Ideal Project for Bob Purton

[Big Al]

Sold to the Shetlands, for the gearbox? Was I the only person inquiring enough to look and appreciate, till it was publicized as scandal? I hope not.

And there was I always telling folk that the benefit of the Isetta was its ease of restoration due to it having a separate chassis. Reflecting on that, perhaps your are correct now that restorations have passed beyond the pleasure of just getting the cars to reliable driver status. Now they have to be better than when they came down the line at the factory. An isetta has more bits than some microcars and becomes, therefore, more difficult to restore before taking into account the help and spares availability. Been a bit of a hiccup there. My feeling was that a Trienkel was more difficult, Now maybe not so due to its simplicity.

[Bob Purton]

One less to worry about then.

[Bob Purton]

I think you hit the nail on the head Al. there are just so many parts! Seperate engine, gearbox, and transmission case, complex steering too. I've found getting my one in good well adjusted order a real challenge. Just this week I changed the engine mounts and you need to be a contorsionist! Club spares can be half the problem, my car had club supplied non original mounts which were made from the wrong shore rated rubber, the result being that the engine sagged and whallowed around in then causing all sortsd of probs for the exhaust. I fitted right ones from Dave Tadman [Bromley Bubble] and all of a sudden everything is in the right position again. You have to learn your stuff and cannot always trust the "experts!" Anyway, better stop before the headmaster points out Isetta's are not "Unusual "microcars.   

[Big Al]

From memory Isetta mounts are pretty hard fellows. It should make a huge difference if the engine was not controlled from moving excessively. To the extent that it is quicker as more power is going to the rear wheel and less to stretching rubber mounts and donuts. Gear-change should be better too. A right result for a lot of mucking about. Be interesting if the engine requires a tweak of tune once it settles to its new situation to hit the sweet spot. Thumper is an unusual microcar. It gets driven!

[Garybond]

BOB is back! Number now non transferable? Funniest yellow I have seen

[richard]

Back number ? Is that back registered at DVLA ?and still on Isetta

[Garybond]

I think number has been reinstated on car under V765 scheme and they are non-transferable. Are mechanical bits missing as no picture of engine and back end Big Al said gearbox going to Scotland