I think that the Fiat version of an Isetta-type car may have been the Fiat biachina. The Fiat 500 and 600's were 4-wheeled with regular doors.
If you are curious as to what an Isetta looks like, check out: http://hometown.aol.com/ISETTADR/index.html For a good slide-show of various makes of Microcars, see: http://www.microcar.org/2000/00.html These would be great to tow behind a Westy. That way you would have a vehicle to use once you had camp set up - particularly after spending all that time leveling your Westy so that the Dometic fridge would have as much help as possible. <g> Todd '88 Westy Steve Cotsford wrote: > It seems to me from the description of the steering swinging out with > the front opening door, that you are in fact describing not a FIAT but > a BMW ISETTA. > This was an Italian design but German built car with a 300 cc air > cooled single cylinder. I owned 2 years ago in the UK. As > it had 3 wheels you had to pay only motorcycle road tax. It was > practical transportation but I nearly rolled it several times. > > I have also owned FIATs and have enjoyed them . The car that I > have owned that was the most fun to drive was in fact a FIAT 128 > coupe. Drove just like a go kart! > > Memories from the past! > > Steve Cotsford |
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