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Originally Posted by still_thinking A funky car I see regularly on my commute to Tauranga is a BMW Isetta.
The thing looks a hard case, cruising along the road, obviously going flat knackers (probably about 70kmph, with about 75% of the car on the shoulder side of the white line)
Bugger driving it on a windy day though!
(for those not in the know ... it is a "bubble car" http://www.bmwworld.com/models/vintage/isetta.htm) |
When I was in Germany, that was one of the more popular cars.
Another was the Messerschmidt.
The Isetta opened for passengers by a single door opening to the front. The messerschmidt opened like a figher plane cockpit. It also seated two . I googled but did not find a messerschmidt. Several Isetta.
Another odd car was the Ford Mustang I. Not the Mustang II but the Mustang I.
Lee Iacocca was a marketing wizard. Me built two Mustang I proto type cars. All the bells and whistles. Such necessities as 2 reverse gears. Top speed backward, 50 mph. Built in roll bar, and a hundred more things.
Then he took the top choices and built the Ford Mustang . Cannot locate a photo but it was HOT. Ah, ebay had a photo.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting