Nov 12, 2014  •  Name That Car Stories  •  65 Comments

Name That Car: Mystery Micro Plow

Micro Snow Plow

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Winter is on its way and I’m already dreading my least favorite aspect of the season, shoveling snow. Having an ATV with a plow can make the task a lot easier, but the interesting little vehicle you see above looks like a much better option to me! It might not have the traction and ground clearance, but it’s enclosed and is just so amazingly odd! Oliver C sent us this photo in hopes we could help him identify what it could have started life as. His uncle had the car on his farm in France, but unfortunately he just recently passed away and Oliver never had the chance to ask him about it. So, he is turning to us for some help identifying it. If you have any clue what it could be, please share in the comments section below. Also, I think this creation deserves a creative name, so even if you don’t know what it used to be feel free to leave your suggestion for what it should be called now!

Comments

  1. Pawel
    Nov 12, 2014 at 11:27am

    Fiat 126P

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    • Art
      Nov 12, 2014 at 4:16pm

      It’s a Yugo that was shortened. That’s one crazy creative person.

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    • Constantine
      Jan 3, 2020 at 1:32am

      Really is!

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  2. Brian Sheehan
    Nov 12, 2014 at 11:30am

    Was a Fiat, bambino or 126

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  3. Bill Feeney
    Nov 12, 2014 at 11:33am

    That looks like a small tractor with part of a Yugo body!

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  4. Steve
    Nov 12, 2014 at 11:49am

    Fiat 126…
    Plow it again tony!!!

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  5. James
    Nov 12, 2014 at 11:51am

    Fiat 126 minus some bits – front and middle bits that is….

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  6. christian
    Nov 12, 2014 at 11:52am

    Its a Fiat 126 with welded doors and shortened body without front wings.

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  7. mike
    Nov 12, 2014 at 11:55am

    Thinking Fiat….

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  8. BernieR
    Nov 12, 2014 at 11:58am

    Part of a Fiesta? ‘Sno Fiesta?

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  9. boxdin
    Nov 12, 2014 at 11:59am

    How do you get in & out ?

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    • Barry
      Nov 13, 2014 at 4:07am

      Good point. Crawl in from the back perhaps.

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  10. Ron
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:01pm

    From the shape of the rear, it looks like a Yugo that has been shortened. If it is a Yugo, it now appears to be a Yu.

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    • Abe
      Nov 13, 2014 at 3:14pm

      more like a yo

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  11. radu
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:05pm

    shortened Fiat Polski

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  12. DJ
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:09pm

    VW Rabbit

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  13. Tony
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:09pm

    Ford Fiesta. :) Chopped of course.

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  14. Rich
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:09pm

    Looks like Luigi from “Cars”!

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  15. Josh Maddox
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:14pm

    Rabbit

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  16. Dave
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:15pm

    I believe I would call it a Snub Plow!

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  17. Mark E
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:17pm

    I agree it WAS a Fiat 126 earlier in its life but what was done to it? I mean, how do you get into it? Crawl in the window or open the rear hatch and clamber over the engine?? Oh and now, obviously, it would be a Fiat 12.6!!

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  18. MDchanic
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:20pm

    Darn, you guys beat me to it.

    First thought was a Yugo (Zastava in its native land), but the Yugo was a front engine FWD car, while the 126 was a rear-engined RWD car, which would be perfect for this layout.

    I could use one of those for the driveway, myself…

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  19. fred
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:26pm
  20. J.W.
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:42pm

    Since I know nothing about foreign cars but I used to own a landscaping and snow removal company I will give it my own name, ” Mini-Scooper” That thing would have come in handy at the Condo complexes I did as there were tight spaces my 1 ton trucks couldn’t fit so we had to use a snowblower there..

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  21. Jose
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:45pm

    Looks like a Yugo to me.

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  22. Daymo
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:53pm

    1970’s Fiat 126, angular successor to the 500. An already very small car made even smaller!

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  23. That Guy
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:56pm

    I think Oliver C is pulling your leg. This picture has been all over the interwebs for a while now. Google “Polski Fiat 126 Plow” and you get about 25 copies of this exact photo.

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  24. barry
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:58pm

    Renault la plough

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  25. Tony
    Nov 12, 2014 at 1:19pm

    You would enter in through the hatch. Pop the hatchback, and climb in. Sort of like a BMW Isetta, but in reverse….

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  26. Stuart
    Nov 12, 2014 at 1:23pm

    Yikes…I wouldn’t want to be sharing that cabin with the engine, unless they did an electric convert, which we doubt. I shall dub thee Asphyxa-plow….

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    • MDchanic
      Nov 12, 2014 at 1:38pm

      You wouldn’t be sharing the compartment with the engine.
      The engine is behind you and under the seat.

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  27. JM
    Nov 12, 2014 at 1:24pm

    Photo taken in Poland and it is handmade plow with Polski Fiat 126p (Polish Fiat 126p).

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  28. gene
    Nov 12, 2014 at 1:25pm

    Definitely WAS a Fiat 126……….second guess was a Yugo…………

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  29. Andrew Minney
    Nov 12, 2014 at 1:37pm

    A much shortened (if that’s possible) FIAT 126.
    Andrew (in England)

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  30. Wiley Robinson
    Nov 12, 2014 at 1:40pm

    Yea, you’ve been had. That photo has been appearing everywhere on the internet for years. The car is a Fiat 126 or most likely an ex iron curtain variant like a Zatavia. It’s a rear engined car so hacking off the front was probably a way for the drive to see the plow better or something.

