We’ve been living in England and Europe this year and love when we come across these old cars. I gravitate to the older vans and trucks but love cars as well. Great collection.
First time I saw one of these was in Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" back in the '80s. At the time I thought it was a car they must have made up for the film as I had never seen one before and it looked too outrageous to be an actual produced auto. Saw the film in SE Portland many moons ago, the Bagdad rings a bell, maybe. Great collection you have there!
Wow! I have never seen anything like this, and your wild collection! Amazing! Your dog is fabulous too! So.... I looked at your channel site and immediately subscribed.
I am so glad UA-cam offered me this wonderful video. You have been busy adding to your collection with fantastic microcars. I watched you years ago and loved your kind words and knowledge. Really glad to resubscribe.I will dive into the great videos that I missed. Sincerely, Blaine Halley Santa Cruz, CA. 😎
Love your cars. Thank you for showing them on YT. I would have liked to see you open that unusual door on the Messerschmitt that you probably take for granted. Looking forward to more super content.
Thank you for showing off your beautiful little cars, when I was a little boy my Grandpa had a little tiny car with the door in the front like the red one you have and I had a car that was a little bigger a 1972 MG Midget and everyone loved looking at it in my little town Franklin Grove Illinois
Thank you for this video, it brings back so many memories! I'm 73 years old and remember these cars when they were sold herein the U.S.. I've always loved the minicars, as my view is a car is a meanest get from point A to point B with maximum efficiency. When was 16, I bought a couple year old Saab with a three cylinder engine, then I had a 63 bug, they a real mini Cooper. While in the army, I had a Honda 600 coupe, LOVED that little car!!!! Small cars rock big time. I've got better things to do with my money than put it in something that 10 years later is worth diddly squat and has sucked up a lot of gas in the meantime.
My very first roommate owned a Messerschmitt. It was a real trip to ride around in it, Four speeds forward and reverse. Like riding around in a fish bowl.
I had the joy of riding in a Messer back in 1960 in Ventura CA. Guy was driving around behind our house in a parking lot and let me join him. I was ten years old and still remember it like a carnival ride lol.
As a Brit I worked for 10 years at a place in Bavaria called Manching. A long established airfield and home of the Willy Messerschmitt museum where they have restored old aircraft to flying conditions but also have a few of these KabineRollers
Nice collection or rigs! A friend has a 1962 Nash Metropolitan back in high school, cool little car. He went into the Army after high school and gave me the keys to drive it around a little while he was in basic training, then a deployment in Korea for 9 months. Pre-COVID I was looking around for one of the more 'modern' microcars in the USA, the Scion IQ. Toyota stopped making them in 2016, I was trying to pick up a low-mileage one for cheap, but COVID made the car market go crazy.
Yeah anything interesting looking and people flock to it. This is why when i go canoeing i go really early in the morning before people get out. Otherwise when i get near people it's endless "did you make that?". Put some bicycle pedals and a couple paddlewheels on a canoe and everyone loses their minds haha
One thing I don’t miss about Portland, the Roads! 😂 I wish I would’ve known about you when I lived there. Would have loved to learn how to fix these cars, even if it meant all I was doing is holding tools for ya.
With that many classic vehicles, does the US have rules that don’t require each and everyone to be taxed and insured? In Uk, cars over 40 years old do not require road tax, but insurance…yes…definitely.
depends on the state. In Washington State you pay a one-time fee for a permanent 'collector' plate for cars 30 years old or older. And liability insurance is required but I think I only pay about $450 a year for full coverage on 5 classic cars. Other states have different regulations
Thanks a lot of fun this was I remember seeing another video you made I can't remember which car you took out perhaps I remember now it was the Subaru 360 good to see Portland again I love that town I used to live there I hope the homeless situation is much better than people have found help for their problems and become productive members again I know I did I got off the street now I'm working in a hospital and had an apartment for close to 3 years now and living a good life without liquor funny how this song came out I was just making a comment about the nice video
Cars like that were popular in the UK in the late 60's and early 70's. Although there were several manufacturers and styles they were generally called 'bubble cars'
Oh, cool, a Nissan Figaro! I didn't think anyone would've taken the time to import a Figgy into the United States - we have plenty in the UK, what with them being right-hand-drive and if I recall, are based on the mechanicals of the Micra to a fair degree. I would love one! (That two-stroke sound is so addictive - having once owned a Trabant, I know it so well.)
Because of the gas 'crisis' under the Carter Administration, my parents purchased a 'Freeway'. Single seater, three wheeler with a single cylinder engine using a belt to drive the single rear wheel. It got a LOT of attention. I didn't care for it's light weight as speed increased with 45 being as much as I wanted to push it. Still, 100MPG was impressive.
