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General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: mozimo on June 10, 2009, 12:51:45 AM
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Hi,
My name is montri.
I am really love micro car or bubble car but in thailand don't have much.
Anyway,Here is my midget I mp5
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/minimo/Front2.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/minimo/Side.jpg)
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Hello Montri: I love your vehicle. How about some more information on it? Ian. :)
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Thank you ,Ian
It is 1961 Daihatsu Midget(MP5)
MP4 is early type from 1957,it come with sunroof,It had three wheels, two in the back, and one in the front.
Early versions also had motorcycle-like handlebars in place of a steering wheel.
The engine was an air-cooled 2-stroke design of 305 cc which produced 12 hp (9 kW).
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/minimo/Seat.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/minimo/Tail.jpg)
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Hello Mozimo. That's a lovely pick up
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I bought a model of this funny vehicle in scale 1:43 some times ago, but didn´t known more details. Thank you montri! I had a short look at the microcarmodels page and found that there are numerous toycars of the Daihatsu Midget.
I love this website very much and I think that this is another interesting kind of collecting microcars :D
www.microcarmodels.co.uk/ShowcasePages07/midgetsfr.htm
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/2639855408_ed0df0b15b.jpg?v=0)
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I think the Daihatsu Midget is about the best looking light cargo/tuk tuk thingy. Second only to Scammell Scarabs and ScarabTownsman. Like the models site too, I made model TG 500 and Trojan out of cigar tins and tap washers many years ago, wish I had time to do some more!
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Check this out for fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stwX02gQUjk&feature=PlayList&p=5FE6BBEE39CF3D35&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=18
I am sure you will love it.
Thanks marcus and bruetsch-freak for warm welcome here.
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This is my 500 N 1957.It's very rare in thailand.Have no idea it is micro car or not.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/minimo/Thaitemple.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/minimo/Sidewalk.jpg)
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Very nice car!!! I think that this is of course a microcar or isn´t it?
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Beautiful, I love those 500s, and that looks really smart. I have never seen that colour before, but it suits it. As for whether it is a micro or not, it falls within the various definitions that are suggested for true micros, in that sense yes. RUM itself is generally committed to vehicles which do not have their own clubs, but I think most of us appreciate all manner of machinery!
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A couple of years ago an Italian man turned up in our yard with a black 500 Abarth, but with a 600 engine and various other mods. It was very nice and I was chatting to him about it. We had a nice talk, then he said that he reckoned it was the smallest car in London, and that no-one else has a rear engine, air cooled micro. Well, what could I say? I took him round the corner, and there was my red Trojan 200 gleaming in the sun, and his jaw dropped, and he was as wildly excited as a small boy. He had never seen or heard of bubble cars, and went home educated!
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Really want to have Heikel or Trojan,If you do have someone want to sell in UK,Please let me know.
Right now,I am working on this Isetta 300 uk spec.,R/H/D....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/minimo/Front.jpg)
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Hi,
My name is montri.
I am really love micro car or bubble car but in thailand don't have much.
Thailand does have at least one collection of microcars:
www.chasesiam.com/activities.htm (http://www.chasesiam.com/activities.htm)
or, if you prefer the direct link:
www.jesadatechnikmuseum.com (http://www.jesadatechnikmuseum.com)
Mike Harrell
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I knew him but it is a museum.
Those cars can not drive on the road.
But my car can,he he he...
Thanks
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Sawatdee Kup, Montri,
Great to see some pictures from Thailand. I enjoyed that wonderful Thai hospitality (and fantastic food!) for many years, particularly in Chiang Mai, which is where I photographed this Daihatsu on my last visit in 2005. It was usually parked outside this shop on Moon Muang St. Do you know it?
Colin
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f92/groovydubber/Diahatsu_CM.jpg)
This photo is from
http://www.pigs-on-mopeds.com/
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Welcome to thailand,Of cause I knew that street.
I guess you love spicy food,right?
Right now,some people like me want to keep this daihatsu as the way it is.
Because nowsday it have a few survive.
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"Right now,some people like me want to keep this daihatsu as the way it is."
Please explain - do you mean not restoring it?
Or do you mean keeping the original mechanical parts rather than putting in a later engine?
And yes, I do like spicy food. But more important I like rice and noodle meals (it's not what most people eat in UK)
By the way, do you know that particular Diahatsu in Chiang Mai? Is it still there? And was it originally a convertible or was the roof removed?
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Engine is very important and hard to find a good one nowsday.
My midget is restore everything back to original.That's what I mean.
The one that you showed,it was the roof removed.
and wrong seats.
I don't know much about daihatsu from chiang mai.
Do you want one?