Generally I dislike minivans, but I really like that Fiat Multipla. Nice streamlining, cute design, and can apparently carry 6 people! Thats pretty damn clever packaging for such a small car
2:31 Dennis, Had I seen this show before you featured my Powell I would have showed you my Zundapp tattoo ! I had a '56 Bella R201 scooter, very art deco
Amazing cars, really unique stuff. I love the sound of people talking in the back ground, makes it feel like a great friendly place with people swapping stories with each other.
2:05 - Trabant 601. Most spreaded car in East Germany before 1989. Two cylinder two stroke engine with 600cc. Famous for the cover of the U2 album "Achtung Baby!" Owned one in 1990. Hated it and do so until today.
Wauw wauw and again a super wauw!!!!! Put your channel at my favourits! I love these cars more and more! Kind regards, Milco Philips from The Netherlands.
:-) Little pearls of history: Fiat 600 multipla was widely used as a taxi or family car in Italy... the BMW isetta was built with the ISO "Rivolta" license, the BMW factory was in crisis and this car somehow resolved the destiny of the BMW (1958)
**I think it was more of "right time, right need" as far as production of the 'BMW swing-front' was concerned...the factory still had hundreds of spare aircraft parts around , and sales for the 'R'-series motorcycles were lagging because they were 'built too well' and the market was already saturated in the '50's...what to do?** Some creative engineering blending 'old parts never used' with 'new stuff never tried before' resulted in a 'dinky' auto for Berliners to get around in...that cost less than a 'top-line' motorcycle! (besides...it's difficult to play 'touchy-feely' with a girl behind you on a motorcycle seat, not to mention it's cold in Germany in Fall and Winter) The 'allure' of the little auto didn't last for long...about 3 or 4-years...but most of the younger crowd Germans and American GI's thought they were 'too cool for school' in that era.
i low key want to build a frame car with that double folding front and rear seat around the engine mabye even another folding seat in the back facing the rear seats for 6 people if i have room to fit it the storage capacity if the other rear seat folded into the first would be unreal
I remember Goggomobiles being given away on the old TV quiz shows when I was a kid. Back in the 50s my uncle was a Chrysler-Plymouth dealer and got a Goggomobile dealership. They sent him 2 cars and a nice enameled sign for the front of the building. He sold one car and the second one ended up being used for parts to keep the other one on the road. Later it was pushed into the woods behind the building where it rusted away for decades. The sign was still there when the building was demolished in the mid 80s to build a convenience store. The good old days :)
Made my day ... one day I'll own a Messerschmitt TG500 Tiger be it a replica or an original. Maybe a replica would be even better, I could put a nice modern scooter engine in there. Simply amazing car!
The Vespa 400 was designed and licenced from Vespa but the manufacturer is the French company ACMA (Atelier de Construction de Motocycles et Automobiles = Automobiles and Motorcycles Workshop ). It is unclear if ACMA licenced an existing design or if they asked Vespa to design the car. What's for sure is that the Vespa 400 was only built and sold in France; the company capsized after poor sales (31 000 cars were made), mostly due to the high concurrence from other cars on the market and the comparatively high price of the Vespa 400. It should be noted that a few years before, a company named VELAM (VEhicule Léger A Moteur = Light motorized Vehicle) (Creative people, heh?) licenced the Isetta from Iso, so there is also a French Isetta. Unlike the BMW, the VELAM Isetta sold poorly (figures are hard to find, but Velam made less than 8000 Isetta) and VELAM closed a year after ACMA started production of the 400
I wish they went around to ask what kind of MPGs they got on these things. I remember the Izetta growing up and the Animal, but not much else of the others.
I've owned lots of sports cares, from Porsche's to Jaguar XKE's, but the funnest one I every owned was an MG Midget. You didn't so much get inside of it as you kind of "put it on". LOL
ACMA "Vespa 400" - built in France through the ACMA is never imported in Italy not to obstruct the Fiat with its 500, or rather, the Autobianchi "Bianchina" to which it is very similar. :-)
Probably a pain in the ass to work on, but the Zundapp's engine placement makes a lot of sense from a handling standpoint, with its engine mounted low in the middle. Then again, it's a German car, so a small sacrifice to serviceability for the sake of performance is expected.
