G'day Steve
The mind boggles at the idea of driving a supercharged Isetta.
A couple of years back I was preparing a magazine article on a three
wheller BMW Isetta that was made in Brighton in England. I was driving
and the photographer was standing on the little platform behind the two
seats with his upper body sticking through the sunroof. We didn't know
that just below that platform was the battery. His weight pushed the
platform down causing a short to the battery and after a little time we
could not only smell smoke but see it as well.
This got even worse as flames could soon be seen coming from around the
rear mounted engine.
Luckily the owner was close by and switched on and thanksfully had a
fire extinguisher in his modern BMW and soon put out the flames. It was
a pretty lemon yellow colour when we started and I don't think the owner
was very happy with the blackened paintwork and damaged engine bay,
especially as he had not long before imported it from the UK and
restored it.
I saw him a couple of years later and all had been forgiven.
Hoo Roo
Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia
1947 Healey Duncan Saloon
1954 Austin-Healey 100 BN3/1
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve B. Gerow [mailto:steveg@abrazosdata.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 3 August 2004 5:39 AM
To: Healeys
Subject: Free LA area bubblecar show August 7 in Long Beach
There's going to be a big bubblecar (Isettas, Messerschmitts, etc) show,
Saturday the 7th all day at the Marina Hotel, 6400 Pacific Coast Hwy in
Long Beach. The guy I who told me about it is showing his supercharged
(!!) Isetta! :-))
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Steve Gerow
Pasadena CA
59 BN6
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