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Barry

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Cheap Isetta
« on: March 04, 2012, 10:05:35 AM »

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Re: Cheap Isetta
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2012, 12:00:48 PM »
So much prettier than the sliding window models but still not for me I am afraid.
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Re: Cheap Isetta
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2012, 12:13:30 PM »
Malcolm
Bond Mk D - "The Bond Minicar solves your problem"
Nobel 200 - "Almost as cheap as breathing!"

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Re: Cheap Isetta
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2012, 12:49:24 PM »
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http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page/163248/1957-bmw-isetta/

I think the giant key joke is wearing a little thin... maybe we should have a whole topic dedicated to it as this must be the forth car I've seen, awful. Apart from the that and the price, it's a nice bubble window.

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Re: Cheap Isetta
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2012, 12:57:03 PM »
is it just me i cant get rustys link to work
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Re: Cheap Isetta
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2012, 01:03:09 PM »
It's me too -

Came across this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Isetta-bubble-car-/390393001817?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item5ae53c7759

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Re: Cheap Isetta
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2012, 02:00:02 PM »
Malcolm
Bond Mk D - "The Bond Minicar solves your problem"
Nobel 200 - "Almost as cheap as breathing!"

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Re: Cheap Isetta
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2012, 04:03:37 PM »
thanks - got it now
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Re: Cheap Isetta
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2012, 05:27:43 PM »
Try this link instead!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/?cmd=ViewItem&item=220964543585

Why is a man from Austin selling BMWs? Morris I can understand.

What a lot of Isettas.
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Re: Cheap Isetta
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2012, 05:58:36 PM »
Ah That's because BMW made Austin Sevens under licence in the 50's! :D

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Re: Cheap Isetta
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2012, 06:26:38 PM »
BMW Austin Sevens? I thought they came from dixieland. :o
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Re: Cheap Isetta
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2012, 07:38:34 PM »
Tiz true. Now they are getting their own back!
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Re: Cheap Isetta
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2012, 05:57:07 PM »
Sound expensive but I have just been reading the American microcar club magazine and compared with what some of the cars are fetching over there make this one sound quite cheap! Personally if I were shelling out 12K I would want it running properly and a class 1 paint job, reading in between the lines of the description this one has neither. Looks great though and in Inter Torpedo colour too!!

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Re: Cheap Isetta
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2012, 09:32:21 PM »
Exactly right Bob.  What would you find below the skin when it was stripped off for spraying - completely dismantled.  What other mechanical issues await.  Better off with a cheaper vehicle that needs the full works.  At least you know where you stand.