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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 04:00 AM
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^ That Audi looks great: proper slice of the 80s.
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 04:47 AM
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amazing how many different cars have been made!
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Andy
It could have had an engine transplant, I guess. It also looks like it's had some re-shaping around the rear wheelarches as they aren't stock either.

Here's one, my wife was driving a blue one of these when I met her - she hated it but it was so bad it was actually fun in a masochistic way. It had a dashboard mounted gear lever with the most unusual shift pattern.
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2 cars featured in James Bond movies. Top, Citroen, in For Your Eyes Only. Bottom, Aston Martin, in The Living Daylights.
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by lwphat66
AMX Javelin.
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 05:21 AM
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Originally Posted by tex2670
2 cars featured in James Bond movies. Top, Citroen, in For Your Eyes Only. Bottom, Aston Martin, in The Living Daylights.
Close, but no cigar. You're right with the Aston but look again at the other one.
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Andy
Close, but no cigar. You're right with the Aston but look again at the other one.
Wow, yeah, amazingly close.... got me.

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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by tex2670
Wow, yeah, amazingly close.... got me.

I did pick the yellow one deliberately for that reason. Easy mistake to make.
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by tex2670
Wow, yeah, amazingly close.... got me.

Looks a little like a VW bug but has longer hood so I'm guessing it was RWD.

Looks better than a Bug too, IMO.
And it has a vinyl roof that maybe rolls back.
Nice touch if it has no AC. lol
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Margate330
Looks a little like a VW bug but has longer hood so I'm guessing it was RWD.

Looks better than a Bug too, IMO.
And it has a vinyl roof that maybe rolls back.
Nice touch if it has no AC. lol
VW Bug is RWD....it's rear engine.
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by tex2670
VW Bug is RWD....it's rear engine.
That's what I said!
(cough... meant) lol

It's early, still waking up....
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Margate330
That's what I said!
(cough... meant) lol

It's early, still waking up....
VW Bug - the original Frunk.....
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by tex2670
VW Bug - the original Frunk.....
My Great Grandma had one back in the day.
I'm sorry ya'll but even as a kid riding in the back seat- all I was thinking is, "dang, what a piece of junk, what is this car...". haha
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by tex2670
Wow, yeah, amazingly close.... got me.


Citroen 2CV.....if someone else has not already mentioned it. For decades, it had the nickname "The French Beetle".
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 09:50 AM
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Citroen 2CV.....if someone else has not already mentioned it. For decades, it had the nickname "The French Beetle".
maybe should have been named the dung beetle as it was a POS.
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
maybe should have been named the dung beetle as it was a POS.

Well, it was a typical cheap French car of the period.....Cream-of-Wheat suspension, ultra-soft ride (for its size) to the point of being decadent, plush living-room seat comfort, El Cheapo-quality parts, sloppy assembly, things falling off the car before it is a year old, and an eccentric control-layout that would have most Americans pulling their hair out.
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