Tag: Microcar
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Original Zagato Zele / Elcar Project
This isn’t our first Zele (sold as the “Elcar” here in the US); but it is the most original and complete example we’ve posted. Our previous find was a two-fer with one involving a Suzuki motorcycle engine. This one seems to be more of a barn find. That’s the most overused term in the automotive…
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A Crosley Incomplete Project Two-Fer
This two-fer will result in one working car, at best, and even that will take some time. Hopefully, the right buyer comes along to make something really nice out of these. They deserve it! This two-fer includes one 1950 Hot Shot and one 1951 Super Shot. These were very closely related; so most parts are…
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Isetta / VW Combo Project
The last time we broke a story on a modified Isetta, it made the rounds on all of the major online car sites. We’re not sure that will happen this time… It’s not that today’s feature isn’t interesting, it’s that it’s very much an incomplete project and the seller has only included two images. Apparently,…
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The Best Vinyl-Bodied Car Ever?
Yes, the Velorex is technically a car and, yes, the body is made of vinyl stretched over a frame made of steel tubing. These cool little cars were made in Czechoslovakia from the 1940s through 1960s, before production shifted to an actual four-wheeled car (one of which we have never seen for sale). These cool…
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Rare Ihle Schottenring Car
A Schottenring car was basically a fair or carnival ride – these little cars ran on a wooden track and had bumpers, much like an early version of Disney Autopia. This particular example was made by GEBR: IHLE, a company foundered by two brothers previously in the coachbuilding business. The interwebs indicate that the Ihle…
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Six-Wheeled Smart Car Pickup Conversion
Have you always wanted a Smart car, but you were worried you couldn’t haul bulk compost if you took that plunge? If so, this is the vehicle for you! The seller is a promotional company that modifies vehicles for advertising purposes, but it seems they push the “Smartruck” as something of a masterpiece. This one…
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BMW “Corsetta”
What’s a Corsetta, you ask? It’s nothing BMW or Iso ever designed or built, but it is a 70s project involving a 1957 Isetta and a Corvair flat six. The seller estimates current output at 150 horsepower, which is than a tenfold increase versus the original single-cylinder motorcycle engine. At the bottom, you will see…
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Buy a Failed Attempt at Keeping Five Changan Tiger Star Pickups Running
Someone thought keeping a fleet of Chinese-built Chang’an Tiger Trucks running was a good idea. It turns out it wasn’t for that owner; but now’s your chance to try! Here’s what you get, per the seller (who appears to be in the salvage business): (2) Automatics with bad transmissions (removed and laying in truck bed)…
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Not One, But Two Zagato Zeles
Zagato, known for much more aggressive designs, produced this fiberglass-bodied EV in the mid-1970s it was the Zele in some markets and the Elcar in the US. Only an estimated 500 units were built; so this sale includes 0.4% of all production! While these were originally built the same, these two are very different. The…
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Lakermobile 1958 Isetta
Are you a Lakers fan AND a microcar fan? If so, this is your ride. This Issetta had a frame-off something. We can’t call it a restoration because it didn’t leave the factory with all of the Lakers regalia. Still, it seems to have been completely mechanically restored and everything else was either restored or…