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Solved - MJW #027 - Wambach Rocco 1986
« on: September 23, 2010, 05:47:32 AM »
Shouldn't be very difficult for the rookies.

Make, model and year plus what this car was based on for a point please.
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Re: MJW #027
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2010, 03:40:11 AM »
New competition for Arunas.... ;D
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Re: MJW #027
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2010, 04:49:08 AM »
New competition for Arunas.... ;D

You mean? :)

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Re: MJW #027
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2010, 06:11:06 AM »
Good-natured ribbing.

You were once known for small, fuzzy pictures of overwrought cars, like this one.
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Re: MJW #027
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2010, 06:17:42 AM »
Okay - here we have a large, fuzzy picture of this overwrought car!


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Re: MJW #027
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2010, 07:38:49 AM »
Cool! ;D
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Re: MJW #027
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2010, 03:14:49 PM »
Cool Papa! - as my youngest daughter says.

Anyway it's sometimes difficult (for me) to find an image that isn't too small or fuzzy or not the right size.
My immediate concern is to know how I can resize the image before posting it.
I use iPhoto as a library but have not discovered a way of reducing images to the acceptable size for this site.

Hey - woodinsight - way off topic!

Small clue for this one - European and based on a well-known European car.........

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Re: MJW #027
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2010, 03:18:02 PM »
Looks like a poor-man Lambo Jalpa built on a VW Scirocco base

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Re: MJW #027
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2010, 03:30:09 PM »
You're correct about the base - VW Scirocco.
What I need to know is who was responsible for building it (and nationality) plus what they named it and the year (approximate) for one whole point!

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Re: MJW #027
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2010, 07:14:38 PM »
Is it a french builder

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Re: MJW #027
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2010, 11:21:17 PM »
Not French

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Re: MJW #027
« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2010, 01:47:30 PM »
Any more thoughts before I move this one up?

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Re: MJW #027
« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2010, 03:49:05 PM »
Time to let the experts have a go

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Re: MJW #027
« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2010, 06:39:15 PM »
1988 Wambach Rocco?

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Re: MJW #027
« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2010, 12:31:56 AM »
That's the car!
One more point for you.

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Re: Solved - MJW #027 - Wambach Rocco 1988
« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2010, 05:14:02 AM »
I don't know about the 1988 year... This very photo can be found in the 1987 Auto Katalog. So the car must have already existed in 1986 at least.
It's not denial, I'm just very selective about the reality I accept.

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Re: Solved - MJW #027 - Wambach Rocco 1988
« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2010, 05:50:22 AM »
I think you are right about that - the year should be 1986.
Anyway studhamsmudger identified the car correctly so he can keep the point.