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Weird car of the week 23rd October 2005 |
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Sunday, 23 October 2005 |
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Daihatsu midget
This week’s weird car of the week is the Daihatsu Midget, Released in 1958 it was one of Daihatsu’s first cars. It was a single seater 3 wheeled delivery truck with a 1 cyl 2 stroke air cooled engine, the first model used a handlebar instead of a steering wheel and used a kick starter.
In 1996 Daihatsu released a Midget II which was a single seat tray ute with retro styling and front mounted spare tire. It had four wheels and was powered by a 660 cc engine to come under with Japans micro car tax law.
The Midget II was based on a concept car, they have also shown a midget III and IV concept car but these later concept cars never made it to production
A rare 1958 Midget that was in storage since 1958 with 125ks recently sold in the US on Ebay for 7000 US, while a 1996 midget II in Sydney was passed in at 6990 on Ebay.
a 1958 midget
a 1996 midget II
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