tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90836184483335021142024-03-13T01:09:02.998-04:00MicrocarsThis blog is about Microcars and their description.type Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03255930129166040790noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083618448333502114.post-61218306720244561152010-01-31T17:03:00.005-05:002010-01-31T17:10:32.085-05:00Messerschmitt KR-200<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYwIwn6FHQq6ek2XUbE_dH9FOpEHTqR4jJ_FaasDTg53Qrazs2Q1Ej6UAyf-wo5YqBwlXQ6y8auIza3AmI-5wn7Y9jYBgT4cVdE7y3_FEgO1XrrtymOOGlvt9Q7LOFHdkKhIX9F2BZRQ/s1600-h/schmitt-60-green-00.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433028326947067330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYwIwn6FHQq6ek2XUbE_dH9FOpEHTqR4jJ_FaasDTg53Qrazs2Q1Ej6UAyf-wo5YqBwlXQ6y8auIza3AmI-5wn7Y9jYBgT4cVdE7y3_FEgO1XrrtymOOGlvt9Q7LOFHdkKhIX9F2BZRQ/s200/schmitt-60-green-00.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrkltpX0osI4WdU96ZYiVaUictYeMQILOn4QM67WmZRQiV5Lo0uA22vxVWDAYynM-lOtvjIY1fZmDhDfdlh1P-n_yFBLckNVgy1orjE3aG64i18YUCm_-8i7uVPrcrZtHREGddmp086I/s1600-h/schmitt-60-green-06.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433028383026209442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrkltpX0osI4WdU96ZYiVaUictYeMQILOn4QM67WmZRQiV5Lo0uA22vxVWDAYynM-lOtvjIY1fZmDhDfdlh1P-n_yFBLckNVgy1orjE3aG64i18YUCm_-8i7uVPrcrZtHREGddmp086I/s200/schmitt-60-green-06.jpg" /></a>
<div> This is a beautiful Messerschmitt KR-200. It had a 191cc Fichtel & Sachs 2-stroke engine, which reached a top speed of 100 km/h. It also had a nice interior, compared to some other microcars.
<div></div></div>type Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03255930129166040790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083618448333502114.post-64245258404480391562010-01-31T16:53:00.004-05:002010-01-31T17:00:00.354-05:00Corbin Sparrow<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8PQh85_QA9jI2ggMiwcNsyK2dzJByYgs4UPxJeBqiq5meLa86naWZdDT5URl6eXUKaxRgT_D4I4Zee1kqZmwqPEsvReTjIUln9BvemHy6CmujkCVOPv7eojqZyw_oCwBOlFGJyv3Xsw/s1600-h/corbin-sparrow00.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 149px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433025604140519314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8PQh85_QA9jI2ggMiwcNsyK2dzJByYgs4UPxJeBqiq5meLa86naWZdDT5URl6eXUKaxRgT_D4I4Zee1kqZmwqPEsvReTjIUln9BvemHy6CmujkCVOPv7eojqZyw_oCwBOlFGJyv3Xsw/s200/corbin-sparrow00.jpg" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMg6I5eb02beSB9FrAVklBV61w9nEkFE8YSsB9tcRWUABlKjJN8AY2vx4jAB45uNTvzZPtXFyKMA2LwklO071ScWGSJ8XLMNIMA7RQ24xMl2i63YGzxCXOJGNVdkTcrO1KXbgXr3vH64w/s1600-h/corbin-sparrow04.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433025672832999970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMg6I5eb02beSB9FrAVklBV61w9nEkFE8YSsB9tcRWUABlKjJN8AY2vx4jAB45uNTvzZPtXFyKMA2LwklO071ScWGSJ8XLMNIMA7RQ24xMl2i63YGzxCXOJGNVdkTcrO1KXbgXr3vH64w/s200/corbin-sparrow04.jpg" /></a></div>This is the 2001 Corbin Sparrow. It is an electric microcar. It is powered by a 13 kw engine which can reach speeds up to 70 mph. That is pretty quick. This modern microcar was in one of the Austin Powers movies. That is quite a big reputation for a microcar !
<div> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMg6I5eb02beSB9FrAVklBV61w9nEkFE8YSsB9tcRWUABlKjJN8AY2vx4jAB45uNTvzZPtXFyKMA2LwklO071ScWGSJ8XLMNIMA7RQ24xMl2i63YGzxCXOJGNVdkTcrO1KXbgXr3vH64w/s1600-h/corbin-sparrow04.jpg"></a> </div>
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<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5Gp8E8Cup_3QJHCwyGQVwwQFT7fwySdEY1mJASZKIjqc_ntfejgKfqHctCcYrS9REtLZsqUsVbmVNjkLjDnFp_E3BvJl413oECcjUOvaOoxM4YfNDx8ZGYXqYgI_NV0Ar6GHyRMQBpE/s1600-h/peel-p50-02.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433019590059576434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5Gp8E8Cup_3QJHCwyGQVwwQFT7fwySdEY1mJASZKIjqc_ntfejgKfqHctCcYrS9REtLZsqUsVbmVNjkLjDnFp_E3BvJl413oECcjUOvaOoxM4YfNDx8ZGYXqYgI_NV0Ar6GHyRMQBpE/s200/peel-p50-02.jpg" /></a> This is the Peel P50, it is known as the smallest production car ever built. It is powered by a 49cc Zweirad-Union 2-stroke engine. It's top speed is 75 km/h. This tiny car had no reverse gear, so you had to lift it up from the back to make it reverse. It wasn't a problem though, it only weighed 130 lbs.