You got some taste for colours, love em all. Really envy your Vespa 400, that's so rare even in Italy by now "It's time for the Messerschmitt" might be misinterpreted, lol Coming across a Cybertruck while driving the Messers... talking about unusual stuff.
Great to see all the rides again.I think it was a magazine article with 1 of these that made me want to build a pedal version so I didn't fall over in winter. I was un-subbed somehow. I look forward to going through all the vids I've missed since last winter. Stupid YT bots.
Stella needed a drink of water. Don't you bring a bowl and water with you? I never take my Sheba in the car unless I have a bottle of water and a bowl. When she pants, she needs a drink.
Ohhhh, _infatuated._ I misread that as *infuriated...* I guess depending on who gets stuck behind you in traffic, it could be either, or maybe even both!
@@2stroketurbosounds exciting, and for precedent the old Mochet Velocars sometimes got electric power too! It'll be pretty cool whatever you build, gasoline or electric powered.
I recognize one of your cars also the park North Portland I think although also Mount Scott park looks a bit like that part but I'm pretty sure that's Overlook Park? Anyway you have a lovely collection of cars nice to see also your dog is so lovely and so good because that car is so noisy but he's having a good time riding in it
Awesome! you live in the old part of pdx, don't matter what you drive!!! don't hold a cup of hot coffee over your lap without a lid! you'll be wearing it! I would luv to see a push for this type of transport to be allowed in the city. Time for change. Make it happen.
I love tiny cars. You have a very nice collection. Yup that yellow one was trying to avoid being seen by the tiny car catcher. :) Are any of them electric?
Have a 2 stroke engine from a car my Grandfather gave me 50 years ago , dunno what it is , two cylinder all in one with the tranny an think it's four speed an about 500 cc maybe 4 ? think it has couplings out of the tranny for driveshafts/axles ? if I sent you pics could would you look at them tell me your thoughts ? my brother told me what it was from but I forget and he is dead . maybe it would be of use to someone instead of going into the garbage when I die .
The dog doesn't care what kind of car, as long as he gets to go! I bet within minutes of the first wheeled conveyance ever being invented, a dog jumped onboard.
I hate to think what would happen if that car have a collision with an SUV or a classic '36 Chevrolet no offense intended, be careful driving on the roads with it because there's a lot of crazy drivers out there.
0:06 A Lockeed engineer used to drive one of these from Burbank to Palmdale. I almost bought a Trojan from someone in L.A. And as I recall their was a gal in Topnaga, Ca. that had such cars including a Messerschmitt, who left town for places unknown a long time back.
Is the yellow car an auto union DKW two stroke ? Friend of mine had one . Pulled into filling station asked for four gallons gas and pint of oil . Attended puzzled when instructed to put oil in same tank 😂
You say the Messerschmitt is not a good winter car. With the sun beating on that bubble top its not a good summer car either. But, I guess, in Portland there's never enough sun for that to be a problem. BTW ... Not that you're going to be racing with a 70 year old 200cc car, but how fast can it go? Can it keep up with traffic?
Mark, maybe it's time for the good people of Portland to change their voting habits i.e. more funds for road improvement vs. having money wasted on housing the hobos, bums, vagrants etc. I'm just sayin'...
@@Dudeface167 But that's the great fallacy -the vast majority do NOT want a roof over their head; they want to live in a world without rules, without someone telling them what to do and how to live. IOW they want to be completely free. Get it???!!!
5:30 a “ton” of people is only about 12 average sized people. Still, a couple dozen people asking about that cute car during a short drive is sweet, although not totally unexpected.
Be careful driving the messershmitt.You might get shot down by a Mustang😀
I'll keep an eye 👁 out !😉
😂😂
When I first saw the front of your car I thought of a mudskipper! Looks like fun!
What a great collection. Many congratulations from the Netherlands.
Thank you
I use to ride my bike to school in the 1970’s. I would pass a GOGOMOBILE SHOWROOM. Similar to the Messerschmitt. They were pretty cool too..
Those Gogomobiles were much bigger than the Messerschmitt.
The Messerschmidt is my dream car. I am so jealous, and also thrilled to see someone enjoying it.
We’ve been living in England and Europe this year and love when we come across these old cars. I gravitate to the older vans and trucks but love cars as well. Great collection.
What a great collection, I love 2 strokes. Thanks for sharing.
First time I saw one of these was in Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" back in the '80s. At the time I thought it was a car they must have made up for the film as I had never seen one before and it looked too outrageous to be an actual produced auto. Saw the film in SE Portland many moons ago, the Bagdad rings a bell, maybe. Great collection you have there!
