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SailDesign · 11-06-2009, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by IllusionX

Do you actually know what's written on the plate? In french, Poubelle means Trash...

Trash CAN....

SailDesign · 11-06-2009, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by tomato

Did you own one, really? I have a picture of me in that car around here somewhere. I should dig it out and post it, you'd have a good laugh!!

Sho'nuff did. Traded a half-dead single-cylinder Kawasaki 200 mo-bike for it, and then drove it for 50k miles before she was "killed". All sorts of lovely things in there - like the glass (I kid you not) overflow receptacle for the radiator. We used to take out the passenger seat and put kid #2 in his carry-cot on the floor there. He liked to watch the pedals work, and is now a complete and total motor-head. Go figure!

Phaeton · 11-05-2009, 10:23 AM

I love the VW Thing. I guess theres no account for taste.

TLyttle · 11-05-2009, 01:18 PM

Those Citroen/Renault 2CVs are amazing cars. Apparently one of the specs for the design(!) was that the vehicle could take a crate of eggs across a plowed field without cracking a single egg. This gives away a bit in the handling department, and it is quite frightening to have one of these things come at you in a corner; you are SURE the thing is gonna flop over, but they seldom do...

IllusionX · 11-05-2009, 04:33 PM

^ From my memory... there was this blue 2CV in Gumball 3000 rally... that thing did 70mph just fine :P

note that most super cars did the rally @ 160+mph :)

*tomato* · 11-05-2009, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by IllusionX

^ From my memory... there was this blue 2CV in Gumball 3000 rally... that thing did 70mph just fine :P

note that most super cars did the rally @ 160+mph :)

Are you sure you don't mean 70 Km/hr ?

I'm guessing that's a slightly modded 2CV

bigbang · 11-05-2009, 11:50 PM

what about the dodge magnum it looks like a hearse

Yar Is Word · 11-06-2009, 02:17 AM

another somebody's fav?

*tomato* · 11-06-2009, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Yar Is Word

another somebody's fav?

What were they thinking?!!!

DevilGirl · 11-06-2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by tomato

What were they thinking?!!!

That's just it.... I don't think they were thinking!!! Or maybe they were trying to do some spinoff of the Cube?

KCALB SIRAY · 11-06-2009, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by DevilGirl

DeLorean DMC-12... Come on! Back to the Future, anyone? That car made history!!

So did the owner of the company

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Originally Posted by k r a y z e e . j o j o

Don't know about the El Camino. Sure the front and rear halves don't match, but I can't help but to look at one when I see it.

Plus the low front-end makes it a hunter's dream. You just hit the deer on the road and it flies over and lands in the bed. No getting out and shooting

The 1969 El Camino SS 396 was a great looking muscle/truck/car. The Ford Ranchero in this year ranks up there as well on my greats list.

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Originally Posted by bigbang

what about the dodge magnum it looks like a hearse

This car had some cool design ideas installed on it. The rear hatch was hinged about a foot inward of the rear edge of the car to allow easy lifting in parking lots and not hitting the car behind you.

*tk-421* · 11-06-2009, 02:21 AM

That's even worse than the Ass-Tech!

*Astroman* · 11-06-2009, 04:02 PM

God I hate this one, the isuzu axiom

*Astroman* · 11-06-2009, 04:08 PM

This one is also terrible, Fiat Multipla

eht13 · 11-06-2009, 04:50 PM

^ Wow, that is bad. It looks like a photoshopped pic where the top half came from a larger picture than the bottom half did.

TLyttle · 11-06-2009, 11:12 PM

yeah, the stuff you find in used cars... My buddy bought a Corolla wagon that used to belong to a young family, and there were melted crayons all over the place, hence that car was forever the "Crayolla"...

Yaris Hilton · 11-07-2009, 11:46 AM

The Thing came along at a time when Volkswagen Beetle based dune buggies were insanely popular. Earlier versions of Crashie. It was inspired by the WWII German Army "Kubelwagen."

There's a red 1959 El Camino for sale on the side of the Volunteer Parkway in Bristol, Tennessee if anybody wants one. Doesn't look bad from the road.

Chevy was playing catch-up copying Ford's Ranchero that had been around since the 1957 model year. El Camino was a "me-too" knockoff. Like the Camaro was of the Mustang.

Yaris Hilton · 11-07-2009, 11:49 AM

And for the real (pre-Nazi) origin of the Volkswagen, look here:
http://www.ganz-volkswagen.org/

11-06-2009, 02:21 AM	#12
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11-06-2009, 04:02 PM	#13
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11-06-2009, 04:08 PM	#14
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Phaeton View User's Garage Drives: Blazing Blue Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Port Angeles, Wa Posts: 385	I love the VW Thing. I guess theres no account for taste.

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TLyttle Drives: 07 Yaris sedan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Keremeos BC Posts: 986	Those Citroen/Renault 2CVs are amazing cars. Apparently one of the specs for the design(!) was that the vehicle could take a crate of eggs across a plowed field without cracking a single egg. This gives away a bit in the handling department, and it is quite frightening to have one of these things come at you in a corner; you are SURE the thing is gonna flop over, but they seldom do...

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IllusionX It's the illusion you see View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Sedan Aero Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brossard, QC Posts: 3,888	^ From my memory... there was this blue 2CV in Gumball 3000 rally... that thing did 70mph just fine :P note that most super cars did the rally @ 160+mph :)

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eht13 Drives: . Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: . Posts: 363	^ Wow, that is bad. It looks like a photoshopped pic where the top half came from a larger picture than the bottom half did.

11-06-2009, 11:12 PM	#16
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11-07-2009, 11:46 AM	#17
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	The Thing came along at a time when Volkswagen Beetle based dune buggies were insanely popular. Earlier versions of Crashie. It was inspired by the WWII German Army "Kubelwagen." There's a red 1959 El Camino for sale on the side of the Volunteer Parkway in Bristol, Tennessee if anybody wants one. Doesn't look bad from the road. Chevy was playing catch-up copying Ford's Ranchero that had been around since the 1957 model year. El Camino was a "me-too" knockoff. Like the Camaro was of the Mustang.

11-07-2009, 11:49 AM	#18
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	And for the real (pre-Nazi) origin of the Volkswagen, look here: http://www.ganz-volkswagen.org/