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Old 02-03-2010, 08:26 PM   #1
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i parked next to the weridest thing today...

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Old 02-03-2010, 08:35 PM   #2
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You just don't see them anymore.
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Old 02-03-2010, 09:27 PM   #3
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wasnt that called a "Le Car"?
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Old 02-03-2010, 09:30 PM   #4
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A friend of mine had a VW Thing. The ride was worse than a garbage truck!! Le Car was made by Renault, the French manufacturer.
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Old 02-03-2010, 09:32 PM   #5
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Le Car. Not really, but would you want to crawl in this and hit the highway!
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Old 02-03-2010, 09:46 PM   #6
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Le Car. Not really, but would you want to crawl in this and hit the highway!
isnt that the first generation Pirrus???
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isnt that the first generation Pirrus???
Reminds me of the new Smart Cars.
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Old 02-04-2010, 03:56 PM   #8
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Le Car. Not really, but would you want to crawl in this and hit the highway!
DON`T make jokes about german engineering art!
There´s one with a Hayabusa engine wich is a little scary but cool!
The orange one is a Renault 5 wich was very common in Europe!
What you call the "thing" is a "VW 181 Kübelwagen" and was made to serve the army after WW II together with the VW Beetle!
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Old 02-03-2010, 09:40 PM   #9
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i seen it and was thinking it was a golfcart but i pulled closer and was like its a thing?! lol
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Old 02-03-2010, 09:53 PM   #10
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Dude i went to high school with had a bright yellow thing. He was 6'7" and he used to wear aviator goggles when he drove it cause his head was so far above the windshield. In the winter he had a plywood roof.
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Well..... We all like lowered trucks !!!

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How about this Thing ?
Just goes to show that almost any "thing" looks good lowered...
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Gotta love the Thing!
Here is a LeCar from a junkyard nearby. They had a couple.
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the "Thing" is one of the coolest car's ever made ! I would love to have one .
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Seeing this thread reminds me of my dads old Yugo that we used to have a long time ago.
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You know it is funny how big the SWB looks next to the Thing. And our trucks are fairly small in modern terms.
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You know it is funny how big the SWB looks next to the Thing. And our trucks are fairly small in modern terms.
lol, i was realizing this the other day, m y truck was parked next to an 09 swb silverado and i was like wow, a fullsize then and a fullsize now is ,ajor difference!
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Try a 30s 40s truck next to a new one. They look like a Metro next to a school bus.
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My '95 1500 single cab was huge compared to my '82 single cab when i had them parked next to each other. Up untill that point i thought square bodies were kinda big. But thats mostly all vehicles. 1980's Impala/Caprice were called boats at one point but a 90's Impala/Caprice was even bigger.
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Guess I need to post a couple of "things" from my daily travels:
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a le car in a junkyard Hmmmm....... I bet its complet
I had a thing and a lot like a baja bug Id put it up aginst any 4wd to go about any where I wanted

the type 181 was modled after the kubelwagon but their not the same
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