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I vaguely remember these from my spanish childhood.

It does look like a Playmobile toy.

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Circa 1930s Rytecraft Scootacar:

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They also did a van version:

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I want one.

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Porsche B32. Total built 11.

 

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  On 02/05/2020 at 03:37, Austat said:

Alfasud Giardinetta:

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Nice one, I‘d forgotten those existed. I saw one for sale at a specialist dealer  in Germany ca. 1993 and remember looking in wonder at the crazy Alfasud ergonomics such as the heater fan being on the windscreen wiper stalk if memory serves correctly. It’s the only Giardinetta I think I‘ve ever seen on the road.

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Yes I did, had one in the early 90's - 'mine' popped up as a barn find on Facebook about a year ago so its still around, and looks just as shite as it did when i had it

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I've only ever seen one of those 'Suds in the flesh, was outside a small town Alfa dealer near Rimini. 

I must have a photo of it somewhere. 

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  On 02/05/2020 at 20:23, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Yes I did, had one in the early 90's - 'mine' popped up as a barn find on Facebook about a year ago so its still around, and looks just as shite as it did when i had it

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Any photos of it?

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First thought:  They did a Skyhawk wagon on this platform?

Second thought:  I wonder if you can put the Skyhawk front on a Mk2 Cavalier to make a droopsnoot-alike that never was.

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That's like a tiny baby little Iso Grifo.

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Is that a Lotus Elise screen?

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It reminds me of the Panther 6 which looked like lady Penelope's daily driver if Thunderbirds was brought back in the late 1970s.

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  On 06/05/2020 at 11:39, chaseracer said:

Is that a Lotus Elise screen?

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Are those 206 Hella-style headlights?

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  On 06/05/2020 at 10:45, bunglebus said:

Yep it's a Sierra. But it only has one mirror. Weird Portuguese spec? Doesn't look broken off

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Early UK base Sierras had only one mirror as standard (someone presumably ticked the option box for a second one on GVG510Y) but of the dangly type.  That Portugese example seems to be the internally adjustable sort.

Being a police car, it could well be a non-standard spec.

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With the demise of the Lexus GS range, I did some looking. I know of the Mk2 having the 4.0 and 4.3 V8's, as well as the Mk3's having the 4.6 V8, but there's one spec I never knew of...

The Mk1 GS V8 AWD! 

Okay, that's because it never existed...as a Lexus. You could get the Mk1 Toyota Aristo with the LS400's 4.0 V8, and AWD! Sadly, a JDM only model. 

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Annnd the real money shot!
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Oooft! 

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  On 07/05/2020 at 18:30, 17-Coffees said:

With the demise of the Lexus GS range, I did some looking. I know of the Mk2 having the 4.0 and 4.3 V8's, as well as the Mk3's having the 4.6 V8, but there's one spec I never knew of...

The Mk1 GS V8 AWD! 

Okay, that's because it never existed...as a Lexus. You could get the Mk1 Toyota Aristo with the LS400's 4.0 V8, and AWD! Sadly, a JDM only model. 

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Sold by Brave Auto - a comment on the characteristics required when faced with the first repair bill.

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Tsk, no Lexus of that generation volunteers a repair bill for anything mechanical. Blasphemy!

:-D

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  On 08/05/2020 at 14:01, Remspoor said:

Renault Wind

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I remember Renault had a few weird cars in the range at one time which had to be culled from uk sales lists.

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  On 08/05/2020 at 14:11, Richard_FM said:

I remember Renault had a few weird cars in the range at one time which had to be culled from uk sales lists.

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I have never seen one in the many EU countries I have visited either.

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Saw a Wind a few months ago.  They've got very strange proportions in person, much more so than in photographs.  Almost like when you see a car that's had a bodykit fitted to make it look lower without actually lowering it.

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There's one on my delivery. Because I see it nearly every day I forget how weird it looks then one day I'll look at it and the odd proportions hit me again. Not sure if it's too tall or too short. 

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Heuliez Pondicherry, the guys that built the 206cc etc.

 

It's an electric Matiz. 

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