Wow! I have never seen anything like this, and your wild collection! Amazing! Your dog is fabulous too! So.... I looked at your channel site and immediately subscribed.
I am so glad UA-cam offered me this wonderful video. You have been busy adding to your collection with fantastic microcars. I watched you years ago and loved your kind words and knowledge. Really glad to resubscribe.I will dive into the great videos that I missed. Sincerely, Blaine Halley Santa Cruz, CA. 😎
Thank you!
Love your cars. Thank you for showing them on YT. I would have liked to see you open that unusual door on the Messerschmitt that you probably take for granted. Looking forward to more super content.
Great idea ! Opening the cockpit usually draws lots of ooooohs and ahhhhhs
Yeah, I'll bet that was the first time anybody passed a Cybertruck in a Messerschmitt!
O i think so !
Yeah , and what about when a biplane 1st spotted a Messerschmitt fighter plane
Great collection!
In California, you wouldn’t get 10 blocks without a highway patrol pulling you over out of curiosity
Yup
Or getting carjacked.
Coolest dog in town.
All your car are more attention worthy than that cybertruck! Very cool collection!
Thank you for showing off your beautiful little cars, when I was a little boy my Grandpa had a little tiny car with the door in the front like the red one you have and I had a car that was a little bigger a 1972 MG Midget and everyone loved looking at it in my little town Franklin Grove Illinois
The Dauphine was considered a family-size car in France.
We had the 4CV, Dauphine, R8,R10, R12,4L, Fuego,Clio, Kangoo,so real Renault fans here.
excellent !
4L and R12 were brilliant cars. I'd like to have a 4L as my daily (and possibly only) car.
I had a 4cv in the mid sixties I bought it for $50 and drove it around my hometown in high school. Modesto CA, didn't impress the girls much lol
@ronaldoago-go5907 ha ! No.
Thank you for this video, it brings back so many memories! I'm 73 years old and remember these cars when they were sold herein the U.S.. I've always loved the minicars, as my view is a car is a meanest get from point A to point B with maximum efficiency. When was 16, I bought a couple year old Saab with a three cylinder engine, then I had a 63 bug, they a real mini Cooper. While in the army, I had a Honda 600 coupe, LOVED that little car!!!! Small cars rock big time. I've got better things to do with my money than put it in something that 10 years later is worth diddly squat and has sucked up a lot of gas in the meantime.
Right on !
Your car is cute but your DOG is AMAZING 🙏😇🐶🐻🐈⬛🦊🦁
Love Stella the Britney………such great dogs. You have a great collection thanks for sharing.
My very first roommate owned a Messerschmitt. It was a real trip to ride around in it, Four speeds forward and reverse. Like riding around in a fish bowl.
Yes! A fishbowl. Amazing experience.
I cannot believe you have that little Nissan Figaro! What an absolute classic “unknown” icon! So cool!
A shop full of really great fun.
I had the joy of riding in a Messer back in 1960 in Ventura CA. Guy was driving around behind our house in a parking lot and let me join him. I was ten years old and still remember it like a carnival ride lol.
What a great fleet!
There's a Subaru 360 in a car museum not far from me. Nice collection. Thanks for sharing.
As a Brit I worked for 10 years at a place in Bavaria called Manching. A long established airfield and home of the Willy Messerschmitt museum where they have restored old aircraft to flying conditions but also have a few of these KabineRollers
Wow ! Thats cool
I think the expression is "living the dream"!😁
Nice collection or rigs! A friend has a 1962 Nash Metropolitan back in high school, cool little car. He went into the Army after high school and gave me the keys to drive it around a little while he was in basic training, then a deployment in Korea for 9 months. Pre-COVID I was looking around for one of the more 'modern' microcars in the USA, the Scion IQ. Toyota stopped making them in 2016, I was trying to pick up a low-mileage one for cheap, but COVID made the car market go crazy.
Schöner Messerschmitt....der Hund gefällt mir auch sehr gut 😂.
Gruß aus Deutschland Peter
WOW You are living my dream!!! To have a garage full of small cars!!! Fantastic!
Yeah anything interesting looking and people flock to it. This is why when i go canoeing i go really early in the morning before people get out. Otherwise when i get near people it's endless "did you make that?". Put some bicycle pedals and a couple paddlewheels on a canoe and everyone loses their minds haha
The 2-stroke sound of this engine reminds me of a 1980s Polaris snowmobile.
One thing I don’t miss about Portland, the Roads! 😂 I wish I would’ve known about you when I lived there. Would have loved to learn how to fix these cars, even if it meant all I was doing is holding tools for ya.
