July 14, 2007:
Micro cars
There are some cars even smaller than a MINI - of course the Mini, but smaller still! How about the soon-to-arrive-in-USA Smart ForTwo:
This and many other small and unusual cars attended todays annual Lars Anderson Motor Museum Microcar & Minicar classic, near Boston. And I finally got around to going there!
As well as showing the cars, many owners offer free rides: little tours of the estate, very popular!
Also present, and the first time I’ve seen it, was Pauls incredibly modified classic Mini - check out the engine:
(go back in time to read a GBMINI post listing some of the mods)
A few more pics in the Gallery
Posted by GBMINI at 05:48 pm |
jared (2007/07/14 @ 10:12 pm)
Who else went to this?
I would have been there, but I’m working on a film which is shooting every weekend in July.
jordan (2007/07/16 @ 3:47 am)
that smart fortwo there is not what you will be getting in the usa. the all new fortwo is on sale in europe and left hand drive demos are appearing in the uk from germany.
GBMINI (2007/07/16 @ 8:10 am)
Thanks Jordan - I guess I need to go to the Smart website …
Jared, Rick & Laurie were there but I didn’t see them; I did see Richard, and lots of MINIs parked outside that I didn’t recognize.
It wasn’t a properly organized MINI meet, just a “hey, check this out” post on MINI2
=:¬) (2007/07/16 @ 8:47 am)
Very kool. I wish I could have been there. Also missed the MINI WEST Meet.
Someday I plan on visiting this museum in Madison, Georgia.
http://www.microcarmuseum.com/index.html