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This is an other extremely rare car, it is called the Ardex. The bodywork was made up of plywood covered with vinyl. That goes to show you how basic the car was !type Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03255930129166040790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083618448333502114.post-52091228407772274212008-05-04T17:21:00.002-04:002008-11-13T08:12:47.960-05:00Zundapp Janus<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdA88oCU9JKXoKmKhF6o40a2fAGdulkH4TCLopf2r4sqcJL9xnPitL_XEtQx0YpTHAdudswTdwjkLba_vI1WotG1IdjkIotEzOinVu9NW3hOze1xvqKju1SkjD-ZN82oQZDBTqPGxfMg/s1600-h/janus00.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196636723434434642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdA88oCU9JKXoKmKhF6o40a2fAGdulkH4TCLopf2r4sqcJL9xnPitL_XEtQx0YpTHAdudswTdwjkLba_vI1WotG1IdjkIotEzOinVu9NW3hOze1xvqKju1SkjD-ZN82oQZDBTqPGxfMg/s400/janus00.jpg" border="0" /></a>
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The 1958 Zundapp Janus is known to be the best microcar ever built. I like it because of it's color and because of it's doors.type Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03255930129166040790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083618448333502114.post-13874310250263736712008-05-04T17:01:00.003-04:002008-11-13T08:12:48.644-05:00Honda Caren<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbsK88dohZZeqKnlcbD_wBJqdE3i4m_2Ibvnn_OSODEZGwhtjIHkAPmZ1FunLwoS8zG2VAy-r2yjwqZhQJBQy5kR_qrDL9sOzAZBpCcI-9_yq9jgaryOYGEt3eXvhl8mQLFw9PRHIFuk/s1600-h/honda-caren-08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196632243783544898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 168px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px" height="99" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbsK88dohZZeqKnlcbD_wBJqdE3i4m_2Ibvnn_OSODEZGwhtjIHkAPmZ1FunLwoS8zG2VAy-r2yjwqZhQJBQy5kR_qrDL9sOzAZBpCcI-9_yq9jgaryOYGEt3eXvhl8mQLFw9PRHIFuk/s200/honda-caren-08.jpg" width="200" border="0" /></a>
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<p>The 1990 Honda Caren is a modern microcar, it has a sound system, rims and stickers etc... It is a very cool micro car.</p>
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<p></p>type Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03255930129166040790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083618448333502114.post-75252981465047333662008-05-04T16:48:00.002-04:002008-11-13T08:12:48.854-05:00Grataloup<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSLKZBZGAqS1Otasel7HBWfvtUsCuT_UWfXmMbNntzJ_rlCxiLBEW2XaPuIZ8BSX7-LDqOvR9jtQeuIq30q6Gv-qfckJKj8WS-gMMMwTb4a-HPxGKyFoSgPGRwpaCCdX7mwuZpDdnJnY/s1600-h/grataloup00.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196628305298534434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSLKZBZGAqS1Otasel7HBWfvtUsCuT_UWfXmMbNntzJ_rlCxiLBEW2XaPuIZ8BSX7-LDqOvR9jtQeuIq30q6Gv-qfckJKj8WS-gMMMwTb4a-HPxGKyFoSgPGRwpaCCdX7mwuZpDdnJnY/s400/grataloup00.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<div>The Grataloup Is Probably the rarest car on the planet. There was one produced and there is one surviving. This microcar has a 247 cc engine which makes it much faster than the Mopetta. By the way most of the pictures on this blog are from the Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum site.</div>type Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03255930129166040790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083618448333502114.post-67113642332131111162008-05-04T16:29:00.005-04:002008-11-13T08:12:49.048-05:00Brutsch Mopetta<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hL7g_5P7nM12NEPLKCnQlI8AgKTXEs9CnaUAvWNfqBllxEB9dIdcRN5dPCq4U9yY6dL_5l6SwBGC2rOxkPfnpPHIHQlqVPSqrC1CoztcRdlm7E17bhzVXTJxRonUkZnFK3dKNoqc4pY/s1600-h/mopetta-00.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196625444850315282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hL7g_5P7nM12NEPLKCnQlI8AgKTXEs9CnaUAvWNfqBllxEB9dIdcRN5dPCq4U9yY6dL_5l6SwBGC2rOxkPfnpPHIHQlqVPSqrC1CoztcRdlm7E17bhzVXTJxRonUkZnFK3dKNoqc4pY/s400/mopetta-00.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<div>The Brutsch Mopetta is a great microcar. It is one of my favorite microcars because of it's extremely small body. There were only 14 of these cars produced which makes them really rare. I got this picture on the Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum site.</div>type Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03255930129166040790noreply@blogger.com0