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Postwar Messerschmitts and Ponies in Tanks
13 years ago
Yesterday for Father's Day we went down to the Larz Anderson museum in Boston for a German car show, and low and behold they had a Messerschmitt! But it looked just a little different from its aerial predecessors :P One of these little guys:
It's like a cockpit on wheels!!! After the war Messerschmitt was forbidden to build aircraft, so it and Heinkel both evidently went into the micro-mini automotive business. The model we saw was a KR200. These things look so fun! I want one now real bad ;_; *puppy dog eyes*
Also,
fernin brought a certain World of Tanks mod to my attention :3
Anything about this look familiar?
Okay, all reservations about MLP aside, if this little doodle had anything to do with inspiring the mod I would be:
A. Flattered
B. Cracking Up
C. All of the Above
D. A Jar of Almonds
Guess that's enough for this journal ^^; Will announce some big travel news next week!
It's like a cockpit on wheels!!! After the war Messerschmitt was forbidden to build aircraft, so it and Heinkel both evidently went into the micro-mini automotive business. The model we saw was a KR200. These things look so fun! I want one now real bad ;_; *puppy dog eyes*
Also,
fernin brought a certain World of Tanks mod to my attention :3Anything about this look familiar?
Okay, all reservations about MLP aside, if this little doodle had anything to do with inspiring the mod I would be:
A. Flattered
B. Cracking Up
C. All of the Above
D. A Jar of Almonds
Guess that's enough for this journal ^^; Will announce some big travel news next week!
I was never any good at these -_-
Even though BMW had dabbled in cars before the war, the Isetta was really the product that saved the company after their aero engine ventures were cut short at the end of the war. That, and the R-series motorcycles. Their sport coupes are all descended from the 700 coupe, which was loosely based on some Isetta and 600 parts.
There were a number of interesting British microcars as well, and even America produced a few like the King Midget and Crosley.
Morgan is building their three-wheeler again, too. It looks like something from the 1920s because it is: http://www.morgan3wheeler.co.uk/
And in Japan, tiny cars, trucks, and vans in the Kei class are common. They even build tiny sports cars in this class, sort of reminiscent of the first Honda and Datsun roadsters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daihatsu_Copen
V.
*Many hugs*
*big hugs backses*
(What have I done? ;_;)