for the love of god, please somebody buy this

Not affiliated, just was surfing for a van on Ebay and found this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1969-SUBARU-360-SAMBAR-VAN-HOT-ROD-CUSTOM-/120711269243?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item1c1af3cb7b

Wow.

That's actually a pretty timeless build for 1986. Killer stance on that thing. Looks great overall...

That is cool, so how did you find this thing?

He really needed to include a picture of that next to a human to give everyone an idea of scale. They are tiny.

Why does the green one look so much smaller than the red one? Just an optical illution, or maybe the guy in the first pic is just really huge? Am I crazy?

There's one in front of a buy-here/pay-here lot that's been parked in front of one car lot or another for 20-years or more.

It's visibly rusty & parked on blocks to keep it up. I'd have to assume the headlights and windshield are the only structural members left.

Whats up with those wheels?

Donebrokeit wrote: That is cool, so how did you find this thing?

I've been shopping for a van on Ebay and just for giggles I selected the "manual transmission" box and this came up.

It has a 2-cyl 2 stroke engine. I think it needs a rotary.

Those wheelie bars are real useful.

My chemistry professor in college had the pickup truck version of that thing, he drove it to work every day.

pinchvalve wrote: Whats up with those wheels?

Thats the brake drum in the middle.

Well if the Suzuki Super Carry is a micro-van, then this is a pico-van

bravenrace wrote: Why does the green one look so much smaller than the red one? Just an optical illution, or maybe the guy in the first pic is just really huge? Am I crazy?

That green one's dropped to the ground on bags. I'm guessing that plus camera lens/angle/perspective is what makes it look extra tiny.

I love the shot of it in the longbox Ford. I've seen golf carts bigger than that.

I really want one of those. After seeing one in person, I realized that it would make a great one person car. Oh, and they'll go straight down a slalom.

lolol

It looks so happy!

bravenrace wrote: Why does the green one look so much smaller than the red one? Just an optical illution, or maybe the guy in the first pic is just really huge? Am I crazy?

It isn't ripe yet.

MrJoshua wrote:

I think I know that house. Pray tell, is there a former east German diplomat car around there somewhere?

Yep, that's the Microvan he sold on here a few years ago, to me!

Awesome!

Here is a 1994, with a 660cc turbo motor. These are the Subaru Sambar with the VW bus kit.