I read of cars in the past where one company would make the platform and another would make the body; a coach works. I read that it made for some unique cars.
If they did that now and in the past. why not now? Perhaps one could bring back cars that are no longer around and a particular model is no longer around and create a body for it that is adapted to fit on the Miata platform?
I think it would be cool to make an updated version of the Goggomobil Dart. it would be bigger, as updated versions of older tend to be (to fit in emission controls and safety devices). It could be the first one with doors, the original did not have doors.
This is the older one. I think having a newer one based on the Miata would make it bigger and safer and greener; IMO.
Perhaps one could create a newer King Midget MK 3? It could be a newer version of the one that was in a magazine article but never got made?
Here is an article I scanned of the 'newer' KM that did not get very far. It is what could be used as an inspiration for a MK 4?
There was supposed to be a newer KM by Midget Motors but nothing seem to have come from it. If they were a bigger company, they could use my idea? Using an updated version of the above on a MX5 platform? (just thinking out loud about what could be). There doesn't seem to be any information on their site (unless I somehow over looked it).
The International King Midget Car Club has a new model 'coming soon' but I am not sure how long that has been there and whether or not they are still planning on making a 'new' one. It would be interesting to see what they might come up with, assuming the project hasn't been abandoned. Perhaps it could be a kit car or plans for one.
It would be interesting what a Peel Trident would look like after it was adapted to fit onto the MX5 platform? Would it have traditional doors or would one have access via the traditional clam door that original one has. It would be longer and bigger and - assuming - safer. It would have four wheels instead of the original having only three wheels, making it more stable.
I wonder if one could make a newer Peel Viking Sport car using the MX5 platform? It was the biggest that Peel made. I think it would definitely turn some heads when people saw it. Even the original - IIRC - is rare. It would make for a neat updated vehicle; IMO (just thinking out loud). It will probably just have two seats unlike the original (perhaps adapted for four seats?)
One could think of other micro cars that one could update and expand the body from the ones listed at the Micro Cars site. I think it has a lot of potential.
Perhaps the MX 5 isn't the only platform one could use to adapt a body on? Perhaps there are cars out there that could be updated and expanded to fit onto a Fiat 500 platform? (that would be different blog - for the future). It would be interesting to see Fiat update some of their older models; based on their newer 500. That is another future blog too.
I like thinking of these 'what if's'. It keeps my mind busy about what could be. It helps keep the mind active. This is good as one gets older.
not secure yet but I am working on it.
perhaps a more practical way to get art?
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