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SOLVED: Djetset #397 - 2010 Harrington BB electric bubble car
« on: September 03, 2010, 04:51:11 PM »
Something strange for the weekend, so know what this is called? (Note image change)
« Last Edit: September 06, 2010, 01:37:45 PM by Djetset »
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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2010, 05:10:09 PM »
Repost!
(can you post the unmodified version?)
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=9516.0

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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2010, 01:59:53 PM »
Please note that the image has now been changed, so you are now 'guessing' the small orange car which has escaped the dreaded watermarked image treatment. :D
« Last Edit: September 07, 2010, 03:55:46 PM by Djetset »
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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2010, 03:22:13 PM »
goggo-mobil

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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2010, 07:54:31 PM »
It looks like a BMW Isetta 300

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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2010, 07:36:24 AM »
Not a Googomobile, and it does look like a BMW Isetta, but it isn't! :P
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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2010, 06:50:57 PM »
I think that is an Isetta built under BMW licence in Great Britain at Brighton in 1957
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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2010, 03:18:38 AM »
No, not that either.
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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2010, 11:02:00 AM »
Iso Isetta?
Isetta Velam?
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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2010, 08:43:41 AM »
Not, not those either.
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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2010, 05:46:28 PM »
Is it a Tri Tech Zetta?

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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2010, 04:38:05 AM »
No, not that one either.  We're beginning to run out of options!
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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2010, 04:55:54 AM »
:popcorn:

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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2010, 05:46:40 AM »
Are we out of spaghetti?
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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2010, 08:10:38 AM »
I leave that for the tasty ones...

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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #15 on: September 16, 2010, 10:20:26 AM »
Time to move on...
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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #16 on: September 16, 2010, 10:34:11 AM »
Unless I'm mistaken, this is the Harrington BB prototype electric bubble car, made by Harrington Group, a company based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and whose main product line is remanufactured brightwork (bumpers, handles, etc.) for classic cars.

Obviously modelled on the Isetta, the BB is all new, and built from scratch, with the drivetrain consisting of electric hub motors in all four wheels. From what I can gather it's still at the development stage, but it looks like fun, and I quite fancy one myself.

A search on the name will bring up more details, and there are also a few short videos on Youtube about the car.

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Re: Djetset #397
« Reply #17 on: September 16, 2010, 04:04:25 PM »
The perfect, and very complete, answer.  Well done, you get the point.
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