The 1957 BMW Isetta 300 Sliding Window Cabriolet you see here has had an interesting life. It started out in March of 1957. After being built, according to the BMW archives, it was delivered to New York City a very fast 3 days later. It was purchased by the owner of a construction company to use not only as a cheap vehicle but as advertising as well. It was soon discovered that the car was too small for the type of business he had and it was trade...
THE HISTORY OF MY CAR AND GM ARGENTINA THE GM CARS WAS SHIPPING FROM NEW YORK TO BUENOS AIRES IN WOODEN BOXES WITHOUT WEELS TO MAKE THE CASES MORE SMALLER.IN THIS TIME ELLIS HAMPTON WATSON HAVE HAD IN BUENOS AIRES THE BIGEST AGENCY OF CHEVROLET IN 1922 AND IN 1923 HIS DIRECTORS HAVE SEEN THE IMPORTANCE TO IMPORT ALL THE PARTS AND ASSEMBLE THE CARS LOCALY.GM EXPORT CO.(FUTURE GENERAL MOTORS ARGENTINA SA)WAS FOUNDED JANUARY 19TH,1925.INMEDIATELY THEY START TO ASSAMBLE VEHICLES NAMED CHEVRO...
In june 1972 my Father Inlaw purchased a New Karmann Ghia cpe. He kept the car garaged for most of its life. At some point he had it repainted Original Bohemia Red. He put the car in his garage and took it out rarely and for State Inspection. During 1985 he took it for inspection, and back in the Garage never to be out on the road again. Dad told my wife the car was hers, Since I use to own a restoration Center in Philadelphia he felt I would restore the car to 100% ...
Recently while on a tour with the LIHAC club(Lafayette Indiana Historical Auto Club) all nineteen cars were tooling along Indiana 267 heading for stops in Brownsburg. I had just said not a half an hour earlier that the old 48 Studebaker Commander was running very well, when all of a sudden I could have sworn that someone had shut off the key, for the engine had quit cold, my fateful co-pilot for the last 50 plus years asked me why I was slowing down?...
My name is Rubem Duailibi and I host a TV Show named MotorDay OctaneTV in Brazil. My barn find was a 1600 BMW GT, designed by Pietro Frua for Hans Glas at the Glas factory in Digolfing. These cars were named Glas GT in 1300 and 1700 versions. BMW bought the Glas factory from Hans Glas in 1968 and renamed the Glas GT as 1600 BMW GT. They built only 1002 cars, and 12 cars were imported to Brazil by Aguinaldo de Góes by Cebem store. I found one at a stairs building and rebuilt the car. Th...
Well things are going as planned. My goal is to have the chassis done by dec 2008. I had it sand blasted and started to do the modificstions. I purchased a new center support that accepts my 302 w/C4 Transmission. I also purchased motor mounts & front shock mounts from Chassis engineering. I purchased a rear radius rod splitter kit & Tourque rod from HRW (Hot rod works) this bolted on to the frame and Banjo rear end. all these products were excellant. I also purchased rear shock ...
I like to collect stuff! My wife thinks some of it is just junk; and she's probably right. Going through some old photos I found two that I would like help with....
I have noticed that a lot of the cars on the market today are just re-badged versions of another car from a partner group or a joint venture group. (For instance, Pontiac and Saturn are both owned by GM.) One example of this is the Pontiac Solstice/Saturn Sky. It is essentially the same car. It looks the same, has the same engine, same chassis, same suspension, etc. The only difference is the grill, the Pontiac has a grill like a BMW (two kidney shaped vents) and the Saturn has long chrome ...
Back in the early 60's Chrysler Corporation was undergoing some rough sailing in terms of a number of slow selling models and some internal intrigue as well with a number of officials being accused of doing a lot of things in their own interests and not for the good of the company or its stockholders. ...
