G'day Oppo! It's the anniversary of my 35th trip around the sun today!

"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike) 08/06/2020 at 11:45 • Filed to: Mein Birthmas

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Post small Italians, quirk y French, Japanese kei cars or Eastern Bloc stuff...the more obscure the better :P

Here’s a Saturn rally car for literally no reason!

OPPOsaurus WRX > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 11:50

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i beat you by 3 days

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 11:57

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So many birthdays!

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 11:59

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What’s that? 3 today?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 12:00

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Older than me by three and a half months, eh?

How dare you.

Have a picture of a Wartburg rally car.

sony1492 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 12:03

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A Boy and His Longtail > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 12:05

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As requested, here is  an IZh-408. And happy birthday!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/06/2020 at 12:06

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Holy crap! What manner of thing is that amazing creation? 0_o

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 12:06

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happy birthday mate

InFierority Complex > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 12:06

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Have a nice Fiat-Ansaldo L3/35

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > OPPOsaurus WRX 08/06/2020 at 12:07

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Pshaw! You think you’re better just because you had yours first??? OrrrrrrRRRr......is it that I’m actually better because I’m older and therefore smarter and wiser? :P

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 12:07

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Merry Birthmas fellow Birthdayer!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 08/06/2020 at 12:08

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I know of at least 2, so I think so! It’s also the anniversary of the bomb being dropped on Hiroshima......*thinks about Beirut*....too soon on that comment, perhaps...

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/06/2020 at 12:08

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Holy crap, that’s amazing! That is getting downloaded! :D

L ooks like it’s somewhat faceplanting in that pic!

vondon302 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 12:11

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Congrats on 35 successful laps.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 12:11

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Hispano-Suiza Dubonnet Xenia

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 12:14

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I wanted to make some joke about the sunset of being young before you hit 40 and you instantly become a grumpy old man, but I decided to just go with this beautiful sunset I saw while on the Oppo hunt, with a Corvair in the background.

Which reminded me that if you want a Piagio Ape, a Cushman might be more affordable.

Ok, I’m done with the ribbing. Have an Opel direct from Old Car City USA.

And a very similar in concept Mazda R100

But since this is supposed to be a celebration, let me skip the depressing decay and go straight to swiping photos off professionals.

Happy Birthday!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/06/2020 at 12:18

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Ok, I totally forgot to include my favorite looking of the Soviet Bloc cars that wasn’t high end: The Zoporozhets!

This looks wonderful. Like a little baby corvair raised by land dolphins or maybe sea wolves. It’s just a little meaner but has the ruddy complexion of an outdoorsman.

Pictured: You at 40

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > sony1492 08/06/2020 at 12:36

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Oh yes! I would love to have a Niva, and that Wartburg coupe is awesome! :D

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > A Boy and His Longtail 08/06/2020 at 12:39

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Oh, that is a cool pic! I know of the company Izh and have seen some of their cars before, but I know next to nothing about them compared to the likes of Lada or Mosk vit ch, GAZ, etc....I’ve never seen that one before! Fun fact, Izh makes (or made?) a lot of other stuff too, including rifles! :D

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 08/06/2020 at 12:40

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Not as big a fan of the checkered flag roof , but otherwise, I LOVE that color combo! That’s a slightly orange-y shade of ‘golden’ yellow, which is my favorite shade of yellow...and yellow always looks great with black! Thanks for that little beastie! :D

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > InFierority Complex 08/06/2020 at 12:41

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That’s awesome! :D

Imagine having a road-legal one of those and taking it to the shops! :P

onlytwowheels > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 12:42

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Melkus RS 1000

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/06/2020 at 12:44

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Thanks man! Awwww, look, that AZ-1 is trying to fly! :P

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > vondon302 08/06/2020 at 12:44

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Thanks! Oh wow, what is that gorgeous huge thing???

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/06/2020 at 12:45

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Oooohh! I never knew the name of it, but from the top down that looks really familiar....I think I might have a Micro Machine or Hot Wheels or something of that somewhere!!! Gor geous! Damn modern cars and safety so we can’t have properly unique styling anymore...I mean....safety is good and all...but that’s just pretty....

QCGoose > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 12:51

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Happy birthday! Today is also my oldest son’s bday (6 yrs old) and on the 28th w ill be my 36th.

Here's to being old-ish! *cheers*

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/06/2020 at 12:51

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LMAO, I hope that’s not me at 40...unless the young lady is my wife, lol.