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  31. Ziad S
    Nov 12, 2014 at 1:52pm

    Fiat 126. 2 cyl engine in back

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  32. Michael
    Nov 12, 2014 at 1:54pm

    That’s most definitely a Fiat. Access must have been through the back window

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  33. larry z.
    Nov 12, 2014 at 2:13pm

    plow bub

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  34. Josh JoshAuthor
    Nov 12, 2014 at 3:26pm

    I’m not sure if Oliver pulled a quick one on us or if he himself was confused about this car, but either way it has been a fun conversation! After you guys figured out what it was, I went on the search for any Fiat 126s here in the states.
    We never officially got the 126 here in the states, so finding one is rather rare. As chance would happen to have it though, one just showed up on eBay that was imported from Poland. It is entirely too nice to be turned into a plow like this one, but one can always dream! Have a look at it here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fiat-Other-126-P-1981-fiat-126-p-650-komfort-personal-4-/251711728578?forcerrptr=true&hash=item3a9b302bc2&item=251711728578&pt=US_Cars_Trucks

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    • ConservativesDefeated
      Nov 12, 2014 at 9:40pm

      Already at 7100 bucks, Josh

      Really?

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  35. Dude
    Nov 12, 2014 at 3:54pm

    Love that car!

    Found a picture of that car a few years back, and used it as my screensaver. At the time, was working on a vehicle design team for a major US heavy equipment manufacturer. The designers LOVED it. We spent many hours sipping coffee, staring at that pic, pondering possibilities.

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  36. Tony
    Nov 12, 2014 at 7:27pm

    It’s a 1984 Rolls Canardly. It rolls down hills and canardly make up the other side.

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  37. DT
    Nov 12, 2014 at 7:38pm

    Fiaterpillar

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  38. Barry
    Nov 13, 2014 at 4:01am

    Looks like a Hugo to me.

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  39. Barry
    Nov 13, 2014 at 4:04am

    Whoops, I forgot it is spelled Yugo. Reminds that when I met my wife she asked me to go along with her to find a car for her daughter and she thought a Yugo we saw was cute. I had to tell her the nicest way I could think of to even think about it.

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  40. adam smailes
    Nov 13, 2014 at 8:53am

    A modern version of this is what we need for big cities with little space for large trucks I.E Newcastle, London, NYC, Paris ETC

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  41. Tara P
    Nov 13, 2014 at 10:02am

    Its a Fiat 126 Panda.

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  42. rancho bella
    Nov 13, 2014 at 12:20pm

    A sawzall?

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  43. the chucker
    Nov 13, 2014 at 4:25pm

    Take the plow off in the spring and do wheelies….or back flips. :-)

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  44. Chuck Black
    Nov 14, 2014 at 6:36am

    Polish Fiat

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  45. gregg witt
    Nov 14, 2014 at 8:31pm

    It’s a Toro Power Max Snowblower Snow Cab with out the handles, snaps and side window.

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  46. Szilard
    Nov 16, 2014 at 1:00pm

    Polski Fiat 126P (shortened)…

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  47. Bryan
    Nov 17, 2014 at 7:45am

    I am sure this car is a Fiat 127 or its Eastern European equivalent (Yugo)?

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    • Constantine
      Jan 3, 2020 at 1:39am

      When Yugo had been designed by the late ’70s, the Fiat 127’s concept was taken into consideration by the engineers of the Zastava car factory. Ever since the Zastava mass produces cars and commercial vehicles, they’ve been always under strong influence of the Fiat and Iveco companies.

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      • Constantine
        Jan 3, 2020 at 1:50am

        …and of course under the influence of the OM (Officine Meccaniche) which had been absorbed by the previously mentioned Fiat+Iveco in 1975.

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  48. Mark Aitken
    Nov 17, 2014 at 7:55am

    Its a chopped Fiat 126 Bis a small 600cc Air cooled Two Cylinder, sold as Cheap transport for the masses in Italy

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  49. Andrew
    Nov 17, 2014 at 8:56am

    It might be a Fiat or a Yugo either way I want it!

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  50. Rick70
    Nov 17, 2014 at 9:17am

    Fiat 126 with shortened front. Fuel tank cap, wheels and the rest are unmistakable. Grew up crashing them in the countryside, with Autobianchi A112 and others.

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  51. motorclaimguru
    Nov 17, 2014 at 9:34am

    it is a fiat 126 that has been shortened! definately NOT a yugo.

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  52. motorclaimguru
    Nov 17, 2014 at 9:37am

    I can give you some very interesting fiat 126 here in the uk! on my youtube, i have a few vids with V8’s in them, and one with a MR2 turbo engine….

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  53. Joe G-A
    Nov 19, 2014 at 9:23am

    I’d say it’s a Fiat 126, or a Fiat Polski, or a Polonez, all the same car, under different brands, it has a two cylinder engine in the rear, some of it air cooled, others water cooled, but this looks as a 126 having had part of the hull sliced to be used as a farming element, by decreasing overall lenght.

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  54. CRF
    Nov 21, 2014 at 10:20am

    Was a 126, now is a 123 FarmVille!

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  55. UnclStevie
    Nov 23, 2014 at 3:17pm

    I’d call it a “Putin”.

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  56. Steve
    Jan 2, 2020 at 9:36am

    Looks like Snowmator like a character from The movie Cars

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