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what kind of car is this?!

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  1. Webby

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    Webby, Sep 19, 2005
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  2. Sfumato

    Sfumato F1 World Champ

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  3. ferraripanoz

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    That is a BMW Isetta. They have a cool little steering wheel!
     
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    Ask Steve Urkil!
     
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    I had this perverted Idea of getting an Isetta then putting some cool wheels on it, a huge wing on the back & paint it black w BMW stripes on it, like an M1 :)
     
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    Put down the float bowl. Open the window and clear the fumes.
     
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  7. Webby

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    Cool, thanks guys! Doesn't look like the safest car in the world though.
     
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    when i was a young man working in my dads gas station pumping 25 cent gas we had to customers with these - my dad would say - here comes that "I snit ah 300"
     
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    This is actually the car that saved BMW from extinction back in the day. BMW was concentrating on the larger cars and hit a real hard spot. M/B was going to buy BMW but a last minute manuver saved the company. This small, homely car helped reach a different audience (obviously). Who would have ever thought....
     
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    Too bad there was No M at this time :)
     
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    There is a very nice example of one of these at the BMW factory in Spartanburg, SC - in the Zentrum Museum.

    http://www.bmwusfactory.com/
    http://www.bmwzentrum.com/

    Neat place but I thought it would have more cars in the museum part. Still a nice place to stop if you're traveling through on I-85 however. You can see the Zentrum facility from the interstate it's that close to I-85.

    Mike
     
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