Micro cars from the Micro Car Museum - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum

Cd · 11-10-2012, 01:37 AM

http://microcarmuseum.com/index.html

I had no idea there had been so many tiny cars produced over the years !

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Nice streamlined taper to the rear !

This one ...not so good

Cd · 11-10-2012, 01:42 AM

Cd · 11-10-2012, 03:20 PM

Wow ! Over a hundred views !
Guess no-one clicked the link at the top of the page .

cRiPpLe_rOoStEr · 11-10-2012, 07:13 PM

Some micro-cars look cool despite their toy-like appearance. My favorite one is the BMW Isetta.

freebeard · 11-12-2012, 01:56 AM

You're over 180 views. I saw the Micro Car Museum a few years ago. I think my favorite would be the Champions.

Hers a useful link:the Tour Index

Cd · 11-12-2012, 04:29 AM

I'm on a Mac and suddenly I'm seeing that the images in post #1 aren't showing up. Anyone else have this issue ?

NeilBlanchard · 11-12-2012, 09:17 AM

I'm on a Mac as well, and the images show up normally.

euromodder · 11-12-2012, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cd

I'm on a Mac and suddenly I'm seeing that the images in post #1 aren't showing up. Anyone else have this issue ?

Not seeing them either.

Safari shows they're missing (shows blue icons instead), Camino doesn't show anything at all.

Apparently the microcars are for sale ?

Entire inventory of Microcar Museum to be auctioned

I came across the museum site long ago

so didn't bother to check it out.

But 200 similar cars auctioned at no reserve ... that's going to hurt their sales value.

I'm digging the Goggomobil Dart

freebeard · 11-12-2012, 01:58 PM

Mac OSX 10.6.8, Seamonkey with NoScript and Flash killed until it's dead, dead, dead.

No pictures in the first post and a gray window in the second saying I need to install a plug-in. I assume it's the video from the main page, which wants to load there, but doesn't (probably a server -side, rather than plug-in, issue).

At the bottom of the Tour Index there is a section on cars no longer in the collection. Approximately 1/5 of the total. The National Auto Museum has 1/10th the cars it had when it was Harrah's.

I picked the Champions from memory, but I see now that the have the original, *prototype* Crosley Farm-O-Road. I've been trying to convince my friends that live in the country to get a Farm-O-Road and convert it to an electric drive-train. To, you know, be ready for the Zombie Apocalypse.

Sven7 · 11-13-2012, 04:14 PM

Not here on Chrome for Vista.

of course Japan has its own class of microcars- "keijidosha", or light vehicles.

One of my faves: the Autozam AZ-1

Kei trucks are called "keitora" or light trucks

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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 29,407 Thanks: 8,364 Thanked 9,123 Times in 7,533 Posts	You're over 180 views. I saw the Micro Car Museum a few years ago. I think my favorite would be the Champions. Hers a useful link:the Tour Index

11-12-2012, 04:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
Cd Ultimate Fail Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Austin,Texas Posts: 3,585 Thanks: 2,872 Thanked 1,121 Times in 679 Posts	I'm on a Mac and suddenly I'm seeing that the images in post #1 aren't showing up. Anyone else have this issue ?

11-12-2012, 01:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 29,407 Thanks: 8,364 Thanked 9,123 Times in 7,533 Posts	Mac OSX 10.6.8, Seamonkey with NoScript and Flash killed until it's dead, dead, dead. No pictures in the first post and a gray window in the second saying I need to install a plug-in. I assume it's the video from the main page, which wants to load there, but doesn't (probably a server -side, rather than plug-in, issue). At the bottom of the Tour Index there is a section on cars no longer in the collection. Approximately 1/5 of the total. The National Auto Museum has 1/10th the cars it had when it was Harrah's. I picked the Champions from memory, but I see now that the have the original, prototype Crosley Farm-O-Road. I've been trying to convince my friends that live in the country to get a Farm-O-Road and convert it to an electric drive-train. To, you know, be ready for the Zombie Apocalypse.