They forgot to mention that the Fiat Multipla was build on the chassis of a Fiat 600. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_600#Multipla 8:23 The passenger had the safety of a spare wheel as crumple zone.
I KNOW that's the one I was the most curious about too! It's straight up a Jetsons car. Imaginary cars of THE FUTURE, 1950's version, bubble dome thing that was never actually made...but...it's real. Also what's the weird little silver one?
The one at 0:35 is a Peel Trident. See www.rumcars.org/c-ptri.html for some info. The one at 0:19 (on UK plates showing a first registration date of 1965) would appear to be a Scootacar Deluxe.
Play on words. A P45 is a form you get in the UK for tax purposes when you leave a job, although it has become a phrase for getting the sack! According to Wiki, it's sort of the same thing as a 'pink slip' in the US.
My biggest grouse about this episode is that they did not interview the guy with the H-M-Vehicles Free-Way. They talked to the people with the famous German, Italian and British microcars (and a French one; the Vespa 400 was actually built for Vespa in France, beyond the reach of Fiat), but they didn't talk about the microcar from the United States.
H31MU7 Yeah, noticed too. Funny how Gage didn't. Seems to show how one of the above commenters was right when he said Gage talks like someone who doesn't know cars. By then way, 494 cc=30 ci. Fifteen ci per cylinder, whereas, say, 350 Chevy has 44 ci per cyl.
i dont know why but i find these cars kindah cool, i dont know big cars are kindah dumb in a city anyways, u cant find parkinglots/parking is a bit more difficult and they mostly cost more taxwise too.
The world needs micro cars like these again.
i've had a smart for 10 years, never Mercedes, too damned expensive to maintain and repair!
If you want to be squashed on the interstate by big rigs
do you know what the name of the black car at 0:52-0:58 is? please let me know if anyone knows, i really like the car...thanks
@@irfanzamhuri469 That appears to be a 1959 Goggomobil Ts-250.
@@Thinginator thanks for information 🙏
How can these cars not put a big smile on your face!? I wish they would come back 😥
I just love The Messerschmitt Tiger. It is an absolute work of art!
Generally I dislike minivans, but I really like that Fiat Multipla. Nice streamlining, cute design, and can apparently carry 6 people! Thats pretty damn clever packaging for such a small car
very cheap.
It carried 6 people in 1953 but think it might suffer a bit today with the fast food generation...
2:31 Dennis, Had I seen this show before you featured my Powell I would have showed you my Zundapp tattoo ! I had a '56 Bella R201 scooter, very art deco
Can't believe that all old car in very good conditions. Love it very much
I always enjoyed the episodes that featured weird cars. Love these! Thanks!
Amazing cars, really unique stuff. I love the sound of people talking in the back ground, makes it feel like a great friendly place with people swapping stories with each other.
This video is definitely enjoyable, the host, the car owners, and their cars
2:05 - Trabant 601. Most spreaded car in East Germany before 1989. Two cylinder two stroke engine with 600cc. Famous for the cover of the U2 album "Achtung Baby!"
Owned one in 1990. Hated it and do so until today.
Wauw wauw and again a super wauw!!!!!
Put your channel at my favourits!
I love these cars more and more!
Kind regards, Milco Philips from The Netherlands.
One of your better shows. They are all fun to watch but this one was pretty cool..
:-) Little pearls of history: Fiat 600 multipla was widely used as a taxi or family car in Italy... the BMW isetta was built with the ISO "Rivolta" license, the BMW factory was in crisis and this car somehow resolved the destiny of the BMW (1958)
**I think it was more of "right time, right need" as far as production of the 'BMW swing-front' was concerned...the factory still had hundreds of spare aircraft parts around , and sales for the 'R'-series motorcycles were lagging because they were 'built too well' and the market was already saturated in the '50's...what to do?** Some creative engineering blending 'old parts never used' with 'new stuff never tried before' resulted in a 'dinky' auto for Berliners to get around in...that cost less than a 'top-line' motorcycle! (besides...it's difficult to play 'touchy-feely' with a girl behind you on a motorcycle seat, not to mention it's cold in Germany in Fall and Winter) The 'allure' of the little auto didn't last for long...about 3 or 4-years...but most of the younger crowd Germans and American GI's thought they were 'too cool for school' in that era.
