We Bought a 60s Microcar with a Controversial Name... Will it Return to the Road After 22 Years?? 

Micro car road trip!!

Hell yeah we wanna see a hell of a lot more of this micro car, and also you could just make an entire mini series on this car!!! Thanks for all the amazing content and much love and respect to all of you!! 🤘💯🤘💯🤘

Hey guys, had to rewatch this one with the Mrs...she loves this little car!! I'm a HD partsman...just thought you'd like to know for reference.....those clevis parts used for tie rod ends, they are most likely for air brakes. They are installed between the air brake chamber and slack adjuster. Cheap and easy to find at any big rig truck shop. Cheers!

I've seen several micro cars before, but never saw one of these before. Thanks for getting it back on the road again.

That's such a cool car! Those old Kohlers are the best! By the way the points are external under a cover on the side of the block below the carburetor if you ever need to adjust or clean them.

I am old enough to remember the king midgets. And can remember seeing the adds for them in popular mechanics. They came as a kit.

Been liking this channel for a while but Charles brings it to a whole new level.

I vote on 670 👍🏻 a true dual exhaust would be cool

Great video. I think I'd like to see what can be done with the Kohler engine before the Predator V-Twin is installed. A few mods and general maintenance. Once all that's done and you've road tested a bit more, then think about the upgrades. Cheers and keep up the interesting content.

That is so cool.You guys rock keep em rolling rolling.All the best to you all.

You said it in the end V-Twin engine and double the horsepower to 24hp. And nice custom rims and tires from GoPowersports. On top of that make a stand for a pair of surfboards. They can double as a roof. You are after all aiming for the beach. I would also consider a nice rack on the engine compartment. For some camping euqipment. Or maybe a hitch and a little trailer behind. Make it look good.

Hey man I just wanted to say I love your guys's content I think the King Midget needs upgraded engine and parts I would absolutely love to see it I love what you guys are doing and encouraging the young to get into stuff like this keep up the great work man y'all stay safe stay blessed

I know my opinion doesn't count for much but I think, with such limited numbers of these little cars out there, repairing and modifying the factory engine may be a little more unique than just stuffing a 670 in a classic car (unless the Kohler is toast). Plus a little hotrod flat head would be uber cool .

Sometimes the creations of the past are way better than what we have now. I love that car!!!!

Had a '57 Jacobsen Chief J-100 lawn & garden tractor, that came with a Kohler 7-hp engine. The most amazing thing about it--aside from the rear fenders having a "tail fin" shape--was it used a Delco-Remy 12v starter/generator configuration. Hardest part about servicing it: Setting-up the regulator.

I have the same engine in my 72 cushman golf cart. I had them little flat head bolt fall out and it sucked it right into the engine. Stuck the valve open, took carb off and dug it out. Them engines are durable for sure. I still have a oem gasket set from back in the day for them. Btw love the mini car

Man guys. That thing is awesome. I’d love to see what y’all do to this. A live axle might help

A guy back in the late 1950s/early 1960s drove one of these from Michigan to Mexico City, Mexico round trip with no break downs, for less than $50 in gas. By the way, the two guys who started the company met right after WWII when they were both in the Civil Air Patrol. They were not brothers. I have a Cub Cadet lawn tractor that bought brand new in 1978 - still have it except it's disassembled in my garage with the drive shaft and clutch out of it. Exact same engine except mine is gravity feed and no fuel pump. But if you look down right next to and below the carburetor, there is a little square cover. That's where the breaker points are. Those engines are very sensitive to having the point gap set accurately. Also, they have a centrifugal compression release. If the battery is weak, you will crank and crank that thing and it ill never start. The engine has to spin up fast enough to disable the compression release. On my Cub Cadet, I finally went out and bought the biggest battery that I could fit on the battery tray. Had to make a new battery strap to hold it on. But it would then start immediately every time. The engine has no oil pump, though. It's splash lubricated. So keep the crankcase full. Not half-full - FULL. If you get on a steep hill and the oil level is low, the oil slinger will not properly sling the oil around to cool the bottom of the piston, and the top of the piston will separate right where the ring grooves are, where it's thinnest. But it usually doesn't hurt them. Just find a new piston and stick it in. Funny thing about the King Midgets though. You could be driving down the road, and you'd keep looking in the rear view mirror expecting to see a lawn tractor following you.

You know a 2 stroke snowmobile engine might be fun in it.

I just bought a Jinma J2 slow moving electric car with heating and air, stereo, even has a proper tow hitch. Its almost narrow enough to go through a doorway, its like a smartcar sliced down the middle and wont rust being mostly 8 hour candle burnable plastic.

