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Re: What car #502
« Reply #25 on: November 26, 2008, 06:42:49 PM »
Yes, it's fully functional.
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Re: What car #502
« Reply #26 on: December 29, 2008, 05:00:36 AM »
By the powers invested in me my the creator of this site, I hereby pronounce this puzzle to be promoted.
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

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Re: What car #502
« Reply #27 on: December 29, 2008, 03:19:49 PM »
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Re: What car #502
« Reply #28 on: December 29, 2008, 03:50:48 PM »
OK - I get the point.
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Re: What car #502
« Reply #29 on: December 29, 2008, 04:16:50 PM »
I don't stay angry for long.

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Re: What car #502
« Reply #30 on: December 30, 2008, 07:34:11 AM »
OK. This could be one of the craziest guesse I could imabgine but: being BMW-linked, could it have something to do with Veritas?
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Re: What car #502
« Reply #31 on: December 30, 2008, 10:26:31 AM »
Not that I'm aware of.
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Re: What car #502
« Reply #32 on: June 19, 2009, 08:37:31 AM »
Considering the fact that you aren't that frequently around anymore I hope I'm not too bold to ask you 2½ questions ;):
Was it a student's project and if you agree – was there at least a second, more sophisticated car?
Was it powered by a BMW bicycle engine?
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Re: What car #502
« Reply #33 on: June 19, 2009, 09:19:37 AM »
Was it powered by a BMW bicycle engine?

What is a bicycle engine?  :P

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Re: What car #502
« Reply #34 on: June 19, 2009, 09:26:17 AM »
Was it powered by a BMW bicycle engine?

What is a bicycle engine?  :P

Sorry 'motorcycle' I meant...  :bag:

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Re: What car #502
« Reply #35 on: June 28, 2009, 07:25:14 AM »
This was the winning project of a BMW young designers competition, the task was to use computer software an design a light car with motorcycle engine. The first prize, won by Tilo Klumpp, was to have a functional prototype built.

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Re: What car #502
« Reply #36 on: June 28, 2009, 07:33:19 AM »
Wow, that's quite interisting! Thanks for solving this!

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Re: What car #502
« Reply #37 on: July 21, 2009, 04:59:01 AM »
So its name is 1994/1995 BMW Sidecar?

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Re: What car #502
« Reply #38 on: August 25, 2009, 04:40:09 PM »
Well, the name I had for it was BMW Fun Car, but as I can't really remember what my source for that name was, it seems that vdp has more or less nailed it, so I'm declaring the puzzle solved. Well done!
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Re: SOLVED - What car #502 - 1994 BMW Fun Car
« Reply #39 on: August 26, 2009, 08:18:36 AM »
Any full pics of the car?
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Re: SOLVED - What car #502 - 1994 BMW Fun Car
« Reply #40 on: August 26, 2009, 09:20:13 AM »
;D only a few: (click on thumbs to enlarge!)































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Re: SOLVED - What car #502 - 1994 BMW Fun Car
« Reply #41 on: August 26, 2009, 11:55:37 AM »
Wow. How long have you had these?
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Re: SOLVED - What car #502 - 1994 BMW Fun Car
« Reply #42 on: August 26, 2009, 02:03:48 PM »
I've searched the internet after vdp had given the right answer! There's a source where you can find all those pics together on one page.
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Re: SOLVED - What car #502 - 1994 BMW Fun Car
« Reply #43 on: August 26, 2009, 06:43:28 PM »
Those images must have been uploaded at some point during the last year or so. Before that, I could find no reference to this car whatsoever on the web.

Quite a strange-looking machine - but appealing in its own weird way.
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Re: SOLVED - What car #502 - 1994 BMW Fun Car
« Reply #44 on: August 28, 2009, 07:24:54 PM »
Thanks, mate! Great pics! Any idea of what engine it used?
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Re: SOLVED - What car #502 - 1994 BMW Fun Car
« Reply #45 on: August 28, 2009, 08:01:46 PM »
BMW K100 motorcycle engine in the front. The red one is a 1:4 scale model.
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