do you know what the name of the black car at 0:52-0:58 is? please let me know if anyone knows, i really like the car...thanks
that fiat is impressive, 6 passengers in something of that size
ikr
I like that little Austin Seven, I know someone in Florida with one, it's over 80 years old but still runs like a champ!
Its just a rebadged MG Midget.
do you know what the name of the black car at 0:52-0:58 is? please let me know if anyone knows, i really like the car...thanks
Most people talk about the tiny cars. I can't get over the fantastic mustache.
Great show! !! Thank you
i’d love to have a Zündapp Janus one of these days
That yellow Honda Beat 😍 I love me a good Japanese Kei-car
Thanks for shairng Denis!
This was a really fun episode. I wish Speedvision had not gone away.
This was a really great episode! I enjoyed it very much.
I always thought that all the meserchmiths were three-wheeled I had never seen one of four great video greetings 👍👍👍
❤ love those tiny cars 🚗 😍
the Zundapp Janus is a true mid engined car
i low key want to build a frame car with that double folding front and rear seat around the engine mabye even another folding seat in the back facing the rear seats for 6 people if i have room to fit it the storage capacity if the other rear seat folded into the first would be unreal
I remember Goggomobiles being given away on the old TV quiz shows when I was a kid. Back in the 50s my uncle was a Chrysler-Plymouth dealer and got a Goggomobile dealership. They sent him 2 cars and a nice enameled sign for the front of the building. He sold one car and the second one ended up being used for parts to keep the other one on the road. Later it was pushed into the woods behind the building where it rusted away for decades. The sign was still there when the building was demolished in the mid 80s to build a convenience store. The good old days :)
In the UK the Bond Bug was a favourite giveaway for quiz shows - the Golden Shot was one such show.
do you know what the name of the black car at 0:52-0:58 is? please let me know if anyone knows, i really like the car...thanks
@@irfanzamhuri469 It's a Gogomobile 250 TS Coupe, came out in 1957.
@@barryervin8536 ooo thanks your information 👍
Wow! I wanted to visit there. I couldn’t make it. Thanks, heaps!!!
Made my day ... one day I'll own a Messerschmitt TG500 Tiger be it a replica or an original. Maybe a replica would be even better, I could put a nice modern scooter engine in there.
Simply amazing car!
meep meep. we need em again.
Scootacar! Built 2 miles down the road from me in Hunslet, Leeds.
Probably all the cars in this show , combined, have a total horsepower output smaller than a Hemi engine
The Vespa 400 was designed and licenced from Vespa but the manufacturer is the French company ACMA (Atelier de Construction de Motocycles et Automobiles = Automobiles and Motorcycles Workshop ). It is unclear if ACMA licenced an existing design or if they asked Vespa to design the car.
What's for sure is that the Vespa 400 was only built and sold in France; the company capsized after poor sales (31 000 cars were made), mostly due to the high concurrence from other cars on the market and the comparatively high price of the Vespa 400.
It should be noted that a few years before, a company named VELAM (VEhicule Léger A Moteur = Light motorized Vehicle) (Creative people, heh?) licenced the Isetta from Iso, so there is also a French Isetta. Unlike the BMW, the VELAM Isetta sold poorly (figures are hard to find, but Velam made less than 8000 Isetta) and VELAM closed a year after ACMA started production of the 400
This is one of my favorite episodes. I'd love to drive a micro car. I bet they'd sell if a modern car company put one out today.
do you know what the name of the black car at 0:52-0:58 is? please let me know if anyone knows, i really like the car...thanks
I found my new favorite RUclips channel
Amazingly, there was a Janus dealer in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1958. It had at least 5 or 6 cars in stock, based on a photo of the building.
its a damn shame i never got to live during these times as i would have killed to see one in person to take some inspiration for my frame built car
do you know what the name of the black car at 0:52-0:58 is? please let me know if anyone knows, i really like the car...thanks
@@irfanzamhuri469 It's a Goggomobile, as the narrator says. It's from Germany.
