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Old Jan 6, 2014 | 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Jmatthews


Here's one at the last campground we stayed, he would winch it up on the ramps and drive it off.
I can't see the picture well enough, but I really don't think that wold work. Even if there is room for the car and the fifth wheel hitch, the turning radius of the rig would be hampered. Or am I just not understanding this?
 
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Old Jan 6, 2014 | 04:41 PM
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^^^^ exactly what I was thinking
 
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 07:51 AM
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From the looks of things the front end of the "smart" car is covering the 5th wheel---can't hook up that way!
 
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by JWA
From the looks of things the front end of the "smart" car is covering the 5th wheel---can't hook up that way!
Sure you can,,just back up
 
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 08:21 AM
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Sure you can,,just back up
So then we'd have a compact "smart" car huh?
 
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 12:35 AM
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There's a ton of those cars running around here, my favorite one has a plate on it that says "DUMBCAR" cracks me up every time I see it!

For being so small they weigh about 1800 lbs.

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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 05:33 AM
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Thats funny Sam.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by hanklin
A buddy in H.S had one of those early Hondas with a motorcycle engine, remember those?
Anyway we used to pick it up and turn it sideways in the parking space Not saying you should do that to a smart car but that would be funny as hell

P.S take pics please,,

we did that every day to the principles VW for a week after he kicked us out of the parking lot for doing burnouts.

he made us promise to stop if he let us park in the lot again. we told him we did not do it, but would warn everyone not to do it again.

that afternoon before he left to go home, we picked the car up, brought it inside the school, and set it down in front of his office door so he did not have to walk outside in the rain to get in his car.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 07:31 AM
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by tjc transport
we did that every day to the principles VW for a week after he kicked us out of the parking lot for doing burnouts.

he made us promise to stop if he let us park in the lot again. we told him we did not do it, but would warn everyone not to do it again.

that afternoon before he left to go home, we picked the car up, brought it inside the school, and set it down in front of his office door so he did not have to walk outside in the rain to get in his car.
Was once upon a time King Midget cars were always being treated similarly poorly!

They were kinda cool, for the techo-geeks of the 50's and 60's. IMHO they were the original smart car AND kit car all in one very dangerous, highly unregulated and crazyasbatcrap too!
 
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 08:10 AM
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yup, the kings came with a 9 hp wisconsin engine, and were either belt or chain driven with a top speed of 35 mph. and at 20 you felt like you were going to die.

i swear, as a kid i had some home made go-carts i welded together with crap out of the scrap pile that felt safer than a king!!!
 
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 11:01 PM
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There's another smart car rolling around here with the plate "DTHTRAP" Accurate, methinks!

TJC, very kind of you to bring his car in from the rain like that!

Sam
 
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 08:45 AM
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he actually thought it was funny Sam, especially when he saw the socket and ratchet on the front seat to remove the door divider so he could get it out of the school.
 
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by tjc transport
he actually thought it was funny Sam, especially when he saw the socket and ratchet on the front seat to remove the door divider so he could get it out of the school.
They don't make mischievous pranksters like they once did!

That was a kind gesture, a DIY kit to drive home.
 
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 11:23 AM
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mehhh. we were fun loving jerks, not trouble making asses.
the kids today are trouble making asses, not fun loving jerks
 
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