In a message dated 09/12/1998 0:51:04AM, mbrouill@ix.netcom.com writes:
<< If by tandem-seated you mean fore-and-aft like in a fighter plane it was
>probably a Messerschmitt (sp?) K-something-or-other. There were some other
>three wheelers with this configuration but they are much rarer. I actually
>saw one of these on the street in Dublin when I was about 12. I thought it
>was the damnedest thing I'd ever seen. Not really an LBC, I think most of
>the tiny three-wheelers came from Germany, but there were a few British
>makes. Most are side-by-side like a "normal" car. The Isetta (also German)
>is, I think, the most common of these. The last issue of Sports and
>Classics has a rather unique French three-wheeler in it, BTW.
> >>
There is a big following of 3 wheel micro and bubble cars in the UK. They are
quite expensive to buy, some more than a Spridget. Most were made in Germany
but some given English names.
When I was a kid we had a Trojan/Hienkel bubble car. It had one big door at
the front with the windscreen built into it along with the steering wheel. It
was strictly a two seater but me and my kid sister sat on boxes in the back.
It had a vinyl sun roof which my Dad would stick his head out of to shout
abuse at any motorist who drove badly, etc.
Eventually while motoring at about 70mph it threw a rod and Dad sold it do an
owner whose Bubble car had a rusty body but good engine.
Along with a Fire Engine it is one of the vehicles I would buy if I had money
to waste.
Daniel1312
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