Usually the Messerschmitt also has (sliding) side windows. They are simply missing in this one.
Yes, I have them stored, I prefer to run without, it gets way to hot inside with them in
With that many classic vehicles, does the US have rules that don’t require each and everyone to be taxed and insured? In Uk, cars over 40 years old do not require road tax, but insurance…yes…definitely.
No taxes, but current registration and insurance, yes of course!
depends on the state. In Washington State you pay a one-time fee for a permanent 'collector' plate for cars 30 years old or older. And liability insurance is required but I think I only pay about $450 a year for full coverage on 5 classic cars. Other states have different regulations
Peter Sellers drove one of those vehicles in the 1960’s movie, The Party. Awesome mobile.
My brother was stationed in W. Germany in the early 1960's, and said there were still Messerschmits on the roads.
I believe it
Thank you Mark for such treat!
Thanks a lot of fun this was I remember seeing another video you made I can't remember which car you took out perhaps I remember now it was the Subaru 360 good to see Portland again I love that town I used to live there I hope the homeless situation is much better than people have found help for their problems and become productive members again I know I did I got off the street now I'm working in a hospital and had an apartment for close to 3 years now and living a good life without liquor funny how this song came out I was just making a comment about the nice video
i used to have Mikrus MR 300 (Poland)- cover that went on the 300 cc engine was made out of asbestos- it was the source of heat for the cabin 🤣
That guy on the bike must've been a giant! Brittany Spaniels were my father's favorite woodcock hunting breed.
Cars like that were popular in the UK in the late 60's and early 70's. Although there were several manufacturers and styles they were generally called 'bubble cars'
Oh, cool, a Nissan Figaro! I didn't think anyone would've taken the time to import a Figgy into the United States - we have plenty in the UK, what with them being right-hand-drive and if I recall, are based on the mechanicals of the Micra to a fair degree. I would love one! (That two-stroke sound is so addictive - having once owned a Trabant, I know it so well.)
02:27 "Of course wiper...(is iffy)" He should install one of the wiper blades from a Cybertruck. That will fix it right up. 😅🤣😂
Because of the gas 'crisis' under the Carter Administration, my parents purchased a 'Freeway'. Single seater, three wheeler with a single cylinder engine using a belt to drive the single rear wheel. It got a LOT of attention. I didn't care for it's light weight as speed increased with 45 being as much as I wanted to push it. Still, 100MPG was impressive.
You got some taste for colours, love em all. Really envy your Vespa 400, that's so rare even in Italy by now
"It's time for the Messerschmitt" might be misinterpreted, lol
Coming across a Cybertruck while driving the Messers... talking about unusual stuff.
Great to see all the rides again.I think it was a magazine article with 1 of these that made me want to build a pedal version so I didn't fall over in winter. I was un-subbed somehow. I look forward to going through all the vids I've missed since last winter. Stupid YT bots.
Welcome back!
Thanks for the ride.
Stella needed a drink of water. Don't you bring a bowl and water with you? I never take my Sheba in the car unless I have a bottle of water and a bowl. When she pants, she needs a drink.
All the dog parks have dog water fountains with dog bowls , she had plenty of water
@@2stroketurbo Cool!!!
Sweet ride! Thanks.
Ohhhh, _infatuated._
I misread that as *infuriated...*
I guess depending on who gets stuck behind you in traffic, it could be either, or maybe even both!
Have you ever considered converting one of your microcars to electric power?
I have. Hint: watch current build series.😄
@@2stroketurbo OK, cheers!
@@2stroketurbosounds exciting, and for precedent the old Mochet Velocars sometimes got electric power too! It'll be pretty cool whatever you build, gasoline or electric powered.
I like this guy because he likes 3 wheelers and I've never bothered with cars or driving tests but I am allowed to drive 3 wheelers
My first car was a red Isetta like in your video. 2 gallon tank 1 gallon reserve and it got 50 miles to the gallon.
😁
Stella! 🐕
My dad had one of those Messerschmitt cars back in the 60s before I was born.
I recognize one of your cars also the park North Portland I think although also Mount Scott park looks a bit like that part but I'm pretty sure that's Overlook Park? Anyway you have a lovely collection of cars nice to see also your dog is so lovely and so good because that car is so noisy but he's having a good time riding in it
Wow, nice collection!
Awesome! you live in the old part of pdx, don't matter what you drive!!! don't hold a cup of hot coffee over your lap without a lid! you'll be wearing it! I would luv to see a push for this type of transport to be allowed in the city. Time for change. Make it happen.
