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[quote=csl177;913593]Looks like it might be a BMW 600 (logo on nose) with a fiberglas body. Went looking in all the usual microcar sites but came up empty... pretty cool though.[/quote]
Kudos for the try csl :) but not a Bimmer (or even a pair of Beemers fused together) beneath that glass body, which holds a clue or two.
Fwiw a catalogued 'production' model, and total sales flop.
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nota, thanks for the hint... lookit the vent, tail lights and the wheels. :D
Should have realized there was an Oz connection: Goggomobil Carry.
Were the fiberglas cars only in Australia? Always liked the Dart, but it didn't sell either.
Anyway, I like this little van plenty and surprised not to find it on my earlier search.
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[quote=csl177;913773]nota, thanks for the hint... lookit the vent, tail lights and the wheels. :D
Should have realized there was an Oz connection: Goggomobil Carry.[/quote]
You got it, I'm impressed. Well done! :cool:
I pondered whether you 'gave yourself' another hint, in regards to your "glas" reference, considering the later tie-in between Glas and BMW.
Btw the Carry only had one (drivers side) door, plus a roll-a-door on the near-side to access the load area ... such as it was.
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Were the fiberglas cars only in Australia? Always liked the Dart, but it didn't sell either.
Anyway, I like this little van plenty and surprised not to find it on my earlier search.[/quote]
Yes all the local Goggos were shod with (good quality) fibreglass bodies. My old dad owned one back in the early sixties, a T300 sedan similar to pic but in a gungy dark green, with that very odd Goggo gearshift pattern.
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csl why not check out this incomporable 'semi-factory' and bona fide Goggo Supercar (road-car) built hereabouts in the early 1960s...
[quote][i]Most dragging fans will remember this car as "the one that beat the Ramchargers ['63 Dodge 426] when it ran a 14.3 at Castlereagh [Sydney dragstrip] a couple of years ago"[/i][/quote]Unfortunately a direct link is verboten, but its well worth finding out about this unique vehicle, by following these steps...
[url=http://www.glasclub.org/]GLAS Automobil Club International e.V.[/url] (click your language preference)
Glas-Vehicles (note that shift pattern!)
Specials (on the left index)
Buckle Motors (Dart)
Goggo McKay Mk l
From the Buckle Motors page you might also like "A little bit about Bill Buckle" which briefly tells the tale of Oz Goggos, including Carry & Dart, and their creator .. along with the local road tests etc.
[center][i]and then there's this...[/i] :D[/center]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk6pO7eLeiM&feature=related"]YouTube- Yellow PagesĀ® Australia - Goggomobil (Not the Dart)[/ame]
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What a cool site nota, thanks! Love the Yellow Page commercial, know exactly what that's like.
Goggo McKay Mk l? That's just wrong. :D:p:D
The Borgward I4 is a jewel of an engine... always wanted to have one just for display, all polished up.
One of these days I'd like to build a DKW van with 'Busa power and FWD. :eek:
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[quote=austin healey;494227]Guess That Car Allright Here Is The First One Nice And Easy.[/quote]
I think it is a dodge or a plymouth.
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[quote=csl177;913773]nota, thanks for the hint... lookit the vent, tail lights and the wheels. :D
Should have realized there was an Oz connection: Goggomobil Carry.
Were the fiberglas cars only in Australia? Always liked the Dart, but it didn't sell either.
Anyway, I like this little van plenty and surprised not to find it on my earlier search.[/quote]
I saw this van last year at the Orange Blossom Festival at Baulkham Hills. There wasn't a Dart there though...............
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[quote=vettemanjoe;946965]Alfa Romeo?[/quote]
Uhhhhhh... no.
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[IMG][IMG]http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab130/STR82THGP/38-1.jpg[/IMG][/IMG]
If anyone can identify the front vehicle, it would be appreciated.
I do not know myself.
Thanks.
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No, but it sure is french.
... and only now i notice that I miss interpreted the thread.
It's for completely unknown cars, instead of parts of known cars.
What ever :)