Post #179617 by Rum Demon on Sun, Aug 14, 2005 6:17 PM

Older small cars that were designed to look big.(Nash Metroplitan, Plymouth Lancer, Mercury Meteor)

Yes, of course, how could I forget! The European post-war cars designed to offset the gasoline shortages. The microcars! Awesome! Talk about character! The Mini, the Isetta, and my holy grail of automobiles: the Messerschmitt Kabinenroller. I have the unrealistic dream of restoring a KR200 with the engine from a motorcycle, probably a BMW model. The original power plant runs dirty apparently. Also, you had to cut the engine and run it BACKWARDS to go in reverse. I'd probably have to push my modified KR if I wanted to go backwards...

Not sure I'd drive a microcar on the highways and byways of the U.S. of A. what with all the MY-GIGANTIC-SUV-KEEPS-ME-SAFE-AS-I-RUN-YOU-DOWN cars on the road these days.

Then there's that new Smart Car happening in Europe.... history repeating itself?

Anyway, here's a sweet link:

http://www.microcarmuseum.com/index.html

-Joe

[ Edited by: Rum Demon 2005-08-15 08:14 ]