Thanks! I have that same FIAT 126p pic and use it as a wallpaper once and awhile! :D

I actually posted an ad for that Opel that I saw in one of the vintage car magazines I have in my collection not long ago! :D

I don’t even know if Cushmans were sold up here in Canada? I’ve never seen one? I mean, I know of them, I just haven’t see any in person up here....then again, I’ve never seen am Ape in person up here either, but I know of at least 2 in Nova Scotia, but know of no Cushmans.

I really hope the Traffic Act changes they are implementing in Nova Scotia next year allow me to import and road-register an Ape....I now have dreams of importing a nice 126p but also importing a slightly rough Ape TM P703 or older P400v or P601v with the car-style controls and fixing it up myself as a fun, but fairly simple ‘project car’ :)

OPPOsaurus WRX > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 12:52

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apparently not, if i beat you by 3 days i’m the older wiser one.  i know maths hard.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 13:09

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Maybe coachbuilders will come back in the days of one-size-fits-all EV chassis.

vondon302 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 13:22

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Im not really sure to be honest.

It popped up under tatra 35

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 13:38

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That is the only Cushman I ever remember seeing. It is even smaller than the Tuk-Tuks I’ve seen (never on the road; always on a trailer). Very industrial looking but it would be an interesting toy. I probably know less about them than you do.

Opels are so uncommon here. At least from the era when they were sold as Opels. Perhaps rarer though is a contemporary Audi.

Longtime Lurker > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 14:37

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RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > onlytwowheels 08/06/2020 at 14:40

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Oh yes, that is pretty! I’d forgotten about Melkus! Makes me think of the Polish Mikrus microcar! :P

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > QCGoose 08/06/2020 at 14:41

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Hello similarly aged person! Thanks for the birthday wishes and H appy E arly B irthday to you and Happy Birthday to your son! Make sure to get him lots of car stuff to get him started into the hobby early :P

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > vondon302 08/06/2020 at 14:43

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It does look very Tatra-esque....I’ll have to look it up after!

A Boy and His Longtail > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 15:20

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I only know about them because I saw a poster one day with this car on it (it was advertising something completely different) and had to track it down. It has some cousins that are even better looking

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/06/2020 at 15:38

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That would be cool, but I worry they’ll all just be boring similar-ish c rossovers with giant tablets stuck to the center of the dash :(

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > OPPOsaurus WRX 08/06/2020 at 15:39

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Oh wow...I can’t believe I made that mistake....sorry for being a bonehead! Haha! I bow to your superior math skills and older -age wisdom and intelligence :P

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/06/2020 at 15:39

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I do love me some classic round-headlight Audis!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Longtime Lurker 08/06/2020 at 15:49

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Huh, I’ve seen that video, but I don’t remember that part at all! Love the little 500 so much....I know they are deathtraps and I would die in any accident over 3 miles an hour, but they just have so much character and charm and smile-factor :P

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 15:54

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You’d hope some small custom builders would get creative with the relatively simple “skateboards” (with just 2 or 4 wheel-mounted motors) that hopefully will be available in the future. Lots of potential to do something really original.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > A Boy and His Longtail 08/06/2020 at 15:58

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What was the poster it was in for? :P

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/06/2020 at 16:04

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I really like the Nobe, it’s awesome....but as it’s not a ‘car’ it isn’t meeting much in the way of safety requirements...and also three-wheels = not super practical...

https://mynobe.com/

But, as a DD...if it were available here, cheaper and had a little more range, it’d be a cool little runabout!!!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 16:12

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Cool! Wonder how tippy it is in the corners...

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/06/2020 at 17:32

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Well, the two wheels are in the front, so I imagine not bad at all!

QCGoose > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 17:55

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Oh you can believe him and his 4 yr old brother are extremely well versed in car culture thanks to me lol. The majority of their toys are cars or car-related, as well as thin gs in their rooms, their clothes, etc. Plus they’re big into all kinds of racing already and thanks to recently taki ng delivery of my new GT350 a month ago, now they can experience the fun of cars first-hand.

Funny enough, it’s the  4 yr old who seems to be the major gearhead of the two lol.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > QCGoose 08/06/2020 at 20:56

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You’re doing Go d’s work :P

Jb boin > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/06/2020 at 21:37

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The pictur es are from 1985 :

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Jb boin 08/07/2020 at 09:17

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Oh yes, my favorite sport combined with awesome classics! :D

OPPOsaurus WRX > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/07/2020 at 12:11

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i’ll just blame it on old age

A Boy and His Longtail > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/07/2020 at 13:44

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I think was some early winter event at my school. I don’t remember exactly what