What a brilliant collection of cars mate
In the 1980s I wanted to buy a Subaru Libero 4 wheel drive micro van, but my wife was embarrassed by the idea.
Great fun! Is it true that, at the beginning, these little cars used Messerschmitt airplane cockpit covers?
I get the same attention riding my penny farthing, have an event this Saturday, can't wait 😊
I bet you do! I test rode one once. Way harder than my 36" unicycle
4:22 Volvo 240 alert!
Add to cart! ADD TO CART! 😮
I love tiny cars. You have a very nice collection. Yup that yellow one was trying to avoid being seen by the tiny car catcher. :) Are any of them electric?
No heater? What about that big solar collector on top? That guy on the bike really accentuated how tiny that is.
Yes, two heaters lol!
beavers or ducks my brother used to live in Salem Oregon in the small mass laboratory at the Oregon Department of agriculture
i think your car(s_are cute .
They are designed to last 5 years thus making you have to fork out more to keep there pockets full.
Fi-ga-ro !!
I'm a tall man that requires larger vehicles. But nice collection. My 1966 Ford Thunderbird is more comfortable to me.
Have a 2 stroke engine from a car my Grandfather gave me 50 years ago , dunno what it is , two cylinder all in one with the tranny an think it's four speed an about 500 cc maybe 4 ? think it has couplings out of the tranny for driveshafts/axles ? if I sent you pics could would you look at them tell me your thoughts ? my brother told me what it was from but I forget and he is dead . maybe it would be of use to someone instead of going into the garbage when I die .
My be an engive from a Citroen Deux Chevaux.
Can you start working on that 1983 Mazda on your lot ?
nice collection! sellection
The dog doesn't care what kind of car, as long as he gets to go! I bet within minutes of the first wheeled conveyance ever being invented, a dog jumped onboard.
Got a smart car, best vehicle i ever owned.
I hate to think what would happen if that car have a collision with an SUV or a classic '36 Chevrolet no offense intended, be careful driving on the roads with it because there's a lot of crazy drivers out there.
0:06 A Lockeed engineer used to drive one of these from Burbank to Palmdale. I almost bought a Trojan from someone in L.A. And as I recall their was a gal in Topnaga, Ca. that had such cars including a Messerschmitt, who left town for places unknown a long time back.
I know that gal , Isetta Lady 👩
@@2stroketurbo Did she move to Oregon?
@@josephbingham1255 she moved a few times, now resides in Colorado
Fall is here, time to put away the roadsters and convertibles ,rain is on its way!!
Is the yellow car an auto union DKW two stroke ? Friend of mine had one . Pulled into filling station asked for four gallons gas and pint of oil . Attended puzzled when instructed to put oil in same tank 😂
You say the Messerschmitt is not a good winter car. With the sun beating on that bubble top its not a good summer car either. But, I guess, in Portland there's never enough sun for that to be a problem.
BTW ... Not that you're going to be racing with a 70 year old 200cc car, but how fast can it go? Can it keep up with traffic?
191cc . Its fast ! Cruises 55 mph easy.
I've had it going almost 70 mph. ...Once.
I will never do that again!
I noticed that you didn’t stop at any of those STOP signs
I love your car 🙂👍
Mark, maybe it's time for the good people of Portland to change their voting habits i.e. more funds for road improvement vs. having money wasted on housing the hobos, bums, vagrants etc. I'm just sayin'...
I dunno... even living in lousy houses has to be better than living on nice roads
@@Dudeface167 But that's the great fallacy -the vast majority do NOT want a roof over their head; they want to live in a world without rules, without someone telling them what to do and how to live. IOW they want to be completely free. Get it???!!!
There are very few good people of Portland
@@johna.4334 hoboes might not want rooves over their heads, but your usual homeless guy sure does.
Why is it someone has to ruin a video of someone's collection of vintage microcars with political comments.
Mostly POV... would love to see some footage looking at the car, turning, top speed etc.
very nice!
5:30 a “ton” of people is only about 12 average sized people. Still, a couple dozen people asking about that cute car during a short drive is sweet, although not totally unexpected.
Do you have a favorite?
Like asking if I have a favorite child. 😁
Did you ever figure out what model/brand that yellow boxy car was?
Nope, but some comments say it was Chang Li
Good looking Britney.
Just needs a little Hayabusa engine.
You should convert it to electric
5:12 it's certain, he has a squirrel get stuck in esophagus.
Living my dream😅😊
Will you have a late model Vespa scooter..Laxvespa-LosAngeles
😄
OMG I just discovered my neighbor half a block away has one of those!
Wow ! Really?
Cool Messerschmidt 🇩🇪