheritage.com/mercedes-heritage/premiere-of-the-170s-and-the-170d-a-mainstream-diesel

[Rdrokit]

1955 Dodge truck. Rare for the USA and even rarer in Thailand.

 

[cheeryble]

Used to be an Austin Mayflower parked in a garden off Loi Kroh CM, not seen a while


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[macahoom]

7 hours ago, cheeryble said:

Used to be an Austin Mayflower parked in a garden off Loi Kroh CM, not seen a while


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I think you must mean a Triumph Mayflower?

Edited October 3, 2019 by macahoom

[cheeryble]

 
I think you must mean a Triumph Mayflower?

Yup




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10 hours ago, cheeryble said:

Used to be an Austin Mayflower parked in a garden off Loi Kroh CM, not seen a while


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IMO one of the ugliest cars ever made.

[ballpoint]

The legend...

 

One for town:

 

And one for the farm:

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5 hours ago, giddyup said:

IMO one of the ugliest cars ever made.

Perhaps not for the period.....????

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Just now, ballpoint said:

The legend...

 

One for town:

 

And one for the farm:

I wouldn't put wide boots on one of those, if you saw the front spindles you would see why.....????....Nice to see though..

[giddyup]

2 hours ago, transam said:

Perhaps not for the period.....????

It was ugly then, I remember my old man was thinking of buying one, and I talked him out of it.

[edwinchester]

3 hours ago, transam said:

I wouldn't put wide boots on one of those, if you saw the front spindles you would see why.....????....Nice to see though..

Haha, my dad had one years ago and cried out 'careful you'll have the wheels off' during a bit of enthusiastic cornering by yours truly.

Once saw a Countryman years ago in Chiangmai...surprised the termites hadn't got into it.

[canthai55]

12 hours ago, macahoom said:

 

I think you must mean a Triumph Mayflower?

Not this one ...