@@hebneh thanks for your information 👍
if I had a Janus, I would name it Hugh...
Thanks for a GREAT video!
We're going to shoot the 2018 micro car gathering in Nobember at the Ace Cafe in Orlando . Should be a blast!
Excellent! Wife and i enjoy your videos, i think she is becoming a car nut! LOL
Aww they didn't talk about the little car at 2:07!
Cool Video! Cool Cars! Love it!
The car at 18:50 was 1958 Berkley roadster. They don't have the Rambler Metropolitan, Crosley, or the Freeway.
57WillysCJ There is no 18:50
Does anyone know what that old time looking car is? Best i can describe it! It shown at around 18:50
+Dylan Piekarski the little wagon in the background if that's the one is a Crosley .they made refrigerators too
I wish they went around to ask what kind of MPGs they got on these things. I remember the Izetta growing up and the Animal, but not much else of the others.
13:53 all the strength is in the moustache. you must never cut it!
I've owned lots of sports cares, from Porsche's to Jaguar XKE's, but the funnest one I every owned was an MG Midget. You didn't so much get inside of it as you kind of "put it on". LOL
Pure enjoyment!
ACMA "Vespa 400" - built in France through the ACMA is never imported in Italy not to obstruct the Fiat with its 500, or rather, the Autobianchi "Bianchina" to which it is very similar. :-)
I did'nt know that, still Vespa is Italian for wasp.
very nice
Oh man, I use to luv watching this show, Trucks, and MotorTrend every Sunday morning on TV. Whatever happen to them?
We're on Velocity Channel, MAV TV and Rev'n. myclassiccar.com has the air times. Thanks for watching!
I love them
does anyone know what the name of the black car at 0:52-0:58 is? please let me know if anyone knows, i really like the car...thanks
I liked FIAT van very much..
Zundapp, a lemon character from cars2.
Is anyone aware of what the silver one on the left at 0:20 is called? Thank you!
Probably a pain in the ass to work on, but the Zundapp's engine placement makes a lot of sense from a handling standpoint, with its engine mounted low in the middle. Then again, it's a German car, so a small sacrifice to serviceability for the sake of performance is expected.
BMW has a patent on the steering column moving when door opens. That's why these other ones don't move.
Wow, the first Fiat Multipla ever !
julosx 87
julosx No, it's not the first serial Fiat Multipla, and the body was made by Abarth
They should make EVs exactly like these
very good video👍👍👍
Man that 59 Fiat is well planned out :-)
I love it!
what is the boat? is it really a wee nautique?
What is that little red coupe next to the sunshade?
I saw a Zundapp Janus in 1959 in Kaiserslautern.
Good for you!
Nice to see an Austin 7 in the US
And a Renault Dauphine as well.
They forgot to mention that the Fiat Multipla was build on the chassis of a Fiat 600.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_600#Multipla
8:23 The passenger had the safety of a spare wheel as crumple zone.
Where and when is this convention / car show happening next?
One question why no citcar or comuta car as they were actually built there In Florida.
Does anyone know the car at 0:35?
I KNOW that's the one I was the most curious about too! It's straight up a Jetsons car. Imaginary cars of THE FUTURE, 1950's version, bubble dome thing that was never actually made...but...it's real. Also what's the weird little silver one?
The one at 0:35 is a Peel Trident. See www.rumcars.org/c-ptri.html for some info. The one at 0:19 (on UK plates showing a first registration date of 1965) would appear to be a Scootacar Deluxe.
The guy at 2:19 is pulling a 3/4 scale motorcycle made by the Ridley Motorcyle Company.
IamTheEggMan What the hell are you on about?
It is like Wacky Races of the real world
I wonder if any one has had the idea to stuff a busa motor in to the Janus. Or a TC88 Harley motor.
How many models of these goofy little cars were mass produced?
