1959 BMW Isetta 300

1959 Isetta 300 Additional Info:

1959 BMW Isetta 300 STALLED Restoration Project! Nearly Everything is in Boxes! Our loss is your gain! Red and Cream Paint work, with a Red and White Interior. Clean Rust Free Body that has had most of the work completed. All the Original glass is included as well as loads of parts, much of which has been refinished. If you are looking to stand out in, and have something unique look no further! This little Isetta oozes character! They are plenty fun to drive as well! This one was intended to be a complete nut and bolt restoration, but due to a high work load the project has stalled. Sometimes you need to be realistic and let the car go to someone who will finish it and love it! All body work and paint is complete and done incredibly well! So please give this one your consideration! The Isothermos company, producing small, electric heaters and coolers, was located in Bolzaneto on the outskirts of Genoa, Italy. Renzo Rivolta, an engineer, bought the company in 1939, renaming it Iso and moving it to Bresso after a bombing raid destroyed the offices. With Europe in ruins at the end of World War II, Renzo focused the company on the production of motorbikes, specifically the Isoscooter, which competed with Vespa and Lambretta, allowing Italians inexpensive transportation. But in the early 1950s, Iso engineers Ermenegildo Preti and Pierluigi Raggi designed a diminutive, egg-shaped car powered by a motorcycle engine and called it Isetta. The concept was brilliant, filling the void between a motorcycle and the Fiat Topolino, Italy’s most affordable car. Introduced at the Turin Auto Show in 1953, the Isetta captured a lot of attention from both the press and public alike, as it was unlike anything ever before seen. Truth be told, for inexpensive, city transportation, the Isetta was remarkably revolutionary. Iso created a licensing program for other manufacturers to produce them in their home countries, and BMW was by far the most influential. While the basic look remained very much Isetta, BMW employed its own engines and largely re-engineered the car so that it was very much a BMW and less of an Isetta. By the time production ceased in 1962, over 160,000 had been built. CALL DAN AT (937) 605-1505 We KNOW our cars because We OWN our cars! Call today for more information! Financing and Door to Door Delivery Available, We take trades! Call Today! Now Accepting ALL Trades... Of Course We Prefer Corvettes and Classics, What Do You Have?