Duck Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 Mwaaaa okokokok I'm sure this is it! This is what the dude has! Subaru "Sambar" - look at that glass roof, and massive windows!! Ugh and this one sold on Japanoid for only $8500 -Iain Quote
Steve C. Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 duck...really? looks like a cable car fell off its lines, kind of square and, well, plain. now the smart with the dual wheels at the rear in the above pix...that was freakin' sweet !!!!! transformers starts soon, that smart above could be a decepticon !! u know u waaaaaannnttt it. Quote
yukoner Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 Sambar: Supercharged four wheel drive. Cool.Carl Quote
Duck Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 duck...really? looks like a cable car fell off its lines, kind of square and, well, plain.You forget I am a massive ropeway technology nut. And, I like crazy squarish-mid-80's-Japanese-vehicles (I drove 2!). @ Yukoner - Yeah, all these crazy Japanese Kei-Cars have turbocharged/supercharged small-displacement engines (just like some other car company we all know and love!). Many of them are 4WD, too! -Iain Quote
MikeT Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 You've got to ride the cableway to the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix, France. It is mind blowing. The view, once up there on the Piton Central is even more mind blowing. Quote
mkt Posted June 13, 2007 Author Posted June 13, 2007 Holy exotic car day batman! http://www.mkt3000.com/pics/orlando_6-11-07 Quote
MikeT Posted June 16, 2007 Posted June 16, 2007 Full marks to whomever can identify this car, without using google to find out the info. Hint: it has a Toyota drivetrain... Quote
MikeT Posted June 20, 2007 Posted June 20, 2007 Close. It's based on a Toyota Yaris, built locally and sold for only 18 months, before the car proved so unsaleable that it was withdrawn! (Toyota owns Daihatsu IIRC) Quote
deezle Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 Can't imagine why it didn't sell. I guess passengers in the rear seats couldn't hear with their knees covering their ears. If you squint your eyes and imagine the tailights as headlights, it looks a lot like an old VW Beetle. The designers were just sixty years too late! Quote
Speedie Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 Kind of reminds me of the Ford Anglias that had the same window treatment in the back - it is actually pretty effective in keeping the sun out of the back window - we had a Mercury Breezeway with the reversed window (it rolled down).Cheers,Cameron Quote
spinner Posted June 26, 2007 Posted June 26, 2007 WTF? A MINI Cooper cabrio towing an electric vehicle of similar size on a trailer. Toronto, Leaside area. Quote
mkt Posted June 26, 2007 Author Posted June 26, 2007 WTF? A MINI Cooper cabrio towing an electric vehicle of similar size on a trailer. Toronto, Leaside area. that's not even close to being safeI'd stay a good mile behind that Quote
herbie Posted June 27, 2007 Posted June 27, 2007 In town here there's a sunbeam for sale. Kind of cool... Quote
mkt Posted June 27, 2007 Author Posted June 27, 2007 This? -Iain is that cookie dough, or do my eyes deceive me? Quote
herbie Posted June 27, 2007 Posted June 27, 2007 :-) :-) :-)now you've done it, lol I'll get the picture to show you...later Quote
Speedie Posted June 28, 2007 Posted June 28, 2007 This one has a high speed option - blend the tires with the pavement? No problem! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbeam_Tiger Cheers, Cameron Fittingly - this is the car Maxwell Smart used to drive in the opening sequence - might have been an Alpine - same body different engine. Quote
bilgladstone Posted June 28, 2007 Posted June 28, 2007 This one has a high speed option - blend the tires with the pavement? No problem! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbeam_Tiger Cheers, Cameron Fittingly - this is the car Maxwell Smart used to drive in the opening sequence - might have been an Alpine - same body different engine. A guy at Uni had one of those - a V8 engine in a car that probably weighed not much more than our smarts. YIKES! That was a really fast car!B:sun: Quote
Speedie Posted June 28, 2007 Posted June 28, 2007 Just don't try to change a clutch in one - my Dad did once - you almost have to disassemble the whole car.Cheers,Cameron Quote
smartie yank Posted June 28, 2007 Posted June 28, 2007 Fittingly - this is the car Maxwell Smart used to drive in the opening sequence - might have been an Alpine - same body different engine.Maxwell Smart did indeed drive a Red Sunbeam Tiger. In the very first episode however, he drove a Karmen Gia. Quote
Speedie Posted June 29, 2007 Posted June 29, 2007 Tiger was probably in the shop ..... Cheers,Cameron Quote
deezle Posted June 29, 2007 Posted June 29, 2007 I saw a Sunbeam Alpine today---not a Tiger though. Victoria is full of unrusted classics. Check out this Sunbeam Alpine MK I: photo here. Quote
ValgardForkbeard Posted June 29, 2007 Posted June 29, 2007 My father-in-law has a Sunbeam Talbot 90 in the shed. It is in fair condition, but does need some work to get it back on the road. MG Quote
deezle Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 I saw a Riley Elf on the street for the first time yesterday. I guess it's just a variation of the original Mini with it's 34 horses, but it has a very distinguished look about it---especially the grill. Photos and description. Quote
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