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SOLVED: Djetset #145 - Waspy Pret
« on: May 18, 2009, 04:53:49 PM »
Tell me what this is, and who made it, and you will get a point.
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Re: Djetset #145
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2009, 04:59:30 PM »
but if you tell us WHY you'll deserve 10 points!!

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Re: Djetset #145
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2009, 05:05:10 PM »
I guess it's designed for those that like their lunch on the go!
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Re: Djetset #145
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2009, 06:21:01 PM »
Time for an Expert snack attack!
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Re: Djetset #145
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2009, 06:33:24 PM »
It looks like a mini is trapped inside?
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Re: Djetset #145
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2009, 06:42:51 PM »
You could be on to something..!  Know who made it, and what it's called?
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Re: Djetset #145
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2009, 06:49:24 PM »
Nope - and just hit a dead end with the company it is outside - they were based in didcot, oxfordshire and have ceased trading so their website is blank....

Some more searching required I think...
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Re: Djetset #145
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2009, 06:52:27 PM »
Let the never-ending search continue...!
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Re: Djetset #145
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2009, 03:55:41 AM »
Time for the pros to slice this one up (and yes, it really does have a make and model name!)
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Re: Djetset #145
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2010, 12:09:13 PM »
Well, unless the website I just found is a complete spoof (which it could well be), it seems that this vehicle is called the Prêt , made by a company called Waspy (or is it just Wasp?) which specialises in wacky Minis, particularly as publicity vehicles.

It appears to have been commissioned by the sandwich shop chain Prêt à Manger, the design being based on a cardboard sandwich box which they had patented. Underneath is a 1997 1300-cc Mini. I'm not sure when it was made. According to DVLA in the UK, it was last licensed on the road in 2006, and has now been exported from the UK.

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Re: Djetset #145
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2010, 07:51:03 AM »
At last!  Well done Tom, your answer is perfect in every detail, as this is the 'Mini-based' Waspy Pret.  You get the point.
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