According to the seller, this example was stored for over thirty years in a climate-controlled environment and has recently undergone mechanical recommissioning. The seller states that the engine starts reliably, maintains correct oil pressure, and that the charging system operates as expected. The vehicle currently has no functioning brakes, and the seller notes that the… Read More Micro americana: 1952 Crosley Super Sport
For collectors and enthusiasts of microcars, the Spatz Victoria 250 is a must-have piece of automotive history. This beautifully restored example, completed in Germany a few years ago, showcases the charm and uniqueness of one of the rarest microcars ever produced. Originally designed by Egon Brütsch, the Spatz began its journey as the Brütsch 200… Read More Micro spider: Spatz Victoria 250
After the Second World War, Italy had to get back on its feet, and this necessarily involved the development of individual mobility. However, money was scarce, and it was necessary to find the most economical way to get people moving. Indeed, from the late 1940s and early 1950s in Italy, an interesting offering of Microcars… Read More Smaller than you think: 1946 Volugrafo Bimbo 46
The name Vespa inevitably makes us think of the most famous scooter in the world, but as enthusiasts know well that it is not just that. Indeed, The Vespa 400 of this article is a rear-engined microcar, produced by ACMA in Fourchambault, France, from 1957 to 1961 to the designs of the Italian Piaggio company.… Read More Unplugged: 1959 ACMA Vespa 400
There is a real cult for microcars, certainly not as widespread as that for “large size” classic cars, yet well rooted among collectors: the car featured in this article is the same model that was exhibited at the Bruce Weiner Microcars Museum, now closed. The car is a Mochet CM-125 Luxe, whose history in brief… Read More No license required: 1951 Mochet CM-125 Luxe
The Heinkel Kabine was a microcar designed by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke and built by them from 1956 to 1958. Clearly this car owes a lot to the ISO Isetta. The 1950s saw a remarkable flowering of Microcars, this is quite obvious because on the one hand there was a growing need for mobility, on the other… Read More Cabin fever: 1957 Heinkel Kabine 200 Typ 154
Let’s face it, everyone likes microcars: they arouse sympathy in everyone, no matter what age, gender or social class they belong to. Some people like these cars simply because they are “nice”, others, like us and like many of you, like them because we see the engineering effort to make a “real” car but with… Read More Macro fun: 1950 Kleinschnittger F 125
As Wikipedia says, Fuldamobil is the name of a series of small cars produced by Elektromaschinenbau Fulda GmbH of Fulda, Germany, and Nordwestdeutscher Fahrzeugbau (NWF) of Wilhelmshaven between 1950 and 1969. So now we know the big picture. Although Fuldamobil was German, it seems that this car in particular was built at the factory in… Read More Blue egg: 1957 Fuldamobil S-7
Also this week there is an odd couple: this time it’s not about two coachbuilt cars, built by an almost unknown coachbuilder, but it’s about two all-terrain microcars. We are talking about a Ferves Ranger (the larger of the two) and a Lawil Warzina S3: despite their names they were both produced in Italy in… Read More Indivisible: 1967 Ferves Ranger + 1971 Lawil Varzina S3
Well, this is not a car in the sense that we all generally mean, but we know very well that true classic car enthusiasts are first and foremost romantics who like objects like this. This micro car comes indeed from the Disneyland Autopia amusement park, during the ’60s (we suppose the early 60s) and was… Read More Amusement ride: 1960 Autopia
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