A thing that exists

"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo) 10/04/2019 at 16:04 • Filed to: None

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Last week a friend of mine, with a passing interest in cars, told me that she saw a “single seat Volkswagen” at an antique/retro consignment type store. I was naturally curious, and even a little hopeful that it wasn’t even a Volkswagen but some sort of obscure microcar. I was in the neighborhood last night so I swung by to check it out.

There is no drivetrain in the back, I doubt a regular type 1 running gear would fit back there. Which makes the fact that it has plates slightly perplexing . My guess is it was never meant to run but to just be a weird lawn ornament. It looks like the steering works, but who knows what else was hacked up/removed to make this possible.

After posting on social media, a friend and fellow Volvo guy informed me that this was at one time owned by a mutual ac quint ance of ours. Small world.

HammerheadFistpunch > Alfalfa 10/04/2019 at 16:12

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Where is this?  I need to see it.

Alfalfa > HammerheadFistpunch 10/04/2019 at 16:16

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American Rust Company, on 2100 south between 7th e and 8th e. Or maybe as far as 9th.

HammerheadFistpunch > Alfalfa 10/04/2019 at 16:21

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huh, I’ll need to swing by one day.

Alfalfa > HammerheadFistpunch 10/04/2019 at 16:26

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See if anyone in the store knows more about it! This was 1 am, so I didn't really have that option.

Chariotoflove > Alfalfa 10/04/2019 at 16:34

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Sure you’re not punking us with a Photoshop job?

*checks calendar* Nope, not April 1st.

That is so weird.

bob and john > Alfalfa 10/04/2019 at 16:39

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*starts measuring our CRF450 running gear*

Alfalfa > bob and john 10/04/2019 at 16:46

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That general idea has been discussed.

bob and john > Alfalfa 10/04/2019 at 17:00

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bike engines have the transmissions built in for the most part. 

vicali > Alfalfa 10/04/2019 at 18:27

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They should chop it;

Then short bug it..

and maybe it would completely disappear ..

Old-Busted-Hotness > Alfalfa 10/05/2019 at 07:49

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Probably be really scary to drive, even if it had an engine. I bet the plates are there to cover up the seams in the bumpers.

Somebody put a hell of a lot of work into making that completely un-useable.