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13/12/2024 6:00 am
Some are tricksy! And some, if you can believe it, open the OTHER way!
I've heard that some have the engine in the back and the hood is back there - but I don't believe it!
13/12/2024 8:07 am
@perrone1 Your right Tony, some are tricky even on the same brand. The 1962 Thunderbird had a inside hood release while the 1963 was outside. Seems to me that it was change just for the sake of change.
13/12/2024 8:18 am
13/12/2024 9:21 am
Yeah, the whole front of the package opens to display the box's contents. If that is an Isetta; I drove one a long, long time ago. It scared me to death every time I passed a car or they passed me.
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13/12/2024 9:25 am
Bob, or it could be the bean counters were trying to save $1.79.@perrone1 Your right Tony, some are tricky even on the same brand. The 1962 Thunderbird had a inside hood release while the 1963 was outside. Seems to me that it was change just for the sake of change.
John Bono
North Jersey
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13/12/2024 9:25 am
@perrone1 LOL. What I recall most about the Isettas in my town (late 50s...early 60s) was the oil smoke trailing behind them. They were a sales flop here....VW and Renault Dauphine ate them up.
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13/12/2024 9:50 am
@perrone1 LOL. What I recall most about the Isettas in my town (late 50s...early 60s) was the oil smoke trailing behind them. They were a sales flop here....VW and Renault Dauphine ate them up.
A close friend at the time, Joel Tzerling's father, owned an upscale used car sales place. He seemed to gravitate to foreign and outlandish models. Jody and I drove them around the large lot and when asked, moved them from place to place. Fun experience for us.
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