sMay 28
Weird on Wheels
Today's weird little car is the Goggomobil Dart from Australia. Created in the 1960s and only weighing 345kg, this doorless fibreglass car had a brief period of popularity that ultimately did not last.
https://www.classicrally.com.au/Goggomobil%20Dart%20Classic%20Opinion.htm
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Show threadMike [SEC=OFFICIAL]May 27
@weirdonwheels a lot of people are hearing a very specific voice in their heads right now ... šŸ˜
Show threadVirtualWolfMay 27
@mike @weirdonwheels I was just about to reply with "GEE OHHHH, GEE GEE OHH". šŸ˜‚
Show threadibkMay 27
@virtualwolf @mike @weirdonwheels Not the Dart.
Show threadtcscMay 27

@ibk @virtualwolf @mike @weirdonwheels

It's a wee ripper!

Show threadibkMay 27
@tcsc @virtualwolf @mike @weirdonwheels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvOz_qUPbXo for those not from the correct culture
Yellow Pages - 'Go Go Mobile' (Australian ad, 1992)

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Show threadtcscMay 28

@ibk @virtualwolf @mike @weirdonwheels

I used to work with a woman from just outside Glasgow. One day she was on the phone trying to order flowers for a friend's hen do, and couldn't get the florist to understand what she wanted on the card.

The conversation went like this (in a Glasgow accent):

"... can you sign it 'from The Girls'? ... Girls ... GIRLS ...

...

GEE... AYE ..."

When she finally got off the phone she had no idea why the rest of the office was on the floor laughing.

Show threadVirtualWolfMay 28
@tcsc @ibk @mike @weirdonwheels Ahahah amazing. šŸ˜‚
Show threadBradMay 28

@ibk They always think it's the Dart!

@virtualwolf @mike @weirdonwheels

Show threadNGC-OllieMay 27
@weirdonwheels Ok, TIL: Once my mum told me about the car of my great oncle, called Goggomobil. But that looked totally different, and now I know she was talking about the first sedan and you about the Dart.
Show threadmike805May 27
@ngc_ollie @weirdonwheels Guessing people got tired of climbing in and out?
Show threadD2May 28
@weirdonwheels Iā€™d very much like a 345kg e-car, preferably with some weather protection. Oh, and 100+ mile range. Kthxbye!
Show threadšŸ’™šŸ©·šŸ’œ Brett [he/him/any]May 28
@[email protected] lasted until the first gust of wind
Show threadAnthony HortonMay 28
@weirdonwheels You can't fool me. That's not a car, it's a frog.
Show threadšŸ”„ Mireille Sillander šŸ”„May 28
@weirdonwheels On sideways gust of wind when you're driving, and that whole car is going to be gone in the wind
Show threadReinald KirchnerMay 28
@weirdonwheels would make a nice electric L7e vehicle these days.
Show threadChromblitzen (Classic-Cars)May 28

@weirdonwheels A while back, I created a slideshow on YT featuring numerous GLAS GOGGOMOBIL cars ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNOjHS8ZM7k

GLAS Automobile/Oldtimer/Classic-Cars Slideshow

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Show threadsMay 28
@weirdonwheels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvOz_qUPbXo&feature=youtu.be
Yellow Pages - 'Go Go Mobile' (Australian ad, 1992)

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