These are really cool! I saw a couple of these 30+ years ago at Carlyle. I really like the 670 twin idea for the engine, the brake master I'd use a motorcycle one oh excuse me 2 side by side. And go-cart or motorcycle shocks. Which I'm pretty sure you have around the shop! Lol 😅😅

Sounds like a winner in my book.... go for it my friends.

That engine is the same one I had on my Wheel Horse tractor. Keep the oil changed and the airfilter clean and they last forever. Of all the time I owned it, I replaced the points ONCE.

The ol' Isaac tune-up! Shaved head, port and polish sounds like something that would irritate a lot of people so heck yeah! I bet money (I'll buy some merch) Isaac would be able to knock 8 more horses outta that thang! Love you boys!❤

Boys, I really enjoyed this one. Too bad we don’t separate roads for small vehicles like this.

My brother had a couple of those tails. They were a promotional item from Esso gas stations. The slogan was "Put a tiger in your tank."

I definitely would like to see a v670 in that car!

I would change the motor for a V-twin 20 HP. The CVT need a new belt. And I would try to make a kind of removable hard top. Maybe also make the front front cover able to lift to have access to the break and other mechanical parts in the place. It could also serve as a small space to bring parts and tools. Or cold stuff ;-)

If it wasn’t so rare this would look cool on a 4 wheeler chassis, make a cool offroad vehicle

You should drop that Triumph motor into this! Oh and get rid of the goofy tail and put a set of truck nuts on it. 😂

The melody horn is probably a "safety feature" so you can celebrate victory while driving home drunk Lol Ice cream truck vibes. Malted milkshakes for sweet treats. This needs some type of artwork from the era

Just enjoy it! They were sorta popular at the time (I am 82).

lol somebody got the wires switched for the brakes with the marker lights lol 😂

So freaking cool. Take that old Kohler and put a predator 670 in it. 60mph easy

Hey this is your first actual "Restoration!" Congrats!

GPS disc brakes fore and aft,dual master cylinder,larger final drive sprockets,more aggressive cvt,a big air cooled v twin and new adjustable ressy type shocks all around and beach bound I would be...

Ok I am jealous of you on this one, love that little car.

That thing is awesome. Great job guys

Yep, a 670 V-twin would be awesome!!

You need to shine the bumper’s & aluminum wheels!

If you put the V twin in yall gotta run some duals on it! that would sound so good!!

I like the tigers tail, you could get these at Esso petrol stations about 50 yrs ago.

that thing is sweet! I want to see it upgraded to at least 2 wheel drive

The look on Ike’s face when the engine fired up… priceless.

Can't wait to see more on this car

You guys know that there's a whole king midget society where you can find parts and and rallys.

Was the previous owner a Shriner?? Seems to equipped as a Shriner Parade car.

a miata rear axle and a 670... and some better seats, that thing would be mint!

Cool car , my opinion a built predator and a GPS axle kit.

Love to see a V twin.

That thing looks sketchy as f.... Awesome to get to see this kind of old stuff. Now, let's see when you shove a snowmobile engine in the rear of that thing! :D

Oh, dam! If I had one, I would install a Harbor Freight V twin and drive the wheels off!

Like for the charge after the tone

I think you should keep that engine it’s so cool

put a tractor exhaust popper on it. should help keep water out. 😆 🤣 😂

I'm just wondering who makes a cam and billit parts for this jem because I know (thank God) you guys can't leave it stock lol. Can't wait to see the upgrades on this one. Also as far as your fuel injection on the green rail I thought the 0 turns have it on them now a days, maybe I'm crazy ( probably) but check into that

More please 👍

What isn't controversial these days with all the mental cases running things. That splooge out the pipe had me rollin'😂

i saw one drive down the street past me once about 60 years ago. i never saw another one. it was cream color.

Did youall notice At 23: 43 charles was checking his gear fluid at the same damm time lol 😆

Huge thumbs up to the 670!!!

I think that y’all should throw in some kind of four wheeler engine to keep reverse but also have some gears to up the top speed

Yes upgrade the king midget definatly, 670 all done up, new belt, new brakes, new tires, new master cylinder, wiring all done over, yes yes yes.

We got a lot of micro cars in Europe.

