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GeorgeL
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| Fuldamobil is correct, but what model? |
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Patty B.
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And what did people use one for?
It's a very neat looking little thing! |
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GeorgeL
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| And what did people use one for? |
It was billed as a pickup. I could see it schlepping luggage around a sprawling resort hotel. |
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79SuperVert
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| GeorgeL wrote: |
| Fuldamobil is correct, but what model? |
The answer was worth looking up if just to wonder what they were thinking when they picked the name:
1963 Fulda Mobil Bambi Sporty Pick-Up Truck
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GeorgeL
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| 79SuperVert wrote: |
| GeorgeL wrote: |
| Fuldamobil is correct, but what model? |
The answer was worth looking up if just to wonder what they were thinking when they picked the name:
1963 Fulda Mobil Bambi Sporty Pick-Up Truck |
The name also tells you where it was made, and it isn't Germany. |
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79SuperVert
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That was also worth looking up. Would have never guessed.
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mark tucker
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| with all the mini cars coming out these days.....will we ever see this one again ?? |
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79SuperVert
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They are going to have to change the name. "Bambi" just isn't going to cut it these days. 
And a remake today just won't be the same anyway. I parked my Grand Caravan next to a new Fiat 500 4-door, and the remake is as high as my minivan and almost as long! Who are they kidding!
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GArBa
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They are going to have to change the name. "Bambi" just isn't going to cut it these days.
And a remake today just won't be the same anyway. I parked my Grand Caravan next to a new Fiat 500 4-door, and the remake is as high as my minivan and almost as long! Who are they kidding! |
well there never was an "original" fiat 500 4-door to start with...
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79SuperVert
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OK, good point, I was thinking of a Fiat 600 but even that was way smaller than the 500 remake...
...and it held more people (although it WAS a death trap).
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drscope
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| I parked my Grand Caravan next to a new Fiat 500 4-door, and the remake is as high as my minivan and almost as long! Who are they kidding! |
Just like the big Mini. Got bigger and uglier.
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KTPhil 
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| I parked my Grand Caravan next to a new Fiat 500 4-door, and the remake is as high as my minivan and almost as long! Who are they kidding! |
Just like the big Mini. Got bigger and uglier. |
<cough> new beetle <cough>
But then they had to, in order to meet the safety regulations and consumer expectations of today. |
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Randall
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I won't be too surprised if someone knows the manufacturer of this tractor. The great majority of us will be very surprised when the information is revealed. 
Oh, by the way, it's for sale at an asking price of $20,000.
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Jacks
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^^^ Looks like a Junior 
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Randall
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| You'll have to be more specific since Junior is a model, not a make. |
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GArBa
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it's written on the engine cowling... however they were actually built by MAN.
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60ragtop
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Oh, by the way, it's for sale at an asking price of $20,000.
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that's because the name starts with that dreaded "P"
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I've restored a large number too, but I don't toot my horn quite as loud.
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maybe he just snapped cause his car sucked  |
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GArBa
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| ...and it held more people (although it WAS a death trap). |
well, pretty much as any other car of that period... the only big problem with the 600 multipla was that they didn't even try to modify the rear end to have a minimum of luggage space. it proved popular with italian taxi drivers, though.
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Randall
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I won't be too surprised if someone knows the manufacturer of this tractor. The great majority of us will be very surprised when the information is revealed.
Oh, by the way, it's for sale at an asking price of $20,000.
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It's a 1959 Porsche Standard Diesel. Notice the bolt pattern on the front wheel? The Junior, also by Porsche, is a smaller model. I wasn't able to determine if MAN AG of Germany provided the diesel engine, but that's a possibility.
http://www.californiacar.com/59ptstd.htm |
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GArBa
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AFAIK Mannesmann AG acquired the rights from Porsche to build the "Porsche Diesel" tractors in the former Zeppelin Friedrichshafen factory, then the business was sold to MAN, which kept producing "Porsche Diesel" tractors, and ultimately ended under Renault ownership.
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