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Uneco Suburban Safari

Located just north of Madison Nebraska, Suburban Motors came to life in the late 1960's from a metal fabricating company called Uneco. In 1968 the Suburban Safari was born. While the exact number made is up for debate, sources say between 58 and 64 were officially produced before a fire destroyed the plant and ended any future plans.

https://www.motoexotica.com/vehicles/3830/1968-suburban-safari-1968-suburban-safari

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6 hours ago, egg said:

Uneco Suburban Safari

Located just north of Madison Nebraska, Suburban Motors came to life in the late 1960's from a metal fabricating company called Uneco. In 1968 the Suburban Safari was born. While the exact number made is up for debate, sources say between 58 and 64 were officially produced before a fire destroyed the plant and ended any future plans.

https://www.motoexotica.com/vehicles/3830/1968-suburban-safari-1968-suburban-safari

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Looks like a close cousin of the King Midget.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Midget

 

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On 8/10/2023 at 4:40 PM, martc said:

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Citroën 2cv Radar
Robert Radar created this 2-door convertible, based on the 2cv platform, in 1956. Citroën was interested and made 20 of these in their Forest factory between 1957 and 1962. And yes, that windscreen is the rear window of the DS.

 

As soon as I saw the B plate i thought "yup, that's why" 😁

Heated windscreen option, its all win!

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27 minutes ago, artdjones said:

I love that style of estate based van, having had a Peugeot 305.

Remember the Rekord vans?

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Also in 92/93 a reasonable number of BX vans were sold in Ireland. Here's one that got to the UK 7_amd.thumb.jpg.f3f73d2ce050ca9aee108bf07e7926df.jpg

Simca also did a van, later to become a Talbot or Dodge. A friend had one for his company runabout that I borrowed to collect some furniture from the Isle of Wight, somehow we managed to squeeze in a sideboard, a disassembled dining room table and four chairs, as well as my pregnant wife and myself. I think the inside is a bit like a Tardis.

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1 minute ago, DSdriver said:

Simca also did a van, later to become a Talbot or Dodge. A friend had one for his company runabout that I borrowed to collect some furniture from the Isle of Wight, somehow we managed to squeeze in a sideboard, a disassembled dining room table and four chairs, as well as my pregnant wife and myself. I think the inside is a bit like a Tardis.

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Yes, I only had my 305 for a year, but in that time I took my brother with all his  worldly possessions to Germany where hes lived ever since. We loaded up, drove down the road then realised that one tyre was rubbing on the inner wheel arch, owing to a previously undiagnosed worn suspension bearing . We stopped, pulled everything out then put it back with all the heavy stuff on the other side. No more problems, and once I dropped him off in Essen my wife flew out and we had a week's holiday. It cruised at 75-80 fine on the autobahn.

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