Lude Generation

I'm going to go and have a look at what could well be vehicle number 5 tomorrow!! Just a couple more, and I'll have one for every day of the week! It's just to have a look round, as it's not roadworthy at the moment, but if all is good, I'll be getting my mate to collect it for me soon

Let's play the guessing game though, see who can guess what motor I'll hopefully be getting!

Clues:

- It has a separate chassis to body
- It's RWD
- It's 2 door
- It's 4 seater
- It's European
- It's tax exempt (pre-'73)
- Jeremy Clarkson believes certain sports cars are jumped up versions of this car
- One of the men involved with the design had a moustache that has become iconic to that man himself


Shouldn't take long to guess

Lotus Éclat?

EDIT: Oh no, they were '74 to '82.

Nope, but I was looking at one actually!

I kind of second guessed that it doesn't have pop-up headlights as well, as I'm sure you would have mentioned that

Beetle

Yea, I would have mentioned the pop up lights if it had them.

Gayno, yep, you're right!! I was gonna say that one of the designers was a famous fascist but I thought that would be a bit too obvious

Bummer, before you got to the mustachoied ex Austrian midget bit, I thought you were either describing a DS Citroen, or P6 Rover, I'm disappointed now

A beetle? Man, I think ludes are the only car we both like

Hahaa, that may well be the case IL, but just think, it's a Beetle that will be in the hands of Crazy!! It's not going to resemble a Beetle too much when done. I was even contemplating a B16 conversion on it, but that will be some seriously hefty fabrication work involved in that!!

I have had quite a few beetles please don't destroy an iconic car unless you want to do this
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