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Re: NEH 4473
« Reply #25 on: January 28, 2016, 07:12:04 AM »
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Re: NEH 4473
« Reply #26 on: February 09, 2016, 05:04:13 AM »
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Re: NEH 4473
« Reply #27 on: February 09, 2016, 02:36:40 PM »
70s kit car for dwarfs (well I can't see anyone of normal proportions getting through that door easily?
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Re: NEH 4473
« Reply #28 on: February 10, 2016, 04:14:14 AM »
70s kit car for dwarfs (well I can't see anyone of normal proportions getting through that door easily?

It wasn't a kit car for anyone but was a serious proposal!
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Re: NEH 4473
« Reply #29 on: February 10, 2016, 04:23:10 AM »

German?
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Re: NEH 4473
« Reply #30 on: February 10, 2016, 04:25:53 AM »
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Re: NEH 4473
« Reply #31 on: February 10, 2016, 03:05:25 PM »
GIOM 1, Slovakia

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Re: NEH 4473
« Reply #32 on: February 11, 2016, 04:33:02 AM »
GIOM 1, Slovakia

Yes, it's the GIOM 1, but of course it dates from before Slovakia was an independent country so Czechoslovakia would be more accurate.
But wasn't a major Czechoslovakian car maker involved, using one of their engines?  I wonder who that could be, for your point!

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Re: NEH 4473
« Reply #33 on: February 11, 2016, 08:02:09 AM »
GIOM - Garage 10 Motorists.
The skeleton was built on the crashed - Skoda 1000th
Engines were more - Skoda, Fiat 1600, BMW.
But mainly Fiat 1600 / Fiat 124 / - 96 kW / 8000 rpm.
The car was destroyed in the crash.

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Re: NEH 4473
« Reply #34 on: February 11, 2016, 09:17:06 AM »
Yes, apparently this car started life with a 1.0 Skoda engine, but it was replaced after a couple of years by a Fiat 1.6.
It also spent some time with an electric engine, when it was known as the Elektron!
This is actually a repost so now I've given you your point I'll have to merge it with the original.
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Re: SOLVED - What car #62 - 1972 GIOM 1
« Reply #35 on: February 11, 2016, 09:51:15 AM »
Thank´s.
Electric drive is not used in this car. ELECTRON was a magazine for young people, who supported the construction of the car.

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Re: SOLVED - What car #62 - 1972 GIOM 1
« Reply #36 on: February 11, 2016, 10:51:43 AM »
Thank´s.
Electric drive is not used in this car. ELECTRON was a magazine for young people, who supported the construction of the car.

I see.
I did read somewhere though that it had an electric motor just for a year or two!

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Re: SOLVED - What car #62 - 1972 GIOM 1
« Reply #37 on: February 12, 2016, 04:12:30 AM »
That design technique was tried again, on an off-road vehicle

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Re: SOLVED - What car #62 - 1972 GIOM 1
« Reply #38 on: February 12, 2016, 04:22:41 AM »
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Re: SOLVED - What car #62 - 1972 GIOM 1
« Reply #39 on: February 12, 2016, 05:11:50 AM »
Brilliant!
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Re: SOLVED - What car #62 - 1972 GIOM 1
« Reply #40 on: February 12, 2016, 07:09:52 AM »
That design technique was tried again, on an off-road vehicle


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