Isettas have gotten pricey as well - up to $45K for restored examples. On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:44 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > wrote:
> Cool! I always wanted to drive one of those, but have only seen them in > passing. > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Mike Gildea via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > My first car was a hand me down from Germany. A 58 BMW Isetta 300cc, air > > cooled, single cylinder, 13HP, 4 speed in the left wall, reversed 4 speed > > shift, 1 front door, > > non synchro first gear, shared generator/starter, no gauges (other than > > speedo), pavement ripping max 55mph, and had a good working heater. 1st > > time I saw one is when we landed in Rhein Main, because the civillian air > > port was closed due to extreme fog. A 3 wheel Isetta came out on the > > flight path through the fog, front door opened, human looking alien said > > “follow me earthling” and the plane (TWA Connie) obediently followed the > > tiny alien to a secured military hangar to unload into busses. (area 51?) > > Everybody was talking about the weird creature with bug eyes. We all > > thought we had landed in some weird Rod Sterling “Twilight" scene. > Latter, > > we brought that 59 bug eyed Isetta back to USA. I learned to drive with > > that lefty backwards (reversed shift “H” pattern). Isetta is the car > that > > saved BMW from bankruptcy in the mid to late 50s. The 300cc engine was a > > bmw motorcycle engine. No big V8s to race, just lawn mowers and go karts > to > > pick on! Beat my Lambretta scooter once with the Isetta. > > Mike G > > now have its big brother, 2 wheeled vintage bmw r100rt twin air cooled > > cylinders. > > _______________________________________ > > > > > -- > OK Don > > NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