Mags....😂😂😂😂and surf boards...😅😂😂😂and a radar detector.....😜😅😂🤣😂🤣

yea that engen was on troy bilt tilers lawn mowers and gravely walkin tractors the k series engens are tanks

I see you have an Opel Gt on the lift. I am some what of an expert on them have owned and restored many many of them. if you ever have any questions chances are i have an answer Can also give tips on improving perfomance and handling.. My brother still has some parts he might sell.

you guys should get a ultrasonic cleaner for those old carbies

Heck yeah, rod that bugger!

Through a snowmobile engine in it with the belt and chain drive, but keep the reverse gear box

They race mg,s in my town Watkins Glen ny I see all kinds of them every year

Smart Cars my guys.

48mph with 12hp with two adults is pretty good

Where the fuck do you even find this shit? That's so cool!

No way!? I've been to that cracker barrel near Greensboro

getting ace ventura vibes from this lol

This is awesome!!

Yes v twin please 👍

Your Looking at that carb like it was a space ship.

Did it just do a burnout😂😂😂

go for it bound to be a hoot

Put a 10hp diesel in one of these maybe with a small turbo and you will have incredible economy

When is the sequel? I've got a 58 with original wood doors

That "micro" car is bigger than my normal car.

36:36 Two controversial words in one sentence! Naughty naughty!

Best video in awhile

I think it'll be fun with like a 250 2 stroke in it LOL

Getter running like new if not better, maybe add a bigger engine and make it water cooled.

Please put the triumph engine in this micro car 🙏🏻🙏🏻 👍🏻👍🏻

get a wrecked raptor 700, have all the power and speed and be able to reduce weight and clutter by making the motor and trans 1 assembly.

Reminded me of Christine (the movie lol)

Absolutely more power

Ls swap it 😆 can you imagine? Maybe VW engine and some components would be very cool on this thing plus reliability and / or at least easy to fix

When I was a kid (I'm 67 now) they sold these as kits or assembled in the back of Popular Mechanics Mag. I grew up near where they were manufactured, so it wasn't uncommon to see one. I've watched you guys from day 1, this has been one of my favorite episodes! Thanks

Already diggin this episode after just clicking on as I’ve got two King Midgets myself. My newer one is pretty close to yours but still in the factory white body color. Grandpa found it at an Arkansas campground in their playground buried in sand for kids to climb on. My earlier one was bought by a friend of the family to drive in parades with his Shriner buddies. It’s one of the first models with wooden doors and floor. Oddly enough I just found the convertible top bows for the later one last week that grandpa had put up in the rafters. Instantly knew what they were as grandpa had described em to me in the 90’s in hopes that I may run across them while moving parts around during my first ElCamino build. So cool to see other people discovering these cars, and that you’ve got one of the steel and aluminum bodies instead of the later fiberglass bodied cars. Can’t wait to see where you guys take the build. Forgot to mention, if you guys ever need points, condenser, generator/starter or engine parts, Cub Cadet riding mowers from the same era will interchange. Almost to the end, somebody had to have changed the gearing. They’ll run 50+ no problem with the original centrifugal clutch. On a crowned secondary road though they do tend to get a little bit sketchy with the factory caster built into them. The shocks were pretty primitive originally which doesn’t help either. I’m thinking grandpa said he used shocks from an Opel Kadette but I could be mistaken as he had one of those little cars for my mom to drive to the city park’s pool when she worked during the summer. Unfortunately the car stories run together for me unless they were about muscle cars or drag cars. I can look at my King Midgets and compare to old inventory at his old garage that I bought a couple of years back. I ended up with a 50 x 10 wall of shocks, front end and brake parts from the family business when he shut it down and went to the coal mines. I’m sure you guys are good with your research but I dont mind helping if you run into a dead end. Anyway, keep up the cool content.

The tail on the back was from a promotion run by Esso the message was," put a Tiger in your tank" and the tail would hang off of the filler cap, the tigers tail would be hanging out. 👍🏻 Great little car, I love it when you repurpose or modernise these old machines 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Built in Athens, Ohio. After the car was put together they would run them up High Street hill and if they made it to the top they were ready to go. I have a photo of the plant where they were made with a bunch of them out front. Modern safety features put them out of business. There is a Midget Motors Club that comes back here occasionally for a weekend meet and tries the hill run. Fun to watch. Always thought it would be fun to have one with a mildly stronger engine.

Nice to see a car finally make an appearance on this channel! Hail to the King Midget! Hopefully this turns into a series?

Dang, that thing is sweet! We need to see that road trip ASAP! Some performance mods to that little Kohler and a shifter transmission would make that thing awesome! Keep up the great work guys!

Not much smaller than a "smart car" ! Awesome find!