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  • browntown
    No R3VLimiter
    • Jun 2004
    • 3524

    #1

    old mercedes with bimmer running gear

    saw this on the puget sound bmwcca site, looks pretty cool to me. quite the kitcar.

    Check this out: A Japanese-built Mercedes-Benz 190 SL doppelgänger whose underpinnings actually originate from the Three-Pointed Star’s arch rival. That’s right—this rather convincing 1955-1963 MB knockoff is actually a BMW beneath its curvaceous panels.

    The strangely-named Duesen Bayern Mystar requires a donor BMW Z3, whose prices have depreciated enough to make this a bizarrely compelling option for those who desire vintage car looks with contemporary performance. Because the BMW was offered with a range of engines throughout its lifecycle, the Mystar can be outfitted as a modest cruiser and urban runabout, or as something approaching a proper apex-clipping sports car.

    No word on whether an M Roadster’s hairy-chested 3.2-liter I-6 (or its increased width) can fit underneath the Mystar’s curves without any modification, but we can hope, right?

    We’re not exactly up on our Japanese, so we can’t make heads-or-tails out of the website, but feel free to take a shot yourself by clicking on the link below.



  • turbo_negro69
    E30 Addict
    • Dec 2006
    • 468

    #2
    i'm not sure if i like it or not?
    destroy a bmw, to make a mbz knock off?
    hhhmmmmm.............no thanx.

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    • dude8383
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      • Jan 2005
      • 10387

      #3
      i think thats fucking cool.
      IG: deniso_nsi Leave me feedback here

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      • rede30
        R3V Elite
        • Dec 2003
        • 4697

        #4
        why does it have to be a bmw? mb makes roadsters? Whatever, its gay.
        https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-h...wE3UqwjjmaTrXg

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        • Jand3rson
          Banned
          • Oct 2003
          • 37587

          #5
          Originally posted by rede30
          why does it have to be a bmw? mb makes roadsters? Whatever, its gay.
          What a perfectly ignorant statement. OMFG, I can't believe someone chopped up one of our precious BMW's to make that pile of shit.

          :roll:

          That car is badass, and Z3's are fucking ugly as balls to begin with.

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          • E30 Reaktionär
            Site Manager
            • Aug 2006
            • 14451

            #6
            Maybe they just wanted BMW's leaning tower of power to be the power plant in it.

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            • dude8383
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              • Jan 2005
              • 10387

              #7
              Originally posted by Eurospeed
              What a perfectly ignorant statement. OMFG, I can't believe someone chopped up one of our precious BMW's to make that pile of shit.

              :roll:

              That car is badass, and Z3's are fucking ugly as balls to begin with.
              lol there's a bunch of bmw elitist's here.
              IG: deniso_nsi Leave me feedback here

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              • eurostyl e30
                E30 Addict
                • Dec 2005
                • 554

                #8
                Originally posted by Eurospeed
                What a perfectly ignorant statement. OMFG, I can't believe someone chopped up one of our precious BMW's to make that pile of shit.

                :roll:

                That car is badass, and Z3's are fucking ugly as balls to begin with.



                I'm guessing you're a fan of the Miata-Cadillac hybrids too?

                That thing is balls to the wall cheesy.

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                • Mastrcruse
                  R3V Elite
                  • Sep 2005
                  • 5340

                  #9
                  I just have one thing to say about it..

                  世の中で名車といわれる車達は、製造後数十年経ても、今なお輝きを放っています。それは名車を造り上げた職 人たちの思いが宿っているからではないでしょうか。
                  私達は、マイスターを皆様の家族代々に家宝として受け継がれ、後に伝説の車といわれるような オリジナルカーとして心をこめて創りあげました。

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                  • StereoInstaller1
                    GAS
                    • Jul 2004
                    • 22679

                    #10
                    Originally posted by rede30
                    why does it have to be a bmw? mb makes roadsters? Whatever, its gay.
                    MBZ roadsters are: 1. Hot as hell. 2. FUCKING valuable.

                    That roadster is fucking cool. Not "gay". You, however, are suspect.

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                    • LINUS
                      R3VLimited
                      • Jul 2004
                      • 2422

                      #11
                      My worthless opinion - Nice looking car, not what I would choose to do, but nice all the same. Seems like it would draw haters in the MB world as well. Like when guys stick a bowtie 350 in a Porsche 911 - Porshchev's.

                      Sorta falls in the same catagory as that Kiwi that puts Lexus LS400 drivetrains in AC Cobra replicas.

                      Personally that would be my toy roadster - Cobra replica with a small block or a Lexus motor. Probably the Lexus.

                      From all that I've read, it seems like that motor (LS400) is the best value in a motor that had excellent torque, decent price, and decent parts prices. I plan to research that very motor further when the time comes that my 1FZ-FE in the Landcruiser is at the end of its' life. That or a diesel - no idea which yet though.

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                      • LINUS
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                        • Jul 2004
                        • 2422

                        #12
                        Originally posted by eurostyl e30


                        I'm guessing you're a fan of the Miata-Cadillac hybrids too?

                        That thing is balls to the wall cheesy.
                        Ok, now that is a totally different world. I'd be surprised if seeing one in person would be what makes someone buy it. More like the guy would apoligize to everyone saying ---

                        " Well, it looked good in the small picture in the J.C. Whitney catalog, since that's where I got the kit".

                        Sells right next to the 13,000 watt EQ (yes,EQ)/ in-dash espresso machine.

                        It's not how you handle the good times, but the faith you keep in the bad that defines you.

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                        • eurostyl e30
                          E30 Addict
                          • Dec 2005
                          • 554

                          #13
                          Originally posted by LINUS
                          Ok, now that is a totally different world. I'd be surprised if seeing one in person would be what makes someone buy it. More like the guy would apoligize to everyone saying ---

                          " Well, it looked good in the small picture in the J.C. Whitney catalog, since that's where I got the kit".

                          Sells right next to the 13,000 watt EQ (yes,EQ)/ in-dash espresso machine.
                          I have actually seen one in person at a local cruise night. It's red and...ugly.

                          It has "RONCO" badges on it, I think the guy that manufactures the kit goes by that name.

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