The Fiat Multipla is one of the mass produced car. And Goggomobil.
Jeffrey314159 Just about all in this video
I am Tommy at here Indonesia very like ZUNDAAP CAR...because very little and Good...Classical Model and Simple...OK
Im also indonesian. Tapi aku gak suka zundapp, karena... Kekecilan... Aku gak suka zundapp
I'm upset theres no Martin Stationettes around anymore :(
Nightlife 9 , Lane Motor Museum in Nashville has one!
What kind of car is the model t looking car at 2:05?
probably some from of a *Model T*
It's an Austin 7 "Box Saloon", extremely popular in the UK in the 1930s. Credited by some for putting the UK on the road!
nick turner An common old Austin 7, the predessessor to the popular Austin Mini, which in it's early years was also called the Austin se7en
shame there was no peel p50
Or the Clarckson P45
AJSSPACEPLACE I saw one driving by, but he didn't mention it
What's up about the p45
Play on words. A P45 is a form you get in the UK for tax purposes when you leave a job, although it has become a phrase for getting the sack! According to Wiki, it's sort of the same thing as a 'pink slip' in the US.
4:39, wtf, dont put your feet there, it will damage the paint
My biggest grouse about this episode is that they did not interview the guy with the H-M-Vehicles Free-Way. They talked to the people with the famous German, Italian and British microcars (and a French one; the Vespa 400 was actually built for Vespa in France, beyond the reach of Fiat), but they didn't talk about the microcar from the United States.
SamBlob Where was GoGomobile from? It sounds very american to me
The Goggomobile was from Germany, and it predated the “go-go” period of the 1960s. The name is pronounced “gog-oh-mobile”.
I knew you would be here.... was your subaru 360 there?
Even the owner of the Berkeley can't pronounce Berkeley correctly!
2:50 why is there a trabant at a micro car show
Turbotube Small enough car, and Daf Daffodils
good!!
494ci? you mean 494cc :P Though I would love to see an 8+ liter engine in a Messy XD
I see I'm not the only one that caught that
robvlob Yeah I was like... HUH?!! lol
H31MU7 Yeah, noticed too. Funny how Gage didn't. Seems to show how one of the above commenters was right when he said Gage talks like someone who doesn't know cars.
By then way, 494 cc=30 ci. Fifteen ci per cylinder, whereas, say, 350 Chevy has 44 ci per cyl.
***** Messerschmidt :D
i was gonna mention cc not ci too. if it had a 454 in it thered be no room for a human
What car is at 2:12????
A Messerschmitt KR200
Messerschmitt 350 Super
morgan It's a Zundapp Janus
i dont know why but i find these cars kindah cool, i dont know big cars are kindah dumb in a city anyways, u cant find parkinglots/parking is a bit more difficult and they mostly cost more taxwise too.
does anyone know what kind of boat that is at 20:15
Roman Scanlon There is no 20:15
what that light blue car at 1:20
i think its a peel trident
yes it is. if you pause you can see it says trident on the rear bumper
thank you
Jamaal Pucci There is no blue car at that point
Jamaal Pucci At 1:25 the blue car is a Smart Car
this good
4:28 Putting out a lot of smog, you mean.
A single cylinder two stroke engine - - That is only good for motor boats isn't it?
494 cubic inches? If that were true it would equal a bigblock v8. More like cubic centimeters . 494 cc> which would be 30 cubic inches.
3:46 where's the seat belts? Not gonna take the kids for a ride in this thing..
Jeffrey314159 It's a 1950s car, seatbelts were only invented then anyway.
Does anyone know the red car at 1:54?
It's the same car at 0:28, 0:30, 1:51. I would also like to know what it is.
BigChiefWiggles V I honestly have no clue
Now electric assist Velomobiles are trending popular... Anyway, its what I want.
Thats the car from cars OMG
"That's Correct"
Where is this
🧨🧨
Vespa or rennet is my favorite
People were lot more creative back then, now all car look the same.
13:58 It legitimately says 'erect nipples' on the dashboard. wot
Rulke 4 You either have better vision than me, or you're just delusional
It definitely says that