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PostPost by: theelanman » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:47 am

take a look...

http://www.mobile.de/cgi-bin/da.pl?id=11111111210715028

the text says there are papers with it from the factory that say this is a unique car...

does this mean they had a look at it and said they`ve never seen such a thing before, or that they made it??
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PostPost by: types26/36 » Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:11 am

wondo wrote:the text says there are papers with it from the factory that say this is a unique car...
does this mean they had a look at it and said they`ve never seen such a thing before, or that they made it??


I think it is unlikely it is a factory car, note the non standard steering wheel and air filters. It looks very nice though but what is that black square on the boot lid?
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PostPost by: Dag-Henning » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:05 am

- text says "halbautomatik" - semiautomatic ?????? :shock:
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PostPost by: thor » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:10 am

What the hell is this? And I second the query on the strange black square on the boot.....

Will be very interesting to know the following:
a) is the roof water-tight
b) will it look as strange as I think it will with the panels off........?

strange machine..
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PostPost by: theelanman » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:15 am

it`s a german website, but a dutch seller...
so the input mask is in german i think that`s why it says "semi automatic"

i`d really like to see a picture with the roof off aswell! :-)
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PostPost by: john-c-elan+2 » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:22 pm

I don't care - it looks great, and assuming its watertight, brilliant idea.
I have a webasto roof that came out of a +2, that I might get fitted to my JPS - but I'd rather have this................Wonder if it cud be done with a single roof panel like an old Porsche 911 Targa ? jc
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PostPost by: tdafforn » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:21 pm

Don't see why not...
Should in theory be much easier given that its all fibreglass...
Could be a good reason for buying one of those cheap ropey +2 bodies that sometime come up on Ebay, so you could practise...
So whos going to be first with the jigsaw!!
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PostPost by: theelanman » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:25 am

tdafforn wrote:Don't see why not...
Could be a good reason for buying one of those cheap ropey +2 bodies that sometime come up on Ebay, so you could practise...
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its not ropey but Ive got a spare andif I dont sell it I suppose I could have a go!!!

maybe for next summer!!!......or may be 2010......
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