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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 01:53 PM
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Car fanatics, can you help me identify a vehicle?
It reminded me of a Chrysler PT Cruiser. The body style was very similar, only the roof was a higher. I think it was a foreign car. I couldn't look too closely, but I believe the model was LXII. And it had a fancy geshmancy hood ornament (which I thought detracted from the beauty and simplicity of the design, personally).

Any ideas what this critter could be? Sorry I don't have a pic....
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priller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 01:58 PM
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1. Old car? New car?
What did the ornament look like?

Details, details!
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 02:05 PM
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7. The car looked pretty new to me,
I couldn't see the ornament too well, but it was silver, possibly a foot long, and may have been the image of a woman (I was on the Beltway, so I really couldn't look too closely).
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 01:59 PM
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2. I was thinking the pic from your sig line
was the car you wanted before I read the post...

Yes - that is foreign :D
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 02:18 PM
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11. Gets great mileage
It's not terribly speedy, though. :D
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 02:00 PM
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3. cars with fancy hood ornaments... perhaps a Bentley or a Rolls?
just guessing...

I work in a "fancy schmancy" area where there are many rolls and bentleys...
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 02:09 PM
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8. Maybe...I'll google and see what comes up.
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jakefrep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 02:01 PM
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4. Scion Xa?
http://www.scion.com/showroom/xa/gallery/index.html
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 02:14 PM
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9. This had rounder corners at the back than the Scion
Also, I'd call it a large-midsize vehicle.
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 02:01 PM
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5. .
http://forums.autoweek.com/servlet/JiveServlet?attachImage=true&contentType=image%
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 02:02 PM
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6. .
http://forums.autoweek.com/servlet/JiveServlet?attachImage=true&contentType=image%
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 02:17 PM
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10. Hmmm...Neither of those would open for me.
Edited on Wed Apr-20-05 02:29 PM by GoddessOfGuinness
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Huckebein the Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 03:12 PM
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12. This ?


I don't this is out yet, but I'll post it anyway
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:19 PM
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14. The top was higher...
The length from the bottom of the window to the top of the roof was almost, but not quite as long as the length from the bottom of the window to the chassis. If it'd been any taller, it would almost tip over.
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Huckebein the Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:39 PM
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15. What about this vehicle ?



There are Chevy, Pontiac, and Buick versions of this vehicle
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 03:22 PM
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13. There's a mini-Cooper that looks kinda like what you describe.


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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:19 PM
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16. since it looked like the cruiser
could it have been the pacifica?
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:24 PM
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18. The rounded roof is similar, but it was more like a cross
between a Cruiser and one of these Scions:
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 08:15 PM
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20. Here's a few links
I'm thinking an Austin Cooper or one of the coopers...

http://www.miniusa.com/crm/load_mini.jsp

http://www.minicooper.org/members_cars.htm

http://www.saturn.com/saturn/gallery/index.jsp?viewme=4&nav=520&starthere=0


this is a Saturn vue
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:21 PM
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17. Not one of those hideous Excalibur
kit cars, do you think, guys? Anyone got a pic of one of those>

GoG, did it have external fenders over all four wheels, and a swuarish hood?

Redstone
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 07:38 PM
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19. I googled Excalibur and auto, and
the cheesy looking critters that popped up didn't look like this.

Now I'm having a tough time remembering the details of the car I saw. I can't remember whether it had fenders over each of the wheels...
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