http://www.microcar.org/blog/2009/03/microcars-at-the-2009-atlanta-auto-show/ news about Vintage Microcars! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.microcar.org/blog/2009/03/microcars-at-the-2009-atlanta-auto-show/comment-page-1/#comment-4635 Doug Wilson Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:25:05 +0000 http://www.microcar.org/blog/?p=337#comment-4635 Where can I buy one of these? I live in Pa. Where can I buy one of these? I live in Pa.

]]> http://www.microcar.org/blog/2009/03/microcars-at-the-2009-atlanta-auto-show/comment-page-1/#comment-702 Mark Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:22:06 +0000 http://www.microcar.org/blog/?p=337#comment-702 What a refreshing exibit, the cars look fantastic! What a refreshing exibit, the cars look fantastic!

]]> http://www.microcar.org/blog/2009/03/microcars-at-the-2009-atlanta-auto-show/comment-page-1/#comment-701 Gene Schmidt Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:43:30 +0000 http://www.microcar.org/blog/?p=337#comment-701 I sat in on the exhibit Tuesday, thinking it'd be for a couple of hours in the afternoon, and then it was almost closing. The exhibit was crowded the entire time, never less than a dozen people even around supper time. The offsets in the display was great to maximize the perimeter and allowed people to get pretty close to the cars. Only incursions were when little kids went under the rail. I kept an eye out, none were grabby, just dazzled. Met quite a few people claiming to have owned them when new, a number of them foreign raised. Even had several manufacturer reps come over to discuss them, the Mercedes rep said his parents had a "bubblecar" in England and always wondered what it was. We narrowed it down to a Heinkel/Trojan, though not sure about story of 5th person sitting in sunroof area. Most requests were for information on the museum. I have downloaded info from the website and will drop off some copies today, since otherwise I'd have to pull out the Vintage MicroCar News, and I'd run out if everyone started taking copies. If left on the rack, the issues disappeared in an instant. I gave copies to VERY interested prospects, hopefully some new club members will be the result. Best draw was a local artist that spent most of his day creating watercolors of several of the cars. He said he was local and likes to go to car shows to sketch show cars, but couldn't seem to get past the micros. Much of the work was quite skilled. I sat in on the exhibit Tuesday, thinking it’d be for a couple of hours in the afternoon, and then it was almost closing. The exhibit was crowded the entire time, never less than a dozen people even around supper time. The offsets in the display was great to maximize the perimeter and allowed people to get pretty close to the cars. Only incursions were when little kids went under the rail. I kept an eye out, none were grabby, just dazzled. Met quite a few people claiming to have owned them when new, a number of them foreign raised. Even had several manufacturer reps come over to discuss them, the Mercedes rep said his parents had a “bubblecar” in England and always wondered what it was. We narrowed it down to a Heinkel/Trojan, though not sure about story of 5th person sitting in sunroof area. Most requests were for information on the museum. I have downloaded info from the website and will drop off some copies today, since otherwise I’d have to pull out the Vintage MicroCar News, and I’d run out if everyone started taking copies. If left on the rack, the issues disappeared in an instant. I gave copies to VERY interested prospects, hopefully some new club members will be the result. Best draw was a local artist that spent most of his day creating watercolors of several of the cars. He said he was local and likes to go to car shows to sketch show cars, but couldn’t seem to get past the micros. Much of the work was quite skilled.

]]> http://www.microcar.org/blog/2009/03/microcars-at-the-2009-atlanta-auto-show/comment-page-1/#comment-696 Dave Smith Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:21:34 +0000 http://www.microcar.org/blog/?p=337#comment-696 That looks great. I really need to make it to Georgia to tour the museum. That looks great. I really need to make it to Georgia to tour the museum.

]]> http://www.microcar.org/blog/2009/03/microcars-at-the-2009-atlanta-auto-show/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Mark Nelson Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:47:15 +0000 http://www.microcar.org/blog/?p=337#comment-693 Oh, does that ever look like fun! A big beautiful display for our hobby. Great interview clip too; it should encourage many people to come to see the cars at the show. Oh, does that ever look like fun! A big beautiful display for our hobby. Great interview clip too; it should encourage many people to come to see the cars at the show.

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