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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

I attempted to look up DAF and Fokker cars, and stumbled across this.

Will wonders never cease?

--Baloo

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[This message was edited by Baloo on April 18, 1999.]

Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

This thing really works??

Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :

Very strange. How do you go about finding all these fascinatingly odd tidbits?

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

*putt-putts* It's a, uhm... nice design...

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Yes! And inexpensive, too! It's constructed from Cinzano signs. If you can't find a parking space, you can carry it like luggage (or you could if there was a handle).

Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :

I'm speechless.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

I want one.

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Posted by The Excalibur (Member # 34) on :

(sings)

Flintstones, meet the Flintstones.

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

Baloo: fokker cars? Oops, I think I didn't make it quite clear that fokker doesn't make any cars. Never did :]

BTW when an English friend of ours first heard of fokker planes he was quite amused. Hum. :] (again)

Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

Fokker did make planes that were shot down by the bucketload in 1940. *wide grin of self pity*

Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

I wondered. A lot of aircraft companies switched to making cars in post-war Europe. Saab is the most successful example, but the most entertaining vehicles were the micros. Messerschmitt and BMW made two of the most toylike of the bunch.

--Baloo

Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

[Suddenly realizes he ought to provide some examples.]

A 1961 Messerschmitt KR200

a 1956 BMW Isetta 300 Bubble window

The Shelter. A Dutch micro car, build by ir. A. van der Goot.

There's loads more. Look up "micro car" in your favorite search engine.

--Baloo

[This message was edited by Baloo on April 20, 1999.]

Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

Ewwwwwww@Those car pics!
Methinks those companies still had airplanes in mind when they conceived those "vehicles". :P

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