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Tanshanomi
08/19/09

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It's cheap and ugly but it's...cheap. And ugly. Wait, what was the good part again?
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Jim-Bob
08/19/09

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Subaru 360 by Fuji Heavy Industries FTW! It is actually one of the few Keijidosha (Kei) class cars ever sold in the US. It was imported by Malcolm Bricklin in the late 60's/early 70's, but sales were very bad due to a magazine article that stated it was unsafe. There was also a pickup and a van version sold as well. Bricklin later went on to build his self named sports car, and after that bring the Yugo to the US. His latest effort was one to bring Chinese Chery cars to the US but was not met with success.
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Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
08/19/09

@Jim-Bob: Some folk give Bricklin credit for Subaru's success in the US-- the 360 was actually a huge failure, and many that were imported literally could not be given away. Subaru wouldn't support them, as they were essentially unauthorized gray-market imports when they did finally start selling cars on their own in the US in 1968.
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MushyHeirloom
08/19/09

@Jim-Bob: Bricklin turned the unsold 360s into race cars!
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theeastbaykid
08/19/09

@Jim-Bob: There's a semi-abandoned looking 360 van in Berkeley...check out the street view, behind the white Mercedes wagon: [maps.google.com]
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NatefromOgden
08/09/09

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First car I ever went to the bank to borrow money for was a 72. And no, it wasn't fast but that didn't stop me from revving it to redline just to run to the donut shop. Nobody else knew how much fun I was having!
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mariospants
08/09/09

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I got a chill up my spine when I saw that... like seeing a familiar Lego set you haven't seen since you were a kid. My dad owned two of these. Bought one for $75 because the guy couldn't get it started. Half an hour of tinkering and away we drove (I was about 5 years old at the time).
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superveloce
08/08/09

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Gorgeous! Who cares if it's slow. It just mean I have more time to have fun and look good in it!
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tackett
08/08/09

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This is the car I took my driver's test in.
Different front end, and red.
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solracer
08/08/09

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That was the easiest "Name That Car!" yet for me. Anyone who's owned an 850 will recognize the engine compartment latches immediately. Love the blue, I suspect it's the same Marinier Blue as the early Miatas (I have a '90 in that color).

My car was a '68 but thankfully it was an early one so it had the same headlights, not the bugeye lights that came starting on January 1 1968. It was even painted British Racing Green of all things, much nicer than the slime green they started using a couple of years later. My buddy has owned the car since 1984 and only this year started restoring it, lol.
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Novaload
08/07/09

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My single "career gal" auntie bought one of these new in '68, I believe. In red. Black interior. I wasn't old enough to drive yet and was just sick with longing for that car--we were visiting and I knew I wouldn't be back for a couple of years--and yes, by then, it was sold/gone. I still remember the first ride in that thang. With the top down, of course.
Why don't we have these and TR3s and MGs now?
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Buickboy92
08/07/09

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Man, that's a nice Fiat. Me likes!
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JoeHardrock
08/07/09

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You'll be able to order go-fast goodies for these cars through Mopar Performance pretty soon.
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bangernomics
08/08/09

@JoeHardrock: Cool I'll get a 440 six pack for mine, just to keep the authentic sixties experience
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mdensch
08/07/09

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When I was in college back in the '70s you could find one of these on just about every used car lot in Madison, WI. Absolutely gorgeous design, especially with the upgrade front end on this one. I wanted one so bad but ended up with a Karmann Ghia.
Alas, it is still a Fiat and ya'll know what that means.
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powermatic
08/07/09

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You don't want to be fast when you look this cool.
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Nick Allain
08/07/09

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I wanted so bad to buy an X1/9
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
08/07/09

@Nick Allain: Me too. And then immediately find a way to cram an RX-3 engine into it. I figured about 8 lbs/hp.
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al_ngl
08/08/09

@Nick Allain: +1, I test drove one this week in Columbus. I wanted to buy it so bad, but didn't have the money to fix all the idiosyncrasies.
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jaymcminn
08/07/09

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I've never seen an 850 with this front end before. It totally makes the car. Come to think of it, I've never seen an 850 in anything other than PCH condition- I just thought they came from the factory with rust holes and mildewed carpet.
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CptSevere
08/07/09

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Always liked these little jewels. Never saw many of them when I was stationed in Italy, but did see a lot of the regular 850 Cento coupes. Funky little buggers. A big old boat compared to the Cinquecento. Can you believe we squeezed four of us (plus the friendly Italian driver giving us a ride home) into one of those?
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CptSevere
08/07/09

@CptSevere: Also, I just tried to find my comment on today's NPOCP. Couldn't see it. It shows up im my profile, and was even promoted by Al and I think VanSarockin (thanks, guys!), but not on the post. Firefox playing games?
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
08/07/09

@CptSevere: Looks like there aren't any jump pages for comments any more. Hungry Nibbles! Older comments are just evaporated as the new ones come in and push them off the page.
You've got great stuff to say. No reason for it to get hidden away. I'm sure you'd do the same for me, if I could match your quality.
I really used to have a thing for those 850 fastbacks. In orange. I thhink I'm better now.
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