04-15-2017, 08:47 AM
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04-15-2017, 01:00 PM
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Eureka!
Guess What's Under The Hood Of This Orthodontist-Designed Car
I found a JPG in backup and instead of re-upping it, I did a site search on Jalopnik. I was thinking of the Emis Art. But since then I've learned of the Polski Fiats in Cuba. So, yeah, no.
Check out the Lotus-style backbone frame in the lower right.
Chopstix — You seem to see the Beetle as a starting point for [questionable activities]. I see it as the center of a constellation that can be viewed along various axes. Like fit-and-finish vs patina-and-parts
Original German, vs quad-runner:
subtle variations

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04-15-2017, 03:28 PM
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04-15-2017, 05:40 PM
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Can't make head or tail of "Vindaloo Smeg!" or "Location: Spam in a Can" but at the Bug Run I've seen trailers full of Baja bugs at $500 per. If you haven't started yet, now's the time (actually June the 3rd).
32nd Annual Northwest Bug Run – Presented by the Rose City Volksters
That's where I got the Marathons I showed in #22 for $25 each. And four Moon disks for $5.
That semi-trailer you showed in #20? Here's a picture I drew in the 1970s, similar except two front ends back-to-back:
What do you think of this? Koral Rot is my favorite red. With front fender skirts and a Jim Dandy roof rack this would be pretty well perfect.
thesamba obsesses over them, 14 pages worth.
Compare the fittings on the "J" RACK / Foreign Concepts VW
OTOH I think the longitudinal wood slats would be quieter than the lateral hollow tubes. My rack moans at 45mph.
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04-15-2017, 07:19 PM
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04-15-2017, 11:08 PM
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On the Samba, they would call pretty much everything in this thread an " abortion." But hey, de gustibus non est disputandum and all that. 
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04-16-2017, 07:51 AM
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04-16-2017, 08:48 PM
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That might be one of the strangest VW-based projects.
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Another single cab-on-V8-chassis. What do you think of this one? It has the whole VW:
But; getting back to the Emis Art
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Emis was born in Rio de Janeiro, and its founder and owner was E duardo MI randa S antos (hence the name of the company). Many years later, the factory was transferred to Porto Alegre, where today it is the only gaucho buggies factory. Initially it produced buggies in Rio de Janeiro, but also produced an urban minibus of mechanics Volkswagen : the Emis Art. Although it is not a buggy, the fact that the Art was manufactured by a company specialized in buggies makes this vehicle must be in the List of cars that changed the concept and style about cars of reduced size for the following years.... Some call it the "smart Brazilian of the 80s".
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https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://brasilforadeserie.blogspot.com/2011/03/emis-art.html&prev=search
https://sites.google.com/site/exoticcarspage/microcarros/emis-art
Cute little bugger.
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Look at that chassis, it's a sheet metal monocoque like a Lotus Elite or XR3. Mit Beetle front end and drivetrain. I'd like to see this chassis under a Myers Manx or something.
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