In June 1987 the Saddleworth Museum arranged a Vintage & Historic Vehicle Display & Run that started in Greenfield and ended in Uppermill. I took this photograph of one if the entrants at the King George V Playing Fields in Uppermill.
It's a 1959 BMW Isetta with a single-cylinder four-stroke 295cc engine. The car was introduced by Iso in 1953 with a 236cc two-stroke engine and cars were soon being built on license in several different countries, including Germany where the BMW Isetta became the best known of the Isetta vehicles. BMW uprated the engine to 295cc, and in 1957 Isetta of Great Britain started producing the car under license in Brighton. The whole of the front of the car hinges outward, meaning that the steering wheel, which is attached to the door, has to be on the hinged side, so this is a left-hand drive car and is probably one of the German BMW Isettas.
On 15 June 2015 I showed a photograph of a BMW Isetta at the Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Par, Manchester in September 1998.
On 15 June 2015 I showed a photograph of a BMW Isetta at the Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Par, Manchester in September 1998.
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