I know these cars are good but...

takza · Post by **takza** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:39 pm

I swear...if you kids don't manage to get along....I'm going to send you to your rooms. No Tercels for a month!

waynehoc · Post by **waynehoc** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:49 pm

Ah the Isetta, I certainly remember that name, and driving my then brother-in-law's, about 45 or more years ago when I was younger than Typrus. It was a bit tight in the 'cockpit', and quite an exhiliarating drive, to say the least! Was akin to driving down the road in a sardine can; wouldn'y want to be in an accident in an Isetta - would be a goner for sure.

Have a look here for anyone interested http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isetta

takza · Post by **takza** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:47 am

Quite a while ago there was a local guy who had 2 of those...more or less restored them. Might have been original. Back in the 60s-70s.

Post by **ARCHINSTL** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 2:05 pm

When I was at SLU in the late '50s, a girl boarder had an Isetta.
And then one day it was in the parking lot with the front end kinda pushed in and the cloth sunroof looking as though it had been cut. I guess that was the only way for someone to get out "in an emergency."
Never did hear what happened to the girl, though.
I think that someone drove one in the original "Pink Panther" movie, although that would have been after it went out of production.
Tom M.

waynehoc · Post by **waynehoc** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:40 pm

The bodies and mechanicals may be old and rusty, but the spirit soars, forever young; not only the Tercs we love, but also those of us, of varied age, who drive them. In the Big Guy's eyes, we are all the same...