Hour Rule: Rabbit on steroïds

"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris) 08/17/2015 at 06:56 • Filed to: Hour Rule, Artz Golf 928

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You guess which one...

pip bip - choose Corrour > Jobjoris 08/17/2015 at 07:06

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neither?

m2m, apex detective > Jobjoris 08/17/2015 at 07:16

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Something in the back of my head screams 928.

McMike > Jobjoris 08/17/2015 at 07:30

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I remember that article in R&T.

The one on the left was built on a 928. Custom panels to create the ultimate sleeper.

XJDano > McMike 08/17/2015 at 07:36

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I wonder what ever happened to it?

Jobjoris > pip bip - choose Corrour 08/17/2015 at 07:45

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The one on the left is 30cm wider. And has RWD.

Jobjoris > McMike 08/17/2015 at 07:46

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Yep! 2 were built.

Jobjoris > XJDano 08/17/2015 at 07:47

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Artz, the ‘Manufacturer’, made two of these. Both still exist. I think a recent Octane Magazine covered it with recent pictures of one of two.

Jobjoris > m2m, apex detective 08/17/2015 at 07:48

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Artz Golf 928. Indeed. Underpinnings/drivetrain from a 928. Even the dashboard/interior!

m2m, apex detective > Jobjoris 08/17/2015 at 08:26

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I remember hearing of this long ago ... people should do chimera cars like these again.

Someone needs to put together the current Beetle (which I don’t like) and 911 underpinnings, preferably GT2.

Berang > Jobjoris 08/17/2015 at 08:30

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nothing suspicious here.

McMike > XJDano 08/17/2015 at 08:40

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These are from 2007 - no idea where it is now.

Jobjoris > m2m, apex detective 08/17/2015 at 08:55

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There have been many others. Guess what’s underneath this Punto. Yes: the wheels give it away instantly...

The current Beetle is already a “special” Golf, whether you like it or not (same here). We should get a Golf with shortened Panamera underpinnings ;-)

Jobjoris > Berang 08/17/2015 at 09:02

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Just 15 cm extra. On both sides of the VW-roundel. ;-)

Klaus Schmoll > Jobjoris 08/17/2015 at 12:05

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He also built the Cordette along the same recipe. I wrote an article on Günther Artz and his cars once but it is now lost in pre-kinja world.

Jobjoris > Klaus Schmoll 08/17/2015 at 12:34

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Awesome! Did he do the Cordette in his post-Nordstadt period?

Klaus Schmoll > Jobjoris 08/17/2015 at 12:37

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After VW Nordstadt, he led an Opel dealership just down the street.

Jobjoris > Klaus Schmoll 08/17/2015 at 12:46

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No wonder he did that Cordette... Thanks for the update!

And you should definitely do that Artz-piece on Oppo again...

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/18/2015 at 04:32

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That picture is always hilarious. I love that they did that. They should have put a third seat in the middle to complete the effect. It would be neat to do the same thing with a Pacer body on a 928. It’s probably wide enough already.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/18/2015 at 05:09

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The guy even did a Cordette, a Corvette with an Opel Kadett-body, see Klaus Schmoll’s reply.

As a former-owner of a 928S I approve of this one a lot. The interior (even the dashboard) is from the 928 as well hahaha!

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/19/2015 at 04:17

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Amazing. And that’s a Corvette interior in the Opel. Completely insane, but I love it. I’d really like to see his article about Artz.

Amoore100 > Jobjoris 08/19/2015 at 04:54

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First thing that immediately sprung to mind:

Yes, that widebody is actually a Saab 99 chassis under a stretched Saab 96 skin...this is apparently how Sweden does vehicular camouflage, at least how they did it in the 1960s...

Known colloquially as the “Paddan”, or “Toad”...

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/19/2015 at 06:21

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Me too! You, as an Oppo-authority, SHOULD ASK HIM!!!

Jobjoris > Amoore100 08/19/2015 at 06:26

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Awesome!!! NEVER KNEW THIS! Now I need more info on this one, thanks!

Amoore100 > Jobjoris 08/19/2015 at 10:11

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_Toad A very interesting read this, especially the part where they badged a different prototype a Daihatsu later on...I mean, did they actually think people were fooled?

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/20/2015 at 01:29

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I asked him, too.

I’m an Oppo authority? Or, did you mean royalty ?

Jonee > Klaus Schmoll 08/20/2015 at 01:30

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Wow, I’d love to know more about Artz. You really should recreate that article.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/20/2015 at 02:54

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Capo-di-tutti-capi, whatever. Oh no: you didn’t speak Italian. I see you’ve asked him. I can’t find my request? I’ll just ask him again.