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Postby Taro Toporific » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:42 pm

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Yahoo! News , August 28, 2005
...Mitsuoka Motor Corp's displays the company's one-seater convertible sports car 'Micro Type-F' at their showroom in Saitama... The micro car, which measures 2.495 m (8.19 ft) by 1.285 m (4.22 ft) and is equipped with a 49 cubic cm two-stroke engine, went on sale in Japan on Wednesday in a limited production run of one hundred units with prices starting at 840,000 yen ($7,623). The company also released a do-it-yourself kit named 'K-3' for the car in a limited quantity, with prices starting at 614,250 yen ($5,574).
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Postby Charles » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:51 am

I thought that car looked familiar. I took me a while to figure it out.

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Postby Taro Toporific » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:58 am

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The Prisoner's Lotus 7had just a few more cc's....1,449 more. :P

The Lotus 7 series had a Ford pre-Xflow 1500 engine and the Mitsuokahas 40cc engine (1-cylinder, Transversal type, Two-stroke, Air cooling with bower[sic]).
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Postby Charles » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:50 am

Taro Toporific wrote:The Prisoner's Lotus 7had just a few more cc's....1,449 more. :P

The Lotus 7 series had a Ford pre-Xflow 1500 engine and the Mitsuokahas 40cc engine (1-cylinder, Transversal type, Two-stroke, Air cooling with bower[sic]).

Meh, those overpriced kit cars all look alike to me.
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Postby IkemenTommy » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:48 am

Go Speed Racer Go!
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