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On ‎6‎/‎14‎/‎2019 at 4:45 PM, Rdrokit said:

Well that is one rare 850 as it is an Aplina 850Csi with  a 350hp 5 liter 12 cylinders with 350hp pretty good in 1994. 

This looks like a wishful thinkers BMW 850Ci with an Alpina boot badge. 

 

Wasn't the real E31 Alpina badged B12 5.0 (or 5.7), not 850Ci, which this is showing?  Real Alpinas also had a B12 5.0 (or 5.7) badge on the right hand front grille which this one doesn't have.

 

Genuine Alpina wheels usually didn't have visible valve stems either, they were hidden inside the centre cap and the wheels had hollow spokes for inflating the tyres.

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1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

This looks like a wishful thinkers BMW 850Ci with an Alpina boot badge. 

 

Wasn't the real E31 Alpina badged B12 5.0 (or 5.7), not 850Ci, which this is showing?  Real Alpinas also had a B12 5.0 (or 5.7) badge on the right hand front grille which this one doesn't have.

 

Genuine Alpina wheels usually didn't have visible valve stems either, they were hidden inside the centre cap and the wheels had hollow spokes for inflating the tyres.

I think you are correct. Alpinas did have a B12 badge. Thais like to up badge their cars. Have a neighbor who bought a 520 and now it has an M badge on it. lol

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On 6/11/2019 at 8:16 AM, Rdrokit said:

Could turn that Volvo into a camper or as the English say a caravan.

I thought caravans in England are usually towed by another vehicle unless things have changed.

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8 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

At the market of my village in Issan, this beautiful Peugeot 605

 

february 2010 - Nikon E4500

 

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Well its a Peugeot.............

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13 minutes ago, eezergood said:

cant be many in LOS 

 

I only know of 2 and here is the other one. Both running 440 engines. Don't like this one as much as I would not cut a hole in my hood just to run a high rise manifold but I would cut one for a blower. lol

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16 hours ago, StevieAus said:

I thought caravans in England are usually towed by another vehicle unless things have changed.

very true.....the other guy who posted has no idea ....possibly a YANK !!

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15 hours ago, Rdrokit said:

1969 Dodge Charger with the correct 440 cubic inch (7.2 liters) V-8 engine. 

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for **cks sake dont let a thai driver drive this lovely motor

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On 6/17/2019 at 11:05 AM, MatteoBassini said:

Great thing about this car (and other Mitsuokas really) is that it's based on the NC MX-5. So the Mitsuoka brand may be gone in Thailand but it's still easy and cheap to maintain.

what about insurance costs??

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On 6/15/2019 at 7:16 AM, Assurancetourix said:

An old and beautiful  Fiat ( 124 or 125 ? ) in my village ;

june 2006 - Nikon E4500

 

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Ceratinly not a 124 as I had one in '76 but a tidy looking car. nice photo.

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13 minutes ago, essox essox said:

who licences them??

All the ones I posted are licensed and have a book. Many of these cars were brought in in the 70s and 80s when custom rules were laxed.

I imagine that some of the G.I.s that were stationed here in the 60s and 70s brought some over. Now there are a few I know that are running the wrong book and just switched vin number plates. If you find a nice vintage car with the correct book they are not cheap. My 65 Olds Cutlass had the correct book and I registered it every year.

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On ‎6‎/‎15‎/‎2019 at 7:16 AM, Assurancetourix said:

An old and beautiful  Fiat ( 124 or 125 ? ) in my village ;

june 2006 - Nikon E4500

 

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125.

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3 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

A thai friend of mine has this car since 28 years !

Looks like a new one - it's in Phangkhon - Sakon Nakhon province

 

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Shouldn't this be under The Least Unusual Cars Seen In Thailand topic?  I suppose the manual gearbox is a little unusual here but W124s with sagging driver's seats are ten a penny, almost literally.

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On 6/15/2019 at 7:16 AM, Assurancetourix said:

An old and beautiful  Fiat ( 124 or 125 ? ) in my village ;

june 2006 - Nikon E4500

 

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Oh no not a Fix It Again Tony 

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last time i've been searching kaeng krachang circuit, seen some unusual photos on google map:

 

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it would be so cool to own a 7/caterham/locost etc. in Thailand. yes it's almost impossible to get it road legal, but that doesn't seems too big a problem(we all know there're loads of problematic cars on Thai streets already) 

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Years  ago up here in Chiang mai,seen a Thai driving a tubular

frame ,homemade car,i don't think it could have been legal,

but there weren't any road blocks then,and there used to be

a stretched VW microbus Type 2 ,running around.

regards worgeordie

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