[kingbuzzo]

it was the style at the time...

[jerry455]

Keith, I saw a Zimmer like that at 22-mile road and Shelby Road in Shelby Michigan, but it was white.

[jerry455]

Keith, I saw a Zimmer like that at 22-mile road and Shelby Road in Shelby Michigan, but it was white, yesterday.

[Shiny]

A couple interesting cars..

The Subaru (360?) was in the dealership as a conversation piece. I don't remember anything like it... too bad they couldn't put the rear bumper back on. 60s vintage? Were they sold in the US?

The street rod owner was enjoying a beautiful spring day in the middle of winter.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Shiny

A couple interesting cars..

The Subaru (360?) was in the dealership as a conversation piece. I don't remember anything like it... too bad they couldn't put the rear bumper back on. 60s vintage? Were they sold in the US?

Yes, a limited number were sold in the USA in the late 1960s. They were imported by Malcolm Bricklin, the same guy who created the Bricklin sports car in the 1970s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_360 I remember seeing a couple of them back in the day but they weren't popular. A few years later a tiny Subaru van and a flatbed truck were sold here that used the same engine, my chemistry teacher in college had one of the flatbeds.

[Shiny]

Thanks Stuart!

Interesting history and this local example is definitely an odd duck.

Cool to me that it had a 2-cyl 2-stroke requiring pre-mix. And 0 to 60 in 37 seconds! I'm also glad that both Bricklin and the American public moved past this to something more interesting.