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General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: Bob Purton on May 25, 2015, 10:00:34 AM

Title: Next mystery car
Post by: Bob Purton on May 25, 2015, 10:00:34 AM
This is a really easy one with a connection to another well known popular microcar.
Title: Re: Next mystery car
Post by: Bob Purton on May 29, 2015, 09:42:26 AM
Is this one too hard for you?
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Post by: AndyL on May 29, 2015, 09:43:30 AM
Peel prototype?
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Post by: richard on May 29, 2015, 09:52:02 AM
I have no idea but I have seen it before , was it even on here . I am thinking Phoenix like again . Frisky ?
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Post by: Chris Thomas on May 29, 2015, 10:18:42 AM
Almost the last word in luxury
Chris T
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Post by: Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker) on May 29, 2015, 10:21:39 AM
Looks like some kind of Bug-eyed monster! ::)
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Post by: richard on May 29, 2015, 11:51:55 AM
LUXor ? Egypt ? Phoenix prototype ?
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Post by: Chris Thomas on May 29, 2015, 02:39:32 PM
Looks like Tom is driving.
Chris T
Title: Re: Next mystery car
Post by: Bob Purton on May 29, 2015, 03:42:00 PM
Surprised no one has got it after ogling at it for a week now!
No more clues! ;D
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Post by: Big Al on May 29, 2015, 08:46:47 PM
Quote from: Chris Thomas on May 29, 2015, 10:18:42 AM
Almost the last word in luxury
Chris T

Lux, then, almost.
Title: Re: Next mystery car
Post by: Chris Thomas on May 29, 2015, 11:21:33 PM
OK to put you out of your misery it is a Zimp designed and built by Tom Karen of Bond Bug fame.

Chris Thomas
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Post by: Big Al on May 30, 2015, 07:52:04 AM
One of three Zimp is currently for sale, though in this case not quite a Microcar. I tried buying one once, yonks ago. Funny, now a new opportunity presents itself, without attendant misunderstanding, I am not interested in it. For all I know the other one is still with the microcar it lived with, which I would only have had at a price less then other, already, interested parties, I expect. Objects of desire change.

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Title: Re: Next mystery car
Post by: Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker) on May 30, 2015, 11:14:11 AM
Quote from: Chris Thomas on May 29, 2015, 11:21:33 PM
OK to put you out of your misery it is a Zimp designed and built by Tom Karen of Bond Bug fame.

Chris Thomas
Big Al is talking about the Zagato Zimp, Chris of course meant the Vimp. Both interesting and unusual cars but the Vimp is unrelated to the Zimp or to the Hillman Imp. Zimply a spelling mistake I fink.
Title: Re: Next mystery car
Post by: Chris Thomas on May 30, 2015, 11:30:09 AM
Thank you Malcolm

Spelling was never my strong point

As soon as I had posted the item I had second doubts about which was which, the Zimp or the Vimp. Having taken a chance and got it wrong, I hang my head in shame.

Chris Thomas
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Post by: Big Al on May 30, 2015, 11:49:38 AM
Could be worse. Might have called it a Wimp. Personally I think the Peccary Pimp (LE?) has more going for it, given later history.
Title: Re: Next mystery car
Post by: Bob Purton on May 30, 2015, 12:20:56 PM
Yes, the Vimp indeed.  Got there in the end.
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Post by: Rob Dobie on May 30, 2015, 05:52:12 PM
Good job it wasn't called a Pimp!  :o
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Post by: richard on May 31, 2015, 12:33:58 AM
Well I did say we had seen it before , it was featured in RUM news a while back
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Post by: Bob Purton on May 31, 2015, 07:33:24 AM
There cannot be much we havnt seen before especially if you have a reasonably comprehensive microcar library. Still new people are taking an interest all the time so it does no harm to wheel out stuff that the old guard are already familiar with.
I am totally stumped with Malcolms one though.
Title: Re: Next mystery car
Post by: richard on May 31, 2015, 09:54:19 AM
Oh agreed on that one Bob , and we couldn't remember it. Malcolm should give us a clue , or three :)
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Post by: Rob Dobie on May 31, 2015, 10:12:22 AM
Seeing Al's photo of the Zimp with the reg number 9053 PG  I wonder if the car has a connection with PG Tips and therefore should be called a Chimp ?  ;D
Title: Re: Next mystery car
Post by: Bob Purton on May 31, 2015, 12:20:57 PM
And why not? If the Italians can have a Piaggio Ape why cant we have a chimp? ;D
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Post by: richard on May 31, 2015, 03:13:40 PM
EH ! could you two stop monkeying about  :)
Title: Re: Next mystery car
Post by: Big Al on May 31, 2015, 10:55:31 PM
Surely it would be a semi open, T bar styling, job, then? By Swigato, the Twyford styling house.