Sort of . There’s no central bar running fore to aft when the hard top is removed.
Let me see if I can take some.
A bit like the Fiat X1/9 - although that had a small fixed quarterlight
I do like the X1/9. Cool name, cool car. I must resist the urge to fire up eBay and AutoTrader. Too late.
Told you I was a bad influenceI do like the X1/9. Cool name, cool car. I must resist the urge to fire up eBay and AutoTrader. Too late.
Cool car, but Italian build and rust proofing.I do like the X1/9. Cool name, cool car. I must resist the urge to fire up eBay and AutoTrader. Too late.
Oh oh there’s a two-59’e low mileage VS and a Grand Finale on eBay. Use the force Bobby. Or the threat of Mrs D’s wrath.I do like the X1/9. Cool name, cool car. I must resist the urge to fire up eBay and AutoTrader. Too late.
We know, we know, we found those last week.
It is said that the later batches, 1988/89 cars were Bertone built and slightly better.....but everything's relative.
Yes it’s been out in quite heavy rain with the hard soft top on, I can’t say that I wasn’t just a bit twitchy.
I’ve always had a soft spot for x1/9s, there are some superb ones I often see at some of the Italian shows. But for X1/9 insanity Google Manuel Dondi - his hillclimb monster is spectacular, it must corner at about 9g!
Christ alive, 11.5 inches is wiiiide
Wow, a very clean example. I have one but its the roadster coupe, with a lot more milage but that's because it's such fun to drive and it was my daily driver for quite a while. Apart from the rims, which I left for some time with brake dust the rest of the car is beautiful. I wanted to keep mine but due to downsizing I will be losing our multi car garage so the roadster has to go. At 67 it's a little more difficult to get in and out of so I bought an W124 E220 convertible last year as a project. You can have so much fun in these cars, and they are cheap to run. Enjoy it and drive it, no fun with it sitting around.I don’t usually post photos of cars I buy but this one might be a rare exception. It’s both almost a Mercedes and an unusual example, and so it might be of interest to some MBClubbers, so here it is.
Yesterday I picked up a Smart Roadster Brabus. I know, I know it’s a little dull compared to a Mercedes-AMG ForFour Black Series AMG Sport Plus Night Edition Premium Plus 125 Navi facelift powered by Brabus.
It’s a very very low-mileage car which is in truly exceptional and original condition. It has missed a few services but it has been serviced almost every year by Mercedes/Smart with paid invoices.
It has some incredibly rare options including the hard top and luggage rack with integrated high-level brake light - it even has a tiny sticker on the luggage rack in perfect condition which wasn’t removed in the PDI
Inside and outside it’s completely standard - except for factory options and original accessories - and as-new throughout. It’s Speed Silver with black leather interior (including the dashboard) and it’s all in fantastic condition.
Shod with Michelin Pilot Sport tyres, the wheels are original Brabus Style VI design with the most ridiculously deep dish filling the wide arches. I love these wheels and if I can find the right set then I’ll get mother set..
I’ve wanted one since they were launched but couldn’t t really have one at the time as I would never use it whilst our children were young, but I’ve watched them ever since wishfully thinking.
I’ve waited very patiently for a very low mileage example to come up - and missed out by minutes on a 15,000 mile example last September - so I bought this one immediately and unseen.
It had 7,742 miles on the mileometer when I picked it up and so driving it its as close as it gets to driving a new one in 18 years ago. Its days as a garage queen are over - it will be driven …lots!
