I stopped at a market to pick up a pop. Saw this parked out front. Talked to the guy for a few minutes. It's a 1 cylinder messerschmitt & has a top speed of 62 mph. It is one of 21 known left! Talk about a cool little car. Which he had to classify as a motorcycle in Oregon. Funny as they made him classify it as a motorcycle. They required him to get a motorcycle endorsement. Yet they wouldn't let him take the motorcycle test in the messerschmitt

There is one around PA. I have seen it in pics for the Deutchafest. Cool car, I would like one

Do ya think he is required to wear a seatbelt?

Cool!! Never seen that before

Here are two racing.
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When I was just a seedling, a friend of the family had one as his college car ( 1965ish) and I got a ride. One of the coolest memories I have and inspired years of motorcycling later.

I think some photoshopping is needed. Anyone with the skills

Very cool, but I'm sure there are way more than 21 left, as 40K were built & over the years;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR200
I have seen close to 20 at different show.. There are 2 currently for sale on Hemmings;
http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsfo...tt/1053641.html




Even Elvis had one..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02h4M2U52MA...player_embedded
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE6x6WufbHo...player_embedded
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A replica anyone, picture this with Bussa power!!!
http://northmiami-florida.olx.com/1999-mes...5-iid-163487185

Not if it's a motorcycle. My 63 Bus was too early to be required to have seatbelts in Ca. I think it was pre 67, you didn't have to retrofit, but if you had them, you had to wear them.

I don't think a Corvair engine will fit.

3 wheels or less and it's a motorcycle as far as the gov is concerned. As soon as it's a *car* there are loads of safety requirements when the car can exceed 35mph.

This wouldn't apply to this car being it's so old but is why you see funny 3-wheeled EV cars. If it has 4 wheels and go above 35 it has to be crash tested and pass which is very cost prohibitive for experimental EV cars.

Here's a pic of my dad's driveway and his 3-wheeled EV lineup:

I had a Messerschmidt for a few years. It's still in So Cal, AFIK. There was a Tiger in Nipomo, right up the road from me. That's the 4 wheeled version. Interesting to note that it had a rear suspension setup that had all the characteristics of the one "invented" by Porsche for the 928. I agree there are a LOT more than 21 left. There's a Messerschmidt club in the UK that gets more than that number on their outings.

The Cap'n

......They are very rare....My friend just sold 1 to someone in
mexico!.....all the 1's I've seen are red? (3 wheel's)

You mean a soda...

Which one, the Sunbeam Tiger with the live rear axle, or the three-wheeled Messerschmitt? It'd be interesting to see how either of those had a rear suspension similar to the 928's.

--DD

My dad had a red/black Messerschmitt back in the early 1960s. Ours had the full clear canopy, it looked a lot like the photo at the upper right of the wikipedia page. It stayed with my mom and me after the divorce and before I was old enough to drive, I ended up selling it as a parts car to some local guy with one that was in better shape. So I'm on the side that there are way more than 21 left...

On my blog there is one I draw a few years ago.

http://trajectoires-seiter-roussel.blogspo...h/label/Dessins

Here is a race


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo7L5CYDOO0

The car was also featured in the 1985 Terry Gilliam movie "Brazil"

The messerschmitt was available as three wheeler, but there were a few four wheel cars built with a 500cc engine ( tiger 500 ) that was able to go 80 mph.

But you can alsio drive it on two wheels


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InlFaERcPeA

Video in English


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8f6Bo57WsQ

I'm sorry, Dave, perhaps I wasn't clear, or maybe you didn't read my post. The 4 wheeled version was called the FMR Tiger.

The Cap'n

Ahh, I didn't understand. Add to that the fact that I had been reading about the Project Tiger in "Classic Motorsports" magazine, and...

I'll have to see what I can find about the four-wheeler!

--DD