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Any ideas? I like the look if only because I'm not that keen on loaves generally - having owned and stayed in the world's worst of them for the thick end of a year when the late Mrs and I took one around the entire coast for sh*ts and giggles - and this is something genuinely different from all of the other rifle practice fodder at VW shows, so respect due to its builder for that.
But it's bugging the living bejaysus out of me and even the SiLB couldn't tell from a quick look. She used to know everything!
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I thought maybe Datsun Micra but couldn't see the likeness once I looked at an image of one.
[pedant]Oh, and Gemma, if you're watching; it's wagen, with an e.[/pedant]
J "Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Ah yes, so it was a Micra that died for the sake of the pickup. I just noticed that the vents on the VW's front panel are the grille from the poor Micra. Well it's a first if it's nowt else; a vehicle with its own very well known identity being modified to look more like a Micra when most of the specials - from the likes of Mitsuoka and the Pike Factory - start with Micras and try to make them look less like themselves.
It could be worse, they could have bastardised a K10 and that, in these parts, is a hanging offence.
J "Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
There's a very clean Fiat Amigo on the 'bay just now, and a couple of half decent-looking Bongos. There's also a ton of mixed hardcore which I'd guarantee would provide a more comfortable night's kip than certain European vehicles, as long as the staples didn't scratch your skin during the night that is..
H, you're owing me a crisp pound note now, because I got both of your words in!
J "Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
I'm not sure if they are the same lights on the Micra - have a look at the amber indicator part on the van, wide and flat at the bottom and almost to a point at the top but on the car the same part seems to be narrower and more rounded at both top and bottom. Of course it could just be me needing to go to Specsavers . . . . . .
Topaz wrote:I'm not sure if they are the same lights on the Micra - have a look at the amber indicator part on the van, wide and flat at the bottom and almost to a point at the top but on the car the same part seems to be narrower and more rounded at both top and bottom. Of course it could just be me needing to go to Specsavers . . . . . .
Mike
That is exactly what made me wonder whether I'd got it wrong. On the other hand, Mitsuru has a black belt in identifying vehicles and parts thereof which are seen from odd angles or, as in this case, out of context.
At this point, I could post up pics of the two types of lamp that appeared on K11 Micras at various times..
J "Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Very happy to be corrected and apologise for my mistake (and I don't say that very often) - now you have posted that second Micra I can see exactly where the different shaped amber section came from . . . . . . .
from all of the other rifle practice fodder at VW shows, so respect due to its builder for that.
(and I don't say that very often) - now you have posted that second Micra I can see exactly where the different shaped amber section came from . . . . . . . 