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Profile of John Hollowell and Goggomobil

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:28:19 +0000

John Hollowell of Ann Arbor Michigan with his Goggomobil TS400

Nice profile piece from AnnArbor.com about Microcar collector and enthusiast John Hollowell.

Even nicer is that they spelled GOGGOMOBIL correctly!
Link to article HERE
Link to John’s website: ISETTAGARAGE.COM (where Goggomobil is NOT spelled correctly! *sigh*…)

German tour of Jesada Technik Museum in Thailand

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:00:07 +0000

This 8 minute video is a rambling tour (narrated in German) of the Jesada Technik Museum in Thailand.
Previously covered as the Microcar Museum in Thailand, this video shows a bit more coverage of vast numbers of Microcars stored away in all sorts of places in all sorts of conditions from buckets of rust to restored, or at least presentable examples.
Tip of the hat to Mark Hatten for the head’s up.

Collection of Microcars for auction Sept 11 in PA

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:00:13 +0000

This collection of approximately 20 microcars will be auctioned on September 11 2010 in Bechtelsville, PA (preview on Friday September 10)
Mostly Crosleys and King Midgets, there is also an Amphicar there. The auction catalog is not available yet, check the auctioneer website HERE for updates and more specific information.

HMV Freeway	HMV Freeway	Crosley Pickup
King Midget III	King Midget III	King Midget II
King Midget (?) Fire Truck	King Midget project?	King MIdget III
more King Midget III	more King Midget III	Crosley Wagon
Crosley Wagon	Crosley convertible	Crosley Wagon
Crosley Hot Shot	Crosley Farm-O-Road

Profile of Dave Raab from Tustin CA

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:52:28 +0000

From the Orange County Register, this really nicely done profile piece about Dave Raab,
Microcar Enthusiast and Collector from Tustin California.
There is an ad at the beginning of the video, but the video is worth it.
There is a print story that accompanies this, read that HERE.
Make sure you read down to the first comment, it is hilarious!

Why do we love Isettas?

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:17:41 +0000

This video pretty much sums it up. What other car could you make a video like this with?

What is a bit astonishing is that this was made by the BMW Museum in Munich.
Listen to the lyrics and in particular to ” …without you I would never rise again”

Does this mean BMW is finally acknowledging the Isetta’s place in their history as “the car that saved BMW”?
Maybe it is just coincidence but this commercial is all stop-motion animation with KinToy Isettas zipping about, having fun and mixing it up with all the other BMW marques as well as modern day traffic. To think they just randomly selected a song to run in the background is difficult to believe.

What do you think?

Microcar Museum in Thailand

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:00:22 +0000

For many years there has been quiet talk and rumors of a Microcar Collector in Thailand.
It seems the rumors were true!
Jesada Dejkulrit is the collector who has a large Private Collection of all sorts of vehicles under the name “Jesada Technik Museum”. He appears to have a special interest in Microcars and Bubblecars of all sorts.

His first Microcar was a Messerschmitt, purchased in 1997 at an auction, since then the collection has grown quite a bit. Rumor has it that a number of the cars sold at the recent BubbleCar Museum Auction in the UK will be going to this collection in Thailand.

There are at least 2 videos on YouTube that have some Thai TV host touring the Museum, see part 1 and part 2 below. The guy demonstrating the microcars is not Jesada.
They all seem to be outdoors under a very large canopy.

Jesada Technik Museum is located at 100 Moo 2, Ngewrai, Nakhon Chaisi, Nakhon Pathom. For further information, call (034) 339-468
or visit the website: JesadaTechnikMuseum.com (sorry, all in Thai!)