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BEA Isetta?
« on: August 17, 2014, 09:12:22 AM »
Just seen this on the UK Weather Channel page would you believe.

I am sure some knowledgeable Isetta owner can explain, please do.
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Re: BEA Isetta?
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2014, 09:27:31 AM »
Great picture. Worthy of a caption competition.

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Re: BEA Isetta?
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2014, 12:07:04 PM »
1960 BMW Isetta transported to Isle of Man , this we learned later was taken to Cyril Cannels workshop where it would take two years for him to work out his reply  :)
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Re: BEA Isetta?
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2014, 12:32:37 PM »
Great photo but I cannot think of a caption. When we lived in Montevideo 1957-62 the local bus company had a fleet of Isettas for communication, service and parts delivery, perhaps BEA used Isettas for similar purposes. BEA had the most stylish coaches:

http://s581.photobucket.com/user/Captain_Bubble/media/Picture3-1.png.html?sort=3&o=42
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Re: BEA Isetta?
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2014, 12:44:14 PM »
Please take me, please take me! I want to be the smallest car to race around the TT course  :P
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Re: BEA Isetta?
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2014, 12:46:28 PM »
^ That gave me an idea:    Hey Man, it's an IseTTa !
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Re: BEA Isetta?
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2014, 02:48:30 PM »
Great photo but I cannot think of a caption. When we lived in Montevideo 1957-62 the local bus company had a fleet of Isettas for communication, service and parts delivery, perhaps BEA used Isettas for similar purposes. BEA had the most stylish coaches:

http://s581.photobucket.com/user/Captain_Bubble/media/Picture3-1.png.html?sort=3&o=42

I agree, they were lovely 2 x  half deck coaches, when I lived in Reigate as a lad they had a couple of these at the bus garage, out of airport duty then,  I think they were used as mobile uniform issuing units. Went to Brooklands in the Bond last summer (not totally off topic Richard) and saw MLL 740, what a beauty, Google MLL 722 and compare.

Strangely enough, outside this very bus garage and at the age of 16 I lost all drive in my Mark D Bond, all the rivets had sheared on the wheel sprocket. A guy getting off a bus said that he had a Bond, I went to see him later and we became good friends, the contacts he had led me to purchasing a Raleigh Safety Seven, wish I had kept it.
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Re: BEA Isetta?
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2014, 03:03:42 PM »
The Science Museum has one (grey) in its Large Object Store in Wroughton, Wilts.
Some of them (plus special "high windscreen" fuel tankers and lots of lovely old cars can be seen in "Look at Life" films such as "Cities of the Air".
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