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BUBBLE CARS

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sylviasayers

master brummie
I wonder if any of you had a bubble car in the 60s. I had a girlfriend named Pat and she had one I wish I could remember the make, it was maroon and cream and you entered it from the front, it had a type of metal bar all round it like the bumper cars, and was a pretty tight squeeze for two people, and we were young and slim then.

It was very economical to run and we went all over the place in it. One night we had been dancing and coming home along Aston Road she slowed near the traffic
lights on Aston Cross and was hit from behind by a bigger car into the car in front, but the bumper bar saved us from injury and damage to the car. It always attracted a lot of attention. Remember the song about a bubble car - one of the punch lines was something like "how do I get out of second gear".
 
Great pictures Jerry, but my friend and I were better looking and slimmer than those women - at least we were in 1964!!!! That bubble car looks a bit bigger than Pat's wish I had a photo of it.
 
Hi Sylvia, I actually had a bubble car, it was a BMW Issetta 300cc. It was red with a canvas sunroof, it was also a left hand drive.
It had big sticky out headlights and nudge bars at the front. I went all over the country in it, then one day the engine completely blew up, scattering engine parts and oil all over the Coventry Rd.It was towed away to the scrapyard.
Good old days eh!
 
They were great little cars Postie, but I wouldn't like to be in one now as there is much more traffic on the roads today. I hope someone will post some names of bubbles it might jog my memory.
 
Here are a few names

mopetta

messerschmidtt

vespa

Isetta

Heinkel

Cyclops
 
Jerry I am sure one Name is missing as a friend had one of those Bubble cars and tried to race us on our motorbikes
 
The one I remember was the Messerschmitt. Brian's cousin had one, which I coveted, in the 50's. By the time we owned a car in the 60's there weren't too many around.
 
The Messerschmidt had the seats behind each other and the steering wheel was like a aeroplane joy stick. My Brother in law had one and he used to take me fishing all the place in it.
 
Isnt it just, the guy who runs it has obviously put lots of time into it and know what hes on about.
 
I used to own a "Bond" three wheeler,
very economical,a two stroke 250cc Villiers engine
could almost climb up a wall as was proved
when we were touring in it around Wales only problem,
plugs kept oiling up and chains breaking
There was another British three wheeler
had it's two wheels at the front cannot remember the name
 
Dennis, my brother used to have a Bond 3 wheeler, to start it he used to have to lift up the bonnet and "kick" the engine over.
It was able to turn round in its own length. ;D
 
Hi. Dennis and postie,
That sounds like the Bond I was in.
Other three wheelers (not bubbles though) with two wheels at the front.... Morgan, BSA,..
Regards.
 
One or two of them parked outside Loxton Street School in the 1950's that belonged to the teachers, l remember the one with the front opening door.
 
:angel: When Col and I were first married 1968, our friends in the flat down stairs had a Bond 3 wheeler. All four of us and their 2yr old son would go to Brighton from Wembley in it at week ends.

Chris :angel:
 
POSTIE.  It wuz that type, l think Mr Bond owned it.  What make was that one ?  l always thought that his car went by the name of Bond as well. There was the other type as well with the long bonnet, also a Standard 8 open tourer.
 
Ernie, the one with the front opening door is the Heinkel and this one is the Bond. O0
 
POSTIE. Thank you for the info, as soon as l seen that add l thought well l have paid more for an invalid scooter.
 
You know I bet we had more enjoyment in these cars than in the 200+ HP modern ones. Even if there was an occasional problem. Going someplace was a bit of an adventure then.
 
Lovely photo of Sylvia, Dennis, the roads were far less crowded back then, I bet you both have special memories of those times.
 
There is another 3 wheeler that i had forgotten The Berkely
a lovely little job, very sporty here's a pic of one.
they went on to make 4 wheeled sports cars
 
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