July 9,10,11, 1999
J. Luttropp photos, lovingly stitched together with photoshop.
Friday
night. Hangin' out on Charles' and Nancy's porch. The sweet life!
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BMW 600 from New York. A fine, fine paint job.
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A car that
is a boat: Charles' Amphicar. You can see the two propellers between the rear wheels.
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Steve's Austin, 1921. Wow.
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In Italian,
we say "Fiat Cinquecento." In English, the Fiat 500.
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The 500 from the side. It's in good shape!
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Giving
rides at the lawn, Larz Anderson Park, Saturday.
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Well attended, and lots of smiles.
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Giving
rides at the lawn, Larz Anderson Park, Saturday. Microtraffic?
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A little visitor tries the feel of an experimental electric vehicle.
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The occasional old motorscooter appeared, too. K. Slade photo
Dan's
HMV Freeway coming off of the trailer. The cover is off.
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Gary tweaking Dan's Freeway. Once tickled, it ran great.
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The Moke
(yellow) and a Mini.
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Working hard at having fun: the registration table at the park.
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A
BMW Isetta gets a lift.
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The driver is blindfolded, and the passenger calls out directions.
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The large
crowd helped by calling out some directions, too.
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Detail of a Kabinenroller front right. What a vehicle.
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Saab Sonnett
III. It's for sale...
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Dan and his Freeway. The top comes off pretty easily!
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Excuse me, may I have a ride in your Corvair?
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Atti gives rides
in a Messerschmitt.
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Peg in the Cinquecento.
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Jon's Subaru
360, takin' the kids for a spin.
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Peg in the Cinquecento.
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Oh, the pearly
paint job on this Isetta!
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Micro traffic jam! The cars line up for giving rides.
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"Thanks for flying 'schmitt Air! B'bye!"
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This is one speedy
micro!
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A Citroen 2CV picks up a crew.
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Air Atti prefers
for take-off.
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Robert Gray picks up a father and son in his Isetta.
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Saab, Messerschmitt,
Messerschmitt...
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Isetta on the left, Messerschmitt on the right.
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Micro mall parking!
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Gleeful children in amongst the micros.
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A beautiful paint
job on this Isetta.
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Peg, Charles' Fiat, and a visitor.
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Movin' out!
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The lawn on Saturday featured a wide range of micros and minis.
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This thing is
allowed on the same roads as the Expeditions and Suburbans?
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Faster! No... too fast. No, faster!
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Looking down
the line.
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The wrong hat near that fast-moving two-stroke exhaust!
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Anticipation!
The kids looking forward to a ride.
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This piston, about yeah-by-yeah, delivers 8 bhp...
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Charles and Nancy
(right) giving Gary (left) and honor.
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Robert Gray as MC, handing out a plaque.
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A Jaguar.
Ahhh.
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A Lloyd service vehicle, with fresh paint.
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See it shine.
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Hood up on the Lloyd: not a big engine, but plenty big enough.
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Long before
the Miata came this little Mazda.
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Font view.
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Can
a car smile with pride? I think this one proves the answer is yes.
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The driver of the Mazda is actually a pretty big guy, not like this spectator.
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Long
before the Outback or the Forester SUV was the Subaru 360.
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The Czech Jawa-based Velorex. Fabric "skins" are dent resistant!
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Charles' Vespacar
and, hidden in the background, Steve's Lightstar.
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Yours
truly (Max) in Charles' sweet lil' Peel Trident. This car has honor of being the only line ever made on the Isle
of Man. (Thus the UK plate choice.)
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Charles hops out of the Vespacar.
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Ah, the Nash
Metropolitan!
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"Yeah, I
own a Czech three-wheeler. Why?"
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"This bicep is buff from torquing down Goggo cyclinder heads."
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"Then I
take a break."
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The rich smorgaasbord of life!
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"The Isetta
came in high and fast. I took my 'schmitt in low, with the sun behind me..."
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Hangin' with Steve's Lightstar. Note the variety of bubblecars in the background.
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France meets
Maine in a conversation about micros.
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Carl & co. in the Mazda.
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Breakfast! Morning,
Susan!
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The Three Stooges? "Woo woo woob woo woo!"
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Buffet and conversation
making big smiles.
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Steve tells shocking tales of welding.
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It coudn't have
been a nicer day in Dedham.
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This angle makes the micros look macro. Photo from Dedham.
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Austin! The oldest
car at our meet, but not at Dedham!
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They save space for us in front of the Endicott mansion. We don't take much space,
per capita!
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