RUMCars Forum
General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: Barry on August 26, 2013, 04:37:16 PM
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From Strangerblog on Facebook. Always interesting.
https://www.facebook.com/MotorcycleCommunity/posts/579510868762463?notif_t=notify_me
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I think this is the same car with different wheels, I guess it gets rented out for weddings
note the Velorex cake!
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Not many happy faces there! :(
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I think this is the same car with different wheels, I guess it gets rented out for weddings
note the Velorex cake!
Spot the difference - there are many things that are different. Must be a different car or updated.
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It is over-restored, far too neat, garish, ridiculous and a travesty of its design. That's right, I love it!
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Some microcars would be easier to stretch than others. We know that a stretched Isetts looks like a BMW 600. A stretched Tiger would be fun, but I wonder what a stretched tourette would look like?
There is some logic to stretching a Velorex but there would be no logic to stretching a Peel P 50, as it would end up looking like a Bedford Van.
I need to give this a bit more thought.
Chris Thomas
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No you don't. :D
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One of the short stories which I have STILL not got round to self-publishing concerns a stretched Heinkel with several doors down each side. Being cut and shut at the main side window area it had a segmented look which gave it the nick-name "The Caterpillar".
Since writing it I have seen a photo of a stretched H-T (in India perhaps?), but far less extreme than the one I described.
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And there was me thinking barry had seen the light ! No chance is there
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Seems like I'm in agreement with Steven on this one.
Can I remind you Mr Thomas editor Sir ;) that the purpose of Rumcars is and I quote "exists purely to maintain records and to encourage their preservation and restoration" That does not include there being turned into some stretched hotrod or custom car project! You should know better than to even plant such thoughts in microcar fanciers heads!! ??? [that includes you Barry!] We do not want to be encouraging that kind of thing. I can assure you that Bobette was made of all spare parts and was not tested on animals! :D
We have been suffering from a bout of this on the Isetta forum with Americans talking about engine transplants and turbo chargers on there Isettas. Please, if a vintage microcar doesnt suit your needs, buy something else that does and sell you microcar to some one who will appreciate it for what it is.
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We have been suffering from a bout of this on the Isetta forum with A FEW Americans talking about engine transplants and turbo chargers on there Isettas.
I made a slight addendum to your post....otherwise good points all around ;)
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It goes without saying, Jim, present company accepted. :)
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Dear Bob
I have thought about it, and any stretched microcar would no longer be a microcar.
Chris Thomas
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or preserved and restored Chris !
my last contribution on this topic - it's not new and it's not clever :( i'll give you one guess where this stretched Bond is now - and the best place for it
oh and how mags and copiers have improved over the years
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Ah, I see it's got the Devil's registration number. :o
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Or rather the mark of the beast. Quite appropriate really!
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i did say i wouldn't ..... but someone will know if the numbers still around - i bet the car isn't
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or preserved and restored Chris !
my last contribution on this topic - it's not new and it's not clever :( i'll give you one guess where this stretched Bond is now - and the best place for it
oh and how mags and copiers have improved over the years
I'm guessing it got scrapped!
Mags have improved over the years. Our one for example has changed beyond recognition and has broader appeal although I have to admit that when I look through my back issues most of my favourites are from the Mike Shephard era probably because our taste in microcars are similar and the mags just have a basic raw no frills appeal.
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Or rather the mark of the beast. Quite appropriate really!
In modern popular culture, 666 has become one of the most widely recognized
symbols for the Antichrist or, alternatively, the Devil.
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as said seems to sum up the person that would do such a thing
straying i know but it's a rubbish topic barry so i dont feel too guilty :D :D :D
i agree in a way bob . when i first had my Trojan the mag was much more amateurish and i used to spend ages cutting and pasting - LITERALLY . we used to have home made and very amateur quizzes and individually typed letters in different typefaces . i find even now a subject will come up and i can actually recall the way it looked on the page 20 years ago . times had to change i know that. unfortunately what happened is that editorship became limited and now editors must be very technical people - and i am not . luckily despite all the warnings lack of a club editor rarely actually seems to come to the crunch . Thank Goodness for them ! :)
agree too about earlier RUM for me anyway - old and unusual
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Or rather the mark of the beast. Quite appropriate really!
In modern popular culture, 666 has become one of the most widely recognized
symbols for the Antichrist or, alternatively, the Devil.
Agreed Rob, in modern popular culture.
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We have been suffering from a bout of this on the Isetta forum with Americans talking about engine transplants and turbo chargers on there Isettas. Please, if a vintage microcar doesnt suit your needs, buy something else that does and sell you microcar to some one who will appreciate it for what it is.
I am absolutely in agreement with Bob on this, but I couldn't resist sharing these completely impractical but beautifully rendered digital custom isettas.
http://www.ollierkkila.com/ (http://www.ollierkkila.com/)
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some people need no encouragement .IF there is an upside to the higher prices recently it may be that people won't wreck them