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Old Sep 12th, 2004, 02:47 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Cars that even I have never heard of!
I was bored and found a link to this interesting museum of micro cars. I had heard of a few (BMW Isetta, Messerscmidt, Trabant, Vespa, Fiat 500) but there are probably a hundred or so that I had never heard of before. They are all small, almost scooter sized cars with as little as 3 hp!!!! I figured I would post this for anyone in here who enjoys automotive oddities and unusual engineering like I do. Enjoy!

Microcar Museum

Hint: Look at the Trabant- it's body is made of a walnut shell and cotton composite!
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Old Sep 12th, 2004, 03:54 AM   #2 (permalink)
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hey it's the erkle car!
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Old Sep 12th, 2004, 08:26 AM   #3 (permalink)
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nice site. I'd heard of the Trabant while watch the Speed channel on day. They tried to see what the top speed was and couldn't get it about 55mph (if I remember correctly).
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Old Sep 12th, 2004, 08:51 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Aww, duff... they don't have many japanese cars. I was hoping to see the Japanese delivery 3 wheeler, and a couplea Suzukis... otherwise, this site is pretty sweet.


OMG! A four-wheeled Messerchmitt!!!
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Old Sep 12th, 2004, 09:00 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Old Sep 12th, 2004, 11:19 AM   #7 (permalink)
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ummmm yeah, cool cars, but i'd never be caught dead in one
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Living back in Germany I had seen a few Trabis. They were pretty weird in my opinion. Only east germans would drive them. Cool site! And I know messerschmidt from gta, heh.
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Old Sep 12th, 2004, 01:06 PM   #9 (permalink)
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lol! My 4-wheeler has more power and displacement than most of these!
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Yeah, I have added the Trebant to my list of must own cars. It's just too odd not to want one!

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