In surfing around sites about Houston I came upon old Freeway photos. This one was taken on Hwy 59 (now I-59) in 1962.



Now my question is... does anyone know what type of car this one is?

 

Looks like a BMW, ethier that or its Italian ethie way just post WWII as small affordable cars were all people could buy and how many major maufacturers survived the post war depression in Europe. I'll have to look for one at the Micro car show this weekend.

 

That is an Isetta! I used to see one in Hollywood at the Safeway Market at Sunset & La Brea in the late 50s. I was fascinated and thrilled by it!

 

Ah hah! See, I knew someone here would know. I Googled BMW micro car and came up with photos of the BMW 600 and Isetta. It looks like an Isetta. Looks a tad bit out of place in 1962..

But I know that I will keep this handy when my husband starts complaining that the MINI is too small!

 

It looks pretty cool. I'd be fascinated with it too.... wait a minute... I am, I posted this picture. lol

 

There is a nice color picture of the 600 on the Chicago MINI Motoring Club website for the Micro Car National show this weekend

http://chicagominiclub.com/2006/08/0...-national-812/

 

A few weeks ago, I traveled to NAshville, TN and we took a short visit to this place:

http://www.lanemotormuseum.org/carcollection.htm

Look what they happen to have:

http://www.lanemotormuseum.org/show_...ISETTA300C1957

Of course I likes these:

http://www.lanemotormuseum.org/show_...USTINMINIB1969

http://www.lanemotormuseum.org/show_...MORRISMINI1971

http://www.lanemotormuseum.org/show_...RTRAVELLER1967

This was one of the oddest:

http://www.lanemotormuseum.org/show_...=MESSERSCHMITT

 

They're still in use too ... saw one on the motorway in England during a trip in 2003:

 

Here's a link to a Micro Car Museum. Check it out!

[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4]http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tourindex.html[/SIZE][/FONT]

 

Isettas are great - was tempted to buy one once

 

Bruce is great! We've had scooter rallies at his Musuem before and get to bring out all the toys — go-karts, motorcross bikes, mini cars, Segways, etc — to play with. Burned the clutch on on the motorcross bikes. Oops!

He bought his son (11 or 13 at the time) a new MINI in 2002.

*hallie