When was the last time you saw one of these? Last time I did, I was driving a Skoda. 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Other-Makes-1985-Innocenti-Tomaso-Turbo-w-Euro-body...
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July 16, 2011 8:48 p.m. Zomby woof SuperDork
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July 16, 2011 9:04 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork
Count me in the never category. Kind of cool though. I'm not sure I would fit in it.
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July 16, 2011 11:52 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork
Daihatsu Charade with delusions of grandeur.
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July 17, 2011 12:03 a.m. Jay SuperDork
Holy crap, I'm in Vancouver right now! I should go have a look at that. I love it!
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July 17, 2011 12:10 a.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
I love how large the "TURBO" badge is.
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July 17, 2011 4:32 a.m. Zomby woof SuperDork
Curmudgeon wrote:
Daihatsu Charade with delusions of grandeur.
There's no delusion. It's grandeur.
I think only the motor is Daihatsu
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July 17, 2011 7:08 a.m. DeadSkunk HalfDork
I've seen a whole lot full of them, maybe 15,or so. It was at a dealership in St. Eustache/Deux Montagnes,Quebec sometime since I met my wife in 1983.One of those would be pretty cool.
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July 17, 2011 8:09 a.m. ShadowSix Reader
I met a guy trying to sell one at Nelson Ledges in Ohio a couple years ago. Not street legal here, of course.
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July 17, 2011 9:17 a.m. vwcorvette Reader
How bad could it be? Too bad not for US sale though. I'd consider it.
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July 17, 2011 9:44 a.m. DavidinDurango Reader
One half the Pantera community just got wood.
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July 17, 2011 10:07 a.m. Zomby woof SuperDork
OK, how about this, then?
http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-cars-trucks-1992-Lada-Pick-up-W0QQAdIdZ29...
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July 17, 2011 2:46 p.m. thestig99 Reader
Never.
But I certainly want it
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July 17, 2011 4:37 p.m. fasted58 HalfDork
^ can't help but think wheelie potential here
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July 17, 2011 4:49 p.m. Rad_Capz Reader
fasted58 wrote:
^ can't help but think wheelie potential here
Remove rear driveshaft = wheelies in reverse?
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July 17, 2011 5:16 p.m. fasted58 HalfDork
In reply to Rad_Capz:
Wheelbase and rear axle placement forward remind me of the sixties A/FX drag cars... first thing I thought of when I seen it n e way.... and a GRM engine transplant
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July 17, 2011 11:08 p.m. redstack New Reader
Put me with Holy Crap crowd. Ferrari Red, De Thomaso,,,, Oooooh I can just hear it screaming along at 55 full out
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July 17, 2011 11:23 p.m. Grizz Reader
I would love to have a garage pic of me driving a Lada pickup towing that Tomaso home.
They're both so stupid and useless but I must own them.
E: also, is that one of those subaru things with the odd windows behind the lada?
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July 18, 2011 6:59 a.m. ZOO SuperDork
Grizz wrote:
I would love to have a garage pic of me driving a Lada pickup towing that Tomaso home.
They're both so stupid and useless but I must own them.
E: also, is that one of those subaru things with the odd windows behind the lada?
That's a Subaru SVX. Interesting cars -- flat six, weird styling, awd, automatics only but I understand there are manual conversions.
The Innocenti was based on the original Mini --they are tiny.
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July 18, 2011 8:00 a.m. Zomby woof SuperDork
redstack wrote:
I can just hear it screaming along at 55 full out
I have a (Suzuki) 3 cyl turbo that does 14's in the quarter, and my buddy's does 13's at greater than 100 mph.
Now, the Lada might be tapped out at 55.
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July 18, 2011 8:03 a.m. mndsm SuperDork
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:
I love how large the "TURBO" badge is.
TURBO! ALL OF IT!
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July 18, 2011 8:18 a.m. Duke SuperDork
DO WANT. I never heard of those things, but now I want one.
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July 18, 2011 9:02 a.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
That is over 25 years old.
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July 18, 2011 9:05 a.m. ditchdigger Dork
I have been dreaming about dragging one of those over the border for years. Love them
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July 18, 2011 9:57 p.m. Nitroracer SuperDork
Gotta love how proud some of the 80s turbo cars are. Mitsubishi starion, I am looking at you.
Imagine what an ecoboost SHO that is proud of its turbo goodness would look like today.
