My love affair with small cars
OK, I confess. Unlike most people it seems, I have always had a passion for small cars. As a kid in the early 1940s I remember crossing the street to view Mr. Brink's This little convertible was the cutest thing. I have never seen one since but discovering Bill Spear's great web site brought the memory back and more. He points out that the first jeep, Well over half a century later kids gawk the same way at my "little" jeep,
Going back a bit, the little car I "cut my teeth on" was a British Ford Consul This restoration (not a colour scheme that I remember) was found in a local car show.( Get Quicktime and see how much you remember about the '58 VW Beetle Twenty years later, n 1978 later I found myself again with a small car. With a Honda Civic At present (2004) I am looking at the smart car |
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Good books for those interested in the history of smaller cars | ||||||||||||||
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