A Kombi left out in the rain (marketed here as a VOLKSWAGEN station wagon). When traditional Detroit Iron ruled the roads, the little Kombi caught on. From the BIG THREE'S knockoff iterations (Chevrolet Greenbrier Sportwagon, Ford Econoline and something from Dodge I can't properly recall) you have today's variations, worldwide!
I saw the first gen civic and just OH MY GOD THIS IS INSANE immediately flew through my head I've only ever seen one in my life and even though it was modded I loved the hell out of it.
Good to see so many micro cars in one place. Has anyone have any idea what the car is at 4:36 ? I thought it might be a 'Clan' sport car but the headlights seem wrong...?
A lot are not even small enough to be listed as mini cars. The 2CV is definitely small, which is larger than mini size. Just have to remember that some people just do not understand basic sizes.
Arg, no a Fiat 850 saloon. I had one as my second car, after a 126 (well, mine was built in Spain so strictly it should be a SEAT 850 but it had all the correct, original Fiat trim and badging so it was a Fiat, just built in Spain.) It was an experience to drive, and not in a good way but once you got used to it (after scaring myself silly on MANY occasions) it was OK, unless I wanted to leave the town were I lived in which case you could absolutely guarantee, whatever way I went, it would overheat when I got to the sign marking the edge of the borough. It was torture to work on and the electrics were, well, Italian to say the least. I was glad to see the back of that one, replaced by a DAF 33, the previous owner had spent a shed load of money having the bodywork sorted and a nice paint job put on it, presumably to realise only then that the rest of the car was a horror story. The good looks only lasted as long as it took some knuckle head to to scrape down the entire side of the car in a supermarket car park which started an avalanche of paint, primer and primer filler falling off the car which continued until I got shot of it. I was pleased to see that the metal under the paint was extremely rust free but it was incredibly wavy, not from previous damage, just from lousy build quality, even British Leyland would have rejected this one it was so bad. Fortunately I don't think my car still exists, I sold it to someone who was planning on parting it out for his 850 spider and saloon projects. But if you happen to see a burgundy Fiat 850 saloon with a black interior wearing the registration ROR 696M around or for sale, don't walk away... RUN... Very pretty little cars and I love seeing them, but I'd never buy another one, too many bad memories of being on the side of the road with the bonnet and boot up waiting for the little bastard to cool down AGAIN, and electrics that were, literally, hair-raising...
gosportjamie Believe it or not, the 850 actually runs way cool now, even doing 50mph on the freeway it only ever gets up to 180°. It had tons of overheating issues when I bought it though... the radiator was also 50% plugged.
+linglingjr I never found out what was wrong with mine, the radiator was fine having just been rebuilt by a local specialist with an excellent reputation, the water pump was fine and seemed to be a recently fitted good quality replacement, I fitted several new thermostats that never made any difference and back flushing the cooling system never produced any muck or debris so if the cooling system was plugged up it was REALLY plugged up. Personally I just think that damn car didn't like me...
The HILL is part of the microcar challenge.. NO crybabies here! roughly a mile or two , 15% grade , no shoulder and curvy . some of the little cars have a really hard time, most microcars have non synchronized 1st gear. So, 1st gear the whole way revved to max . Quite fun
Thank you for this comment. I found one of these vehicles almost something like a barn find. A lady is selling probably over 50 classic cars all the way from the 40s to the '70s. I believe they were all her dad's and I assume her dad passed away. Anyways she has one of these and I asked her about it,she said she doesn't know much about it but that it's called a nue pinz, well she believes so anyways. She said she'll take $1,200 for it and it comes with another complete donor car. I could not find any information on this vehicle. Also do you think 1200 bucks is worth it? I'm thinking so. I'm just worried about how hard it's going to be to actually restore even though it's in fairly decent shape. if there's anything else you can tell me or any advice I would highly appreciate it. Sorry for the unnecessary long comment.
@@adamzaidi1748 I have a 1959 NSU Prinz in Australia. I had some universal joints actually made up for me today. Other parts I have ordered from Germany.
Apart from the really small engine, the Citroën 2CV is not so micro at all. Had it been available in some higher displacement such as 0.8L, it could fare even better as a serious contender to the Beetle.
Idk why any of these don't have a hatch Fin rear back design , why do these rear windows need to face the sky? , Plus could put a brake light on the fin, So trucks won't rear end you
Your definition micro car is wrong! A micro car is a car meant to take two or three people, not a small car for four people like the minor or the Fiat series 500-600-850
