A thing rarely seen

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 07/24/2018 at 12:21 • Filed to: Smart Roadster, Trike

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Trike built from the rear end of a Smart Roadster

random001 > Cé hé sin 07/24/2018 at 12:31

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I....

Ok, I got nothing.

Tapas > Cé hé sin 07/24/2018 at 12:43

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But why would you want the complexity of a tighly packed engine bay?

Cé hé sin > Tapas 07/24/2018 at 12:45

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Who knows? Me, I prefer to have a roof, heating and air conditioning.

McMike > Cé hé sin 07/24/2018 at 15:26

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Looks at photo

Looks at rear end of SMART roadster

Looks at photo again

Looks at rear end of SMART roadster

Are you sure?

Kiltedpadre > Cé hé sin 07/24/2018 at 17:05

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A modern Fiero trike!

Cé hé sin > McMike 07/24/2018 at 17:48

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Well, that’s how the guy fixing it described it and the engine certainly looks familiar....

To be exact, it’s the rear subframe of a Roadster with engine, gearbox and suspension attached. From there forward (and above, because new bodywork) it’s a trike. The only other visible part shared is the middle brake light surround which now looks like a spoiler.

3-Rad means three wheel in German so it presumably came from there originally.

Found it!

And more:

McMike > Cé hé sin 07/24/2018 at 19:08

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Ah, it’s Smart-engined! 

ranwhenparked > Cé hé sin 07/24/2018 at 20:14

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I guess they’re running out of Reliants to cut up for trikes, so are moving on to Smarts. Never really got the trike thing myself, but to each his own I suppose.