Photo Album
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- Kyle Wolfe
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Growing up in the 70s I always wanted a muscle car. Well, here's my winter muscle car project. Guess it will have to do for now.
How many of you know what this is?
How many of you know what this is?
Kyle
54 B N1932C
57 BMW Isetta
Best original 170B - Dearborn, MI 2005
54 B N1932C
57 BMW Isetta
Best original 170B - Dearborn, MI 2005
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I wouldn't have known before last week but I have been considering buying a house near Madison, GA. In doing some internet research about Madison, we came across this:
http://microcarmuseum.com/
http://microcarmuseum.com/
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- cessna170bdriver
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BMW Isetta?
Miles
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- W.J.Langholz
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Damm Kyle NICE Suit and Tie............. how old were you in this pic, 35-40cessna170bdriver wrote:BMW Isetta?
May there always be and Angel flying with you.
Loyalty above all else except honor.
1942 Stearman 450
1946 Super Champ 7AC
Loyalty above all else except honor.
1942 Stearman 450
1946 Super Champ 7AC
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When I was in high school there was a neighbor kid who had one of those. Strange car (if car is the right word for it at all)!
John Renwick
Minneapolis, MN
Former owner, '55 C-170B, N4401B
'42 J-3 Cub, N62088
'50 Swift GC-1B, N2431B, Oshkosh 2009 Outstanding Swift Award, 2016 Best Continuously Maintained Swift
Minneapolis, MN
Former owner, '55 C-170B, N4401B
'42 J-3 Cub, N62088
'50 Swift GC-1B, N2431B, Oshkosh 2009 Outstanding Swift Award, 2016 Best Continuously Maintained Swift
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Cool vehicle Kyle. I am old enough to remember when they were selling them although I never knew anyone who had one or ever had a ride in one. The last one I saw was at one of the restaurants across the street from the convention hotel in Branson, MO. Bet it will get good gas milage. I don't think it will make much of a hunting rig however Better hang onto that Chevy PU
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- Kyle Wolfe
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Thanks for the comments (and ribbing!) guys. Just what I expected.
It's a 1957 BMW Isetta. It's got a 4 stroke single cylinder. Air cooled. The front of the body opens to allow entry as seen by the original picture taken of me in suit and tie (much slimmer back then!).
I had it ready for easter and told my nieces I was taking them for a ride in an easter egg. They laughed with delight when they saw it. That short ride made all the work worthwhile.
The one thing that I learned through all of this is how valuable the IC170 organization is. It was a challenge to find parts and help when working on this micro car. While there is some support, it's nothing like one can receive from this group.
It's a 1957 BMW Isetta. It's got a 4 stroke single cylinder. Air cooled. The front of the body opens to allow entry as seen by the original picture taken of me in suit and tie (much slimmer back then!).
I had it ready for easter and told my nieces I was taking them for a ride in an easter egg. They laughed with delight when they saw it. That short ride made all the work worthwhile.
The one thing that I learned through all of this is how valuable the IC170 organization is. It was a challenge to find parts and help when working on this micro car. While there is some support, it's nothing like one can receive from this group.
Kyle
54 B N1932C
57 BMW Isetta
Best original 170B - Dearborn, MI 2005
54 B N1932C
57 BMW Isetta
Best original 170B - Dearborn, MI 2005
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Its about time we got some photos back in this thread.
This afternoon near Franklin Airfield south of Sacramento. The other plane is a westfall, serial number 2.
This afternoon near Franklin Airfield south of Sacramento. The other plane is a westfall, serial number 2.
- Bruce Fenstermacher
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Wow.
The pictures are all very nice, But there is something extra special that just pops with two photos of the planes about to touch the runway. Bright sun lit colors, perfect focus on the subject. Correct shutter speed to freeze the motion except for a nearly perfect slight blur of the prop and just the right depth of field to focus the eye on the subject but not out of focus on the background that you can't tell what it is.
You could fill half a calendar with those shots.
So tell me it was your wife's camera you set on automatic and you barely know how to turn it on.
The pictures are all very nice, But there is something extra special that just pops with two photos of the planes about to touch the runway. Bright sun lit colors, perfect focus on the subject. Correct shutter speed to freeze the motion except for a nearly perfect slight blur of the prop and just the right depth of field to focus the eye on the subject but not out of focus on the background that you can't tell what it is.
You could fill half a calendar with those shots.
So tell me it was your wife's camera you set on automatic and you barely know how to turn it on.
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Bruce Fenstermacher, Past President, TIC170A
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Bruce Fenstermacher, Past President, TIC170A
Email: brucefenster at gmail.com
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I really hate to attach this pix, but may be most folks will think it's a modified "Red" 170.
Ed Booth, 170-B and RV-7 Driver
- Bruce Fenstermacher
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The give away that it's not is Red 170's don't go that fast. Obviously you had a Green 170 out in front as the camera platform for the second shot.edbooth wrote:I really hate to attach this pix, but may be most folks will think it's a modified "Red" 170.
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Bruce Fenstermacher, Past President, TIC170A
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Bruce Fenstermacher, Past President, TIC170A
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Even better, it was my cell phone camera
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Its actually a amatuer photog friend. He took these a couple years ago.
- Bruce Fenstermacher
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It's your CELL PHONE CAMERA.
If you didn't realize it before your photog friend knows what their doing with a camera. I think if you find about two more shots we could have an entire calendar of one blue and white plane.
If you didn't realize it before your photog friend knows what their doing with a camera. I think if you find about two more shots we could have an entire calendar of one blue and white plane.
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Bruce Fenstermacher, Past President, TIC170A
Email: brucefenster at gmail.com
Bruce Fenstermacher, Past President, TIC170A
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