Velorex - Streeeeetch

[Barry]

From Strangerblog on Facebook.  Always interesting.


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[Jim Janecek]

I think this is the same car with different wheels, I guess it gets rented out for weddings

note the Velorex cake!

[Rob Dobie]

Not many happy faces there!

[Barry]

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.

[marcus]

It is over-restored, far too neat, garish, ridiculous and a travesty of its design. That's right, I love it!

[Chris Thomas]

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

[steven mandell]

No you don't.

[marcus]

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.

[richard]

And there was me thinking barry had seen the light ! No chance is there

[Bob Purton]

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!

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.

[Jim Janecek]

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 

[Bob Purton]

It goes without saying, Jim, present company accepted.

[Chris Thomas]

Dear Bob

I have thought about it, and any stretched microcar would no longer be a microcar.

Chris Thomas

[richard]

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

[Rob Dobie]

Ah, I see it's got the Devil's registration number.