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ITT: obscure cars we think are neat. This is the MP Lafer, a
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ITT: obscure cars we think are neat.

This is the MP Lafer, a Brazilian car from the 70's designed as a tribute to post-war British sports cars. The designer, Percival Lafer, thought that cars of the time were too boring-looking, so he decided to start making cars that were looked as good as their performance.
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>>15198382
Are we just talking style wise or also neat/clever mechanical stuff too?
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Probe 16 best obscurfu
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>>15198673
Either way is fine.
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>>15198382

my jimmies are hard
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>>15198688
What's the silver thing on top?
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>>15199568
a mirror because low
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The Bill Thomas Cheetah is a neat little car.
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>>15200064
Imagine getting rear-ended while in that thing
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This is a Mexican bus model that simply looks nuts, even cooler than the American Scenicruisers.
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>>15200054
Those seats are fuggin reclining lawn chairs.

>>15200064
That thing must be ass happy.
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>>15200676
>tfw you and your droogs will never cram into a low-down 1969 2 seater for a night on the prowl
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>>15199154
Is this custom, or did it ever go into production?
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>>15198382
A russian Volga retro SUV concept thing,because why not
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>>15202543
Woah
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>>15198688
top gear never did rescue that
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>>15201541
2 door Blazer with the rear glass removed.
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Not *that* obscure but I'd never heard of it.
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>>15202543
What in the everliving fuck is THAT?
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>>15203613
a photoshop ffs

fucking tripfriends
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>>15198688
It's a slice of "American cheese "
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>>15200106
This is like something out of a Dr. Seuss book.
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The International Harvester Jungle Yacht.

Because fuck nature, that's why.
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I think kei cars are neat, especially FR or MR ones but I wouldn't drive one here because people driver faster than 30km/h here and I'm likely to be crushed by people in the vehicle on the left.
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The Antarctic Snow Cruiser. It's like something out of a Tintin story. Even had a little machine shop on board to make spares.

http://www.joeld.net/snowcruiser/snowcruiser.html
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The Toyota Comfort GT-Z. A rare supercharged version of Japan's most popular taxi with only 59 models produced.
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>>15203528
Oh yeah, this thing. Na, this def qualifies as obscure.
>>15205041
This was real? Holy shit, I thought it was some sci-fi thing. Awesome
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>>15199822

Based sow
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1978 Migi
Cause nobody on /o/ talks about muh ancients
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>>15205123
this looks brilliant
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>>15206098
>post war by decades
>ancient
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