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Old 07-16-2018, 07:27 AM   #2791 (permalink)
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Old 07-16-2018, 05:46 PM   #2792 (permalink)
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What happens when you mate an Airstream and a VW Rabbit?


you get an Argosy motor home.
found in a nabors backyard.
A quick googal shows this to be a posable 1off custom.
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Old 07-16-2018, 07:12 PM   #2793 (permalink)
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No, you think he built? Does it have the rabbit floor pan and seats inside ? Looks like a real struggle bunny, I mean buggy. Diesel? That windshield is probably not DOT approved safety glass.
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Old 07-16-2018, 08:25 PM   #2794 (permalink)
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Q: What happens when you mate an Airstream and a VW Rabbit?
A: You get an Airy Hare?
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Old 07-18-2018, 12:43 PM   #2795 (permalink)
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Looks like this one has potential if ever produced.

Genesis Essentia Concept is a posh, electric GT
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Old 07-23-2018, 07:46 PM   #2796 (permalink)
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This ones interesting:



It looks like one could approximate it with a Lowcost 7 by adding a front diverter and some semi-detached pontoon fenders.
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The transport of the future - inspired by a 1961 Ford: Chinese designer reveals radical self driving two wheel gyrocar
Designer reveals electric two wheel car inspired by 1961 Ford Gyron it hopes to sell in China | Daily Mail Online

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Kind of reminds me of LIT motors. Wonder what happened to them?
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A: You get an Airy Hare?
Better than a Hairy Ars... I mean, AirStream.

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