Name the car
 

skoda miglet.

Opel?

Renault Caravelle...do I win anything? :)

Turkish T-Bird.

rcooled is correct...have not seen one of those in a LONG time

Something with a Beetle engine and running gear... Body by Ghia???

While that is the most fitting and hilarious guess, I also have to go with some sort of VW, maybe Ghia styled. or Ghia on acid...

It's a Renault Floride. I just done some work for a guy who is an avid Renault collector. Has one of these in a bright yellow. Looks stunning.

de wolf wins the acclaim of all the PPOT car enthusiasts. I think it a very attractive looking car!

I agree, a great looking car that turns heads wherever it goes.

A Fiat Spyder is a similarly cute car.

I had one for my first car at 14 in 1968. Removable hard top, was the good part. Bad part was the engine that supposedly put out 40hp. Truly Shetland pony horses.

Way to go, Wolf!

FYI: here's a wiki page on the car:
Renault Caravelle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I agree - pretty cool ride!

Get your own Caravelle today:

Antique 61 Renault convertible

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1373246278.jpg

FWIW....

MG shamelessly 'lifted' the lines of the Renault for the MGB. Fenders, headlights are almost identical. Just put an MG grille on the front. Voila'.

There was a threatened lawsuit for awhile.

as with most european cars in that era, they were woefully short of just about everything but unique styling. Pictures of accident aftermaths in the papers usually showed a pile of metal rubble and a wheel or two.

I had a Caravelle for a short... very short period of time- NON MERCI !

Looks like they forgot to put a grille on it. Fairly generic styling- looks like a lot of cars.

I had a few Renaults in my youth...Alpine, R8 Gordini, R5-T2, and a couple of R10's.
Built for economy, those early Caravelles had a gutless 3-main bearing engine (same as the Dauphine) and horrible front brakes.
Not unusual to see Renaults in those days with a crunched-in front end from banging into things and rear-ending other cars.
The chief mechanic at the local Renault dealer had a pristine Caravelle in storage. He died and his wife sold it for lots of $$$$...a friend of mine bought it.
I never could warm-up to the Caravelle style.

OK, I'll call it Charlie.

So.....Peugot threatens Porsche on the 901 designation, they cave....911 is born. Renault threatens MG and nutin happens?

Oi....Brits have bigger oysters.......;)

Cutaway drawings
http://www.aussiefrogs.com/forum/att...eriser0006.jpg

NEW RENAULT FLORIDE (Feb, 1959)
NEW RENAULT FLORIDE | Modern Mechanix
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/...lt_floride.jpg

http://newcarbuyingguide.com/attheapex/collector-cars-and-restoration/the-renault-dauphine
http://www.newcarbuyingguide.com/ima...rs/Floride.jpg

Great photos. I'll take the dame.

I would name it Doug

"Doug" it shall be, then!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1373341239.jpg

I thought Norbert would be a fitting name...

I dig that it's Doug or should I say I dug?

Nicely done, Herren O.



Tim

Why, thank you! :)

Agreed! what did you use? Photoshop?

Photoshop. Tripled up the base layer and added a few attributes (multiply and overlay) to get the shadows from the trees and panel gaps to show through

Huh? :confused:

PFM

:)

Easy peesy
 

I'll concede that Doug is a better name for it than Charlie.

And the story flowers for Algernon was better than the movie Charly although Robertson did a decent portrayal.
Unfortunately his performance could not overcome the cheap, stereotypical 70's hip Hollywood styling and effects common at that time in movie history.
Ravi Shakner, really?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loi3gDeGTwU

Tabs, mother says give me back my log-in name.









Ok, maybe a little but I do not drink to excess.

Ever be searching on google images, and see an image from some website long copied and moved around without any context, and it just defies any and all explanation?

This is how those images are born.

It is a "cute " car, but expected to see a propeller on the back. Reminded me of the Amphicar.

I'm most impressed with the perspective, well done.