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Daihatsu "kei" car.

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  • 02-01-2019 11:32pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 11,191 ✭✭✭✭


    This little Daihatsu "kei" car arrived in our local scrap metal yard last week.
    Don't know if you'd consider it a classic, but if anyone needed parts, they should move fast! :D
    Tan leather interior.

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    It's tiny, makes those Nissan Figaro's look wide!

    Were they supposed to look like a Lancia? :D


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  • Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    That’s a Daihatsu Opti “Classic”

    The regular Opti didn’t have the stupid grille.

    AA0-FF31-A-71-EC-4001-B373-45-B59-E5-F7826.jpg

    They did an even stranger saloon version.


    Small cars with weird faux-British facelifts were all the rage in Japan.

    Exhibit A:
    Autech Nissan Micra
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    A5-EE17-AD-CF6-F-4925-BB73-E69-FAC14244-B.jpg

    Exhibit B: Subaru Impreza Casablanca
    2-E6-D3197-E09-A-4-C05-B55-C-8-E9-B8620-A133.jpg


    And of course, the Mitsubishi Viewt (Micra)

    4382-BAE5-8-E61-4-A16-A56-A-3-C0-B80-AB71-E4.jpg
    737-C0308-24-F6-469-D-B7-E4-AC848314-C8-E5.jpg

    Mitsuoka Galue
    78-F839-B2-EBF1-49-B4-83-A3-411-F956-DAF18.jpg


  • Registered Users Posts: 617 ✭✭✭randomstuff


    colm_mcm wrote: »

    Mitsuoka Galue
    78-F839-B2-EBF1-49-B4-83-A3-411-F956-DAF18.jpg

    I had to google this one, I couldn't believe it wasn't just a bad photoshop job...

    But it's real. I'm actually puzzled how that monstrosity was approved to be made.


  • Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Wait till you see what they did to the mx5.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,796 ✭✭✭Isambard


    I'd consider it an interesting classic (and hideous). Would surely attract interest at a show.


  • Registered Users Posts: 64,762 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    I was hoping you were forgetting to post the Viewt, Colm :(


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  • Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Wait till you see what they did to the mx5.

    :eek: :confused:


    Do tell !

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,227 ✭✭✭mgbgt1978


    Just Google Japan mx5 mitsuoka, click 'images' and enjoy........


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    mgbgt1978 wrote: »
    Just Google Japan mx5 mitsuoka, click 'images' and enjoy........
    I was expecting an abomination... but that's a lovely looking roadster. Yes, it's derivative, but she's pretty!


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,227 ✭✭✭mgbgt1978


    The corvette copy isn't bad.....
    .....but the Himiko. Looks like an MX5 rear-ended a XK120 and somebody just kept on driving it !


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,191 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Surely the Himiko is a Morgan copy?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,227 ✭✭✭mgbgt1978


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsuoka_Himiko


    XK120 or Aero 8....whichever you think it most resembles I suppose.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    mgbgt1978 wrote: »
    XK120 or Aero 8....whichever you think it most resembles I suppose.
    Bit of a love child of both for me.

    I always hated the Aero. Ugh.


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